Anora took home the biggest honor of the night, the Oscar for Best Picture. The film won five out of the six categories it earned nominations for. Director Sean Baker and the film’s cast, including Best Actress winner Mikey Madison and producers Alex Coco and Samantha Quan, took the stage to accept the award.

“To all of the dreamers and young filmmakers out there, tell the stories you want to tell. Tell the stories that move you. I promise you, you will never regret it,” said Quan.

Added Baker, “I want to thank the Academy for recognizing a truly independent film. This film was made on the blood, sweat and tears of incredible indie artists.”

Mikey Madison accepted the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Anora, using her speech to express gratitude to the sex worker community that inspired her role.

“I will continue to support and be an ally,” she said in her speech. “All of the incredible people, the women that I’ve had the privilege of meeting from that community has been one of the highlights of this incredible — of this entire, incredible experience.”

Madison went on to thank the “beautiful and breathtaking work” of her fellow nominees.

“I’m honored to be recognized alongside all of you,” she said. “This is a dream come true. I’m probably going to wake up tomorrow.”

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• I’m Still Here

• Nickel Boys

• The Substance

• Wicked

When Sean Baker took the stage to accept the Academy Award for Best Director, he took the opportunity to passionately encourage people to continue going to movie theaters.

“Where did we fall in love with the movies? At the movie theater. Watching a film in the theater with an audience is an experience,” Baker said. “In a time in which the world can feel very divided, this is more important than ever. It’s a communal experience you simply don’t get at home. Right now, the theater-going experience is under threat. Movie theaters, especially independently owned theaters, are struggling. It’s up to us to support them.”

Baker added that during the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 1,000 movie theaters in the United States went out of business.

“If we don’t reverse this trend, we will be losing a vital part of our culture.”

Baker concluded his speech with what he called his “battle cry.”

“Filmmakers, keep making films for the big screen. I know I will,” he said. “Distributors, please focus first on the theatrical releases of your films. Parents, introduce your children to feature films in movie theaters, and you’ll be molding the next generation of movie lovers and filmmakers. And for all of us, when we can, please watch movies.”

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

• Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

• Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

• Mikey Madison, Anora

• Demi Moore, The Substance

Adrien Brody won his second Best Actor Oscar tonight for his role in The Brutalist. He plays a Holocaust survivor and Hungarian architect who emigrates to the United States.

“Acting is a very fragile profession. It looks very glamorous, and in certain moments it is,” he said in his acceptance speech. “But the one thing that I’ve gained having the privilege to come back here is to have some perspective. And no matter where you are in your career, no matter what you’ve accomplished, it can all go away.”

Brody thanked his mom and dad, as well as his partner, Georgina Chapman, and her children.

“Popsy’s comin’ home a winner!” he said.

He also said he wanted to represent the “lingering traumas and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression and of antisemitism and racism and otherism.”

“I pray for a healthier and happier and a more inclusive world, and I believe if the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked,” he said. “Let’s rebuild together.”

• Sean Baker, Anora

• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

• James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey took the stage to honor the legendary Quincy Jones, reflecting on his groundbreaking career and enduring legacy.

Goldberg highlighted Jones’s historic achievements, noting that he was the first Black composer nominated for Best Original Song for “The Eyes of Love” from the 1967 film Banning.

“When we’re talking about Black excellence, we’re talking about Quincy,” Goldberg said.

Winfrey, who worked with Jones on The Color Purple, praised his impact.

“Quincy was love, lived out loud in human form,” she said. “He poured that love into others and into his work.”

The tribute continued with Queen Latifah taking the stage for an energetic performance of “Ease on Down the Road” from The Wiz, a film that earned Jones an Oscar nomination in 1978.

Jones died in November 2024 at the age of 91.

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Walter Salles, director of I’m Still Here, accepted the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. He took the stage to thank Eunice Paiva, who the film is based on, as well as the actresses who brought her to life on screen.

“This goes to a woman who, after a loss suffered during an authoritarian regime, decided not to bend and to resist. This prize goes to her. Her name is Eunice Paiva. And it goes to the two extraordinary women who gave life to her, Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro,” the Brazilian director said.

Salles added of winning the award, “It’s an extraordinary feat. Thank you so much.”

There was applause for Conan’s Trump-Putin dig about Anora winning awards and someone “finally standing up to a powerful Russian.”

So that’s what O’Brien meant when he said he would treat politics “with humor.”

— Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Emilia Pérez

• Wicked

• The Wild Robot

• I’m Still Here (Brazil)

• The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)

• Emilia Pérez (France)

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

• Flow (Latvia)

• The Brutalist

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• Maria

• Nosferatu

Morgan Freeman took the stage to honor Gene Hackman, who died days before the Oscars.

“This week, our community lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman,” Freeman said as he took the stage. They worked together on two films — 1992’s Unforgiven and 2000’s Under Suspicion.

“Gene always said, ‘I don’t think about legacy. I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work,'” Freeman continued. “So I think I speak for us all when I say: Gene, you’ll be remembered for that and for so much more.”

Los Angeles firefighters took center stage at the Oscars to a standing ovation, before the host, Conan O’Brien, handed them the mic to try their hand at comedy.

“There are some jokes even I’m not brave enough to tell,” O’Brien said while setting up the joke. He then directed the firefighters to read jokes off the teleprompter, adding, “Everyone in this audience has to laugh — these are heroes!”

Los Angeles Fire Captain Erik Scott kicked things off: “Our hearts go out to all of those who lost their homes — and I’m talking about the producers of Joker 2.”

Los Angeles Fire Department pilot Jonith Johnson Jr. followed with a jab at the star of A Complete Unknown: “To play Bob Dylan, Timothée Chalamet learned how to sing. In fact, his singing was so good, he almost lost the part.”

Pasadena Fire Department Captain Jodi Slicker wrapped up the routine with a playful dig at the host himself: “It’s great to be back with Conan. Usually, when he calls, he’s stuck in a tree.”

• Anuja

• I’m Not a Robot

• The Last Ranger

• A Lien

• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Filmmakers Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor accepted the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for No Other Land. Made by both Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, the film explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

“About two months ago, I became a father, and my hope to my daughter is that she would not have to live the same life I am living now, always fearing violence, home demolitions and forcible displacements,” Adra said. “No Other Land reflects the harsh realities that we have been enduring for decades and still persist, as we call on the world to take serious action to stop the injustice and stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.”

Abraham continued, “We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together, our voices are stronger. We see each other. … There is a different path. A political solution without ethnic supremacy with national rights for both of our people.”

Abraham also spoke of foreign policy in the United States.

“The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path,” he said. “And why? Can’t you see that we are intertwined? That my people can be truly safe if Basel’s people are truly free and safe? There is another way. It’s not too late for life, for the living.”

• Alien: Romulus

• Better Man

• Dune: Part Two

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

  • • Wicked

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    Today at 9:27 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    Sound

    • A Complete Unknown

    • Dune: Part Two

    • Emilia Pérez

    • Wicked

    • The Wild Robot
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    Today at 9:25 AM GMT+7

    Kelsey Weekman

    ‘No Other Land’ just won Best Documentary. It still doesn’t have a U.S. distributor.

    

    After winning Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscars, No Other Land is still extremely difficult to see.

    It still doesn’t have a distributor in the United States, despite critical acclaim and general buzz.

    The movie follows a young Palestinian activist named Basel Adra, who has been resisting forced displacement in the West Bank since he was a child. He documents the destruction of his homeland by Israeli soldiers.

    He befriends a Jewish Israeli journalist named Yuval Abraham, who comes alongside him in his struggle. The unexpected bond is challenged by the gap between their living conditions — Adra constantly faces oppression and violence, while Abraham has freedom and security.

    Both men accepted the Oscar.

    Even without a proper distributor to back it, the film has grossed just shy of $420,000 at the domestic box office, according to a Feb. 27 story from Indiewire — the highest-grossing of all nominees in that category.

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    Today at 9:20 AM GMT+7

    Laura Clark

    Makeup as a message in ‘The Substance’

    The Substance key makeup artist Stéphanie Guillon weighed in on what audiences should take away from the film.

    “Of course, there will be a message, especially in the area that we’re living in that the woman needs to always be beautiful, smiling and in good shape,” she said. “[Director] Coralie Fargeat wanted to have a special message, and we tried to do that in the makeup, like bringing [Demi Moore’s character Elisabeth Sparkle’s] beautiful face going down, but staying beautiful until the end. Even if she is damaged on the outside, she still feels beautiful at the end.”

    “I do think at the end, when [Sparkle] turns into Monstro, she’s the happiest,” special makeup effects designer Pierre-Olivier Persin added.

    — Laura Clark reporting live from inside the Oscars press room

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    Today at 9:14 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    Documentary Feature Film

    • Black Box Diaries

    • No Other Land

    • Porcelain War

    • Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

    • Sugarcane

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    Today at 9:13 AM GMT+7

    David Artavia

    Diane Warren reflects on her 16th Oscar nomination: ‘I just get excited like it’s the first time’

    Despite being nominated 16 times, the legendary songwriter Diane Warren is still chasing her first Oscar win — but she remains as humble and passionate as ever.

    “I was on pins and needles, waiting for the short list,” she told Yahoo Entertainment after her latest nominated song, “The Journey,” performed by H.E.R. for Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight, made the Oscars shortlist in January.

    Warren insisted the excitement never fades. “I just get excited like it’s the first time,” she said, adding that no matter how many nominations she racks up, she never gets “jaded.”

    “I’ve lost 15 times, but you never really lose, because being nominated is a pretty big deal,” she reflected.

    This year’s Best Original Song honor went to French songwriters Camille and Clément Ducol, along with Jacques Audiard, director of Emilia Pérez, for “El Mal.”

    Read more from Yahoo Entertainment: Diane Warren is ‘the song whisperer’
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    Today at 9:12 AM GMT+7

    Kelsey Weekman

    Conan O’Brien disses Drake between awards

    Halfway through the ceremony, Conan O’Brien referenced the Super Bowl halftime show.

    “We’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile,” he joked. “Don’t worry, I’m lawyered up.”

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    Today at 9:11 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    Documentary Short Film

    • Death by Numbers

    • I Am Ready, Warden

    • Incident

    • Instruments of a Beating Heart

    • The Only Girl in the Orchestra

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    Today at 9:10 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    We are about halfway through the show

    Two hours in, there have been 11 Oscars awarded — with 12 still to go.

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    Today at 9:02 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    Best Original Song

    • “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez

    • “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight

    • “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing

    • “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez

    • “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
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    Today at 9:01 AM GMT+7

    Taryn Ryder

    Only Mick Jagger can make the room starstruck!

    There were audible gasps inside the room when MicJagger walked onstage. Everyone in the room got to their feet.

    

    — Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre

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    Today at 9:01 AM GMT+7

    Neia Balao

    Zoe Saldaña on Best Supporting Actress win: ‘I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award’

    

    Zoe Saldaña took the stage to accept the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Emilia Pérez. This her first Oscar win. During her acceptance speech, Saldaña thanked the academy for honoring her onscreen character in the film, Rita Mora Castro.

    “I am floored by this honor. Thank you to the academy for recognizing the quiet heroism and the power in a woman like Rita. In talking about powerful women, my fellow nominees — the love and community that you have offered me is a true gift, and I will pay it forward. Thank you so much.”

    She went on to thank the cast and crew of Emilia Pérez, her mother, father and sisters, as well as her husband, Marco Perego-Saldaña, with whom she shares three sons.

    “The biggest honor in my life is being your partner,” Saldaña said.

    Saldaña concluded her speech by thanking her grandmother and acknowledging that she is the daughter of immigrants.

    “My grandmother came to this country in 1961,” she said. “I am a proud child of immigrant parents with dreams and dignity and hardworking hands, and I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award, and I know I will not be the last. The fact that I am getting an award for a role where I got to sing and speak in Spanish … my grandmother, if she were here, she would be so delighted.”

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    Today at 8:59 AM GMT+7

    Taryn Ryder

    Yes, people thought the Ben Stiller bit was funny

    

    The joke landed in the room. Perhaps it’s a “You have to understand production design” thing, because people inside the theater were laughing along most of the time.

    — Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre

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    Today at 8:55 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    Production Design

    • The Brutalist

    • Conclave

    • Dune: Part Two

    • Nosferatu

    • Wicked
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    Today at 8:49 AM GMT+7

    Taryn Ryder

    Biggest applause of the night so far goes to … Zoe Saldaña

    The A-list crowd immediately rose to their feet when Saldaña’s name was read for Best Supporting Actress, including her fellow nominees.

    It is clear the Emilia Pérez star is beloved by her peers. Her speech was emotional, and the whole room felt it.

    “I’m a proud child of immigrant parents,” she declared during her speech, which got huge applause from the room.

    — Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre

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    Today at 8:45 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

    • Ariana Grande, Wicked

    • Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

    • Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

    • Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

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    Today at 8:40 AM GMT+7

    Dylan Stableford

    Film Editing

    • Anora

    • The Brutalist

    • Conclave

    • Emilia Pérez

    • Wicked

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    Today at 8:40 AM GMT+7

    Taryn Ryder

    Bond tribute lands with Grande and Erivo

    The musical number featured a surprise performance from Margaret Qualley to kick things off, with Lisa, Doja Cat and Raye also paying homage to 007.

    It was a mix of high energy and raw vocals, and the whole room seemed into it. Raye’s cover of Adele’s “Skyfall” had the most people cheering. There was a somewhat delayed standing ovation at the end, but Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were first on their feet immediately after the moment.

    — Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre
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    Today at 8:37 AM GMT+7

    Kelsey Weekman

    Margaret Qualley, Lisa, Doja Cat and more pay tribute to ‘our favorite spy’

    

    The Oscars paid tribute to “our favorite spy,” James Bond, first showing a short reel of iconic moments from Bonds throughout the years, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig.

    Margaret Qualley honored the iconic “Bond Girl” archetype, wearing a flowing red gown for a dance number for which she was backed by people wearing tuxedos.

    Other red-clad dancers then appeared as Lisa took the stage. The former Blackpink member and current cast member of The White Lotus sang the Bond movie theme “Live and Let Die.”

    Doja Cat then took the stage to sing “Diamonds Are Forever” in a sparkly, stringy gown, followed by Raye in a black-and-white gown, who sang “Skyfall.”

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    Today at 8:35 AM GMT+7

    Laura Clark

    Tazewell calls Costume Design win ‘a Wizard of Oz moment’

    

    Paul Tazewell, who won Best Costume Design for Wicked, called the award “the pinnacle of my career.”

    “I’ve been designing costumes for over 35 years. Much has been on Broadway, and now into film,” he said in the Oscars press room. “The whole way through, there was never a Black male designer that I saw that I could follow that I could see as an inspiration. And to realize that that’s actually me, it becomes a Wizard of Oz moment. It’s like, no place like home.”

    — Laura Clark reporting live from inside the Oscars press room

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    Today at 8:33 AM GMT+7

    David Artavia

    ‘The Substance’ makeup artists accept their Oscar: ‘It takes a village.’

    

    When accepting the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on The Substance, Pierre Olivier Persin, Marilyne Scarselli and Stéphanie Guillon thanked their entire crew — particularly its star Demi Moore, who’s up for Best Actress tonight.

    “Thank you to our director, Coralie Fargeat, and for the love of makeup and practical effects,” Persin said before adding, “Thank you to Demi Moore for your patience in the makeup chair.”

    Finally, added Persin, “Thank you to my whole crew because it takes a village.”

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    Today at 8:23 AM GMT+7

    Neia Balao

    Peter Straughan dedicates Best Adapted Screenplay win to daughter

    

    Upon winning the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Conclave writer Peter Straughan took to the stage to thank the cast and crew of the film. He also thanked Robert Harris, who penned the 2016 novel on which the film is based.

    “Robert Harris, for your beautiful book. We’re all standing on your shoulders,” he said. “Our wonderful producer, Tessa Ross, and our great, great director, Edward Berger.”

    Straughan dedicated the award to his daughter, Connie.

    • Straughan dedicated the award to his daughter, Connie.

      “Connie, I love you. This is for you. That’s not the same as saying this is yours,” he joked. “It’s not like that jumper that you keep taking. This is mine. Thank you so much.”
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      Today at 8:23 AM GMT+7

      Kelsey Weekman

      ‘Conclave’ superfans rejoice following the film’s Oscar win

      Conclave has received the divine mandate of the Oscars. The film won Best Adapted Screenplay.

      Conclave is notorious for attracting an intense fanbase — surprisingly enthusiastic for a movie about cardinals selecting a new pope.

      More than 50 Conclave fans spoke to Yahoo Entertainment about their love of the film.

      “This very serious movie about Catholicism, that you would think is very straightforward, is full of messy bitches and vape hits,” one said.

      Read more on Yahoo Entertainment.

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      Today at 8:22 AM GMT+7

      Dylan Stableford

      Makeup and Hairstyling

      • A Different Man

      • Emilia Pérez

      • Nosferatu

      • The Substance

      • Wicked

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      Today at 8:17 AM GMT+7

      Kelsey Weekman

      Sean Baker thanks the sex worker community during Best Original Screenplay acceptance speech

      

      Sean Baker won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Anora. The film follows a sex worker whose twisted Cinderella story goes awry after she marries the son of a Russian oligarch.

      During his acceptance speech, Baker thanked “the sex worker community.”

      “They have shared their stories. They have shared their life experience with me over the years for my deepest respect. Thank you. I share this with you,” he said.

      Sex work has been a part of five of Baker’s eight films. Baker told Yahoo Entertainment in October that during his research process, he met sex workers who became his consultants as well as his friends. They aren’t nearly as “one-dimensional” as pop culture portrays them.

      “I realized there are a million stories to be told in that world … and I never wanted just one of my films to represent all of sex work,” Baker said. “I certainly don’t want it to be seen as a schtick of mine either, but I feel like these stories are important [because] the stigma that’s applied to sex work is still out there.”

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      Today at 8:13 AM GMT+7

      Laura Clark

      Culkin is ‘very glad’ he took role in ‘A Real Pain’

      “I’m not fully inside my body right now,” Kieran Culkin told reporters in the Oscars press room after winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Real Pain.

      He said he first said no to the film because “the schedule was taking me away from my kids for a month, and I was like, ‘Well, I don’t want to do that.’ And then I got talked into it, which [I’m] obviously very glad that I was.”

      

      — Laura Clark reporting live from inside the Oscars press room
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      Today at 8:12 AM GMT+7

      Dylan Stableford

      Best Adapted Screenplay

      • A Complete Unknown

      • Conclave

      • Emilia Pérez

      • Nickel Boys

      • Sing Sing

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      Today at 8:09 AM GMT+7

      Dylan Stableford

      Best Original Screenplay

      • Anora

      • The Brutalist

      • A Real Pain

      • September 5

      • The Substance

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      Today at 8:08 AM GMT+7

      David Artavia

      Paul Tazewell makes history

      

      Paul Tazewell made history when he became the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design for Wicked.

      “This is absolutely astounding. Thank you, academy, for this very significant honor,” Tazewell said before acknowledging his place in history.

      “I’m the first Black man to receive an Oscar design award,” he said. “I’m so proud of this.”

      Tazewell, who was nominated in the same category for West Side Story in 2022, went on to thank his “Ozian muses,” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, as well as the rest of the Wicked cast.

      “Thank you for trusting me with bringing your characters to life,” he said. “This is everything.”

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      Today at 8:07 AM GMT+7

      Suzy Byrne

      Last-minute scramble to honor Gene Hackman

      

      Gene Hackman, a five-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner, was found dead days before the ceremony, leaving producers scrambling about how to honor him during the show.

      A Hackman relative told TMZ that Morgan Freeman will do the honors. Freeman and Hackman co-starred in Clint Eastwood’s 1992 film Unforgiven.

      Hackman won his second Oscar (Best Supporting Actor) for the film. He won his first Oscar (Best Actor) for 1971’s The French Connection.

      TMZ also reported that Freeman’s tribute to the Superman, Hoosiers and Royal Tenenbaums actor will be an extension of the in memoriam segment, and Hackman’s family will not be present tonight.
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      Today at 7:58 AM GMT+7

      Dylan Stableford

      Costume Design

      • A Complete Unknown

      • Conclave

      • Gladiator II

      • Nosferatu

      • Wicked

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      Today at 7:47 AM GMT+7

      Neia Balao

      Halle Berry and Adrien Brody recreate 2003 Oscars kiss

      Ahead of the awards ceremony, Halle Berry and Adrien Brody reunited on the red carpet. Berry approached Brody, who is nominated for Best Actor for The Brutalist, and planted a kiss on him.

      While chatting with Extra correspondents Melvin Robert and Terri Seymour, Berry joked that she waited over two decades for “some payback” after what happened at the 2003 awards ceremony. At the 2003 Oscars, after accepting the statuette for Best Actor for The Pianist from Berry, Adrien surprised her with a kiss.

      

      “Twenty-one years I’ve been waiting to get him on a red carpet and slap one on,” Berry said.

      Berry noted that Brody’s girlfriend, designer Georgina Chapman, was totally fine with the kiss.

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      Today at 7:43 AM GMT+7

      Dylan Stableford

      Animated Short Film

      • Beautiful Men

      • In the Shadow of the Cypress

      • Magic Candies

      • Wander to Wonder

      • Yuck!

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      Today at 7:43 AM GMT+7

      Kelsey Weekman

      Kieran Culkin continues running acceptance speech bit with his wife, Jazz Charton

      

      After winning his first Oscar, for Best Supporting Actor in A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin brought up his Emmys acceptance speech from last year, when he asked his wife, Jazz Charton, for another child.

      “About a year ago, I was on a stage like this, and I very stupidly publicly said that I want a third kid from her, because she said, if I won the award … she would give me the kid,” Culkin said in his acceptance speech Sunday night. “Turns out she said that because she didn’t think I was going to win.”

      He said he then told her that he actually wants four kids, which she promised to give him “when you win an Oscar.”

      “I held my hand out. She shook it. … You remember that, honey?” he said. The camera showed Charton nodding her head in the audience. Culkin continued, “Jazz, love of my life, oh ye of little faith — no pressure. I love you. I’m really sorry I did this again. Let’s get cracking on those kids. What do you say?”
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      Today at 7:41 AM GMT+7

      Taryn Ryder

      Karla Sofía Gascón gets applause

      The Emilia Peréz star was all but eliminated from Best Actress contention due to her controversial tweets. However, she got more than a warm reception inside the Dolby Theatre.

      The audience clapped when Conan O’Brien called out her name. They also laughed a lot with his Jimmy Kimmel joke right after — and it seemed that she was laughing too, even though she appeared to be hiding her face, looking down from the camera.

      — Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre

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      Today at 7:41 AM GMT+7

      Dylan Stableford

      Animated Feature Film

      • Flow

      • Inside Out 2

      • Memoir of a Snail

      • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

      • The Wild Robot

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      Today at 7:31 AM GMT+7

      Taryn Ryder

      Timmy C. loves Adam Sandler

      Perhaps the person who got the biggest kick out of Conan O’Brien and Adam Sandler’s schtick was Timothée Chalamet himself.

      The room laughed along as Sandler showed up in anti-black-tie attire, but the part that really got the most laughs was at the end when Sandler did his “Chalamet” impression, akin to his surprise appearance on SNL in February.

      

      Chalamet seemed very amused, as did his date, Kylie Jenner.

      — Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre

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      Today at 7:30 AM GMT+7

      Kelsey Weekman

      Conan O’Brien pays tribute to ‘The Substance,’ pokes fun at Karla Sofía Gascón and breaks into song during opening monologue

      

      Conan O’Brien paid tribute to The Substance before his opening monologue, emerging from Demi Moore’s back (and losing a shoe) before walking on stage.

      O’Brien is a “four-time Oscar viewer,” as the announcer said, and a first-time host. He welcomed the crowd to “Hollywood’s biggest night that starts at 4 in the afternoon”

      “A Complete Unknown. A Real Pain. Nosferatu. These are just some of the names I was called on the red carpet. I think two were fair,” O’Brien joked. He poked fun at all of the Best Picture nominees, from Wicked to Conclave.

      “I didn’t want it to end, and luckily it didn’t,” he said of The Brutalist, which has a brutal 3-hour-and-35 minute runtime.

      He joked about Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist having a frustrating awards season, but the crowd cheered when he announced when she was attending the ceremony that night.

      “If you’re going to tweet about the Oscars, remember — my name is Jimmy Kimmel,” O’Brien joked.

      He announced that he would be implementing new rules to keep the Oscars running smoothly.

      For one, he noted, if a speech went too long, the camera would cut to John Lithgow in the audience looking “not angry, but slightly disappointed.”

      He threatened to show an old headshot if they still didn’t get off the stage.

      Later, Adam Sandler was shown in the audience wearing a hoodie and gym shorts. O’Brien asked him to leave, and Sandler invited the audience to join him for basketball afterward. He gave Timothée Chalamet a hug, exclaiming his last name, then left, to thunderous applause.

      O’Brien then shifted to a more serious tone, announcing that the award would not just honor celebrities but also “hardworking men and women behind the camera” who are “devoted to a craft that can, for moments, bring us all closer together.”

      “The magic, the madness, the grandeur and the joy of film worldwide is going to be with us forever,” O’Brien said, before promising to run a tight ship. He then broke into a song about not wasting time.

      Over the next few minutes, he brought out the sandworm from Dune: Part Two to play chopsticks on the piano and a dancing Deadpool.

      “We’re four minutes over,” he said before moving on with the show.
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      Today at 7:30 AM GMT+7

      Dylan Stableford

      Best Supporting Actor

      • Yura Borisov, Anora

      • Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

      • Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

      • Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

      • Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

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      Today at 7:20 AM GMT+7

      Taryn Ryder

      Offerman to winners: ‘Keep it short’

      Nick Offerman took the stage five minutes before showtime to remind winners to “keep it short.”

      As the announcer for the night, he asked winners to get up there as quickly as possible. He joked that if you are giving hugs after your name is announced, whether they are “consensual or with Kevin Spacey,” to please get up there quickly. And, yes, a lot of people laughed at the joke.

      — Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre

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      Today at 7:16 AM GMT+7

      Laura Clark

      Grande and Erivo’s fans include press covering Oscars

      The press room erupted in cheers following Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s opening performance.

      — Laura Clark reporting live from inside the Oscars press room

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      Today at 7:15 AM GMT+7

      Suzy Byrne

      Oscars kicks off with tribute to Hollywood, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo performing

      

      Hollywood got some early love at the Oscars — and so did Wicked.

      As we heard “There’s no place like home” and ruby slippers clicked, there was a tribute to Hollywood. Clips from movies famously set in Tinseltown — like La La Land — played.

      From there, Wicked fans were delighted by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s performance. After a very quick outfit change, Grande sang “Over the Rainbow” from the original Wizard of Oz. Erivo sang “Home” from The Wiz. Then they came together for “Defying Gravity.”