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Move over, Ruth Gordon — there's a new face in horror. 

Amy Madigan's win here marks the first time in nearly 60 years since a horror performer has won in this category (Gordon in 1969 for Rosemary's Baby). In fact, Madigan joins a rather exclusive club: before tonight, depending on how you define the genre, only six horror actors had won. Most recently, it was Natalie Portman for Black Swan, about 20 years after Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs.

Even before tonight's win, Madigan broke another record: This nomination came 40 years after her last Oscar nod, the longest gap for any actress. 

Zoe Saldaña has taken the stage to present the first award of the night for actress in a supporting role. She won her first Oscar for best supporting actress in 2025 for her role as Rita Castro in Emilia Pérez.

O'Brien reunited with members of his core writing team from last year's Oscars, including some he's collaborated with for over 30 years. Many of the writers involved are featured on Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast.

The opening shot is Conan O'Brien dressed as Aunt Gladys from Weapons, describing himself as looking like "Bette Davis with lupus."

In classic Conan fare, he brings his specific brand of chaotic, absurd humour, inserting himself into the Oscar-nominated films including Marty Supreme, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, KPop Demon Hunters and Sinners. 

Then O'Brien takes the stage, calling himself the "last human host," in a joke about AI's feared takeover of Hollywood. His first dig is at Timothée Chalamet's comments about the popularity of ballet and opera.

Nominated for supporting actress for One Battle After Another, Teyana Taylor has been one of the stars of this red carpet season. Today, she's wearing a dramatic black and white Chanel gown with a full train, embroidered with glass pearls and crystals and adorned with feathers, finished with Tiffany & Co. Jewelry.

Another presenter this evening, Nicole Kidman is wearing a Chanel beaded silk crepe bustier dress embellished with feathers.

Best actor nominee for Marty Supreme Timothée Chalamet has arrived in an all-white double-breasted suit, finished with black sunglasses.

Chalamet caused an uproar recently when comments he made in an interview with fellow actor Matthew McConaughey went viral.

"I don't want to be working in ballet or opera or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though, like, no one cares about this anymore,'" he said.

He may have drawn the ire of classical arts lovers everywhere, but the backlash didn't affect his chances at winning best actor. That's because Oscar voting closed on March 5, well before many people picked up on the video.

Costume designer Ruth E. Carter has arrived on the Oscars red carpet. 

With her fifth nomination tonight for Sinners, Carter is now the most nominated Black woman in Oscars history. She was the first Black person to win an Oscar for costume design and remains the only Black woman to have won two Oscars — a record that could be tied this year by her colleague Hannah Beachler. 

I had the great pleasure of interviewing Ruth recently for an article about representation behind the scenes in the film industry. She acknowledged the importance of her success in paving the way for the next generation.

"I was a torchbearer," she said. "I was lighting the way for all of us to come into an industry that was not created for us."

It's called the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — but where does the science come in?

Since 1931, the Academy has honoured the scientific and technical achievements that make movie magic possible. Those will have their own ceremony in April, but the recipients have already been announced.

Some of the recipients include Benjamin Graf for the design of a widely used dialogue restoration software, and Brent Bell, Josef Köhler and Ian Medwell, each for their individual achievements that contributed to the creation of non-toxic, industry-standard bullets on movie sets.

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