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The show took off from there, with The Holdovers' Da'Vine Joy Randolph securing the first win of the night for Best Supporting Actress._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 11, 2024 3:02 AM UTC  US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish in the press room after wnning the Oscar for Best Original Song for "What Was I Made For" during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024. US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish in the press room after wnning the Oscar for Best Original Song for "What Was I Made For" during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024. AFP via Getty Images—AFP or licensors  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 11, 2024 3:02 AM UTC The red carpet wasn't the only eye-catching red item at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night. Several stars including Grammy winner Billie Eilish and Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo wore red pins representing[ Artists4Ceasefire](https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/), five months into the Israel-Hamas war. More than 30,000 people have been killed since the war in Gaza began in October. The pins feature an orange hand with a black heart inside, surrounded by a red circle. “The pin symbolizes collective support for an immediate and permanent cease-fire, the release of all of the hostages and for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza," the group said in a press release.  Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth speak in the audience during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 Getty Images—2024 Getty Images  Ramy Youssef attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024. Marleen Moise—Getty Images  Mahershala Ali at the 96th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Variety via Getty Images The New York _Times_ [points out](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/style/red-pins-gaza-ceasefire-oscars.html) that actors Tony Shalhoub and Ebon Moss-Bachrach sported the pins at Screen Actors Guild Awards. **Read more**: [_The Best, Worst, and Most Memorable Moments of the 2024 Oscars_](https://time.com/6899349/oscars-2024-recap/) And other symbols representing the same cause have been spotted on red carpets throughout awards season. At the 2024 Golden Globes, J. Smith-Cameron from the show _Succession_ wore a yellow ribbon to support the release of the 136 hostages taken by Hamas Oct. 7, 2023\. About 30 are presumed to be dead, [according to](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hostages-dead.html) a recent Israel intelligence assessment reviewed by the New York Times. ## Transcript the Oscar Goes to Jail Vine I think you to all the people who have stepped in my path and it's been there for me who is ushered me and guided me. I am so grateful to all you beautiful people out. Here are the Casco. All the cast for what you did on Sunset. You killed the street on Staten. That's what we got the best for Whiteville. I just called directions right now. We stand here as men who refuse that Jewish nurse in the Holocaust being hijacked for an occupation, which has led to conflict with so many innocent people whether the victims of October 5th. What are the victims of October 7th in Israel? Will they don't got any attack on Gaza all the victims of this to humanization? How do we resist? I'm a little overwhelmed take me to the academy Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas being the the wireless most exhilarating. Most creatively satisfying Journey. You've taken me on over the last 20 years I owe you more than I can say. Thank you so much Christopher Nolan off and how much? This is the first Oscar win and eight nominations for Christopher Dolan. Incredible Emma Thomas produce. Producer of of all our films and all our children. I love you and and the academy just to say movies it just a little bit over a hundred years old. I would imagine being there a hundred years into a painting or theater. We don't know where this incredible journey is going from here. But to know that you think that I'm a meaningful positive. It means the world to me and I and their care and their Brilliance into the making of This film and your go. Thank you for the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter. I think any of us who make movies know that you kind of dream of this moment. You know you did right I could deny it but I have been dreaming about this moment for so long, but it seems so unlikely that it would ever actually happen. 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