Host Conan O’Brien goes old-school with his opening monologue, which included both acknowledgement of the Southern California wildfires and a ‘Dune 2’ sandworm playing

Ariana Grande sang ''Somewhere Over the Rainbow'' and Cynthia Erivo sang Diana Ross' ''Home'' to kick off the 97th Academy Awards in a tribute to Los Angeles following wildfires that devastated the Southern California metropolis.

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Cynthia Erivo and Kathy Bates beamed as they ... radiating warmth as she cozied up to the men and women in navy blue. Even Kieran Culkin and Peter Dinklage got in on the moment, sharing laughs ...

Kieran Culkin packed on the PDA with his wife as he walked the red carpet at the Oscars. The 97th Oscars Awards has kicked off tonight with Hollywood's finest gathering to honor the best talent in acting and filmmaking.

The 97th Academy Awards are spreading the love around, dishing out awards to “Anora,” “Conclave,” “Wicked” and “The Substance” in the ceremony’s first two hours.

Kieran Culkin accepts the award for best performance ... Her Wicked co-star star Cynthia Erivo then took to the stage to perform Home from The Wiz, a spin-off film of The Wizard Of Oz.

Adrien Brody was voted Best Actor for The Brutalist, Kieran Culkin won for Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain and Zoe Saldana was named Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Perez. Flow was named Best Animated Feature and Conclave writer Peter Straughan won for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Kieran Culkin, Adrien Brody, Zoe Saldaña, Mikey Madison, Wicked, and more took home Academy Awards at the 97th Academy Awards. Take a look at the full list of winners here!

On Sunday, firefighters who battled recent wildfires got applauded, Mick Jagger handed out the best original song Oscar and John Lithgow was tasked with looking “slightly disappointed” when speeches ran long. One highlight was Timothée Chalamet — literally. His yellow suit got more than one comment.

In the first award of the night, Kieran Culkin won the Oscar for best ... Her “Wicked” costar Cynthia Erivo succeeded her to sing “Home” from the 1978 Oz update “The Wiz,” before ...