The 96th Academy Awards provided some memorable moments and maybe a few we’d rather collectively forget.
Messi’s the handsomest boy of the night.
ButSam Rockwell’s lively tribute to eventual/inevitable Supporting Actor winnerRobert Downey Jr.provided some welcome energy.

Messi at the 2024 Oscars.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Best: Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko!
The attendees at the 96th Oscars gamely complied.
What a good son!

Mary Steenburgen, Lupita Nyong’o, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rita Moreno, and Regina King at the 2024 Oscars.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
For not being good.
And he’s got tons of it.
Worst: In Memoriam
Okay, the In Memoriam was lovely, but it was alsoa lot.

Sam Rockwell, Tim Robbins, Ke Huy Quan, Christoph Waltz, and Mahershala Ali.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty
“Oppenheimerwon seven awards, including Best Picture andBarbiewon Best Original Song … but remains a cultural phenomenon.
So everybody wins and now we can all move on with our lives.

Jimmy Kimmel at the 2024 Oscars.Kevin Winter/Getty

Sean Lennon at the 2024 Oscars.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling at the 2024 Oscars.Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty

Jimmy Kimmel and John Cena at the 2024 Oscars.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Becky G at the 2024 Oscars.Kevin Winter/Getty

Ryan Gosling at the 96th Academy Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Matteo Bocelli and Andrea Bocelli perform onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Cast and crew accept the Best Picture award for ‘Oppenheimer’ onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty Images