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There's no place like home, there's no place like home.

There's no place like home, there's no place like home.

Of all the places I could be, I will always want to be here with you.

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high,

There's a land that I've heard of once, in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue,

And the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up by the clouds I found behind me.

But your rubble's melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops.

That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, the birds fly.

The birds fly over the rainbow, why, why can't I?

If happy little blowbirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh why can't I?

When I think of home, I think of a place where there's love overflowing.

I wish I was home, I wish I was back there with the things I've been knowing.

When that makes the tall grass bend into leaning,

Suddenly the raindrops that fall, they have a meaning.

Sprinkling the sea, makes it all clear.

Suddenly my world's gone and changed its fate, but I still know where I'm going.

I have had my mind spun around in space, and yet I've watched it growing.

And I've learned that we must look inside our hearts to find a world full of love.

Like you're mine, like you're mine.

Unlimited, together we're unlimited.

Together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been.

Glinda dreams the way we planned on.

If we work in tandem, there's no fight we cannot win.

Just you and I, defying gravity.

With you and I, defying gravity, they'll never bring us down.

So if you care to find me, into the western sky,

As someone told me lately, everyone deserves a chance to fly.

And if I'm flying so low, at least I'm flying free.

To those who ground me, take a message back from me.

Tell them how I am defying gravity.

How I'm flying high, defying gravity.

And soon I'll match them in renown.

Had nobody in all of us, no wizard that there is or was,

Is ever gonna bring me down.

Is ever gonna bring me down.

Conan, you're on.

Conan?

Conan?

Oh, where's that shoe?

Come on, come on.

Conan, everyone's waiting.

Conan?

Okay, give me a minute.

It's down there.

Okay.

I see you.

Come on, shoe.

Where are you?

Please welcome four-time Oscar viewer, Conan O'Brien.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Please sit down.

Seriously, sit down.

You never stood.

Okay, all right.

Hi to me.

How are you?

That was weird.

Yeah, awkward.

I'm missing some car keys.

Anyway, this is very exciting.

Hello, I'm your host, Conan O'Brien.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I know what you're thinking.

Did Conan not have work done?

Seriously.

He looks his age.

I should have done something.

I am excited to be here.

Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards.

It's Hollywood's biggest night that starts at four in the afternoon.

Everyone here just had brunch.

I don't understand it.

But it's the Oscars, and I say let's do this thing.

You ready to go?

I am.

I'm walking to show I have control of the stage.

A complete unknown.

A real pain.

These are just some of the names I was called on the red carpet.

I think two were fair.

We're here to celebrate the movie industry.

What a year for the movie industry.

Netflix leads all studios with an impressive 18, count them, 18 price increases.

Yes.

And I think they can beat that next year.

And how about those ladies, Ariana and Cynthia?

Weren't they amazing?

They were incredible.

I think it is nominated tonight in ten categories.

Yeah.

It's the perfect movie for anyone who's ever finished watching The Wizard of Oz

and thought sure, but where did all the minor characters go to college?

That's the story.

I love The Brutalist.

I really did.

I love The Brutalist.

Yeah.

Brutalist also received ten nominations.

Yeah.

No, I love The Brutalist.

I really did.

I didn't want it to end and luckily it didn't.

Conclave.

I'm a Catholic boy.

I love Conclave.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Movie Conclave is nominated for best picture tonight.

If you haven't seen Conclave, its log line is a movie about the Catholic Church,

but don't worry.

You got to hold on that one and just wait.

Yeah.

And then it comes rolling back at you.

Ray Fiennes is excellent in Conclave.

Yeah.

You are.

Excellent.

True fact, this is actually Ray Fiennes' third time being nominated.

Yeah.

If he doesn't win tonight, we all get to call him Ralph.

Hey, Ralph, get me a towel.

Can't tell if he's laughing or not.

It doesn't matter.

Not getting paid a lot.

Hey, you know what?

I love Denora.

I really did.

I love Denora.

Yeah.

Yeah.

True story.

Little fact for you, Denora uses the F word 479 times.

That's three more than the record set by Carla Sofia Gascon's publicist.

I'm having fun.

Carla Sofia Gascon is here tonight.

Yeah.

And Carla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.

Before we go any further, I want you to know we did not use AI to make this show.

No AI.

Yeah.

No AI.

Yeah.

We would never do that.

We use child labor.

Hey, there's still people.

Of course, we lost little Billy, but that's sad.

Anyway, another movie nominated for Best Picture is I'm Still Here.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm Still Here is about a woman who forges ahead alone after her husband goes

missing.

Yeah.

When my wife saw it, she called it the feel-good movie of the year.

Thanks, one guy.

Hey, Jimmy Chalamet is up for Best Actor tonight.

You're amazing.

And you look amazing.

I bow to you.

Love that suit.

You will not get hit on your bike tonight.

Safe.

Amazing actor.

Timothy is nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Bob Dylan wanted to be here tonight, but not that badly.

Timothy Chalamet is also in Dune II.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Dune II is nominated for Best Picture Director, Denis Villeneuve, and guess what?

I'm told he bans smartphones on the set of Dune II.

Did you know that?

Yeah.

Apparently, his actors kept Googling, what is this movie about?

We'll hang afterwards, Timmy, it's going to be fun.

That was a no.

You know, one of my favorite movies didn't get nominated this year, Baby Girl.

Yeah, I love that film.

Yeah.

In the film Baby Girl, Antonio Banderas plays a man who doesn't know how to give his wife an orgasm.

Banderas described it as the most challenging role of his career.

Should have come to me, man, should have come to me.

Hey, big news recently.

Amazon has taken over the 007 franchise, and they just announced the next James Bond.

Did you know that?

Yeah.

It's Amazon's Senior Vice President of Global Affairs, Steve Belsky.

Ladies love him.

Speaking of Amazon, we have some footage of Amazon Chief Jeff Bezos arriving tonight on the red carpet.

This is great.

Let's see if we can get out there, and here he comes.

Yeah, there he is.

He seems undamaged.

Hey, at least he made it.

Wait, where's Jeff?

What happened to Mr. Bezos?

Oh, for God's sake.

Why?

Why?

Look for him on eBay next week.

Let me explain what we're doing tonight.

We have a great show, but before we continue, there are a few housekeeping rules I'm implementing to keep the Oscars running smoothly.

Okay?

First, if your acceptance speech goes too long, instead of playing you off with music, we have something much more powerful.

We'll cut to John Lithgow in the audience looking not angry, but slightly disappointed.

That just freezes you in your tracks.

I could not keep speaking if I saw that.

I couldn't.

That's amazing.

Thank you, sir.

And if you still won't get off the stage, I'm going to play hardball.

I'm going to show one of your old head shots.

Okay?

This means you, Guy Pearce.

There you are.

I loved you with guns and roses.

You're amazing.

It means you, Zoe Saldana.

That's a nice head shot.

And it means you, Timothy Chalamet.

You know, I did that to them, and so it's only fair to do it to me.

I'll show it.

Come on right now.

There you go.

Yeah.

That was taken when I was 38 years old.

What did you think of that bit, Mr. Lithgow?

He's still committing.

I love it.

That's acting.

That's acting.

And finally, for such a prestigious night, it's important that everyone is properly

dressed.

Okay?

You're dressed well.

Adam.

Go to hell.

What's up, my brother?

What's going on, man?

Adam, what are you wearing?

What are you doing right now?

I'm asking you what you're wearing.

Nobody even thought about what I was wearing until you brought it up.

You're dressed like a guy playing video poker at 2 a.m., Adam.

And you know what, Conan?

I like the way I look.

Because I'm a good person.

I don't care about what I wear or what I don't wear.

Did my snazzy gym shorts and fluffy sweatshirt offend you so much that you had to mock me

in front of my peers?

Okay.

I'm sorry.

Adam, I apologize.

I'm going.

I'm getting off.

I go.

Yeah, I'm leaving.

I have to.

It's not you.

No, it's not you.

It's him.

He's the one that you caused this.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You are all welcome to join me for a game of five on five basketball at Veteran Park

tonight.

Midnight tip off the guy from Nostra...

Nostraffa.

Where is he?

He's on my team.

One more thing.

Shannon!

There he goes.

Oh, my God.

Thank you, Adam.

If I could change the tone for just one second.

I'm going to do this right now.

The people of Los Angeles have clearly been through a devastating ordeal, and this needs

to be addressed and should be addressed.

In moments such as this, any award show can seem self-indulgent and superfluous.

But what I want to do is have us all remember why we gather here tonight, okay?

Yes, we will honor many beautiful and talented A-list stars, but the Oscars also shines a

light on an incredible community of people you will never see.

Craftspeople, artisans, technicians, costumers.

That's right.

I can't name them all, there are too many hardworking men and women behind the camera

who have devoted their lives to making film.

Now, yes, many people we celebrate tonight are not famous, they're not wealthy, but they

are devoted to a craft that can, in moments, bring us all a little closer together.

Now, for almost a century, we have paused every spring to elevate and celebrate an art

form that has the power, at its very best, to unite us.

So yes, even in the face of terrible wildfires and divisive politics, the work, which is

what this is about, the work continues.

And next year, and for years to come, through trauma and joy, this seemingly absurd ritual

is going to be here.

I will not.

I'm leaving Hollywood to run a bed and breakfast in Orlando, but, and I'd like to see you

there, but the magic, the madness, the grandeur and the joy of film worldwide is going to

be with us forever.

So without further delay, let's get things started.

Now I know in the past this show has gone long, okay?

That's not going to happen.

I'm going to run a tight ship.

I'll say this clearly, I'm going to make it very plain.

I am not going to waste your time tonight.

Cause that would be insane.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

There's 23 awards to give its all time to perfection.

To waste time on some idiocy would be a dereliction.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

Why would I waste time?

There's no good reason.

It's such, such an audacious time.

Audacious time.

Now for no good reason, Sandworm from Doom 2 playing chopsticks on the piano.

Hey, check it out.

Someone who's not even nominated, Dancing Deadpool.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

You don't waste your precious time.

I won't waste time.

I won't waste time.

Well, we're 40 minutes over.

Hey, please welcome someone I love.

He's one of our greatest actors and an Academy Award winner.

I adore this man, Robert Downey Jr.

Wowing.

Yeah, right off the bat, I want to check in with my boys.

You're Barysov, where you at?

There he is.

Wasn't he amazing in an aura?

As the dutiful mob associate with a conscience.

Breakthrough performance.

Welcome to the big time, brother.

You have a bright future.

You're in the right place.

Am I correct?

Yes.

I got to locate the cult.

We're up.

Hey, Kieran.

And he nailed it, right?

Pretty much modeled the entire breadth and depth of human experience.

We felt it.

We felt a real pain.

It was deep and messy.

I can relate.

If you'd simply cease trying to be as witty as me when on an award season role, you'd be perfect.

Just food for thought.

How about Mr. Norton as Pete Seeger, the founding father of folk?

I saw Edward in prep with such passionate sophistication, dedication, humility.

He was like removing teeth.

He was becoming an effortlessly magical musician.

He's an actor's actor.

He's a total pro.

This is his fourth nomination.

And in IMO, he's been worthy of high honor since what?

1997.

Come on.

So hurtling along, I know Guy Pearce a bit, and I saw none of him in The Brutalist.

It was unrecognizable, dude.

Brilliant.

He made admiration seem dangerous, charm look like control, and beauty feel like possession.

There is no doubt as to your prowess.

Chameleon status achieved.

Bravo.

Well done.

Now, as we all know, Jeremy Strong is irrefutably the most serious actor on earth.

He's also like a brother to me, and I have watched him come from sleeping in the bleachers

outside the Oscars the night that I was nominated for chaplain in 1993 to his blistering portrayal

of Roy Cohn in The Apprentice, which was a master class.

Master class.

Full stop.

Look at him now.

Give him some love.

Stiff competition.

How's it going to go?

Let's see.

Pucker up, gentlemen.

And the Oscar goes to Kieran Culkin of Real Pain.

This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Kieran Culkin.

Oh, my God.

That's crazy.

Mr. Downey, sir, thanks for handing this to me.

This means a lot coming from you.

Thank you.

He's right, by the way, Jeremy, you're amazing in The Apprentice.

I'm not supposed to single anyone out.

It's favoritism.

Anyway, but you were great.

And I've already lost whatever speech I prepared, 20 seconds or whatever.

I have no idea how I got here.

I've just been acting my whole life.

It's just been a part of what I do.

So this is I felt like this is never my trajectory.

But however I got here, I know that Emily Gerson Sains, my manager of 30 years,

is because of you.

Thank you for being there.

I lean on you for everything.

So please don't go anywhere.

I'd be completely lost without you.

I love you.

And the movie, Jesse Eisenberg.

Thank you for this movie.

You're a genius.

I would never say that to your face.

I'm never saying it again, so soak it up.

Thank you for this movie.

Thank you, Searchlight, Topic Studios, M.

Dave and Allie at Fruit Tree.

I'm going to speed this up because I don't want Lithgow to get disappointed

and give the look.

You look fine right now.

I should thank my mom and Steve for trying to raise me.

You're really good people.

You gave it your best shot.

I love you, Mom.

I want to really, I love you, Jazz.

I have to thank my wife, Jazz, for absolutely everything,

for giving me my favorite people in the world.

Please don't play the music because I want to tell a really quick story about Jazz.

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.

It turns out she said that because she didn't think I was going to win.

And people came up to her and were like, you know, really annoying her.

I think it got to her.

But anyway, after the show, we're walking through a parking lot.

She's holding the Emmy.

We're trying to find her car.

Emily, you were there, so you're a witness.

And she goes, oh, God, I did say that.

I guess I owe you a third kid.

And I turned to her and I said, really, I want four.

And she turned to me.

I swear to God this happened.

It was just over a year ago.

She said, I will give you four when you win an Oscar.

I held my hand out.

She shook it.

And I have not brought it up once until just now.

You remember that, honey?

You do?

OK.

Then I just have this to say to you, Jazz, love of my life, ye of little faith.

No pressure.

I love you.

I'm really sorry I did this again.

And let's get cracking on those kids.

What do you say?

I love you.

I love you, Zizou and Boobie.

I love you, 52.

Coming up next, Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn here on the Oscars from the Dolby Theatre

at Ovation Hollywood.

What is folk music?

Like a human voice and a guitar in the most simplistic way.

It's about a kind of authenticity.

It felt like so dignified and humble.

We're just bringing life to a thing that happened 60 years ago.

I can't go home this late.

Please welcome two-time Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield and Oscar winner Goldie Hawn.

I love you.

I love you too.

OK.

Goldie, Goldie, Goldie.

Yes.

Can I tell you something?

Yes.

Really quickly.

There's someone, there's a person who gave my mother during her life the most joy, the

most comfort.

And tonight, I feel very lucky because I get to thank that person from the bottom of my

heart.

That person is Goldie Hawn.

Thank you, Zizou.

It really touches me.

I, you know, I can feel her smiling at us at this moment.

I know.

I'm smiling too.

OK.

You, I have more to say.

I'm sorry.

Oh, you do?

Yeah.

You, you've given us movies full of joy.

You've, you've lifted our spirits and you've made us feel that all was right with the world

over and over and over again.

Oh, thank you.

I mean, I just loved it.

You know, I was so lucky making movies in this amazing Hollywood and, and making people

laugh and, and maybe some didn't, but that's OK.

In the meantime.

OK.

Can you, sweetheart, can you read that?

I'm completely blind.

Oh, OK.

I mean, I am.

I mean, I have the cataracts.

OK, I got you.

Yeah, that's OK.

I got you.

OK.

So this is, this is what the magic of, of storytelling can do.

This, this person right here, it can transcend space and time.

It connects us to the deepest parts of ourselves and the animated films nominated this year,

they do it in spades.

They do, they do it in spades, don't they?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you all for what you've given us for the, for the years you've spent creating these

beautiful, beautiful films.

I'm anxiety.

I'm one of Riley's new emotions and we are just super jazzed to be here.

Where can I put my stuff?

Why are you dressed like a man?

No, I'm a snail.

Oh, funny.

Chief, they're getting away!

Chief?

Did we get him?

The wild robot, Chris Saunders and Jeff Herman.

Where's your mommy, little guy?

The monster!

You gotta die faster!

OK, and the Oscar goes to...

Flo!

Flo!

This is the first Oscar win and nomination for this producing team.

Gince Zilpilotis, Matisse Kaja, Ron Diance and Gregory Zoltzman.

Flo becomes the third animated film to be nominated for international feature film.

And the second animated film to be nominated for both animated feature and international feature film.

Thank you to the Academy.

Thank you to Sideshow and Janus.

Thank you to Blender.

Thank you to my mom and dad.

Thank you to my cats and dogs.

I'm really moved by the warm reception our film has had.

And I hope that it will open doors to independent animation filmmakers around the world.

This is the first time a film from Latvia has ever been nominated, so it really means a lot to us.

We are very inspired and we hope to be back soon.

And yeah, we're all in the same boat.

We must overcome our differences and find ways to work together.

Thank you.

I know.

It's coming, it's coming.

I'm gonna see if I can see it.

OK.

Telling a story in minutes is an art form all in its own.

Here are the five nominees that mastered it brilliantly.

Beautiful Men.

Nicola Keppins and Brecht von Aslinder.

In the Shadow of the Cyprus.

Shirin Sohani and Hussein Moloyemi.

Magic Candies.

Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio.

Wonder to Wonder.

Nina Gantz and Stenette Vosklopper.

Jacques-Louis Espoche and Juliette Marquette.

And the Oscar goes to In the Shadow of the Cyprus.

This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Shirin Sohani and Hussein Moloyemi.

Thank you.

It's very surreal.

Believe me or not, three hours ago our plane landed in LA.

Because of our bad English, please let us, let us read from a text.

We are not native English speakers, sorry.

Actually we, we hadn't obtained our visa until yesterday.

And we were totally disappointed.

So disappointed.

And now we are here.

And is that true?

It's a miracle.

It's a miracle.

And speaking in front of this expectant audience is very hard for us.

So I think we can.

Okay.

We're going to dedicate our film on this.

Oh no.

Oh my God.

It's your turn.

It's your turn.

This is your turn.

But this is the first paragraph.

Just the fact that we managed to make this film under the extraordinary circumstances of our country is a miracle.

And yes, if we persevere and remain faithful, miracles do happen.

No, no, no.

Oh my God.

Let me, let me, let me read it myself.

Until yesterday we hadn't even obtained our visa and we were totally disappointed.

And now we are standing here with this statuette in our hands.

Also just the fact that we managed to make this film under the extraordinary circumstances of our country is a miracle.

Yes, if we persevere and remain faithful, miracles do happen.

We are going to dedicate our film and this precious award to all those who are still fighting in their inner and outer battles heroically.

And nobody knows about that, especially to our fellow Iranians who are still suffering.

We are so grateful to the Academy and all those who supported us in this long journey, especially our families.

Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you very much.

Just ahead, a very special presentation for Costume Design with Lily Rose Depp, Oscar nominee John Lithgow, Connie Nielsen, Elle Fanning, and Bowen Yang.

I couldn't have done it without the imagination and the work and the craftsmanship of everybody.

We all were allowed to dream bigger than any of us had ever dreamed before.

That's where the magic comes from.

Listen to me.

You can do anything.

I know.

Wow.

Hey, how about Flow?

I want to mention this.

This is the first time Latvia has won an Oscar.

Isn't that cool?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Balls in your court, Estonia.

All right?

Check this out.

Tonight's Oscars are being watched by more than a billion people all over the world.

Yes.

For those of you watching in Spanish-speaking countries, I just want to say,

For those of you watching from India, I want to say,

And for those of you watching from China,

Thank you.

Yes.

Next up, the award for costume design.

All right?

Stick around.

And with the Oscar for costume design, please welcome Lily Rosedep,

Elle Fanning, John Lithgow, Connie Nielsen, and Bowen Yang.

Thank you.

Guys, I thought we were all doing this.

Yeah, no, we changed our minds.

Well, that would have been helpful to communicate in the group chat, Elle Fanning.

You guys, we're presenting for costume design.

Yeah, but it would have been so, like, cringe, Bowen.

Yeah, I was going to say that too.

Wow.

A2, Lithgow.

Guys, I know who's winning the Oscar tonight for least supportive best friend.

Bowen, we barely know each other.

That's enough, bestie.

You know what?

Just start the category.

Lily Rose, you go first.

The five of us have all had the honor of working with the nominees for best costume design.

Linda Muir, the first time I stepped into my Nosferatu costumes,

I could feel the weight of history, the restrictions holding women down,

and the urge to break free.

Mark didn't just dress Ellen Hutter.

It transformed our entire vision of the vampire.

Haunting, exquisite, and unforgettable.

Ariane Phillips.

We met when I was 13, but A Complete Unknown is our first film collaboration.

I am in awe of your artistry and your dedication to each character.

Your vintage pieces dropped me straight into 1960s Greenwich Village.

The energy, the rebellion, the moment.

You took on the transformation of Robert Zimmerman into Bob Dylan with your whole heart.

67 looks for Timmy alone, plus 120 speaking roles and 5,000 background artists.

All while leading with kindness and making it look effortless.

I love you.

You are truly a genius.

How many people does it take to dress 108 cardinals?

No, it's not the set up to a joke.

It's the impossible task.

Lissy Crystal somehow made possible.

Her research notes alone were 300 pages.

Now, that's commitment.

Lissy, dear friend, you are extraordinary.

And honestly, I missed that costume at lunch on set.

That cassock was so roomy and forgiving.

Going for seconds was never a problem.

Jonti, we met on Gladiator.

And the costumes were so amazing that you won the Oscar that year.

25 years later, I had the privilege of wearing your costumes again.

These stunning costumes that you and Dave Crossman with an army of artisans created.

Thousands of pieces for Gladiator 2.

You honor the original while making something entirely new.

I felt like royalty in Lucilla's golden gowns.

And who didn't love Denzel and those earrings?

Jonti and Dave, you brought history to life.

Thank you.

To be costumed by the great Paul Taswell

is one of the biggest honors of my alleged career.

But Paul, I'm actually upset with you because I can't talk about your exquisite work

without sounding like a total jackass.

I don't want to be the kind of person who says Alphabas costuming tells a story.

But I have to because it does because of you, you legend.

If I have to say the words, sumptuous fabrics, one more time in an interview,

I'm going to defy gravity off the side of this stage.

Paul, how very dare you for being such a one of a kind talent.

I love you so much.

And the Oscar goes to Wicked Paul Taswell.

This is the first Oscar win and second nomination for Paul Taswell.

He was previously nominated in this category for West Side Story.

This is absolutely astounding.

Thank you, Academy, for this very significant honor.

I'm the first black man to receive the Costume Design Award for my work on Wicked.

I'm so proud of this.

Thank you, Mom and Emma, so much.

Thank you, everyone in the UK for all of your beautiful work.

I could not have done this without you.

My Ozzy and Muses, Cynthia and Ariana, I love you so much.

All the other cast, thank you, thank you, thank you for trusting me

with bringing your characters to life.

This is everything.

Thank you.

Thank you, John, Mark, everyone.

Thank you.

Coming up next, Amy Poehler presents the awards for Adapted and Original Screenplay.

And later, a very special tribute to James Bond, only at the Oscars here on ABC.

Dune is about the relationship of human with nature.

It is important to bring that nature to the screen.

And the audience will believe this world if it feels real.

Very quickly, another congratulations to Paul Taswell from Wicked.

This is amazing for being the first black man to win for costume design,

which I think is impressive, amazing.

And you know what that means, balls in your court, Estonia.

Makes no sense, don't think about it.

I love Oscar history, here's a little Oscar history.

In 1929, the very first Oscar was given to actor Emil Jannings

for his performance in The Way of All Flesh.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, and he won again for All Flesh 2, Electric Flesh-a-loo.

So, mistake.

Down to business, let's get down to business.

In a culture that's all about change, it's very inspiring.

It's the first time we're hosting the Oscars.

That is true.

In a culture that is all about...

A lot of pressure.

Not really, I've hosted a lot of shows, Emmy Awards, Music Awards.

Well, nothing this big.

Nick, do me a favor, please stop interrupting, okay?

Okay, Guy, just trying to help.

All right, fine.

The movies we honor tonight explore themes...

A challenge this big coming so late in one's career

must weigh on a man's soul.

That's enough, just read the script I gave you.

He's one of the great comedians of our time, Conan O'Brien.

Perfect, thank you.

Our Oscar announcer, Nick Offerman, thank you, Nick.

She plays Joy in Inside Out 2,

but she's here on behalf of Joy's opposite, screenwriting.

Please welcome Amy Poehler.

Good evening.

I am honored to be here to present

the two most important awards of the night,

Most Athletic and Best Hair.

But before that, let's acknowledge the fine writers

nominated this year for Best Original Screenplay.

I believe it was William Shakespeare who said,

Writing is a bitch.

Huzzah to the writers who create the characters

and the stories we love.

Here are the nominees.

Panora, written by Sean Baker.

He's a little bit tired.

I see.

Tired.

And this is the...

The Lucky Lady.

The Brutalist, written by Brady Corbet, monofascial.

I like rejecting myself and my colleagues

for our type of work,

for it was deemed not Germanic in character.

The Real Pain, written by Jesse Eisenberg.

This is ridiculous. Tickets are probably like 12 bucks.

That's the principal of the thing.

We shouldn't have to pay for train tickets in Poland.

This is our country.

No, it's not. It was our country.

They kicked us out because they thought we were cheap.

September 5, written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fellbaum,

co-written by Alex David.

If, I'm saying if, they shoot someone on live television.

Wait, whose story is that?

The Substance, written by Cora Lee-Farjan.

Yes, Lee, she was drunk.

Remember, there is no she and you.

You are one.

Respect the balance, and you won't have any more inconveniences.

And the Oscar goes to...

Enora, Sean Baker.

Sean Baker has four nominations this year for Enora,

including Original Screenplay, Film Editing, and Directing,

and also Best Picture.

This is his first Oscar win.

Hi, everybody.

This is crazy.

Thank you.

To the Academy, thank you so much for this honor.

I also, I want to thank NEON and your incredible team,

FilmNation, and Focus Universal, LAPACT,

and my wonderful manager, Adam Kirsch,

and my, of course, my incredible, incredible cast.

Mikey, Yura, Mark, Vache, Karin,

you elevated everything I wrote and made me look very good.

Thank you.

Of course, my wonderful producers, my fellow producers,

Samantha Kwan and Alex Coco.

I love you guys.

I want to thank the sex worker community.

They have shared their stories.

They have shared their life experience with me over the years.

My deepest respect.

Thank you.

I share this with you.

The next award for Best Adapted Screenplay

includes stories that go on journeys all around the world.

Amazing, if you think about it,

because we all know how hard it is to find the right adapter.

Here.

Thank you.

Here are the nominees.

A Complete Unknown, screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cox.

Anything that's going to hold your attention on the stage,

you have to kind of be a freak.

Not everyone.

That was good.

Conclave, screenplay by Peter Strong.

If you want to defeat the Decade.

This is a conclave, Aldo. It's not a war.

It is a war.

Amelia Perez, screenplay by Jacques Odia

in collaboration with Thomas Bidega, Lea Missus, and Nicola Lavecki.

Changing society changes the soul.

Changing the soul changes society.

Changing society changes it all.

Nickel Boys, screenplay by Ramell Ross and Jocelyn Barnes.

You know that good old boys doing the right thing.

Things is changing.

Sing Sing, screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Quedar.

Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Quedar, Clarence Macklin,

John Devine G. Whitfield.

Brother, we here to become human again.

To put on nice clothes and dance around

and enjoy the things that is not in our reality.

And the Oscar goes to...

Conclave, Peter Strong.

This is the first Oscar win and second nomination for Peter Strong.

He was nominated for his adapted screenplay

for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Thank you so much.

Just a huge thank you to everyone involved in making Conclave,

our crew, our amazing cast, producers, Mike and Alice and Robin,

House Productions, Film Nation, Indian Paintbrush,

Focus Features, Kujo and all your team,

Sam, all you guys that looked after us, thank you so much.

I'm going to thank my team, and I'm going to start calling them my team from now on.

Thank you to Brian and Jodie, Simon and Sasha for everything you do for me.

And the big three thank yous, Robert Harris for your beautiful book.

We're all standing on your shoulders.

Our wonderful producer, Tessa Ross, and our great, great director, Edward Berger.

Du bist der beste.

Thank you. Thank you, Shane.

And one last thing, I'm here with my daughter, Connie.

Connie, I love you. This is for you.

That's not the same thing as yours.

It's not like that jumper that you keep taking.

This is mine. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Hello, I'm Janet Yang, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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through our Governor's Awards, SciTech Awards, Student Academy Awards,

and our Academy Museum Gala.

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It stays in the film, for me, the DNA of the opera.

The studio, that is, the set, and the set is the scene of the opera.

Jacques Mance's request was a poetic realism.

So we started to imagine this sequence, all in motion, all the time.

It's the film where everything is allowed, everything is possible.

Huh? Yeah, check this out!

Check this out, I've gone blue, yeah!

I don't want to brag, but I still fit into my quinceañera tux.

Anyway, I just want to tell you where we are right now, if you're watching anywhere else in the world.

Welcome to the world famous Dolby Theater, located on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Yes. Yeah.

If you've never been to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, imagine a hall of fame so prestigious, it's also a sidewalk.

Please welcome my two hall passes, two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson and Oscar nominee June Squibb,

or as I call them, Scar Joe and Jew Squoo.

June and I are here to announce the nominees for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and what a hardworking bunch.

I mean, I got up at 6 a.m. just so they could do my makeup in a way that looks like I didn't actually do my makeup.

I got a little makeup done too, and I'm actually being played by Bill Skarsgård right now.

Sorry. Sorry. What?

Oh, yeah. I mean, half the time you see me in public, it's Bill Skarsgård.

The real June Squibb is at home with a book right now.

I'm sorry. Bill Skarsgård, you mean the guy from Nosferatu and the clown from it?

Yeah, and June Squibb at the Oscars. The big three.

Oh, my God. Well, this is such a relief, because I'm actually being played by Andy Serkis.

Oh, yeah. I actually have a question for you about eyebrow glue.

Oh, sorry. First, the incredible, talented nominees for Makeup and Hairstyling.

And the Oscar goes to The Substance.

This is the first Oscar and nomination for Pierre-Olivier Person, Stephanie Guillon, and Maraline Scarceli.

Thank you so much to the Academy.

Thank you to our director, Carly Farja, for the love of makeup and practical effects.

Thank you to Demi Moore and Margaret Quelly for your patience in the makeup chair.

Thank you so much. Thank you, MUBI, working title.

And last but not least, thank you to my whole crew, because it takes a village.

Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Please welcome Oscar winner Halle Berry.

Every year, the Academy's Board of Governors honors extraordinary contributions to cinema with the Governor's Awards.

Last fall, these awards were presented to casting director Juliet Taylor, the legendary composer Quincy Jones, writer-director Richard Curtis, and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

Now, I had the great pleasure of working with Barbara and Michael on Die Another Day.

And let me tell you, they don't just produce Bond movies.

They were the heart and soul of this franchise for decades.

Every generation does have their Bond, you know.

The world revolves, it evolves, and so does he.

But that signature mix of danger, style, and intrigue, well, now that's timeless.

Tonight, we pay tribute to Barbara and Michael and to our favorite spy.

Can I help you?

Yes, my name is Bond.

My name's Bond.

Bond.

Bond.

The name's Bond.

James Bond.

Do you expect me to talk?

No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.

Something I said?

I'm sorry.

That last hand nearly killed me.

I need you back.

I never left.

I need you back.

I never left.

I never left.

I never left.

I never left.

I never left.

I never left.

I

In your heart

It's an open book

You used to say

But if this ever changing

Oh

They can see

Me they won't leave in the night

I

I can see every part

I

Forever

Oh

This is

Oh job breath and count to 10

See the earth

Face it all together

There's more

So over do I oh

Oh

And swept away

Oh

Oh

Coming up next Dave I enjoy Randolph presents best supporting actress here on the Oscars from the Dolby theater at Ovation, Hollywood

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The real total badasses

In movies are the editors a film's rhythm its feeling its very heartbeat is placed in their hands

They have to recognize the magic in the moments that are captured on film immerse themselves

every fiber of their being in the footage be a sculptor and chip away at the form an

Architect to help illuminate the vision and a puzzle master to put the pieces in their place

Tonight we celebrate the artists who shaped the stories we tell here are the nominees for achievement in film editing

The brutalist David Yancho

I

Conclaved Nick Emerson

Amelia Perez do it well

Wicked Myron Kirste

And the Oscar goes to

Anora

This is the second Oscar win for Sean Baker who has four nominations this year for Anora

Hey everybody

Thank you to the Academy and everybody I mentioned earlier

I truly appreciate the recognition for this because God if you saw that footage I

Saved this film in the edit. Trust me

That director should never work again

No, no truly I I consider editing to be half of my directing and a third of my screenwriting so this means everything

It's a real validation for me. I

Also want to of course thank my entire cast and crew but there are three individuals who I

Allow in the editing room. Nobody else just these three individuals and I want to thank you guys for your

your emotional support your creative support and

those three people are

Samantha Kwan my wife and producer Alex Coco my incredible fellow producer and my dog Bunsen

Yeah, he he gave me some pretty good notes. Okay. Thank you everybody. Thank you

Please welcome last year's Oscar winner for supporting actress Davine Joy Randolph

Good evening

Good evening. It is a privilege to be standing here celebrating these incredible women tonight

Monica

The way you brought Joan Baez to life

Whoo?

You did not just play her you became her and you captured the very heartbeat of a changing world

And we all felt it

Oh

Your joy

Your love is infectious

It is your voice. It is in your movement your presence

You light up every single screen the same way that you light up the stage

You are pure magic

You

Felicity you are grace you hold

Strength and vulnerability and perfect balance and that is no small feat

Every single moment with you on a screen is a master class

Isabella watching you work is a reminder of the power of

paying attention of

Savoring every single moment every line every breath and you do it with such ease you truly were born to do this

Zoe my dear

You

Took us on a journey

One that made us question the very limits we put on ourselves and then you showed us exactly how to break them

You are fearless and it is so inspiring to watch

You

Five breathtaking performances five brilliant women each one of them so deserving and

The Oscar goes to

Zoe Zaldana

This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Zoe Zaldana

My mom is here my whole family's here. I am floored

By this honor. Thank you to the Academy for

recognizing

the quiet heroism and the power in a woman like Rita and

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

Jaco de Ard you are forever a beloved character in my life. Thank you for taking the interest

Thank you for being so curious about these women to tell this story

To my cast and my crew of Amelia Perez. I'm sharing this award with you

Netflix Ted Lisa

Bella why not productions YSL. Thank you for your support to my kick-ass team at CAA

My my amazing managers and lawyers and the powerful ladies of the lead company your guidance and thank you for always always answering my emails

late night to my mom my dad and my sisters my

season

Everything brave outrageous and good that I've ever done in my life is because of you

Thank you so much into my husband with that beautiful hair. You're just

The biggest honor in my life is being your partner you hung the moon and our beautiful perfect sons

Cyboe and Zen they fill our skies every night with stars

My grandmother came to this country in 1961. I

Am a proud child of immigrant parents

With dreams and dignity and hard-working hands and I am the first American of Dominican

Origin to accept an Academy Award, and I know I will not be the last

That I'm 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. This is for my grandmother

Argentina's is a thank you so much. Mucha. Gracias

Coming up next Ben Stiller and best song presented by a rock-and-roll legend

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Everywhere you want to be

Have you ever dreamt

Of a better version of yourself

I felt there are no representation of women over 50. It's like after that limit you don't exist anymore

The movie is really about flesh and bone and women's bodies. I

Needed to have everything be practical and made for real not having any boundaries to me that's cinema

Please welcome Ben Stiller

Please welcome Ben Stiller

I

Production design

Production designers bring the visual world of a screenplay to life

It is a field where the slightest miscalculation could lose the trust of the audience and humiliate the performers on screen

Production designers plan meticulously creating sketches that illustrate a film's mood and atmosphere

With their strong knowledge of color theory and architecture

They handle everything from minor visual details to massive technical challenges collaborating with a director to significantly impact the final image on screen making sure what you are seeing is exactly what the artists intended

Here are the nominees for production design

The Brutalist production design by Judy Becker set decoration by Patricia Kucha

Conclave production design by Suzy Davis set decoration by Cynthia Slater

Doom part 2 production design by Patrice Bermette set decoration by Shane Via

Nosferatu production design by Craig Lathrop set decoration by Beatrice Brett-Marie Vaughan

Wicked production design by Nathan Crowley set decoration by Lee Sandels

And the Oscar goes to Wicked

This is the first Oscar win for seven time nominee Nathan Crowley and three time nominee Lee Sandels

Crowley received his first nomination for achievement in art direction for the prestige while Sandels earned his first nomination for War Horse

This is amazing

Thanks to the Academy. I need to share this with my wife Phyllis, my co-designer and our kids Sophie Francesca, Grace and George

Wicked was one of our greatest experiences of all time to make and we owe that to John Chu

John, you took us over the rainbow, you took us over the rainbow

Honestly, thank you so much, honestly, for everything

Mark Platt, Mark Platt, come on, our cast, phenomenal, Universal Pictures for all the support and our art department, our construction department

My whole team, Kate Venner, Jamie Wilkinson, my family and friends at home and my husband Mark

Thank you very much

Please welcome Mick Jagger

Hi everybody

You're so kind, thank you so much, thank you so much everyone

Thank you so much everyone, a great kind of you, my goodness

I'm greatly honored to be invited to give this award for the best original song tonight

And much as I love doing it, I wasn't the first choice to give this award out

The producers really wanted Bob Dylan to do this

Bob, Bob didn't want to do it because he said the best songs this year were obviously in the movie a complete unknown

Bob said, you should find somebody younger

I said okay, I'm younger, I'm younger than Bob, I'll do it

So here I am

And here are the nominees for the best original song in their own words

I just knew that this was something really special

Very intense

Fierce and bold

It's unbelievable

One of the best songs I ever wrote is powerful

Elma allows Rita's character to express everything that she's been feeling so far

To denounce the corrupted people and to protect the media

The little detail I like best is a keyboard called the filicorda

That make the song feel like a cabaret in hell

As I was writing this song, I thought this goes even beyond the movie

This is about life and about all our journeys

Gabby, who goes by the name Her, I can't think of anybody that could have done a song like Her, it was still meant to be

This song is really a reminder that you can go through hell but still you're going to make it through

Michael Byrd, there's this song about longing to ascend but there's doubt there

Greg, the director, was really into just supporting whatever our vision was

He let us really paint on this canvas and do whatever and he also had some amazing ideas

We were just going to fly to the moon and we were going to do this

We've just been floored by the support and the response to it

It's an honor, thank you for the freedom to create, wholeheartedly

Like Elmal, Mi Camino is a song of emancipation

Spanish is such a great language for pop music

And Selena's Radiance makes it happen

We need to believe that she's singing on top of that song that everybody knows

So it had to feel familiar and at the same time something you can dance to

Writing down the lyrics to Never Too Late and knowing I was about to set them in front of Elton John was just totally surreal

It was never too late for a wide open slate

It came together so brilliantly

Originally the documentary was going to be called Goodbye Elvish Road and we changed it immediately to Never Too Late

Oh my god, this is like everything that this film is

Bringing in Brandy brought a whole new dimension to us as a songwriting team

It's something that I'll take with me forever

Thank you

And the Oscar goes to Elmal

This is the first Oscar win for Clément Ducol and Camille

Who are also nominated for score for Amelia Perez

Also the first Oscar win for French filmmaker Jacques Odia

We are so grateful

Thanks to all the Academy members

Congrats to our beautiful fellow nominees

We wrote Elmal as a song to denounce corruption

And we hope it speaks to the role music and art can play and continue to play

As a force of the good and progress in the world

Thank you to Jacques Odia and to the amazing cast

Thank you to our phenomenal interpreters Zoe Saldana and Carla Sofia Gascon for bringing this song to life

Thank you to everyone involved in producing the music

Thank you to Netflix, to Why Not and to our agents Martin de la Mazur, Jeff Genie and Patti McMillan

To our publicist Thomas Micouche and Ray Costa for your passion and support

Thank you to our family, friends and to our children Marius and Lila, we love you

And thank you to Emilia, Emilia

Emilia Epifania

Emilia Epifania

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Anyway, before we go any further, how about a hand for our brilliant conductor Michael Bearden and the incredible Academy Orchestra

And concertmaster Charlie Bisharat

And ladies and gentlemen, there is no instrument he cannot play

Here he is again, all the way from the Juilliard School of Music, Arrakis Campus, on Heart, the Sandworm from Dune

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Ladies and gentlemen, they're such good friends that sometimes they trade medal initials just for fun

Please welcome Oscar winner Samuel M. Jackson and Selena L. Gomez

We're here to present both documentary categories

Don't you love documentaries? I love them because they're powerful, they open our eyes, expand our minds, and they're stories that need to be told

And I love documentaries because they're the best shortcut to being the smartest person in the room

And they do all the research, they create powerful stories, and I get to impress everyone at dinner parties

Well exactly, I mean it's like being the person in the group project that did nothing but gets the A

Were you an A student or something?

No, that's why we're both here, but let's get to this

Here are the nominees for best documentary short film

I am Reddy Warden, Smriti Mundra, and Maya Gnip

Incident, Bill Morrison and Jamie Calvin

Instruments of a Beating Heart, Emma Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Niari

The Only Girl in the Orchestra, Molly O'Brien and Lisa Ramit

And the Oscar goes to, The Only Girl in the Orchestra, Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington

This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington

Wow, thank you to the Academy, it is such an honor to be here

As O'Brien, the star of The Only Girl in the Orchestra likes to say, music helps us organize our emotions

And there are a lot of emotions that need organizing these days

Film does the same thing, art makes order and gives meaning out of the chaos we're living through

I'd like to thank the Secular Society, I'd like to thank Netflix, Adam Del Deo, Chloe Bai, Lisa Tabak

And to the cellist turned filmmaker, Mr. Al Morris, thank you all for giving this film its lift

I'm honored and privileged to be in a room with all these people who understand that art is giving meaning to the chaos we're living through right now

Most importantly, I'd like to thank my family, John, Sadie, Bea, Benson, as well as my aunt Orin, my inspiration and now yours too

And our female team, all female team who's here, thank you so much

And now, here are the nominees for Best Documentary Feature Film

It's been six months since I became this girl who was raped

No other land

We don't just use weapons, we use art to do it

He said, well, you have to assassinate Lumumba

If they think we'd be stupid all of our lives, then nobody would ever find out these things

And the Oscar goes to No Other Land

This is the first Oscar and nomination for Basel Andra, Rachel Short, Hamdan Balal, and Iul Val Abraham

Thank you to the Academy for the award, it's such a big honor for the four of us and everybody who supported us for this documentary

About two months ago, I became a father and my hope to my daughter that she will not have to live the same life I'm living now

Always fearing settlers' violence, home demolitions, and forest pill displacements that my community, Masaf Riyatta, is living and facing every day under the Israeli occupation

No other land reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades and still resist, as we call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people

We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together our voices are stronger

We see each other, the atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people, which must end

The Israeli hostages brutally taken in the crime of October 7th, which must be freed

When I look at Basel, I see my brother, but we are unequal

We live in a regime where I am free, under civilian law, and Basel is under military laws that destroy his life and he cannot control

There is a different path, a political solution, without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people

And I have to say, as I am here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path

And, you know, 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. There is no other way. Thank you

Rachel Shore, Hamdan Balal, Sigal Yehudat, Rosa Penichev, Anupabini, thank you

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For all of us, it was not about just reenacting characters. It really was about allowing life to surface

The stories that you cannot forget. These are the ones you should tell

Please welcome members of the fire service who bravely responded to and battled the Palisades and Eaton wildfires

Thank you

Ladies and gentlemen, by the way, I don't know why I did this, I just a second ago nodded and went thank you

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It's great to be back with Conan. Usually when he calls, he's stuck in a tree

It's happened twice! Thank you to our greater Los Angeles firefighters

In Europe, they're known as kilometers and kilometer. Please welcome Miles Teller and Miley Cyrus

Music

Sound helps us experience a film at our core. It shapes how we think, how we feel, and how deeply we connect to a story

And I got to experience that firsthand working on Whiplash and Topkin Maverick, two movies that took home this very award

Those movies sounded amazing. It's just a testament to the work done by the mixers, the engineers, the designers, the editors

I could go on and on. I think you nailed it. That's a perfect description, Miley. Sound is what I do, Miles

I love your sound. You are sound. Thank you. These are the nominees

I got a head full of ideas, they're driving me insane

Dune, Part 2. Gareth John, Richard King, Vaughn Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill

Amelia Perez, Erwan Kerzenay, Amrit Duvalde, Maxence Ducer, Seyrul Holtz, and Niels Barletta

Wicked, Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent-Title, Jack Goldman, Andy Nelson, and John Marquis

The Wild Robot, Randy Tong, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, and Lef Lefferts

And the Oscar goes to Dune, Part 2. Gareth John, Richard King, Vaughn Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill

This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Gareth John

The fifth Oscar win and ninth nomination for Richard King

The second win and fourth nomination for Vaughn Bartlett

And the third win and eleventh nomination for Doug Hemphill

Wow, thank you so much to the Academy and thanks to my amazing team both here in New Zealand

Thanks to everybody at Legendary and Warner Brothers

Our fellow colleague, Doug Hemphill, who couldn't make it here tonight

Joe Walker, and most of all, Benevolent Youth. Thank you, thank you, thank you

Thanks, Mom and Dad, I know you're watching

This goes out to our wives, we love you, Pomra Kun

And Doug Hemphill, my partner who couldn't be here tonight

And if you could all please, together, join me in a big round of applause

For the best director you could ever work for, Mr. Deneid Diphim

Please welcome Rachael Ziegler and Gal Gadot

Visual effects push the boundaries of what we see on screen

Their work makes the impossible seem possible

With breathtaking ambition, they create magic that wraps its arms around our wildest imaginations

Here are the nominees for best visual effects

Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Reece Salcombe, and Gerrit Netzer

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Eric Winquist, Stephen Unterfrans, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke

Wicked, Pablo Hellman, Jonathan Faulkner, David Schierk, and Paul Korbald

And the Oscar goes to...

Dune Vartu!

Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Reece Salcombe, and Gerrit Netzer

This is the first Oscar win

For first time nominees, Stephen James and Reece Salcombe

The third win and third nomination for Gerrit Netzer

And the fourth win and fourth nomination for Paul Lambert

Thank you once again to the Academy

Thanks to Bryce Parker, Jason Garber, our amazing cast and crew

All my fellow Hatredees, producers, production

Legendary Warner Brothers, D-Neg, Wiley Co, Rodeo Territory, the incredible MPC

And of course our visionary director, Denis Villeneuve

To my wonderful wife, Mags, and my two boys, Boston and Jackson

Who are again sat up there in the roof

Thank you

Thank you to everyone at D-Neg and all of their families

And this is dedicated to Linda, thank you

Dankeschön, das ist großartig!

Denis, thank you!

Big thank you to my wife and my family

My daughter Jana, my son Luca, my mother Elke, my father-in-law Karl

Who brought me into this business 38 years ago

What a great evening

Still to come, a tribute to Quincy Jones

Then later, a legendary movie duo reunite

Here on the Oscars from the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood

So you want to get married to me, Vanya?

You want me to be your little wifey?

We always wanted to break stereotypes

We wanted to humanize and show that everybody is just dealing with their own problems

Be a man and talk to me!

Every audience member will have their own interpretation of things

And I've always wanted to keep things open-ended

Hey!

Please welcome Oscar nominees, Ana de Armas and Sterling K. Brown

Live action shorts have become a playground of experimentation

With directors testing creative storytelling techniques to reach new audiences

These films dive headfirst into life-changing decisions

Death-defying heroism and fundamental questions about humanity

Here are the nominees for Live Action Short

Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

The man who could not remain silent

Nebojsa Slyepchevich and Danielle Paak

And the Oscar goes to...

I'm Not a Robot

This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Victoria Varmadom and Trent

Thank you

Okay, 45 seconds

A huge thank you to the Academy

This is such an honor

A huge thank you to our incredible leads, Ellen Paga

You are out of this world

Okay

To the cast and crew, your heart and soul is in every frame

This is also yours

To our amazing publicist, Mariana Mendez

The rest of the Joshua Jason PR team

My managers, Marc Mouillet and Priya Satyani

The New Yorker

The legend, Kim Magnussen

To everyone who supported us, you know who you are

To my producer and partner in life, Trent

I'm not having your babies because of this statue

But I remember on set we were shooting a one-er

And it was walking backwards, eyes on the monitor

And then I felt your hand on your back

Because that's you, you always have my back

And we level-headed Dutch people

We don't say this often, but I love you

Thank you so much

Thank you

Well, this week

Our community lost a giant

And I lost a dear friend

Jane Hackman

I had the pleasure of working alongside Jane on two films

Unforgiven

And Under Suspicion

And like everyone who ever shared a scene with him

I learned he was a generous performer

And a man whose gifts elevated everyone's work

He received two Oscars

But more importantly

He won the hearts of film lovers

All over the world

Jane always said, I don't think about legacy

I just hope people remember me

As someone who tried to do good work

So I think I speak for us all when I say, Jane

You'll be remembered for that

And for so much more

Rest in peace, my friend

That's life, isn't it?

Getting past the unexpected

Love is a string

It's continuous

It doesn't stop

These little things, we don't even notice until they're gone

The End

Play it again, just like you've done it before

Real sweet

Sweetest dreamer

Come

Play

Soon

Chant

Let's

Fall

With

Love

We

Can

Come

Through

The

End

I never allow personal despair to interfere with my professional commitments

I am a professional actress

What?

The End

Every now and again, for no reason other than she's so happy with herself

She sighs

Do you love me?

Do you really love me?

The End

Every time I say understand, I want the whole group to say yes, sir!

Understand!

Yes, sir!

Understand!

Yes, sir!

The End

I was worried about today because of the dream I told you about

This field

This game

It's a part of our past, Ray

It reminds us all that once was good

And if we meet again

Well, then we'll smile

And if not

And then this parting was well made

The Oscars on ABC brought to you by Allstate

You're in good hands

The Oscars on ABC brought to you by Allstate

You're in good hands

What I think is so special about the film is that it speaks to the journey of artists

It speaks to the journey of artists.

And it also speaks to that immigrant experience.

So much of the movie is about possessing

that which cannot be possessed.

This patron trying to possess an artist

by collecting not just his work,

but collecting him.

It's really the story of how the fabric of America

has been built.

To present the Oscar for Cinematography,

please welcome Joe Alwyn,

Alba Rohrwacher,

Zoe Saldana,

Dave Bautista,

and Willem Dafoe.

We're honored to present the Award for Cinematography.

Using one medium to communicate brilliance is a challenge,

unless your cinematographer is Lowell Crawley.

Lowell, your work

on The Brutalist was one of a kind.

In many ways, it's a film from the past,

but it also feels refreshingly relevant,

thanks to your ability to breathe life into these images,

making them as raw and striking as the architecture itself.

Lowell, congratulations.

Capturing the public and private life of an icon

is not an easy task,

especially when it is Maria Callas,

the legendary soprano who redefined opera.

But the great Ed Lachman made it feel like we had a front row seat

to the opera of her life.

Ed, you illuminate the many layers of Maria

to a masterful mix of cinematic techniques.

In doing so, you ensure that their voice resonates

and their legacy will never be forgotten.

Gracias.

Paul, I cannot imagine Amelia Paytas without you.

You found a way to seamlessly switch

between the story's grounded reality and operatic fantasy.

You created a unifying vision for both the quieter moments

and larger-than-life set pieces.

You navigated the different tonal shifts

and intricately choreographed sequences.

I especially admired your precision and attention to detail.

It made all of us feel secure,

knowing we were all in the hands of an incredibly gifted artist.

Greg, you won an Oscar for Dune,

but if the story was going to evolve in Part 2,

the visuals would also have to evolve.

And you stepped up to the challenge

using your knowledgeable and sophisticated eye

to explore new techniques and, perhaps even more impressive,

figuring out how the hell to film someone riding a sandworm.

Greg, I'm just in awe of everything you do.

Jaren, you shot Nosferatu like a romance,

capturing such romantic images

as the naked, rotten corpse of an ancient vampire

and a bloody satanic ritual.

You found beauty in the darkness

and creative ways to reveal the depths of the dark.

You found the beauty in the darkness

and creative ways to reveal the depths of the dark.

You found beauty in the darkness

and creative ways to reveal the depths of the shadows

while paying homage to one of cinema's masterpieces,

yet envisioning something completely new.

And the Oscar goes to...

This is the first Oscar win

and nomination for Lowell Crowley.

Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Goodness, my time has started already.

No glasses.

All right.

Please let me get through this.

I timed it, so give me a moment.

Thank you to the Academy,

the voters for the incredible honour,

fellow nominees for remarkable contributions

to the art of cinematography,

to my beautiful wife, Annie Marta,

her wonderful parents, Joe and Nancy,

to my parents, Peter and Elaine,

my sisters, Hebben, Faye,

and to Louise Anderson, our daughter, Zoe,

all my friends back in Wales.

Finally, thank you to Brady for trusting me,

allowing me to sail close to the edge

and offer your hand if I ever fell in.

Thank you, Brady, for recognising

the richest diamonds are always the hardest to mine

and for standing by me if I ever fail to succeed.

Thank you, thank you.

To Kast, thank you, to Adrian,

to Guy, Felicity, everybody, thank you.

And anyone I've forgotten,

I apologise, but you're all in my hearts.

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Buenas noches.

Buenas noches.

It's an honour to be here to present the Oscar

for Best International Feature Film.

Here are the nominees.

From Brazil, I'm Still Here,

directed by Walter Salles.

From Denmark, The Girl with the Needle,

directed by Magnus von Schoen.

From France, Emilia Perez,

directed by Jacques Odiar.

From Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Feet,

directed by Mohamed Rasulov.

From Latvia, Flow,

directed by Gims Silva-Loudis.

And the Oscar goes to...

I'm Still Here, Brazil.

This is the fifth nomination

and first Oscar win

for Brazil.

APPLAUSE

CHEERING

Thank you.

First, in the name of Brazilian cinema,

I'm so honoured to receive this

in such an extraordinary group

of filmmakers.

This goes to a woman

who, after a loss,

suffered during an authoritarian regime,

decided not to bend

and to resist.

So this prize goes to her.

Her name is Eunice Paiva.

CHEERING

And it goes to the two

extraordinary women

who gave life to her.

Fernanda Torres

and Fernanda Montenegro.

APPLAUSE

Tom Bernard,

Michael,

you are the absolute best.

Thank you so much

for this.

It's an extraordinary, extraordinary thing.

Thank you so much.

CHEERING

Coming up next,

Mark Hamill.

Then later, Whoopi Goldberg

and Oprah Winfrey

with a special tribute to Quincy Jones.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures,

the world's largest museum

dedicated to moviemaking,

is thrilled to announce

Jaws, the exhibition,

opening September 14th,

celebrating the film's 50th anniversary.

Step into the world of this Oscar-winning classic

from director Steven Spielberg,

featuring over 200 original production objects,

behind-the-scenes stories

and interactive moments.

APPLAUSE

CHEERING

There was something so powerful

about the intent of the film

and the intent of bringing the cameras

into their bodies so that we could see

the world through their eyes.

To shoot from, not towards,

you're just bridging

another gap between audience

and character.

How would you do it?

See, the trick is not doing what they know you're gonna do.

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

Welcome back to the 97th

Long-Form Content Awards.

LAUGHTER

You know, Inora's having a good night.

Yeah, that's great.

CHEERING

Yeah, that's great news.

Two wins already.

I guess Americans are excited to see somebody

finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

CHEERING

Our, uh...

CHEERING

Our next presenter's action figure

sells for thousands of dollars

based on condition, rarity and authenticity.

We have the original.

Please welcome Mark Hamill.

CHEERING

MUSIC

I suggested they play the theme from Jaws,

but what do I know?

LAUGHTER

A great film score is timeless.

It can immediately help define the characters

and their moods,

deepen the emotions of the film

and stay with us long, long

after we leave the theatre.

Here are the nominees for Original Score.

APPLAUSE

The Brutalist by Daniel Bumberg.

CHEERING

Conclave by Volker Bertelmann.

CHEERING

Emilia Perez by Clément Ducour and Camille.

APPLAUSE

Wicked by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz.

CHEERING

The Wild Robot by Chris Bowers.

CHEERING

And the Oscar goes to...

The Brutalist, Daniel Bumberg.

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

This is the first Oscar win

and nomination

for Daniel Bumberg.

CHEERING

CHEERING

MUSIC

CHEERING

Thank you to the Academy

and everyone who watched the film

and honoured the work.

It means a lot to be acknowledged like this.

I've been an artist for 20 years now

since I was a teenager

and when I met Brady,

I found my artistic soulmate

for him to trust me in this work

and to grow alongside him

has been so special.

Thank you, Brady, I love you.

CHEERING

I want to thank my collaborators,

my co-producer, Peter Walsh

and the artists

who played on the score.

The sounds you hear on The Brutalist

are made by a group of hard-working,

radical musicians

who've been making uncompromising music

for many years.

I'm accepting this award

on behalf of them too.

Thanks to my family

and Stacey

and my manager, Mark, Keith

and Mona and Ada

and my friends at Café Auto.

CHEERING

MUSIC

Please welcome two-time Oscar nominee

Oprah Winfrey

and Oscar winner

Whoopi Goldberg.

CHEERING

CHEERING

When one hears the name

Quincy Jones,

one's first thought is

musical genius

and for good reason.

28 Grammy awards,

arranger

and conductor

for legends like Frank Sinatra,

Ella Fitzgerald

and Ray Charles

and the driving force behind

We Are the World

but the man, our beloved Q

had an equally

powerful impact on the world

of film

as a composer and producer.

When we talk about black excellence,

we're talking about Quincy.

OK?

You can give it up.

You can give it up.

CHEERING

In 1967,

Quincy Jones was the first

black composer nominated

in the original song category

for the Eyes of Love

in the film Banning.

1967

was the first time.

Just keep that in mind.

And Quincy was also nominated

that year for original

music score for In Cold Blood.

He received seven Oscar

nominations for The Wiz,

In Cold Blood, For Love of Ivy

and The Color Purple

which me and Oprah

were part of.

CHEERING

Paying tribute

paying tribute to him

for all he has meant to

our movie community is why

we all honor

Q's memory tonight.

Quincy was

love.

Lived out loud in human form

and he poured

that love into others and into his work.

My life changed forever

and for the better after meeting

him. He actually discovered

me for The Color Purple

which was my first film.

CHEERING

Me too.

LAUGHTER

So tonight we honor

the true American legend

whose music and movies continue

to inspire us all.

And now with the song from

The Wiz, one that

carries the same joy

he brought to the world every day

please welcome to the stage

Oscar nominee

Queen Latifah!

CHEERING

MUSIC

Come on and ease on down

Ease on down the road

Ease on down

Ease on down the road

Ease on down

Don't you carry nothing that might

be alone

Ease on down the road

Pick your left foot up

When your right foot's down

Come on, legs keep moving

Don't you lose no ground

You just keep on keeping

On the road that you choose

Don't you give up walking

Cause you gave up shoes

Come on, ease on down

Ease on down the road

Ease on down

Ease on down the road

Don't you carry nothing

That might be alone

Come on, ease on down

Ease on down the road

Well, there may be times

When you think you lost your mind

And the steps you're taking

Leave you three more steps to hide

But the road you're walking

Might be long sometimes

You just keep on stepping

And you'll be just fine now

Ease on down

Ease on down the road

Ease on down

Don't you carry nothing

That might be alone

Come on, ease on down

Ease on down the road

Now there may be times

That you wish you wasn't born

And you wait one morning

Just to find that your courage's gone

But you know that feeling

Only lasts a little while

You just stick with us

We'll show you how to smile

Get em up on down

Ease on down

Come on, ease on down

Ease on down

Get em up, get em up, get em up

Ease on down

Ease on down

Ease on down

Ease on down

Ease on down

He's going down, he's going down

Everybody in the building!

He's going down, he's going down

He's going down, he's going down

Still to come, the awards for best director and best actor

Only at the Oscars, here on ABC

He's going down

He's going down, he's going down

Each character, they're all fallible and all human

I wanted to watch these characters and understand all their thoughts

Behind the eyes, express it silently

Portray an inner turmoil

Doubt can be hindering, doubt is problematic

It can also be an incredible source for strength

If there was only certainty, there would be no mystery

And therefore no need for faith

Alright!

If you're still enjoying the show, you have something called Stockholm Syndrome

He has my exact same genetic makeup, yet somehow he turned out handsome

Please welcome Oscar winner, Killian Murphy!

Preparing for a leading role involves becoming a detective of sorts

You gather as many clues, as many details, as many nuggets as you possibly can about your character

Then you use as little or as much as necessary

Along the way, there are so many difficult and instinctual choices about what to keep and what to discard

And that's just one tiny part of what it takes to bring a character to life

I think I speak for all of us who marvel at the performances of these five nominees for best actor

At every turn, they made the right choice

Adrian Brody, The Brutalist

Timothy Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

So, twelve weeks is a lot longer. What am I supposed to do with the extra sixty-five days?

Are you God, Bob?

How many times do I have to say this?

Yes!

Coleman Domingo, Sincere

No, no, no, there isn't. I'm just waiting for it to be done

No, I'm just waiting

I'm sorry to see you, Mom

I'm sorry to see you

What is the offer you, Secretary of State?

Five times I cast my vote for you, Aldo

But I was wrong

You lack the courage required to be Pope

My Three Rules of Winning

Number one, the world is a mess

The world is a mess, Tony

You have to fight back, you have to have a tough skin

Attack, attack, attack

If somebody comes after you with a knife

You shoot them back with a bazooka

And the Oscar goes to...

Adrian Brody

This is the second Oscar win and second nomination for Adrian Brody

He took home his first Oscar in this category for his role in The Pianist

Bravo!

They're already counting me down

Okay, thank you, God

Thank you for this blessed life

If I may just humbly begin by giving thanks for the tremendous outpouring of love that I've felt from this world

and every individual that has treated me with respect and appreciation

I feel so fortunate

You know, acting is a very fragile profession

It looks very glamorous and in certain moments it is

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

and I think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that

and the gratitude that I have to still do the work that I love

Winning an award like this is, it signifies a destination

and it's something my character references in the film

but to me it also beyond the pinnacle of a career

it is a chance to begin again

and the opportunity to hopefully be fortunate enough

for the next 20 years of my life that I can prove that I am worthy of such meaningful and important and relevant roles

I share this with my fellow nominees who are just wonderful human beings who exude grace and goodness and brilliance with their work

There are so many people to thank, I will really try and be as brief as possible

I thank of course my team, Andrew Soules and my many friends at CAA

and Lindsay Gallin and Heather, 2pm sharp and A24

and Focus and Universal for believing in us

and Brady and Mona for what you've done for independent film

and for your beautiful spirit and for giving me space to exist in this triumph of a work

and my fellow cast Guy and Felicity, you're just brilliant and lovely

and I share this with you, I share this with my amazing partner Georgina

who has not only reinvigorated my own self worth but my sense of value and my values

and her beautiful children, Dash in India

I know this has been a roller coaster but thank you for accepting me into your life

and Pops, he's coming home a winner

and who else?

and Judy Becker, the real Oslo Toth

who deserves to be up here as well

and I'm wrapping up, please, please, please, I'm wrapping up, I will wrap up, please turn the music off

I've done this before, thank you

it's not my first rodeo, but I will be brief, I will not be egregious, I promise

you know, I am oddly, I have to thank my mom and dad who are here as well

and they've given me, they've just created just such a strong foundation of respect

and of kindness and a wonderful spirit and they've given me, they've given me the strength to pursue this dream

I'm here once again to represent the lingering traumas and the repercussions of war

and systematic oppression and of anti-Semitism and racism and of othering

and I believe that I pray for a healthier and a 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

okay, I'll get out of here, I love you, I appreciate you all

let's fight for what's right, keep smiling, keep loving one another

let's rebuild together, thank you

I love you too

I don't have a joke here because this is one of my favorite filmmakers of all time

please welcome two time Oscar winner, Quentin Tarantino

Hello everybody

great directors don't just call the shots, they make them count

now these five filmmakers know exactly what they want and how to get it

and who to bring along for the ride

so let's take a look at this year's nominees

the substance

and the Oscar goes to

Anorah Sean Baker

this is the third Oscar winner for Sean Baker

wow, okay

Quentin, if you didn't cast Mikey Madison in Once Upon a Time, there would be no Anorah

thank you, thank you so much and for all your incredible work

guys, I'm going to take this time up here really quick to read something I'm very passionate about

well first off, thank you to the Academy, this means so much

thank you to my fellow nominees, your films are incredible and it's an honor to be in this category with you

I'm going to put this down

so we're all here tonight and watching this broadcast because we love movies

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

we can laugh together, cry together, scream and fright together, perhaps sit in devastated silence together

and 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

and right now the theater going experience is under threat

movie theaters, especially independently owned theaters are struggling

and it's up to us to support them

during the pandemic we lost nearly 1,000 screens in the US

and we continue to lose them regularly

if we don't reverse this trend, we'll be losing a vital part of our culture

this is my battle cry, filmmakers, keep making films for the big screen

I know I will

distributors, please focus first and foremost on the theatrical releases of your films

neon did that for me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart

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 in the theater

and let's keep the great tradition of the movie going experience alive and well

and one last thing, my mother introduced me to cinema at five years old

today is also her birthday

happy birthday mom, I love you, thank you for everything

and this is for you

please welcome two time Oscar winner, Emma Stone

these five women dazzled us with their brilliance

gifted us with their vulnerability

and held us utterly captive from the first frame to the last

this is the power of their work

the kind that lingers, haunts, heals

and reminds us why great performances aren't just seen but felt

here are the nominees for best actress in a leading role

Cynthia Rivo, Wicked

read it

cast a spell

read it

don't

you can't, can you

Carla Sofia Gascon, Amelia Perez

Mikey Madison, Anora

jealousy is a disease, remember that, Diamond

I'm just gonna go chill in my mansion or whatever, you know, no big deal

Demi Moore, The Substance

say it, tell them who your little beauty secret is

I guess, why don't we just show them right here, here's your little beauty secret

Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

and the Oscar goes to

Mikey Madison

this is the first Oscar win and nomination

for Mikey Madison

applause

applause

applause

wow, this is very surreal

forgive me, I'm nervous, I'm gonna read off of a paper

but thank you so much to the academy

I grew up in Los Angeles but Hollywood always felt so far away from me

so to be here, standing in this room today is really incredible

thank you Neon Film Nation Universal

thank you to my incredible family

my mom and my dad and my sister and my little brother

and my twin brother, Miles, thank you for being my best friend

not that you have a choice

thank you Sean Baker, Sammy Kwan, Alex Coco, Drew Daniels

Yura, Mark, Vache, Karen

thank you Ann Woodward, Rachel Arlick, Nikki Fieravante

Rich, Dean, Dan, Dawn, Fareed Ward

thank you Brighton Beach for lending us your

your beautiful backdrop and incredible community

also thank you to Kennedy Schneider

thank you to our incredible consultants

I also just want to again recognize and honor the sex worker community

applause

I will continue to support and be an ally

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

I also just want to recognize the thoughtful, intelligent, beautiful, breathtaking work

of my fellow nominees

I'm honored to be recognized alongside all of you

this is a dream come true, I'm probably going to wake up tomorrow

thank you so much Sean, I adore you

this is all because of you, thank you

applause

to present tonight's final award

it's when Harry reunited with Sally, please welcome

Meg Ryan and the best Oscar host ever

Billy Crystal

applause

thank you, thank you, thank you

so we are here to present the award for best picture

and it's great to be back because you know, I used to work here

when was the first time?

nine tuxedos ago

actually my first time hosting it was 35 years ago this month

yeah, I know, it's weird

it's weird because on my IMDB page I'm 47

so this is pretty great

well that's a lot of numbers Bill

so let's just cut to the chase

you're right, because when you have a chance to be an Oscar winner for the rest of your life

you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible

applause

so here are the nominees, here are the 10 nominees for best picture

applause

doom part two

Mary Parrott, Kale Boyder, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve

Emilia Perez, Pascal Couchetoux, and Jacques Odial

I'm Still Here, Maria Carrolota Bruno, and Rodrigo Teixeira

Nickel Boys, D.D. Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Jocelyn Barnes

The Substance, Coralie Fargeot, and Tim Bevin and Eric Filner

Wicked, Mark Platt

and the Oscar goes to

are they playing us all?

no, well maybe

Anora

nominated for six Academy Awards

Anora has won five Oscars tonight

for original screenplay

film editing, directing

actress in a leading role

and best picture

applause

oh wow, okay

thank you guys so much

thank you to the Academy

we made this movie for six million dollars

shooting all in location in New York City

with about 40 crew members

they're all back in New York, this is for you guys

thank you so much

we made this movie independently

please keep doing it, we need more

this is proof

I just want to thank

Tom Quinn and Neon

I want to thank Glen Bazzer and Film Nation

Focus Universal

I also want to thank my parents who are here tonight

and my sisters, they've supported me this whole way

and especially my wife Erin

who worked on the film, but

she didn't want to get up here, but

she knows that I would not be here without her

and we welcomed a child, a son

in October

we released to Nora, so Wyn, this is for you

hi, I don't know how this can be real life

this is really

an incredible, impossible

journey

for the past ten months

honestly, I'd like to thank my mom, my dad

and my sister Jojo

to our small but mighty crew

and our ridiculously talented cast

led by the amazing Mikey Madison

we made this with very little money

but all of our hearts

to all the dreamers and the 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

and one last thing, 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

and long live independent film

yeah, okay, thanks

hey, congratulations to everyone

I had a blast, good night

take it easy

thank you

you

you

over eight seasons, they have faced

the impossible

so be NATO

now, things get personal

I'm a damn serial killer

and it looks like he took my hand with him

the 9-1-1 two-part return

begins Thursday on ABC

March Madness

bring out the stars

March Madness, since March 19

on ESPN and ABC

what the hell was that

a great white has taken out our

electrical systems

we're dead in the water

I can't imagine

my life without you

she's the sweetest thing

we're her second adopted family

something is off, I feel it

she's just a little girl

didn't someone leave you there

we're dead in the water