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It’s already been a golden night for KPop Demon Hunters, which won best animated feature earlier in the evening, but it’s an extra special night for the real-life voices behind the animated music group HUNTR/X: Ejae, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna. The singers are performing the mega-hit Golden on the Academy Awards stage, one of the two songs nominated for best original song being performed at the ceremony.

Golden is easily the biggest hit of any of the best original song nominees, with the film’s soundtrack certified platinum last fall after selling more than one million units, while the song itself reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed there for eight weeks.

The audience joined in the illuminating performance, waving lights, while our team in Toronto sang their golden hearts out!

Autumn Durald Arkapaw of Sinners has made history twice. She is the only woman to have won best cinematography, and the first racialized woman to be nominated and win in this category.

Only three women have been nominated before her, and no woman has ever won the category in the history of the Oscars … until now.

Durald Arkapaw's journey to her historic win began with a recommendation from her friend, Rachel Morrison (the first woman ever nominated in this category, in 2018), the cinematographer on Ryan Coogler's Black Panther. When Morrison was unavailable for the sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, she suggested Durald Arkapaw, who got the job. She then returned to work on Sinners. 

In her acceptance speech, Durald Arkapaw asked all the women to stand up, saying "I didn't get here without you, guys."

There have been three standing ovations so far, and they've all been for Sinners.

It’s another win for One Battle After Another — that makes four — this time taking the Oscar for best editing. 

The two previous best picture winners, Anora and Oppenheimer, also won best editing before claiming the night’s top prize. 

Did you hear that? The Oscar for best achievement in sound went to F1, the film starring Brad Pitt. Helping bring the auto-racing sounds to the screen is the winning team of Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta.

Best original score Oscar winner Ludwig Göransson gave a shoutout to Sinners director Ryan Coogler, whom he called the "best storyteller."

"Thank you for your vision and making a movie that resonated with the whole world."

Ludwig Göransson's score blends Mississippi Delta blues with modern strings and, in some scenes, heavy metal to match the film's horror theme. This is Göransson's third Oscar win for best score. He has previously won for Black Panther and Oppenheimer. He is the third living composer to have at least three wins under his belt, joining legends John Williams and Alan Menken.

The award was presented by Bridesmaids cast members Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Ellie Kemper. Lots of laughs in the room during a bit about notes from stars in the audience, including Benicio del Toro and "the kid from Hamnet." 

In a passionate acceptance speech that drew loud applause from the audience, Mr. Nobody Against Putin director David Borenstein said that you lose your country through countless small acts of complicity. 

"When we don't say anything, when oligarchs take over the media and control how we produce it and consume it, we all face a moral choice. But luckily, even a nobody is more powerful than you think."

In what is probably the first true upset of the night, our war room let out a collective "ooh." Mr. Nobody Against Putin has won the Oscar for best documentary feature.

The moderate odds-on favourite in most media ballots was The Perfect Neighbor, an American documentary about a white woman fatally shooting her Black neighbour. 

Mr. Nobody, meanwhile, follows the increased militarization of Russian children via their school system. Set in the shadow of the Ukraine war, teacher and accidental documentarian Pavel (Pasha) Talankin filmed as his school taught students about Europe's inferiority to Russia, or instructed them on the proper way to throw a grenade. The footage was then smuggled out of the country, forcing Talankin into exile. 

This win marks a dubious record: Given its history inextricably tied up with World War II propaganda films, the first five Oscars awarded documentaries about contemporary political violence. With Mr. Nobody's win this year, the Oscars have now rewarded that same theme four times in a row. It's the longest such run since that inaugural streak. 

Focusing on American school shootings, documentary short winner All the Empty Rooms is anything but an easy watch. Made by CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman, he was joined on stage by the film's subject, Gloria Cazares, whose daughter Jackie was killed in the 2022 Uvalde shooting in Texas. 

"Jackie is more than just a headline, she is our light and our life," Cazares said. "Gun violence now is the No. 1 cause of death in kids and teens. We believe that if the world could see their empty bedrooms, we'd be a different America."

Check out the note that Conan left in a box under the guests' seats in the Dolby Theatre, accompanied by snacks.

Note from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oscars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oscars</a> host Conan O’Brien in boxes under the seats at the Dolby Theater before the show <a href="https://t.co/EK5iPdvNVh">pic.twitter.com/EK5iPdvNVh</a>

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