Last night, actors, actresses, and nearly 20 million other people sat with baited breath looking at who would win awards for motion picture work. The 97th annual Academy Awards ceremony was hosted by Conan O’Brien at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
The show was jam packed with a who’s who of Hollywood’s greatest.
Some, though not nearly enough, of the year’s greatest performances are listed below, including those who went home with the golden little icon.
Best Picture
THE BRUTALIST
Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
CONCLAVE
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
DUNE: PART TWO
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
EMILIA PÉREZ
Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers
I’M STILL HERE
Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers
NICKEL BOYS
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers
THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers
WICKED
Marc Platt, Producer
ANORA 
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Colman Domingo
SING SING
Ralph Fiennes
CONCLAVE
Sebastian Stan
THE APPRENTICE
Adrien Brody
THE BRUTALIST
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov
ANORA
Edward Norton
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Guy Pearce
THE BRUTALIST
Jeremy Strong
THE APPRENTICE
Kieran Culkin
A REAL PAIN
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo
WICKED
Karla Sofía Gascón
EMILIA PÉREZ
Demi Moore
THE SUBSTANCE
Fernanda Torres
I’M STILL HERE
Mikey Madison
ANORA
Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Ariana Grande
WICKED
Felicity Jones
THE BRUTALIST
Isabella Rossellini
CONCLAVE
Zoe Saldaña
EMILIA PÉREZ
Animated Feature Film
INSIDE OUT 2
Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek
THE WILD ROBOT
Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
FLOW
Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman
Animated Short Film
BEAUTIFUL MEN
Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
MAGIC CANDIES
Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
WANDER TO WONDER
Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
YUCK!
Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
Cinematography
DUNE: PART TWO
Greig Fraser
EMILIA PÉREZ
Paul Guilhaume
MARIA
Ed Lachman
NOSFERATU
Jarin Blaschke
THE BRUTALIST
Lol Crawley
Costume Design
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Arianne Phillips
CONCLAVE
Lisy Christl
GLADIATOR II
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
NOSFERATU
Linda Muir
WICKED
Paul Tazewell
Directing
THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
James Mangold
EMILIA PÉREZ
Jacques Audiard
THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat
ANORA
Sean Baker
Documentary Feature Film
BLACK BOX DIARIES
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
PORCELAIN WAR
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
SUGARCANE
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn
NO OTHER LAND
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
Documentary Short Film
DEATH BY NUMBERS
Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
I AM READY, WARDEN
Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
INCIDENT
Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA
Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
Film Editing
THE BRUTALIST
David Jancso
CONCLAVE
Nick Emerson
EMILIA PÉREZ
Juliette Welfling
WICKED
Myron Kerstein
ANORA
Sean Baker
International Feature Film
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Denmark
EMILIA PÉREZ
France
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Germany
FLOW
Latvia
I’M STILL HERE
Brazil
Makeup and Hairstyling
A DIFFERENT MAN
Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
EMILIA PÉREZ
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
NOSFERATU
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
WICKED
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
THE SUBSTANCE
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
Music (Original Score)
CONCLAVE
Volker Bertelmann
EMILIA PÉREZ
Clément Ducol and Camille
WICKED
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
THE WILD ROBOT
Kris Bowers
THE BRUTALIST
Daniel Blumberg
Music (Original Song)
“The Journey” from THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Like A Bird” from SING SING
Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
“Mi Camino” from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
“Never Too Late” from ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
“El Mal” from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
Production Design
THE BRUTALIST
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
CONCLAVE
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
DUNE: PART TWO
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
NOSFERATU
Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
WICKED
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Live Action Short Film
A LIEN
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
ANUJA
Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
THE LAST RANGER
Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
I’M NOT A ROBOT
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
Sound
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
EMILIA PÉREZ
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
WICKED
Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
THE WILD ROBOT
Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts
DUNE: PART TWO
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
Visual Effects
ALIEN: ROMULUS
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
BETTER MAN
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
WICKED
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
DUNE: PART TWO
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
EMILIA PÉREZ
Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
NICKEL BOYS
Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
SING SING
Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
CONCLAVE
Screenplay by Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
THE BRUTALIST
Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A REAL PAIN
Written by Jesse Eisenberg
SEPTEMBER 5
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
THE SUBSTANCE
Written by Coralie Fargeat
ANORA
Written by Sean Baker
Did your favorites win? Are you more likely to watch something you slept on because it won??
Word is that Conan O’Brien was so well received, he will host again next year. Can’t wait to see what great entertainment we get in the next year!
