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THE UPSETAnora’s Mikey Madison picked up a trophy for best actress, one of five Oscars for Sean Baker’s film.
MAGIC CARPET 1. Best actor nominee (Sing Sing) Colman Domingo; 2. Disney Live Action Studios and 20th Century Studios president David Greenbaum and wife Jamie Kantrowitz; 3. Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden and Matt Walden; 4. Presenters Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson; 5. Presenter Halle Berry; 6. Adello Shamshiri with his mother, Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios.
GRIP AND GRIN 1. Best supporting actress Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez); 2. Best actor Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Madison, Saldaña and Culkin (A Real Pain); 3. Wicked costume designer Paul Tazewell, the first Black man to win the Oscar in that category; 4. Sean Baker and his unprecedented four Oscars for Anora: best picture, writing, directing, and editing; 5. Brody.
CAST OF CHARACTERS 1. Sarandos, left, and Neon co-founder and CEO Tom Quinn; 2. Jessica Williams peaces out with her Shrinking co-star Harrison Ford, nominated for male actor in comedy series; 3. Best male film actor winner Timothée Chalamet with A Complete Unknown co-star Monica Barbaro; 4. Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow introduced their film, which won the night’s top film award; 5. Queer’s Daniel Craig, left, Lily Gladstone (nominated for Hulu’s Under the Bridge) and Fellow Travelers’ Andrew Scott; 6. Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande and producer Marc Platt.
NIGHT OF A LIFETIME 7. Best supporting actress winner Saldaña with co-star Selena Gomez and Sarandos; 8. Netflix chief content officer Bela Bejaria flanked by stars of the streamer’s nominated drama series The Diplomat, Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell; 9. The Apprentice’s Jeremy Strong and Life Achievement winner Jane Fonda; 10. 2023’s female film actor winner Michelle Yeoh and Demi Moore, this year’s winner for The Substance; 11. A Complete Unknown’s Elle Fanning with Wicked’s Peter Dinklage.
