By Emma Saunders & Holly Honderichat the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles & in Washington11 March 2024, 03:09 GMTUpdated quarter-hour agoVideo caption, Watch: Ryan Gosling sings stay on the OscarsThis yr’s Oscars introduced greater than three hours of glamour, tears, and full-frontal nudity. Listed below are a few of the finest moments from the most important evening in Hollywood. It was Kenough All of us knew it was coming however Ryan Gosling’s full-throated rendition of the Barbie film’s hit I am Simply Ken was even higher than we may have hoped for.He began out the Oscar-nominated authentic tune sitting simply behind Barbie co-star Margot Robbie, who couldn’t appear to regulate her laughter as Gosling crooned into her ear.Carrying on in his all-pink tuxedo, Gosling made his option to the stage the place he danced a choreographed routine with a dozen accompanying cowboy-hat-wearing Kens reworking the typically stuffy night right into a rousing live performance. And, if that wasn’t sufficient, Slash appeared to lend his skills for a guitar solo. There have been even ideas the choreography was a homage to Diamonds Are A Woman’s Greatest Good friend.The Kenergy was infectious – Gosling solicited energetic singalongs from the star-studded entrance row, together with finest actress winner Emma Stone and Barbie’s director, Greta Gerwig. Stone even had a wardrobe malfunction resulting from all the joy – as she walked as much as the stage to gather her finest actress nomination, she was combating the again of her costume.Showing backstage, she stated: “They sewed me again in! I genuinely suppose I busted it throughout I am Simply Ken. I used to be so amazed by Ryan and that quantity simply blew my thoughts. I used to be simply going for it and issues simply occur!”Kimmel – tried and testedJimmy Kimmel returned to the Dolby Theatre for his fourth flip as Oscars’ host.He is had some observe and it confirmed. Kimmel nodded to the months-long strikes that introduced Hollywood (almost) to a halt in his tone-setting monologue, celebrating the actors and writers who had pushed for a deal.”Consequently, actors not have to fret about getting changed by AI,” he stated. “Due to this historic settlement, actors at the moment are in a position to return to worrying about being changed by youthful, extra enticing individuals.”Fallon additionally obtained right into a spat with Donald Trump that went viral. In response to the previous US President posting on Fact Social: “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel?”, the comedian quipped again on stage: “Is not it previous your jail time?”However not all his jokes landed. A jab at Robert Downey Jr and his historical past of substance abuse drew some clean stares from the group, and a “wrap it up” from Downey Jr himself. Downey Jr was the one winner who did not come to the winners’ room to talk to the press later. Though he skipped it on the Baftas too. Perhaps he is simply too cool for skool.Israel-Gaza struggle stays ever-presentThe streets of Hollywood had been flooded with demonstrators protesting Israel’s struggle in Gaza, snarling site visitors and slowing the arrival of a number of stars. Protesters chanting “ceasefire now” walked down Sundown Boulevard to the sound of honking horns, whereas Los Angeles police stood by in riot gear. Picture supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Siblings and Oscar winners Finneas O’Connell and Billie Eilish wore pink pins in assist of a ceasefire in GazaThere had been reminders of the battle contained in the ceremony too, with a number of big-name stars together with Billie Eilish, Mark Ruffalo and Ramy Youssef sporting pink pins in assist of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. And the struggle was famous from the Oscars stage itself, because the British director Jonathan Glazer accepted the perfect worldwide movie statue for his movie The Zone of Curiosity, which follows the home lifetime of a Nazi officer and his household. Glazer, who’s Jewish, stated he rejected his “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to battle for thus many harmless individuals”.”Whether or not the victims of October seventh in Israel, or the continuing assault on Gaza, all of the victims of this dehumanisation, how can we resist?”Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph strikes us to tearsImage supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, The primary winner of the evening, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, advised the viewers: “Thanks for seeing me”The Oscars made a number of super-fans blissful this yr by returning to an previous presenting format, with previous winners saying the nominees for the 4 appearing classes. The non-public tributes gave us some good moments of actual emotion from the celebrities.This was very true for Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph who was moved to tears by a heart-felt introduction from Lupita Nyong’o.Randolph had us crying ourselves moments later when she accepted the trophy for finest supporting actress – her first win after her first nomination. “I did not suppose I used to be supposed to do that as a profession,” she stated in her speech. “For thus lengthy, I’ve all the time wished to be completely different, and now I realise I simply must be myself. And I thanks. I thanks for seeing me.”Backstage, she spoke about encouraging creatives from under-represented backgrounds to maintain going: “The gorgeous factor that erupts is your creativeness and creativity as a result of you do not have a lot…. One thing I believe as black individuals, we’re excellent at, is making lots out of little or no. It is our superpower.”A Hollywood streaker?Picture supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, John Cena (almost) bared all of it this yearThe award for costume design will not be simply forgotten this yr, because of the presentation by John Cena. Prompted by Kimmel, Cena – a wrestler and actor – appeared on stage totally bare, save for a pair of Birkenstocks and a strategically positioned envelope carrying the identify of the winner. Cena shuffled on stage to the sound of roaring laughter, earlier than a fast change with Kimmel – one of many higher sketches of the night. “The male physique shouldn’t be alleged to be humorous,” Cena stated. “Mine is,” Kimmel replied. It wasn’t the one second of the evening that had individuals sitting up of their chairs. Al Pacino almost gave us a panic assault proper on the finish of the ceremony. We nonetheless have not recovered from the Moonlight/La La Land mix-up again in 2017. So when Pacino hesitated earlier than saying Oppenheimer as the perfect image winner – after which uttered his announcement so casually – there was a pointy consumption of breath within the auditorium. Fortunately, no-one rushed on to the stage to appropriate him. Phew.Greatest supporting dogImage supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Messi the canine put his paws togetherThe finest picture-nominated Anatomy of a Fall boasted a four-legged break-out star: Messi, the black-and-white border collie who performs Snoop the canine within the French courtroom drama. Following days of hypothesis over whether or not he would present, Mess appeared on the ceremony, sitting in a luxurious pink seat with a black bow-tie round his neck. Messi even obtained some display screen time later within the night. The digital camera panned to him to indicate his paws up in applause for Robert Downey Jr’s finest supporting actor win. Gosling additionally regarded delighted to see Messi once more, having beforehand made his acquaintance on the Oscars Luncheon final month. Extra on the Oscars