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This may have been the most sure bet of the entire night — and it's the first Canadian win of the evening. Toronto's Maggie Kang directed surprise juggernaut KPop Demon Hunters after being forced to shop it around between Sony and Netflix, as the former sold the distribution rights to the latter due to its doubt over it finding an audience. 

It also solidifies the popularity of K-pop as a genre in North America. Blackpink's Lisa became the first K-pop singer to perform at the Oscars last year, while Kpop Demon Hunters' Golden is expected to win best original song later tonight. 

Channing Tatum and Toronto-born Will Arnett are on stage to present the award for best animated feature. Arnett hosted the Governors Awards back in November.

A laugh from HQ in Toronto: Jane Lynch made a cameo in a series of ads interrupting Conan O'Brien after he announced the Oscars are moving to YouTube in 2029. 

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Regardless of the winner, this field pushes back some of the "category fraud" accusations from last year. 

With less than 15 on-screen minutes, Madigan had the lowest screentime of all nominees — though none superseded the stars of their respective films. Last year, best supporting actress winner Zoe Saldaña was on screen more than Emilia Pérez co-star and best actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón. Then, best supporting actor winner Kieran Culkin had nearly identical screentime to A Real Pain co-star Jesse Eisenberg, with both essentially functioning as the film's leads.

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.

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.

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