The film’s star, Mikey Madison, who plays a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, won best actress. While this was not a huge surprise, many had anticipated Demi Moore to win for her role in The Substance. Anora director Sean Baker won best director and used his acceptance speech to urge viewers to support theaters, calling them “a vital part of our culture” and stating that they would not be able to survive without them. Both also thanked the sex workers who provided consultation for the film, saying they could not have made it without them.
Adrien Brody’s portrayal of Hungarian architect Lazlo Toth in the architectural epic The Brutalist earned him the Oscar for best actor.
About 22 years after winning his first Academy Award in the same category for The Pianist in 2003, he won this one again.
In a long speech, he accepted his medal and praised his partner Georgina Chapman, saying she had “re-invigorated” his “sense of value” and “self-worth.”
Brady Corbet’s epic, which lasted three and a half hours and won the award for best original soundtrack, also won best cinematography.
Ralph Fiennes’ papal thriller Conclave won only one prize, for best adapted script.
Kieran Culkin won best supporting actor.
For his performance in the comedic drama A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin won the first award of the evening for best supporting actor. Emilia Perez, who had her first Oscar nomination and victory, won the award for best supporting actress.
As she shouted out “Mommy, mommy” on stage, one of the highest-grossing actresses ever explained that her whole family was present. She talked about being “a proud child of immigrant parents” and broke down in tears at the end of her address.
Zoe Saldana was named best actress.
According to Mick Jagger, Emilia Perez’s El Mal (which means “Evil”) won best music, while Paul Tazewell of Wicked—the first black man to win the award—won best costume design. Best production design went to the Wizard of Oz prequel as well.
I’m Still Here, a Portuguese-language film directed by Brazilian Walter Salles and set in the 1970s under Brazil’s violent military dictatorship, won best international feature.
In recent months, Fernanda Torres, the film’s Brazilian lead, has become a highly talked-about actress in the United States after becoming a word-of-mouth hit.
Star of I’m Still Here, Fernanda Torres.
The prize for hairstyling and makeup went to Body Horror. The Substance was a movie that included gore, makeup, and extreme prosthetics. It was the lone victory of the evening for the movie.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra and No Other Land, which were produced by a Palestinian-Israeli collaborative, won the documentary categories for short and feature films, respectively.
Its creators, Basel Dra and Yuval Abraham, accepted the award and made a political appeal to the United States: “This country’s foreign policy is contributing to the obstruction of [the path of peace].” Why? Isn’t it obvious that we are connected? There’s another option. For the living, it’s still possible.
The Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two won for both best sound and outstanding visual effects.
On a night that honored independent and unconventional filmmaking, the Latvian computer-generated picture Flow won best animated feature, and the Iranian entrant, The Shadow of the Cypress, won best animated short film. There is no dialogue in either of the foreign productions.
I’m Not A Robot, a study on an identity dilemma driven by artificial intelligence, included a live-action short film.
Morgan Freeman honored two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, who was discovered dead at his house earlier this week alongside his wife and dog, during the ceremony’s in memoriam portion.
American actors James Earl Jones, Kris Kristofferson, and David Lynch, as well as British celebrities Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Joan Plowwright, and Donald Sutherland, were honored in a video montage commemorating Academy members who had died in the last year.
Queen Latifah, a rapper, and Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg presented a poignant tribute honoring the late music producer Quincy Jones.
Following the ceremony, Sky News is livestreaming the Sir Elton John and Vanity Fair after-party red carpets. Join us there starting at 6am to see the Oscar winners as they have a wild time partying.
