Yesterday, Conan O’Brien hosted the Oscars for the second year in a row. His opening monologue was hilarious. His first skit in which he dressed up as Amy Madigan’s ‘Weapons’ character was an eccentric way to start the show. After the skit ended, Conan did some hilarious jokes as he roasted Timothee Chalamet about the ‘Marty Supreme’ movie. Then, the first major award of the night was presented by 2025 Academy Award winner Zoe Saldana. Zoe Saldana presented the award for Best Supporting Actress to Amy Madigan from the ‘Weapons’ movie. In total, the big movie winner of the night was ‘One Battle After Another.’ The movie won six Oscars including Best Director for Paul T. Anderson. The movie won Best Picture and another award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Paul T. Anderson collected those two monumental awards, and he collected a total of three major awards last night. Sean Penn won his third acting Oscar last night even though he was not present in the audience. He won the Best Supporting Actor award for his stellar performance in ‘One Battle After Another.’ Next, ‘Sinners’ won four Oscars out of a record sixteen nominations. Ryan Coogler won his only Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for ‘Sinners.’ Michael B. Jordan won his first Oscar for Best Actor for ‘Sinners.’ Other favorites in Best Actor category including Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothee Chalamet lost again. Chalamet has received three Academy Award nominations, yet he has not won an Oscar. DiCaprio has won one Oscar even though he has received eight nominations throughout his illustrious acting career. In Best Actress category, Jessie Buckley won her first Oscar for ‘Hamnet.’ In 2022, Buckley was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for ‘The Lost Daughter.’ Yet, she lost to Ariana DeBose in the Best Supporting Actress category in 2022. This year, Buckley is the only person who was a sure bet to win in her category. Some of the big surprises to win awards at this year’s Oscars were Amy Madigan winning her first Oscar, and Michael B. Jordan winning his first Oscar. Sean Penn winning his third Oscar drew him into a tie with Jack Nicholson, for the most acting Oscars won by a male performer. In closing, the 2026 Oscars lasted almost 220 minutes as it is one of the longest awards shows to date. ‘Marty Supreme’ movie went home without any awards last night. ‘Frankenstein’ movie won three Academy Awards last night. ‘Song Sung Blue’ and ‘The Secret Agent’ did not win any awards last night. The International Film category winner was ‘Sentimental Value’ which is the first Norwegian firm to win an Oscar. Hope the readers enjoyed the Oscars recap from G. Ripley, who was not sighted at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA last night.
