By Tori B. Powell, Maureen Chowdhury, Lisa Respers France and Marianne Garvey, CNN
From CNN's Marianne Garvey
Guillermo Rodriguez threatened to toast everyone in the audience individually tonight as he sipped from a margarita.
The comic was sitting next to Coleman Domingo for the sequence in which he stood up to face the audience and thank his wife Charlize Theron (not his wife), who appeared shocked when he mentioned her.
"Salud everybody!" he said as the audience, including Theron and Kimmel, threw back shots.
From CNN's Lisa Respers France
"It Never Went Away” couldn’t be more personal for Jon Batiste.
The celebrated New Orleans artist performed the song from “American Symphony,” the documentary that tells the story of him trying to write a symphony as his wife, author Suleika Jaouad, battled leukemia.
Batiste brought his full self to the performance of a song which, with its poignant lyrics, very much feels like a love letter to their relationship.
The piano intro alone is moving and the Grammy-winning artist made clear why the song was nominated.
Fellow nominee Billie Eilish was shown clapping enthusiastically for Batiste.
By CNN's Taylor Nicioli
“American Symphony” documentary star Suleika Jaouad arrived at tonight's Academy Awards in a gown crafted by an up-and-coming designer who knows the red carpet well — Angelina Jolie.
Jolie was not seen crossing the red carpet this evening herself, but her creation commanded attention worthy of an A-Lister. A head-turning detail was on the back of the gown: hand-drawn illustrations — courtesy of the artist Chaz Guest — of a composer directing his orchestra adorning the silk.
Jolie was inspired by the documentary’s message of resilience and the healing powers music can have, she told Vogue, and wanted to feature Jaouad’s husband, Jon Batiste, who also stars in the documentary (and is nominated for best original song).
“I have such deep admiration for Suleika and the way she lives her life," Jolie told Vogue. "I would have dressed her for anything she needed. It should never be about the dress, but how anything worn feels like an extension of the person.”
The Oscar for best editing goes to “Oppenheimer.”
“Oppenheimer” was the highest grossing R-rated movie of 2023, and “marks the fastest a Universal R-rated film has hit the $200 million threshold domestically,” according to Universal Pictures.
The Oscar for best visual effects has gone to “Godzilla Minus One.”
From CNN's Lisa Respers France
Don’t call it a comeback.
Robert Downey Jr. won the best supporting actor Academy Award for his role in this season’s award show darling: “Oppenheimer.”
It follows his best supporting actor wins at the Golden Globes and BAFTA, and marks his first Oscar win.
“I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy," he said in his acceptance speech. “In that order.”
He also thanked his wife, Susan Downey, “for loving him back to life.”
The actor's role as Lewis Strauss — the man who clashed with J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb — has been hailed as one of his best performances.
From CNN's Marianne Garvey and Elizabeth Wagmeister
Thank goodness that envelope was extra large.
John Cena couldn't open the winner's envelope because he appeared naked on stage, and used it to cover his private parts.
After hiding behind the set design, Kimmel coaxed him out after a conversation about a streaking bit he was originally supposed to do live on stage.
"The male body is not a joke," Cena said.
"Mine is," Kimmel replied.
"Dude I don't wrestle naked, I wrestle in jorts," Cena said. ("Jorts" are jean shorts, for the uninitiated).
"Jorts are worse than naked," Kimmel said.
Cena then had the crowd in fits as he walked out, covered in nothing but the envelope.
Behind the bit: Cena wasn't actually naked, a source close to production tells CNN.
"He was covered in the groin and butt crack area — and the envelope was velcroed to him," this source says.
The reason for the safety measures around Cena's private parts? The show had to make sure there were no FCC violations, CNN understands.
"The Zone of Interest" has been awarded the Oscar for best international feature film.
Writer and director Jonathan Glazer used his acceptance speech to speak about the war in Gaza.
"Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst. It's shaped all of our past and present. Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people," he said.
"Whether the victims of October 7 in Israel, or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all are victims of this dehumanization," Glazer continued.
About the movie: The United Kingdom-made film centers on the real-life Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family, who live bucolic and seemingly mundane lives next door to the infamous concentration camp.
But viewers never see the unspeakable horrors taking place just on the other side of the garden wall. Instead, they hear them.
CNN's Harmeet Kaur contributed reporting to this post.
From CNN's Marianne Garvey
Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling were in competitive mode while acknowledging movie stunts on stage at the Oscars.
The two starts of the movies talked about the cultural phenomenon of what's been termed "Barbenheimer," the massive popularity of two recent movies, "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer.
Blunt noted how the night was going for "Oppenheimer," saying to Gosling, "And the way this awards season turned out, wasn't that much of a rivalry so let it go."
Gosling replied, "It's true. You guys are doing very well, congratulations. But I think I figured out why they call it Barbieheimer and they didn't call it Oppenbarbie."
"Why?" Blunt asked.
Gosling explained, "I think you guys are at the tail end of that because you were riding Barbie's coattails all summer."
"Thanks for Ken-splaining that to me Mr. I need to paint my abs on to get nominated. Robert Downey didn't need to do that."
