Lights, Glamour, and Glory
- 25 Oct - 31 Oct, 2025
The 97th Academy Awards made history at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and on a show that ran nearly four hours and saw five movies earn multiple awards, Anora filmmaker Sean Baker was the big winner with a record of four Oscars for original screenplay, editing, director and best picture, tying Walt Disney’s record for most wins by one person in a single year. Mikey Madison of Anora took the prize for actress in a leading role.
Adrien Brody won actor in a leading role for The Brutalist, and A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin and Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña triumphed in the supporting acting categories. Two-time Oscar winner Brody knows he “made the longest Oscars speech in history.” Days after his big win at the Oscars, he celebrated the unexpected milestone – with even more words. The Brutalist star and lead actor winner acknowledged his record on Instagram, telling fans in a video (which he promised and managed to keep fairly brief at 29 seconds), “I love you all.” He added, “You know I’m grateful. Keep smiling and I hope that this proves that dreams can come true and I hope your dreams come true as well.” Saldaña gave a memorable speech celebrating immigrants and the Oscars also paid tribute to first responders. Emilia Pérez added a second win for original song for “El Mal.” In addition to Brody, The Brutalist won for cinematography and original score. Taking home two Oscars apiece were Wicked (costume design and production design) and Dune: Part Two (sound and visual effects).
This was Conan O’Brien’s first time captaining the Oscars, but he’s hosted the Emmys twice, in 2002 and 2006, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2013, the MTV Movie Awards in 2014 and nearly 4,000 nights of late-night television.
Winners’ List
Best picture
Anora
Best directing
Sean Baker, Anora
Best actress in a leading role
Mikey Madison, Anora
Best actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best actress in a supporting role
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best original score
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Best international feature
I’m Still Here
Best cinematography
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Best live-action short
I’m Not a Robot
Best visual effects
Dune: Part Two
Best sound
Dune: Part Two
Best documentary feature
No Other Land
Best documentary short
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best original song
El Mal from Emilia Pérez
Best production design
Wicked
Best film editing
Sean Baker, Anora
Best makeup and hairstyling
Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli, The Substance
Best adapted screenplay
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Best original screenplay
Sean Baker, Anora
Best costume design
Paul Tazewell, Wicked
Best animated short
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Best animated feature
Flow
Best actor in a supporting role
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
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