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MAIN WHEN: Sunday, March 2, 2025 beginning at 7PM ET
And the OSCAR goes to .... Movie fans were glued to the small screen when the 97th annual Academy Oscar Awards was televised live from Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2, 2025 on ABC beginning at 7PM ET / 4PM PT. Your host for the the 2025 Oscars? Itt was funnyman Conan O'Brien who announced that, in true Conan fashion, “America demanded it, and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars.” He didn't disappoint. 2025 Oscar nominees and winners are ... 2025 Oscar nominees (also see WINNERS, below) had “Emilia Pérez" leading the pack with 13 nods, followed closely behind by “The Brutalist" and "Wicked" which both earned 10 nominations. “Conclave" and “A Complete Unknown” each had 8 nominations. Surprise Oscar snubs this year included an almost total shutout of "Gladiator 2" including an anticipated Best Supporting Actor nod for Denzel Washington. More notable omissions were nods for Angelina Jolie (in "Diva") and Nicole Kidman (in "Babygirl") for Best Actress. But on with the show ...
2025 Oscar performers New this year? For the first time in 80 years the Oscars did not feature live performances of Best Song nominees. "Wicked" stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo opened the show followed by more live performances by Doja Cat, Lisa of Blackpink,, Queen Latifah and RAYE with a special appearance by the Los Angeles Master Chorale
Handing out awards this year were Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone along with Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Bowen Yang, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, and Amy Poehler.
Just up ahead, check out all of this year's Oscar nominees and WINNERS along with Oscar fun facts and related resources about Hollywood's biggest night! 2025 Critics Choice Awards | 2025 Golden Globes | 2025 SAG Awards • There's good reason that stars holding the Oscar are surprised by its sheer weight. Each 24-karat gold-plated Oscar award stands 13.5 inches tall and weighs around 8 1/2 lbs. or about the equivalent of a gallon of milk. • The worst Oscars performance of all time goes to unlucky aspiring actress Eileen Bowman who appeared as Snow White during the 1989 show. She was there to entertain stars such as Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, and Sigourney Weaver who sat in the audience, dumbstruck. (An awkward duet with actor Rob Lowe didn't help.) The following day, The New York Times declared that the performance earned "a permanent place in the annals of Oscar embarrassments." • In 1974, actor David Niven appeared to introduce the Best Picture nominees when a streaker stormed the stage and ran behind him. The witty British actor quickly remarked, "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping ... and showing his shortcomings.” • Midnight Cowboy (1969) is the only X-rated film to ever win the Best Picture award.
• Wonder why Oscar ballots are so closely guarded? In 1940, The LA Times leaked the complete winners list the night before the ceremony. So Hollywood star Vivien Leigh, for example, arrived at the Oscars already aware that she had won Best Actress for "Gone with Wind" that year. Academy voting results have been a closely guarded secret ever since. 2025 Oscar Nominees & WINNERS
Academy Awards - Wikipedia - Check out the whole story from its earliest days until the present including voting rules, what's in those gift bags, and more with photos and related resources. The Academy Awards through the years - Check out his special feature from the Los Angeles Times with a year-by-year at the Oscars. |
