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Why the Oscars Put a Ring on Anora

 The Best Picture winner’s early setbacks may have been blessings in disguise. By Nate Jones
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Who Won Oscar Night?

 We know who won the Academy Awards, but here’s who notched victories after the ceremony. By Nate Jones
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Every Single Thing That Happened at the 2025 Oscars

 Anora takes Best Picture and director Sean Baker sets an Oscar record. By Vulture Staff

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  1. a star is born
    DIANE WARREN
    Diane Warren’s Oscar-Losing Songs, RankedHer dramatic power ballads are a perfect fit for Hollywood, even if the Academy hasn’t acknowledged it yet.
    By Carrie Wittmer
  2. on the record
    Emilia Pérez’s Controversial CaminoGascón ended her Emilia Pérez press tour at the Oscars.
    By Bethy Squires
  3. twitter fingers
    Karla Sofía Gascón Reacted to Conan’s Oscar Monologue OnlineThe Emilia Pérez star called O’Brien’s monologue “fabulous.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  4. never tweet
    Who Really Won the Awards-Season Circuit?From GameDay selections to podcast appearances to Demi Moore’s dog, Pilaf, here’s what popped and what flopped on the awards-circuit press tours.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  5. put her in coach
    John C. Reilly Guests On A Live Taping Of SiriusXM's "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend" At The Orpheum Theatre
    Sona Movsesian Should Have Been at the Oscars, ConanUPDATE: An exclusive statement from Movsesian addressing last night’s snub.
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. jokes
    The 2025 Awards Season in Opening MonologuesFrom Nikki Glaser at the Golden Globes to Conan O’Brien at the Oscars, and seven others in between.
    By Hershal Pandya
  8. oscars 2025
    Why the Oscars Put a Ring on AnoraThe Best Picture winner’s early setbacks may have been blessings in disguise.
    By Nate Jones
  9. awards szn
    97th Annual Oscars - Show
    Guess How Long Adrien Brody’s Oscars Speech WentSo long he broke a record from 1942.
    By Bethy Squires
  10. oscars 2025
    97th Oscars - Arrivals
    Diane Warren Vows ‘I’ll Be Back’ After Losing 16th Oscar“You can’t get rid of me.”
    By Justin Curto
  11. vulture lists
    The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the OscarsIf two movies could take home the top prize, who would share the title with Anora?
    By Keith Phipps
  12. vulture lists
    How to Watch All of This Year’s Oscar Winners and NomineesCardinals! Oligarchs! Cats!
    By Brian Tallerico
  13. rita news
    97th Annual Oscars - Press Room
    Zoë Saldaña Is ‘Very Sorry’ ‘So Many Mexicans Felt Offended’ by Emilia Pérez“For me, the heart of this movie was not Mexico; we weren’t making a film about a country.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  14. vulture lists
    Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked97 years into the Academy Awards, which movies stand above the rest?
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  15. oscars 2025
    And the Oscar Goes to … SueHow Demi Moore lost the Best Actress award after staging a near-perfect career comeback.
    By Joe Reid
  16. the streaming blues
    97th Oscars - Show
    Hulu’s Oscars Stream Stopped Working Before Best PictureInterrupting Best Actress winner Mikey Madison as she accepted her award.
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2025 OscarsHIGH: Conan! LOW: The Hulu feed cutting out just as Best Actress was announced. WHOA: Who in the writers’ room really loves The Wiz?
    By Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, and Jackson McHenry
  18. records
    Sean Baker Makes Oscars History With AnoraAnora scored five wins total, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actress for Mikey Madison.
    By Jason P. Frank
  19. awards season
    The 2025 Oscar Winners‘Anora’ took home five trophies.
    By Jason P. Frank
  20. press tourist
    Mikey Madison’s Road to Oscar GloryAnora’s breakout star went from virtual unknown to Oscar winner.
    By Jason P. Frank
  21. awards szn
    Every Single Thing That Happened at the 2025 OscarsAnora takes Best Picture and director Sean Baker sets an Oscar record.
    By Vulture Staff
  22. go big or go home
    Sean Baker’s Theatrical Crusade Marches On“I don’t know if I want to continue making movies if it’s just for television,” Baker said at the WGAs.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  23. oscars 2025
    No Other Land Makes a Statement at the Oscars“My hope to my daughter is that she will not have to live the same life I am living now,” Palestinian director and star Basel Adra said.
    By Jason P. Frank
  24. remember movie theaters?
    Introducing CinemaStreams, Also Known As Movie TheatersMartin Scorsese helps Conan sell his new invention, CinemaStreams, a dedicated building for movies.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  25. bond gals
    Margaret Qualley Spun, Not Stirred, in James Bond TributeLisa, Doja Cat, and Raye all belt out Bond songs at the Oscars.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  26. karla?
    A Closer Look at Zoë Saldaña’s Speech-ologyThe Emilia Perez actress’ Oscar speech skillfully avoided one topic: co-star, Karla Sofía Gascón.
    By Jason P. Frank
  27. awards szn
    No Time Was Wasted in Conan O’Brien’s Oscars MonologueTrue to form, the host brought the silly, with bits about Jeff Bezos getting kidnapped by a package thief and a giant, superfluous musical number.
    By Hershal Pandya
  28. brotherhood of man
    Jeremy Strong Is Kieran Culkin’s Number One BoyIn his 2025 Oscar speech, which was half-bleeped.
    By Jason P. Frank
  29. oz-cars
    Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Did Dueling Dorothys to Open the OscarsSo if you care to find me, look to the Dolby Theatre.
    By Rebecca Alter
  30. coming soon
    30th Annual Critics Choice Awards - Show
    The 2025 Oscars Will Have Conan O’Brien, a Wicked Performance, and a Surprise“Expect the unexpected,” the Academy teased on Instagram.
    By Justin Curto
  31. *capybara screech*
    How Flow’s Filmmakers Decided a Tiger Could Voice a WhaleOscar winner Gints Zilbalodis on the allure of capybaras, casting his sound editor’s cat, and including human voice actors in his next movie.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  32. kiss cam
    Oh No, Halle Berry and Adrien Brody Kissed AgainHalle Berry played her Uno reverse card 22 years later.
    By Bethy Squires
  33. kylie news
    Les Chalamets Are Butter-ful at the OscarsIt’s a family affair plus Kylie Jenner.
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. sparkles
    Oscars Red Carpet Becomes a Bling RingBest believe they’ll be bejeweled and make the whole place shimmer.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  35. profile
    Trust the Kieran Culkin ProcessFirst, he nearly dropped out of A Real Pain. Then he convinced Jesse Eisenberg to change the way he directs.
    By Rachel Handler
  36. me khaki and ari
    Ariana Grande Returns to Her Florida Roots (She’s Tan)To the tone of “Joseph’s Coat”: and beige and khaki and honey and taupe.
    By Jason P. Frank
  37. winner girl
    The 67th Annual Grammy Awards
    The Brit Awards? More Like the Brat AwardsThe 365 Party Girl won the first award of the night.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  38. feel better king
    31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals
    Harrison Ford Steps Down as Oscar Presenter Amid Shingles DiagnosisHe dropped out of the ceremony this morning.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  39. the industry
    Golden Globes statue
    The Golden Globes Will Stop Paying Voters $75,000 SalariesThe change reportedly affects about 50 former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  40. gold rush
    Every Movie Nominated for a 2025 Oscar, RankedThis is on balance a very strong Oscar year.
    By Joe Reid
  41. oscars 2025
    ‘Let People Wear Whatever Pin They Want’Ahead of the Oscars, Hollywood is torn over a blistering letter that chastised Artists4Ceasefire’s invitation for celebrities to wear its pins.
    By Chris Lee
  42. vive la france
    Merci, Timothée Chalamet, for Making Tim Baltz Feel NormalThe Righteous Gemstones star opens up about his secret life as Hollywood’s other Timothée.
    By Jesse David Fox
  43. vulture lists
    73 Oscar Monologues and Opening Numbers Ranked, From Worst to BestFrom Seth MacFarlane and Snow White to Chris Rock and NPH, with lots of Bob Hope in the middle.
    By Bill Wyman
  44. gold rush
    Final Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win the Most Uncertain Race in Years?Lacking an Oppenheimer-level colossus, this season has spread the wealth among several unconventional contenders.
    By Nate Jones
  45. pretty statues
    Cheese: An Annotated History of the Oscar Class PhotoRevisiting 40 years of fancy midday Hollywood hangs.
    By Zach Schonfeld
  46. nom noms
    23 Punhinged Oscars Watch-Party Menu IdeasWho’s bringing “A Confit Unknown”?
    By Rebecca Alter
  47. say cheese
    After-hours With the Oscars Class of 2025This year’s Academy Award nominees gathered for one more drink and smile before the season’s final showdown.
    By Bethy Squires
    Photographs by Myles Hendrik
  48. boogie nights
    The Man Behind The Brutalist’s Disco Song Isn’t Sure Why It’s There Either‘I hear people are jumping and dancing at the end of the movie.’
    By Katherine Gillespie
  49. one take blunder
    The Tyranny of the GlamBOT Must EndIn fact, the live-action celebrity GIFs aren’t half as interesting as the person taking them.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  50. award hoarders
    EGOT Watch: Who Will Be Next to Complete the Awards-Show Grand Slam?If the Oscars hold space for her this year, Cynthia Erivo could be the youngest to complete the quadfecta.
  51. gold rush
    Is It Timmy’s Time?!The A Complete Unknown star won the SAG Award! What does it mean? Let’s hash it out.
    By Nate Jones and Joe Reid
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