Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Oscars 2025 host Conan O’Brien had fans all saying the same thing as he kicked off his wild opening monologue on Sunday.O’Brien, 61, who was keen to impress in his debut hosting Hollywood’s biggest night, made a shock dig at Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon’s tweet scandal and Timothee Chalamet’s outfit during his opening monologue.O’Brien personally called out the Best Actress nominee, who has been embroiled in social media controversy after her racist and anti-Muslim tweets resurfaced and went viral.He later quipped about A Complete Unknown Best Actor nominee Chalamet, 29, who was sat next to his baffled girlfriend Kylie Jenner, 27, claiming his yellow suit would ensure ‘no bikes hit him.’O’Brien said: ‘Karla Sofia Gascon is here tonight. And… Karla, if you’re going to tweet about the Oscars, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.’Gascon feigned a smile as she placed her hands together in a prayer gesture while making her return to the awards circuit amid the controversy. O’Brien continued: ‘Before we go any further, I want you to know, we did not use A.I. To make this show. No A.I. Yeah. No A.I. Yeah. We would never do that, we use child labor. Oscars 2025 host Conan O’Brien had fans all saying the same thing as he kicked off his wild opening monologue on Sunday O’Brien, 61, who was keen to impress in his debut hosting Hollywood’s biggest night, made a shock dig at Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon’s tweet scandal’Hey. Timothee Chalamet is up for best actor tonight. You are amazing. And you look amazing. I bow to you. Love that suit. You will not get hit on your bike tonight. Amazing actor. He’s nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan. Yeah. Yeah. Bob Dylan wanted to be here tonight, but not that badly.’Moving on to Best Picture nominee Dune: Part Two, O’Brien mistakenly said the film had won a Best Director nomination for Denis Villeneuve,He said: ‘Dune 2 is dominated for Best Picture and Director, and guess what? I’m told he banned smartphones on the set of Dune 2. Did you know that? Yeah. Apparently his actors kept googling, “What is this movie about? We’ll hang after, it’s going to be fun. That was a no. ‘You know, one of my favorite movies didn’t get nominated this year, Baby girl. Yeah, I loved that film. Yeah. In the film Babygirl Antonio Banderas plays a man who doesn’t know how to give his wife and orgasm. He described it as the most challenging role of his career. Should have come to me, man. Should have come to me.’Fans lauded O’Brien for rising to the occasion and begged for him to ‘host every year.’ One fan wrote of the Gascon dig: ‘dragging her in the opening monologue with her sitting right in front of you, conan i’m so fond of you! #oscars.’Others wrote: ‘conan is absolutely killing it He quipped about A Complete Unknown Best Actor nominee Chalamet, 29, who was sat next to his baffled girlfriend Kylie Jenner , 27, claiming his yellow suit would ensure ‘no bikes hit him’ O’Brien was lauded by fans for his whimsical approach ‘Eating dinner and watching Conan coming out of Demi more was hard, but I gotta say, he is doing a great job!’O’Brien had earlier shocked fans with a The Substance parody as he dove out of Demi Moore’s body and then jumped back in to find his shoe. The 97th Academy Awards are honoring the best films of 2024, with the star-studded ceremony being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.O’Brien previously joked: ‘I only agreed to host so that I could get invited.’This year’s ceremony has an unusually unsettled field in many of the most high-profile categories, including best picture and most of the acting categories.Emilia Pérez leads the nominations this year with 13, including for best picture, actress (for Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (for Zoe Saldaña), director (for Jacques Audiard), adapted screenplay and original song.Gascón stars as the title character, a former Mexican drug lord who comes out as a transgender woman and fakes her own death in order to reinvent herself as a pro-social force, while Saldaña plays an ethically challenged lawyer who helps set up her new identity.The Brutalist landed in second place with 10 nominations, including for best picture, director (for Brady Corbet), actor (for Adrien Brody), supporting actor (for Guy Pearce), supporting actress (for Felicity Jones), and original screenplay. Emilia Pérez leads this year’s Oscar nominees with 13 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (for Zoe Saldaña) and director The Brutalist landed in second place with 10 nominations, including for best picture, director (for Brady Corbet), actor (for Adrien Brody), supporting actor (for Guy Pearce), supporting actress (for Felicity Jones), and original screenplayBrody stars as a Jewish Hungarian architect who immigrates to the US after surviving the Holocaust. The epic historical drama follows his character László Tóth’s attempts to realize his creative vision even as it conflicts with the petty desires of his wealthy benefactor (Pearce).Wicked tied it for 10 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Cynthia Erivo), and supporting actress (for Ariana Grande).The blockbuster musical is an adaptation of only the first half of the musical of the same name, a reimagined prequel to The Wizard Of Oz starring Erivo as Elphaba, future Wicked Witch of the West, and Grande as Galinda Upland, who becomes Glinda the Good Other best pictures nominees include Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance. The closely watched race for best actor in a leading role got a major shakeup just a week before the Oscars at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, when Timothée Chalamet scored a shock win for his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. Prior to that win, Brody was seemingly the favorite after winning best actor awards at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Movie Awards.Ralph Fiennes has also doggedly stayed in the running for his role as a British Cardinal struggling to keep a secretive papal election from dissolving into competition and intrigue. The critically acclaimed film has scored multiple actor wins at smaller ceremonies and festivals for Fiennes, as well as multiple awards for the entire acting ensemble, which Fiennes has accepted on more than one occasion. Wicked tied it for 10 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Cynthia Erivo), and supporting actress (for Ariana Grande) This year’s best lead actor race is up in the air after Timothée Chalamet’s recent SAG win for A Complete Unknown Brody is also a favorite for The Brutalist, but Ralph Fiennes has gotten plenty of awards-season attention for the papal-selection drama ConclaveThose three co-frontrunners are competing against Colman Domingo for Sing Sing and Sebastian Stan for his performance as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.The best actress category also has no clear frontrunner. Demi Moore has been lauded for her comeback performance in the satirical body-horror film The Substance, which earned her best actress honors from the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, as well as several critics’ organizations. But her win a week before the Oscars at the SAG Awards suggests she may be in a prime spot to snatch the Oscar after being nominated for the first time. Anora star Mikey Madison, who plays an adult dancer who impetuously marries the son of a Russian Oligarch, was widely acclaimed and was honored by several critics’ organizations early in the season. Her chances increased significantly after she won the BAFTA for best lead actress, which she followed up with an Independent Spirit Award win in the gender-neutral lead performance category. Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón was once a favorite for the award, but she was widely criticized after racist and Islamophobic tweets — some quite recent — that had somehow gone unremarked upon were translated into English and reported on.Since then, Gascón has sat out awards ceremonies after her posts came to light. After multiple half-hearted apologies, Netflix reportedly opted to stop paying for Gascón’s travel and accommodations for awards shows, though a source told People that she still plans to attend the Oscars.Before the controversy, her nomination was seen as historic, as she is the first openly transgender woman to be nominated in the best actress category. Anora’s Mikey Madison is a late-breaking best actress co-frontrunner after recent wins and controversy that erupted after offensive tweets from Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced Demi Moore is the other major frontrunner for the satirical body-horror film The Substance. She has won multiple major awards this seasonThe other nominees are Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, who has failed to capture any major awards, and the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, who stars in the historical drama I’m Still Here. She had her own controversy after a clip of her appearing in blackface in a comedy sketch from a Brazilian TV series 17 years ago resurfaced in January.In the supporting actress category, the nominees including Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown, Ariana Grande for Wicked, Felicity Jones for The Brutalist, Isabella Rossellini for Conclave and Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez Saldaña appears to be the current favorite after a string of wins at the Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards.But some of those early awards had voting periods that cut off prior to the controversy around Gascón surfacing, which could potentially harm her chances from voters who were turned off of Emilia Pérez altogether.The supporting actor category seems the easiest to predict, Kieran Culkin’s string of wins for A Real Pain making him the favorite. The other nominees include Yura Borisov for Anora, Edward Norton for A Complete Unknown, Guy Pearce for The Brutalist and Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice. Among the best picture nominees, Emilia Pérez once seemed like the most likely winner, but Gascon’s offensive posts have threatened its chances.The Palme d’Or–winning Anora got a late boost with wins for best picture at the Directors Guild of America Awards and the Producers Guild of America Awards, which are considered two of the best predictors of Oscars success by awards-season prognosticators, and its win at the Independent Spirit Awards didn’t hurt. Saldaña appears to be the favorite in the supporting actress category after a string of wins Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg’s drama A Real Pain After Gascón’s offensive tweets surfaced, Emilia Pérez’s best picture frontrunner status seemed in question, and Anora has snatched up the top award at multiple ceremonies considered major predictors of the OscarsThe best director category seems likely to be a three-man race between Anora’s Sean Baker, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet and Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard. This year’s original song category features two cutes from Emilia Pérez, El Mal and Mi Camino, the new Elton John song Never Too Late, from the documentary of the same name about him, Like a Bird from Sing Sing, and the latest Diane Warren effort The Journey.The Academy Awards begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and can be watched on ABC and, for the first time, on a streaming service, Hulu.Subscribers to premium services including Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV can also also catch the ceremony live. Oscar winners 2025 full list – see who received honors for this year’s Academy Awards Best PictureAnora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys The Substance Wicked Emilia Pérez leads this year’s Oscar nominees with 13, including for best picture, actress, supporting actress and directorBest Director Jacques Audiard — Emilia PérezSean Baker — AnoraBrady Corbet — The BrutalistCoralie Fargeat — The SubstanceJames Mangold — A Complete UnknownActress in a Leading RoleCynthia Erivo — Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia PérezMikey Madison — Anora Demi Moore — The Substance Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here The Substance has been nominated for numerous Oscars, including Best Actress for Demi Moore Actor in a Leading RoleAdrien Brody — The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo — Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes — Conclave Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice The Brutalist came in second place with 10 nods, including for best picture, actor (Adrien Brody), supporting actor (Guy Peare) and supporting actress (Felicity Jones) Actress in a Supporting RoleMonica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown Ariana Grande — Wicked Felicity Jones — The Brutalist Isabella Rossellini — Conclave Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez Actor in a Supporting RoleYura Borisov — Anora Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNEREdward Norton — A Complete Unknown Guy Pearce — The Brutalist Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice Animated Feature FilmFlow Inside Out 2Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild RobotCinematographyThe Brutalist — Lol CrawleyDune: Part Two — Greig FraserEmilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume Maria — Ed Lachman Nosferatu — Jarin BlaschkeOriginal ScreenplayAnora — Sean BakerThe Brutalist — Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold A Real Pain — Jesse EisenbergSeptember 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex DavidThe Substance — Coralie FargeatAdapted ScreenplayA Complete Unknown — James Mangold and Jay Cocks Conclave — Peter StraughanEmilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas LivecchiNickel Boys — RaMell Ross & Joslyn BarnesSing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ WhitfieldAchievement in Production DesignThe Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Wicked Achievement in SoundA Complete UnknownDune: Part TwoEmilia Pérez Wicked The Wild RobotOriginal Song El Mal – Emilia PérezThe Journey – The Six Triple EightLike A Bird – Sing SingMi Camino – Emilia PérezNever Too Late – Elton John: Never Too LateOriginal Score The Brutalist — Daniel BlumbergConclave — Volker BertelmannEmilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille Wicked — John Powell and Stephen SchwartzThe Wild Robot — Kris BowersLive-Action Short FilmA Lien Anuja I’m Not a Robot The Last Ranger The Man Who Could Not Remain SilentAnimated Short FilmBeautiful MenIn the Shadow of the CypressMagic CandiesWander to WonderYuck!Documentary Feature FilmBlack Box DiariesNo Other Land Porcelain War Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Sugarcane Flow is nominated for both International Feature Film and Animated Feature FilmDocumentary Short FilmDeath by Numbers I Am Ready, WardenIncident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the OrchestraInternational Feature FilmI’m Still Here (Brazil) The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)Emilia Pérez (France) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)Flow (Latvia) Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg’s drama A Real PainMakeup and HairstylingA Different ManEmilia Pérez NosferatuThe Substance Wicked Achievement in Costume DesignA Complete Unknown — Arianne PhillipsConclave — Lisy ChristlGladiator II — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman Nosferatu — Linda MuirWicked — Paul Tazewell Achievement in Film EditingAnora — Sean BakerThe Brutalist — David JancsoConclave — Nick Emerson Emilia Pérez — Juliette WelflingWicked — Myron Kerstein Anora is nominated for several Oscars, including best picture, actress, supporting actor, director, screenplay and editingVisual EffectsAlien: RomulusBetter ManDune: Part Two Kingdom of the Planet of the ApesWicked
