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In this golden age of endless streaming television, it probably makes sense that many of us first experienced this year’s best movie nominees during a television show. Aside from some crazy impressive musical performances led by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the Oscars were good. Conan O’Brien did a good job hosting. The production was good. Most of the speeches were good. It was all … good. But I’m not sure any of it will be particularly memorable. Though the awards were spread among a few movies, the night’s big winner was clearly Anora. “After a drawn-out awards season in which the biggest contenders seemed often in flux, Anora dominated at a fun if elongated Oscars ceremony. This year’s Best Picture winner also took home Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing. Four of those trophies went to Baker, tying a record for individual wins in a night with the legendary Walt Disney; Anora’s young star Mikey Madison received the Best Actress trophy, in a fairly shocking upset over the widely tipped-to-win Demi Moore.” The Tiny Film That Dominated the Oscars.

+ Here’s a full list of winners. And the Snubs and Surprises. Demi Moore was definitely the big one. But consider Diane Warren. She lost for best original song … for the sixteenth time.

+ Conan is getting solid reviews and had some great moments … though I can’t help but wonder if his best line was texted to him during the show by Jimmy Kimmel. “Anora is having a good night. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.”

+ Adrien Brody Becomes World Record Holder With Longest Acceptance Speech in Oscars History. (I love his movies, but a movie about Brody’s acceptance speech could fairly be titled The Brutalist.)

+ We probably all needed an escape from news and politics, but it’s still notable how un-political everything was.

+ Here are some of the red carpet looks.