Oscar statues stand in front of the Dolby Theatre ahead of the 97th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on March 1, 2025.
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The 97th Academy Awards are live from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The ceremony, hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien and with announcements by Nick Offerman, airs on ABC and is available to stream on Hulu.
This year’s awards put a handful of new records on the line: “The Brutalist” star Adrien Brody could be the first to go 2-for-2 in the best actor category, while Timothée Chalamet could unseat Brody as the youngest winner in the category if he takes the statue for “A Complete Unknown.”
Two musicals are up for best picture — “Wicked” and “Emilia Pérez” — alongside “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys” and “The Substance.”
“Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo opened the ceremony, performing a trio of Oz-related songs. Watch the full performance below.
The adaptation picked up one of the early wins of the night for best costume design, inking Paul Tazewell as the first Black man to win the award in the Academy’s history.
Diversity shone throughout the evening: “Flow” became the first Latvian film to claim an Academy Award, winning best animated feature; the filmmakers behind “In the Shadow of the Cypress” — which took home best animated short — are Iranian; and Zoe Saldana became the first American of Dominican descent to win an Oscar, hoisting a statue for her role in Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez.”
Here’s the full list of Oscar winners so far:
Best supporting actor: Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Best animated feature: “Flow”
Best animated short: “In the Shadow of the Cypress”
Best costume design: Paul Tazewell, “Wicked”
Best original screenplay: Sean Baker, “Anora”
Best adapted screenplay: Peter Straughan, “Conclave”
Best makeup and hairstyling: Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli, “The Substance”
Best editing: Sean Baker, “Anora”
Best supporting actress: Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Pérez”
Best production design: Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, “Wicked”
Best original song: “El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez”
Best documentary short: “The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
