{"id":8902,"date":"2025-03-03T09:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T09:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=8902"},"modified":"2025-03-03T09:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T09:51:19","slug":"oscars-2025-anora-dominates-with-5-academy-awards-adrien-brody-wins-best-actor-for-2nd-time-and-a-full-list-of-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/8902","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2025: &lsquo;Anora&rsquo; dominates with 5 Academy Awards, Adrien Brody wins Best Actor for 2nd time and a full list of winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"mb-5' px-4 md:max-w- md:px-0 lg:mb-8>\n<h1 class='\"mt-2' text- font-bold leading-tight md:text-><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"object-cover' object-center style='\"font-size:' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/s.yimg.com%5C/ny%5C/api%5C/res%5C/1.2%5C/bbQ47aZ.Pp.lzVPkMNcVng--%5C/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-%5C/https:%5C/%5C/s.yimg.com%5C/os%5C/creatr-uploaded-images%5C/2025-03%5C/ab63adf0-f7e6-11ef-be66-89fbcf21c032%5C%22" alt='\"\"' data-nimg='\"fill\"'>\n\n<div class='\"mx-4' md:mx-0>\n<div class='\"grid' grid-cols->\n<figure class='\"relative' mb-4><figcaption class='\"relative' text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5>\n<div>Sean Baker and the cast and crew of &ldquo;Anora&rdquo; at the 97th Academy Awards.\n\n\n\n<div class='\"grid' grid-cols-article-mobile md:max-w- md:grid-cols-article overflow-hidden>\n<div class='\"col-body\"'>\n<div class='\"\"' data-article-body='\"true\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>The 2025\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0concluded Sunday with\u00a0<em>Anora\u00a0capturing five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Sean Baker) and Best Actress (Mikey Madison), in a star-studded ceremony hosted by Conan O\u2019Brien on Hollywood\u2019s biggest night.\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Adrien Brody won his second Best Actor award, for\u00a0<em>The Brutalist, while Kieran Culkin (<em>A Real Pain) and\u00a0Zoe Salda\u00f1a (<em>Emilia P\u00e9rez)\u00a0took home Oscars for supporting roles.\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Morgan Freeman paid tribute to\u00a0Gene Hackman, who was found dead last week along with his wife and dog in their New Mexico home. And Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Queen Latifah honored Quincy Jones, who died in November.\n</p><div class='\"max-md:faux-bleed' mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0>\n<div class='\"py-2' text-center text-xs uppercase>\n<div class='\"flex' w-full flex-nowrap justify-center>\n\n<div class='\"mb-4' hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block>\n<div class='\"flex' w-full flex-nowrap justify-center>\n<div id='\"R98kb3dd8aqfnntkqH1\"' class='\"flex\"'>\n\n\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>The show recognized firefighters who battled the deadly Los Angeles wildfires that led to the nominations being postponed twice in January.\n</p><p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>For a quick recap of the ceremony \u2014 the winners,\u00a0the fashion, the viral moments and more \u2014 see our blog below.\n<section class='\"mb-4' xl:-mx-6>\n<article>\n<header class='\"mb-2' flex>\n<div>\n<div class='\"text-xs' text-battleship md:text-sm dark:text-bob>\n\n\n<section class='\"mb-2' md:ml-4 md:border-l-2 pb-1 md:pl-8>\n<p style='\"text-align:' left>Best Picture\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left><strong><em>Anora\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>The Brutalist\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>A Complete Unknown\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>Conclave\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>Dune: Part Two\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>Emilia P\u00e9rez\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>I\u2019m Still Here\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>Nickel Boys\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>The Substance\n<p style='\"text-align:' left><em>Wicked\n<h1 class='\"mb-2' text-xl font-bold md:mb-4 md:text-2xl style='\"text-align:' left>Best Actress\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<ul class='\"mb-4\"'>\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Cynthia Erivo,\u00a0<em>Wicked\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n,\u00a0<em>Emilia P\u00e9rez\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Fernanda Torres,\u00a0<em>I\u2019m Still Here\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words><strong>Mikey Madison,\u00a0<strong><em>Anora\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words style='\"text-align:' left>Demi Moore,\u00a0<em>The Substance\n<header class='\"mb-2' flex>\n<section class='\"mb-2' md:ml-4 md:border-l-2 pb-1 md:pl-8>\n<h1 class='\"mb-2' text-xl font-bold md:mb-4 md:text-2xl style='\"text-align:' left>Best Director\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<ul class='\"mb-4\"'>\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words><strong>Sean Baker,\u00a0<strong><em>Anora\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Brady Corbet,\u00a0<em>The Brutalist\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>James Mangold,\u00a0<em>A Complete Unknown\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Jacques Audiard,\u00a0<em>Emilia P\u00e9rez\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words style='\"text-align:' left>Coralie Fargeat,\u00a0<em>The Substance\n<header class='\"mb-2' flex>\n<section class='\"mb-2' md:ml-4 md:border-l-2 pb-1 md:pl-8>\n<h1 class='\"mb-2' text-xl font-bold md:mb-4 md:text-2xl style='\"text-align:' left>Best Actor\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<ul class='\"mb-4\"'>\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words><strong>Adrien Brody,\u00a0<strong><em>The Brutalist\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet,\u00a0<em>A Complete Unknown\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Colman Domingo,\u00a0<em>Sing Sing\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc style='\"text-align:' left>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>Ralph Fiennes,\u00a0<em>Conclave\n\n\n<li class='\"ml-4' list-disc>\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words style='\"text-align:' left>Sebastian Stan,<em>\u00a0The Apprentice\n<header class='\"mb-2' flex>\n<div>\n<div class='\"text-xs' text-battleship md:text-sm dark:text-bob>\n\n\n<section class='\"mb-2' md:ml-4 md:border-l-2 pb-1 md:pl-8>\n<h1 class='\"mb-2' text-xl font-bold md:mb-4 md:text-2xl>O&rsquo;Brien&rsquo;s &lsquo;Anora&rsquo; joke packs a punch\n<div class='\"\"'>\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>There was applause for Conan\u2019s Trump-Putin dig about\u00a0<em>Anora\u00a0winning awards and someone \u201cfinally standing up to a powerful Russian.\u201d\n<p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>So that\u2019s what O\u2019Brien meant\u00a0when he said he would treat politics \u201cwith humor.\u201d\n</p><p class='\"mb-4' text-lg md:leading-8 break-words>\u2014\u00a0<em>Taryn Ryder reporting live from inside the Dolby Theatre\n\n\n<article>\n<header class='\"mb-2' flex>\n<div>\n<div class='\"text-xs' text-battleship md:text-sm dark:text-bob>\n\n\n<section class='\"mb-2' md:ml-4 md:border-l-2 pb-1 md:pl-8>\n<h1 class='\"mb-2' text-xl font-bold md:mb-4 md:text-2xl>Original Score\n<div 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