and the oscar goes to -- sean baker, "anora." [ applause ] >> this is the third oscar win for sean baker i will take this time to read something i'm passionate about. first off, thank you to the academy. this means so much. thank you to my fellow nominees. it's an honor to be in this category with you. i will put this down. we're all here tonight and watching this broadcast because we love movies. where did we fall in love with the movies? at the theater. [ cheers and applause ] watching a film in a theater with an audience is an experience. we can laugh together, cry together, sit in silence together and in a time in which the world can feel very divided, this is more important than ever, it's a communal experience you don't get at home. right now, the theater going experience is under threat. movie theaters, especially independently owned theaters, are struggling. it's up to us to support them. during the pandemic, we lost nearly 1,000 screens in the u.s. we continue to lose them regularly. if we don't reverse this trend, we will lose a vital part of our culture. this is my battle cry.

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sean baker. >> "anora," sean baker. >> "anora." >> the big oscar winner a strip club cinderella story. plus, a look at the best moments from hollywood's biggest night. ♪ defying gravity ♪ >>> good morning, i'm michael george. we start with the fallout from the combative white house meeting between president trump and ukrainian president volodymer zelenskyy. european leaders met in london this weekend rallying around zelenskyy and assembling a coalition of the willing to develop a plan for ending ukraine's war with russia which they hope could win the backing of president trump. cbs' derick waller joins us now. good morning. so right now how is europe reacting to that oval office meeting? >> reporter: many of them reacted by saying they will continue to stand with ukraine. that was a message we got sunday during a round table discussion of world leaders in london that notably did not include anyone from the united states. more fallout after friday's oval office clash between president donald trump and ukrainian president volodymer zelenskyy. >> you don't have the cards right now. with

sean baker. his star mikey madison. kieran culkin also a first timer.rd appeared to be five congratulations. i had a feeling i might see you tonight. >> i wish you would have called me earlier. >> lara: how are you celebrating? >> my kids are in the hotel waiting for us. i am going to have to stay out. it usually i go to bed by 9:00. especially today i am a little under the weather, but we will be celebrating. it is the win for them too. and i will probably have a lot to eat. >> lara: what's the first thing you want to have? >> obviously rice and beans because i am so dominican. but i am a new yorker so any kind of asian food. >> and the oscar goes to... kieran culkin. "a real pain." >> lara: the little kid who acted alongside his brother in "home alone," to carrying this oscar off the stage. >> what a journey. i don't know if i said it, but because it is something i have always been doing, it was never -- it is going to sound -- it is something that could be taken the wrong way, but it was never a pursuit, but what my life has always been. >> i am wrap

>> sean baker sean baker did everything for this, which is why he won so many awards. you know, he wrote, he directed, he edited. >> but can i talk about some of the ones that we had? zoe saldaÑa. yes. when for was it best supporting actress? >> best supporting actress for emilia pÉrez. and that film went in with the most nominations with 13. >> oscar campaign completely fell apart under the weight of old tweets. yes it did. yes it did. >> because., yes. because social media is forever and people have a tendency to forget that. >> your timelines. please do. please do. your timelines. >> so it ended up only winning two awards. zoe. and then also for best original song. so it was not the night that they were expecting, but again, with nora. what i'm seeing a lot of people say is it felt good to see a film that people were so passionate about making get rewarded, but. >> that the criticism, some people say, when they expanded the pool of voters and the attempt to diversify, they brought in a lot of international language voters. and that that may be the reason why there w

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honora's five wins for producer director, writer, editor sean baker means that sean baker is now tiedith walt disney for the most oscars won in a single year. really feels wonderful that the academy is recognizing independent film. we always jump into these projects knowing that we will have to compete with budgets and films that have budgets that are literally almost 100 times what we are, what we've shot our film for. and how about this? honora won five of the six awards for which it was nominated. now, there was a moment during the telecast that you didn't see because it happened during the commercial break. but jean garvin, how about this? colman domingo jumped on stage, told everybody to look under their seats. there they would find a little bottle of tequila and a cup, and he asked them to raise a glass to southern california, to the firefighters and to resilience. and he said he lives in malibu, and he vows he will be in malibu. he's never going to leave malibu, and he will watch malibu and other areas in southern california be rebuilt. it was really a really nice moment for us

. >> sean baker is a director.ou in "scream" and says, hey, i want you to do this role, annie. how involved were you in bringing annie to life? >> oh, it was very collaborative. he really welcomed me into the process of making the movie, and in such a big way. he really made it clear from the beginning that he cared about what i had to say and my opinions. >> since you have been in custody, you have been involved in the theater program. >> i am gladiator goliath. >> so what attracted you to this role? all i knew about it before i watched was that it had people who had actually been incarcerated who were now serving as the actors. >> that was part of the draw. i mean, it's about this rehabilitation of the arts program at sing sing prison that was founded by inmates. they've got all these skills, these theater skills and these acting skills. and my director thought it was brilliant to actually invite some of these guys to audition to be a part of it. >> you said you felt closer to this film than any other. what was u

. >> reporter: the film brought individual honors to sean baker for directing, editing and original screenplaystar scored a mild upset in winning best actress. >> this is a dream come true. i'm probably going to wake up tomorrow. >> reporter: best actor went to the star of the brutalist. >> adrien brodie. >> reporter: his win 22 years ago made him even more appreciative. >> it can all go away. and i think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that. >> reporter: in the supporting categories an emotional zoe saldana saluted her family after winning for emilia perez. >> everything brave, outrageous and good that i've ever done in my life is because of you. >> reporter: and kieran culkin's win for a real pain could mean two more kids for he and his wife. >> she said i ill give you four when you win an oscar. >> reporter: the night also included a lengthy standing ovation for l.a. firefighters. while morgan freeman supplied a poignant moment, honoring the work of gene hackman. >> i won the hearts of film lovers all over the world. >> reporter: a love shared for sunday's oscar winne

so i was very happy for sean baker and mikey madison and the rest of the cast.we have with how the new pope is chosen. >> yes. >> regardless of your religious background. so i think that plays a role in this. and then the cast. stanley tucci there is fantastic. carlos diaz, this was his feature film debut. obviously, he has a pretty big role obviously in this film. yeah, "conclave" checking in at number three on movie meeter. >> on number two was "a complete unknown." not a surprise this was a fan favorite and an oscars favorite as well. >> sadly didn't win any oscars last night. i was pulling for timothee chalamet. i loved his speech at the sag awards, too. but bio pics have done well at the box office and with the academy as well. this particular movie has grossed over $100 million already globally at the box office. yeah, timothy was great, but so was monica and, of course, ed norton, too. >> number one not much of a surprise here. we'll give you a clue. here's a clip. ♪ ♪ i know about popular ♪ ♪ there's nothing that can stop you from becoming popular ♪ >> t

honora also claimed the biggest prize for best picture and best director, going to sean baker. other winners included adrien brody, who took home best actor in a leading role for his work in the brutalist, in which he played a struggling immigrant architect in post-world war two america. he's getting a lot of attention for the passionate speech he gave in accepting the award. here's a clip. >> i'm here once again. to represent. >> the. >> lingering traumas. >> and. >> the repercussions. >> of war. >> and systematic. >> oppression. and. of anti-semitism and. >> racism, and of othering. >> and i believe. >> that i pray for a healthier and a happier and a more inclusive world. >> all right. i am joined now by shagun oduwole in los angeles. he is an entertainment journalist and also host of boston globe today. so i would say thanks for waking up early with us, but you were in l.a., so thanks for staying up late to be with us. great to see you, per usual. let's just start with that performance from cynthia erivo and ariana grande. a lot of people this morning when i woke up, seemed

the film also brought individual honors to sean baker for directing, editing and original screenplay mikey madison. while the film star scored a mild upset in winning best actress. this is a dream come true. i'm probably going to wake up tomorrow. best actor went to the star of the brutalist adrieien brody. his wn 22 years ago made him even more appreciative. it can all go away. and i think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that in the supporting categories. sunny, an emotional zoe saldana saluted her family after winning for amelia perez. everything brave, outrageous and good that i've ever done in my life is because of you. and karen culkin's win for a real pain could mean two more kids for him and his wife, jazz. she said, i will give you four when you win an oscar. the night also included a lengthy standing ovation for l.a. firefighters, while morgan freeman supplied a poignant moment honoring the work of gene hackman. he won the hearts of film lovers all over the world, a love shared for sunday's oscar winners. jennifer bjorklund, nbc news, los angeles. cong

awards total best actress for mikey madison, film editing, original screenplay and best director for sean bakerrien brody won best actor for the brutalist. best supporting actor went to kieran culkin for a real pain. >> i am the first american of dominican origin to accept an academy award. >> zoe saldana made history with her best supporting actress win for amelia perez, also making history. wicked's paul tazewell became the first black man to win best costume design. >> hollywood's biggest night. >> host conan o'brien had a monologue with adam sandler. a song about not wasting time and mentions of nominees. >> if you are going to tweet about the oscars, remember my name is jimmy kimmel. >> this included amelia perez, star karla sofia gascon resurfaced controversial social media posts. >> the people of los angeles have clearly been through a devastating ordeal. >> he concluded with a message about the devastating l.a. wildfires. paying tribute to the hard working community behind the camera, later on, lafd members were brought on stage to a standing ovation. a website was shown encouraging wil

and instructor sean baker has one best director, mikey madison, to best actress for her role in the field. adrian brody, one best actor award for his role in the booth list. i'm brazilian from i'm still here one best international feature. it's the 1st time a film from brazil has one call the woods top price of the film, showcasing palestinian resistance to his very demolitions and the occupied westbank to comb the prize for best documentary feature companies that might be like no no other line shows is very soldiers tearing down homes and evicted residents to create a military zone. i found was a collaboration between the palestinian actors and as many journalist one despite not being able to find a distribution in the united states. no other than the edit reflects the harsh. do you have to do that we have been in building for decades understand the business as recall on the world has big students actions to stop the injustice at the stuff that makes them think the difference best political solution with our ethnic supremacy with national rights for most of our people, and i have to say

it's director sean baker wrote one both the best of the original screenplay award a few minutes ago and the best film editing award. so apparently a lot of people in the academy are high on a nor a, but the brutal is the more than 2 hour long apic about a hung gary in. busy architect and his journey to america. post world war 2 is dream of building a colossal masterpiece. that's the kind of thing that the academy that kind of the kind of media substantive and heavy of a subject matter of the academy. it tends to like, historically, conclave this movie is rising in the ranks after it got 1st honors at the british of academy film awards. the bath does last week of this is about the of a group of cardinals, cloistered in the vatican, backstabbing and, and backbiting one another as they go about the business of choosing a new pope. also, of course, very timely given are the current circumstances involving folk francis and his hospitalization. i wanna mention best documentary category because there are very significant achieve but there for palestinian cinema, a palestinian field called no o

sean baker, mikey madison. we will talk to some of the night's biggest winners.alk about with the oscars. now taking a live look outside on this monday morning. i was up a little late getting in the fashion from the oscars. if you were up late, grab a coffee because it is going to be a pretty nice day, but changes here and there. >> a great day, beautiful and clear, but we have unsettled weather and the forecast this week. >> something is happening. >> sneaker waves along the coast. we have a high surf advisory with a small craft morning for the boaters . into the afternoon waves of 10 to 20 feet high, sneaker waves and recurrence are a concern. let's start with that. at the coast in the purple from stinson beach all the way to san francisco into half moon bay and along the coastline everyone included you can see very high waves and this is not the time to be headed out to the beach. we had a reported death earlier this weekend and we continue to watch that. the advisory expires this evening around 8:00 or 9:00 and then mild conditions for the week. then the atmo

awards total best actress for mikey madison, film editing, original screenplay and best director for sean bakerr the brutalist. best supporting actor went to kieran culkin for a real pain. >> i am the first american of dominican origin to accept an academy award. >> zoe saldana made history with her best supporting actress win for amelia perez, also making history. wicked's paul tazewell became the first black man to win best costume design. >> hollywood's biggest night. >> host conan o'brien had a monologue with adam sandler. a song about not wasting time and mentions of nominees. >> if you are going to tweet about the oscars, remember my name is jimmy kimmel. >> this included amelia perez. star karla sofia gascon resurfaced controversial social media posts. >> the people of los angeles have clearly been through a devastating ordeal, and. >> he concluded with a message about the devastating l.a. wildfires paying tribute to the hard working community behind the camera. [music] later on, lafd members were brought on stage to a standing ovation. a website was shown encouraging wildfire relief don

a not safe for work "pretty woman," a crewball with real bite as well, sean baker's "anora" and its surprising> reporter: even though "conclave" may be a more somber example. would that be an example of defying gravity? ♪ remember as whit mentioned earlier, cynthia erivo and ariana grande expected to sing live on stage at the dolby, and, "wicked" might do well in costume and production design. maybe those are the truly glamorous oscars. we'll find out tomorrow, whit. >> whit: definitely looking forward to that. also we talked about your favorite to win best picture. but what about the one you enjoyed the most in the theaters? >> "i'm still here," the brazilian film, which i think is this sad and powerful story of life in a repressive regime, but the best capturing of a happy family i've seen in a film in a long time. >> whit: yeah, i thought it was incredible, and, of course, fernanda torres up for best actress as well. >> that's right. >> whit: i like "dune: part 2." i'm a sci-fi nerd, my favorite experience of the year. by just my personal thoughts. >> nothing wrong with that. >> whit: no pr

north took home the big prize, best picture and film's director nate oscar history >> and nora, sean baker. >> one baker is now the first person in oscar history to win for academy awards in the same year for the same film. in addition to best picture, he one original screenplay film editing and director on the carpet. he told us what a win would mean to him. i think a win would allow us to keep making these certain movies the way we want to make truly independent with the subject matter that we >> want you know, the stories that we want to tell in the way we want to tell hear the oominees for best actress in a leading well, it was kind of an upset in the best actress category to be more have been projected to win all award season but tonight with the envelope opened, this happened. mikey madison. >> a breakout star mikey massive won best actress for her work in a what does it mean to you to not only for you to win this best actress oscar for sean to win 4 oscars in one night for the same movie. >> first of thank you for being so sweet these past few months and i just appreciate you. you'v

. >> and nora, sean baker. >> one baker is now the first person in oscar history to win for academy awards in addition to best picture, he one original screenplay film editing and director on the carpet. he told us what a win would mean to him. i think a win would allow us to keep making these certain movies the way want to make them truly independent with the subject matter that we >> want you know, the stories that we want to tell in the way we want to tell hear the nominees for best actress in a leading role? well, it was kind of an upset in the best actress category to be more have been projected to win all award season but tonight with the envelope opened, this happened. mikey madison. >> a breakout star mikey massive won best actress for her work in a what does it mean to you to not only for you to win this best actress oscar for sean to win 4 oscars in one night for the same movie. >> well, first of thank you for being so sweet these past few months and i just appreciate you. you've been such a supporter of annoyance. i think you. for lack of a better just incredibly over the best a

and film's director, nate oscar history >> and nora, sean baker. >> one baker is now the first personstory to win 4 academy awards in the same year for the same film. in addition to best picture she won for original screenplay, film editing and director on the carpet. he told us what a win would mean to him. i think a win would allow us to keep making these certain movies the way want to make them truly independent with the subject matter that we >> want you know, the stories that we want to tell in the way we want to here the nominees for best actress in a leading role. well, it was kind of an upset in the best actress category to be more have been projected to win all award season but tonight with the envelope opened, this happened. mikey m4dison. >> breakout star mikey massive won best actress for her work in a what does it mean to you to not only for you to win this best actress oscar for sean to win 4 oscars in one night for the same movie. >> well, first of thank you for being so sweet these past few months and i just appreciate you. you've been such a supporter of annoyance. i

. >> honora also claimed the biggest prize for best picture and best director, going to sean baker. adrien brody won best actor in a leading role for his work in the brutalist, in which he played a struggling immigrant architect in post-world war two america. and zoe saldana won best supporting actress for emilia pÉrez. she shared a real life immigrant story when accepting the award. >> my grandmother came. >> to. >> this country in 1961. >> i am a proud. child of immigrant parents. >> with dreams. >> and dignity and hard. working hands. and i am the first. >> american of dominican origin. to accept an. >> academy award, and i know i will not be the last. >> another special moment during the ceremony, local firefighters were brought on stage and got a standing ovation for their heroic work battling the l.a. wildfires. earlier this year. well, now to cape canaveral in florida, where spacex has launched its latest starlink mission. on sunday, the falcon nine rocket delivered 21 starlink satellites into low earth orbit, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities. after the launch, a

the film also brought individual honors to sean baker for directing, editing and original screenplay mikey madison. while the film star scored a mild upset in winning best actress. this is a dream come true. i'm probably going to wake up tomorrow. best actor went to the star of the brutalist adrien brody. his win 22 years ago made him even more appreciative. it can all go away. and i think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that in the supporting categories. sunny, an emotional zoe saldana saluted her family after winning for amelia perez. everything brave, outrageous and good that i've ever done in my life is because of you. and karen culkin's win for a real pain could mean two more kids for him and his wife, jazz. she said, i will give you four when you win an oscar. the night also included a lengthy standing ovation for l.a. firefighters, while morgan freeman supplied a poignant moment honoring the work of gene hackman. he won the hearts of film lovers all over the world, a love shared for sunday's oscar winners the musical. amelia perez led nominations with 13

. >> honora also claimed the biggest prize for best picture and best director, going to sean baker. adrien brody won best actor in a leading role for his work in the brutalist, in which he played a struggling immigrant architect in post-world war two america. and zoe saldana won best supporting actress for emilia pÉrez. she recalled a real life immigrant story in accepting the award. >> my grandmother came to. >> this country in 1961. >> i am a proud. child of immigrant parents. with dreams. >> and dignity and hardworking hands, and. >> i. >> am the. >> first american of dominican origin. to accept an academy award, and i know i. >> will not be. >> the last. >> another special moment during the ceremony, local firefighters were brought on stage and got a standing ovation for their heroic work battling the l.a. wildfires earlier this year. and joining me live from los angeles is journalist rebecca sun. she is the former senior editor of diversity and inclusion for the hollywood reporter. great to have you with us. >> thank you so much, rosemary. >> so honora was the big winner, trium

it for a for oscars, for the director, sean sean baker. and then when you think about. just upsetting demi moore for best actress, like honora was the lowest grossing film. say whatever you want about it. it it the little indie that could went, went home with the most oscars of the night. so hats off to them. as you can see from my outfit. um, it's early morning in l.a., but i never took my tux off because we still up here partying in hollywood. >> what what what made it. what do you think was so captivating about it? what do you think? if it's so low grossing and so unknown. what? and it was a little engine that became a steam. steam train. what made it so great? artists. >> well, i think that it's the fact that it was indie. it was the way it was put together. the the small cast of not relatively unknowns, but it didn't have the big budget push. it just kept delivering great work. and you kind of saw in the lead up to the oscars and some of the other, uh, directors guild, writers guild, honora was winning and other movies started to drop off. other movies weren't as i

. >> the film's director, sean baker, tying walt disney for most oscar wins in a night. >> this film.ncredible. indie artists. and long live independent film. yeah! >> for the second time in his career, adrien brody won best actor honors, this time for his role as a holocaust survivor in the brutalist. >> i believe. >> if the. >> past can teach. >> us anything. it's a reminder to not let hate go unchecked. >> but the supporting actor category saw two first time winners. >> kieran culkin. >> kieran culkin, who won for a real pain. teasing his wife about her promise to have another child if he won an oscar. >> love of my life. ye of little faith. no pressure. i love you. >> zoe saldana clinching oscar gold for amelia perez in an emotional speech. saldana dedicating the award to her family. >> i am a proud. >> child of. >> immigrant parents. >> with dreams and dignity and hard working hands. >> just you and your divine. gravity. >> the night kicking off with a magically wicked duet featuring ariana grande and cynthia erivo. >> oh! >> the high notes kept coming with a tribute to the james

. >> the film's director, sean baker, tying walt disney for most oscar wins in a night. >> this film.credible indie artists. and long live independent film. yeah. >> for the second time in his career, adrien brody won best actor honors, this time for his role as a holocaust survivor in the brutalist. >> i believe. >> if the past can. >> teach us anything. >> it's a reminder to not let. hate go unchecked. >> but the supporting actor category saw two first time winners. >> kieran culkin. >> kieran culkin, who won for a real pain. teasing his wife about her promise to have another child if he won an oscar. >> love of my life. ye of little faith. no pressure. i love you. >> zoe saldana clinching oscar gold for amelia perez in an emotional speech. saldana dedicating the award to her family. >> i am. >> a proud child. >> of. >> immigrant parents. >> with dreams and dignity and. hardworking hands. >> just you and i define. barry. >> the night kicking off with a magically wicked duet featuring ariana grande and cynthia erivo. >> oh. >> the high notes kept coming with a tribute to the james bo

. >> individual honors to sean baker.hile the. >> film star. >> scored a mild. >> upset in winning best. >> actress. >> this is. >> a dream come true. >> i'm probably going to wake up tomorrow. >> best actor went. >> to. >> the star of the. >> brutalist adrien brody. >> his win. 22 years ago. >> made him even more appreciative. >> it can all go away. >> and i think what makes. this night most special is the awareness of that. >> in the supporting. >> categories funny. >> and emotional. >> zoe saldana. saluted her. >> family after. >> winning for amelia perez. >> everything brave, outrageous. and good that i've ever. >> done in my life is because of. >> you and. >> kieran culkin's win for. >> a real pain. >> could mean two more kids for him and his wife. >> jazz. >> she said. >> i will give you four when you. >> win an oscar. >> the night also. >> included a. >> lengthy standing ovation. >> for l.a. firefighters. >> while morgan. freem supplied a poignant. >> moment honoring the work. >> of gene hackman. >> he won the hear

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