John Cena gives out costume design Oscar in his birthday suit

'Oppenheimer' dominates at the 2024 Oscars

By Tori B. Powell, Maureen Chowdhury, Lisa Respers France and Marianne Garvey, CNN

Updated 1:10 a.m. ET, March 11, 2024
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10:33 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

John Cena gives out costume design Oscar in his birthday suit

From CNN's Marianne Garvey and Elizabeth Wagmeister

Jimmy Kimmel and John Cena speak onstage.
Jimmy Kimmel and John Cena speak onstage. Kevin Winter/Getty Images

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.

8:38 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

Jonathan Glazer speaks out against war in Gaza as he accepts Oscar for "The Zone of Interest"

"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.

9:01 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

Emily Blunt And Ryan Gosling get competitive over "Barbenheimer" while presenting

From CNN's Marianne Garvey

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt present during the Oscars show.
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt present during the Oscars show. Mike Blake/Reuters

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."

8:26 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

"Poor Things" is on a roll with third Oscar of the night

Holly Waddington accepts the Oscar for best costume design for "Poor Things.”
Holly Waddington accepts the Oscar for best costume design for "Poor Things.” Mike Blake/Reuters

"Poor Things” has earned its third Oscar of the night, this time for best costume design. It earlier won the awards for best production design and for best makeup and hairstyling.

Holly Waddington accepted the award and thanked her fellow nominees for inspiring her to become a costume designer.

She also thanked the cast for going with whatever she threw at them — especially Emma Stone, the lead actress in the film.

In “Poor Things,” Stone plays a child-like woman who is reanimated by a mad professor-type using the brain of her unborn child.

Emma Stone in “Poor Things.”
Emma Stone in “Poor Things.” Atsushi Nishijima/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

The post was updated with Waddington's remarks from the stage,

8:30 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

2nd Oscar of the night for "Poor Things"

"Poor Things"
"Poor Things" Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

"Poor Things” has won the Academy Award for best production design, the second award tonight for the movie by Yorgos Lanthimos.

8:14 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

Billie Eilish offers beautiful, stripped down rendition of "What Was I Made For"

From CNN's Lisa Respers France

Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish perform onstage.
Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish perform onstage. Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Billie Eilish was joined by her brother, Finneas, for her performance of her hit song from "Barbie."

With just the two of them — Finneas on piano — she offered an emotional version of the song.

The song feels so deeply personal that many people have assumed that it’s about the singer, something she denies.

“It was so purely about ‘Barbie’ and how she feels, and I felt I could look through her eyes and see the world and write from her perspective,” she told the Los Angeles Times recently. “And I was truly not thinking about myself. We weren’t talking about my life.”

Eilish was simply made for this.

8:13 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

The wild world of "Poor Things" has earned the film an Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling

Willem Dafoe in “Poor Things.”
Willem Dafoe in “Poor Things.” Atsushi Nishijima/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

“Poor Things” has won the Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling.

Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston accepted the award for their work on the film.

In “Poor Things,” Emma Stone plays a child-like woman who is reanimated by a mad professor-type using the brain of her unborn child.

The bizarre and outlandish film is nominated for 11 Oscars total this year, including best picture, best supporting actor for Mark Ruffalo and best director for Yorgos Lanthimos.

The post has been updated with more details on the movie.

8:13 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

"American Fiction" wins Academy Award for best adapted screenplay

Cord Jefferson accepts the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for "American Fiction.”
Cord Jefferson accepts the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for "American Fiction.” Mike Blake/Reuters

"American Fiction" has won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay.

Writer and director Cord Jefferson took the stage to accept the award.

"I just feel so much joy being here. I felt so much joy making this movie and I want other people to experience that," he said while accepting his award.

He called for more filmmakers to be given opportunities to make movies because "the next Martin Scorsese is out there, the next Greta is out there."

"They just want a shot and we can give them one," he said.

"American Fiction" is a satire adapted from Percival Everett’s book “Erasure,” that follows a frustrated author whose joke book riffing on Black stereotypes suddenly finds success – and thrusts him into a world full of insanity and hypocrisy.

This post has been updated with details from the movie and Jefferson's speech.

8:48 p.m. ET, March 10, 2024

Real-life partners take home best original screenplay Oscar for film about the trial of a marriage

Arthur Harari, left, and Justine Triet accept the award for best original screenplay for "Anatomy of a Fall.”
Arthur Harari, left, and Justine Triet accept the award for best original screenplay for "Anatomy of a Fall.” Chris Pizzello/AP

“Anatomy of a Fall” has won the Oscar for best original screenplay.

The screenplay was written by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (her real-life partner) and stars Sandra Hüller. The film is a French courtroom drama about a woman accused of killing her husband.

Triet thanked the cast while accepting the Oscar.

“You killed the script on set,” Triet said. She when went on to say, “Thank you so much, thank you, it’s such an honor.”

More about the film: Triet’s knotty screenplay is as much the trial of a marriage as the prosecution of a crime. Hüller’s character Sandra Voyter is a successful German novelist whose French husband Samuel, rightly or wrongly, believes he is living in her shadow. One day he’s found dead in the snow beneath the balcony of their Alpine chalet by their son Daniel, who is blind.

An inconclusive autopsy results in a trial, where a lack of evidence from the alleged crime scene creates a void prosecutors fill by dissecting their marriage in search of motive.

“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Anatomy of a Fall” Les Films Pelléas

CNN’s Thomas Page contributed to this post.

The post has been updated with more details on the award and movie.