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Oscars Snubs and Surprises: Emma Stone Is Shocked She Won, ‘Maestro’ Is Shut Out — and Al Pacino’s Awkward Best Picture Reveal
'Oppenheimer' dominated — but Emma Stone won for 'Poor Things,' Bradley Cooper's 'Maestro' was shut out — and Al Pacino made best picture weird again.
Jimmy Kimmel — hosting the proceedings on ABC for the fourth time — mostly focused his opening monologue’s jokes on A-list talent close to the stage, especially roasting supporting actor winner Downey Jr. Despite the pundits’ mostly accurate predictions for the night’s winners, the 96th Academy Awards never felt like a forced march — meaning, Oscar producers Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan, Molly McNearney and Rob Paine did a nice job not only highlighting this year’s great movies, but also moving things along. The film even failed to notch a win for its makeup, despite the remarkable transformation engineered by acknowledged master (and two-time winner) Kazu Hiro — it lost to “Poor Things.” This simply wasn’t Cooper’s year — as has been said several times before.
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