Oscars 2025 live coverage: All the winners, red carpet, and the 97th Academy Awards' biggest moments – as it happens

Who is taking home Best Picture?

Hello and welcome to our coverage of this year's Oscars! Emilia Perez's 13 nominations may look starry on paper, but this is anyone's night and the pendulum has swung massively in recent weeks.

Take the Best Picture race: The Brutalist, Emilia Perez, Conclave, and Anora have all been realistic frontrunners in recent months, but the momentum now seems to be with Sean Baker's Anora. We're just a few hours from finding out whether it'll take home the gong or whether one of the other 10-strong field gets their name called. Let's hope for no Moonlight-style mistakes from the host...

Who is hosting this year's Oscars?

Everyone's favorite late night talk show sensation (and a Simpsons writer way back when) Conan O'Brien is on hosting duties tonight.

If his work is any indication, expect some off-the-cuff zingers, warm comedy work, and skewering of the Hollywood elite. A perfect host, then, if you ask us.

What are the biggest snubs at the 2025 Oscars?

We've already mentioned Denis Villeneuve being left out of the running for Best Director. But who else surprisingly didn't make the cut?

All told, the Oscars has gotten much better at recognizing talent across the board. Big musicals such as Wicked and more populist choices are now commonplace on the night.

Still, Sing Sing, September 5, and Challengers don't have as weighty a presence as we would have perhaps predicted a few months ago. A glimpse, then, in the constantly-swaying attitudes of voters, press, and Hollywood itself.

The perma-awkward Chicken Shop Date extraordinare Amelia Dimoldenberg is the official Oscars Ambassador tonight and is currently working her magic on the red carpet. Right now, she's chatting to Heartstopper's Kit Connor about losing his Oscars virginity. Naturally.

While everyone will, rightly or wrongly, be focusing on the big hitters and major awards tonight, spare some time to zero in on on the incredible work done from the slightly more unheralded talents.

The Oscars YouTube channel, for example, has been putting out some great viewing over the past few days, not least of all a look at this year's makeup and hairstyle nominees.

Reece Feldman Meets 97th Oscars Makeup and Hairstyling Nominees - YouTube

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The Oscars schedule: when are the awards being given out?

The 97th Academy Awards kicks off at 4:00 PM Pacific/7:00 PM Eastern/midnight GMT and is expected to last for anywhere between three and three-and-a-half hours.

Now, thanks to Next Best Picture, we have the rundown of the ordering tonight:

• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Costume Design
• Best Original Score
• Best Makeup & Hairstyling
• Best Live-Action Short Film
• Best Animated Short Film
• Best Adapted Screenplay
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Original Song
• Best Documentary Feature Film
• Best Documentary Short Film
• Best International Feature Film
• Best Animated Feature Film
• Best Film Editing
• Best Production Design
• Best Sound
• Best Visual Effects
• Best Cinematography
• Best Actor
• Best Director
• Best Actress
• Best Picture

The Oscars may be hours long, but maybe it can take some cues from Best Supporting Actress nominee Isabella Rossellini, who ate up every single second of her eight-minute screentime as the towering Sister Agnes in Conclave.

Incredibly, it's not even the shortest role to get an Oscar nod. That goes to Beatrice Straight, who was on screen for all of 340 seconds in Network and ended up taking home the award for Best Supporting Actress.

30 minutes to go!

Not long to go now. The Oscars are just 30 minutes away. While some Academy Awards feel wrapped up before the night even begins (just look at Oppenheimer's sweep last year), this feels altogether more exciting. All the more reason, then, to stay with us to see what unfolds...

Here at GamesRadar+, we've championed some of the big films and important voices you may have missed this year.

In our Big Screen Spotlight series, we've sat down with the likes of Adrien Brody and Kieran Culkin about their Oscars hopefuls. Dive into some yourself before the Academy Awards begin. I'm biased, but they really are brilliant.

• Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez’s new Netflix movie is an empowering story of women taking control of their own lives
• Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on their bittersweet new movie A Real Pain and resisting advice from "a big Hollywood director" to "make a billion dollars" with a happy ending
• Adrien Brody and the cast and director of The Brutalist on their Oscar-nominated movie: "To make great cinema, you have to be vulnerable"
• Oscars Best Picture nominee I'm Still Here tells a powerful, hidden story of Brazil's past – and it's been championed by everyone from Guillermo del Toro to Alfonso Cuarón

And here we go!

The Oscars has kicked off in fine, poignant style with a celebration of some of the industry's finest films and most iconic L.A.-set moments through the decades. Ariana Grande even treats us to a rendition of 'Over the Rainbow'.

A bewitching beginning

Cynthia Erivo soon joins Ariana Grande and, of course, they belt out Wicked's showstopper 'Defying Gravity'. Now that is what we call a tone-setter. That was something special.

Host Conan O'Brien is in fine form, first emerging from Demi Moore in a Substance-infused vignette before delivering jokes in an opening monologue about Netflix's price increases, some sly jabs about Wicked, and The Brutalist's bumper runtime.

We didn't expect Adam Sandler to steal the show tonight but there he is in full hoodie and shorts get-up, asking to be removed by Conan O'Brien. He leaves, but not before rambling in character about midnight basketball games and Timothee Chalamet.

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr. is out to present the night's first award: Best Supporting Actor. After describing Jeremy Strong as "irrefutably the most serious actor on Earth", he finally read out the names.

And the winner is... A Real Pain's Kieran Culkin!

One down, 22 to go. Right now, we're watching a vignette - backed by the voice of director James Mangold - about A Complete Unknown.

Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn are on stage, with Garfield charmingly stumbling through a dedication to Hawn's career.

Next up, Best Animated Feature Film...

Best Animated Feature Film

The cat's got the cream... and the Oscar. Flow, the wordless journey of a cat, captured hearts and imaginations last year. We expected The Wild Robot to win, but we're pleasantly surprised Flow came out on top here.

In the Shadow of the Cypress wins Best Animated Short, with the creators explaining that they only landed in L.A. mere hours ago. They dedicate their award to those "fighting their inner and outer battles."

"We are so grateful to the Academy," they added.

The stars in the films for Costume Design are out, but only Bowen Yang seemingly got the memo to dress up a a character from their respective feature.

Once the jokes are out the way, each actor gives a genuinely touching tribute to the costume designers. It's easy to forget just how much work goes into this process (as Elle Fanning says, Timothee Chalamet had 76 looks alone in A Complete Unknown). A nice moment for each of them, for sure.

And the Oscar goes to... Wicked! We have a feeling the film might be popular tonight.

Screenplays

We're onto the screenplays, with Amy Poehler reading out the names of the winners.

Best Original Screenplay was hotly contested, but goes to Sean Baker for Anora. A sign of more success tonight, perhaps?

Adapted Screenplay goes to Conclave. Thank the high heavens.

Best Makeup and Hair goes to The Substance, not least because of its gore-tastic body horror. We're still thinking about that ending - and it couldn't have been achieved without the legion of artists making things look as squeamish as (in)humanly possible on the big screen.

Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are among those honored on stage, alongside a musical tribute to 007 himself, James Bond.

"The world's sexiest Daryl" (Conan O'Brien's words) Daryl Hannah is out now to celebrate the artists who "shape the stories we tell."

Best Film Editing was always going to be a tough one to call but, tonight, the Oscar goes to Anora. It's been her night so far, hasn't it?

Best Supporting Actress

Another major acting award next. Last year's winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph began by bestowing compliments on the nominees. After being the frontrunner for months, Emilia Perez's Zoe Saldaña picks up the award.

We're about halfway through the Oscars. If you're watching around the world - including the UK - then check your watches: you've probably got about two hours left. Maybe stock up on caffeine just in case?

In one of the night's best jokes, Ben Stiller introduces Production Design - via the medium of a malfunctioning trap door.

In an industry filled with green screens and CGI, it's always a relief to see so much practical quality throughout Hollywood and beyond. Wicked takes home the award.

They've had some great hosts tonight, but surely none will beat Mick Jagger for Best Original Song. El Mal from Emilia Pérez hit all the right notes with voters, and sees the Netflix movie net its second win on the night.

Some quickfire, but no less important, awards now. But not before a Kendrick Lamar line from Conan O'Brien that we definitely can't repeat here. Still, it was certainly one way to mark the official halfway point of this year's Oscars.

The Only Girl in the Orchestra wins Best Documentary Short; Best Documentary Feature goes to No Other Land

By my bleary-eyed count - (it is gone 2am where I am, after all) - there are 10 Oscars still to hand out. We have a feeling this is going to overrun well past its three-hour runtime...

Best Sound

Listen up: Best Sound is next, presented by Miley Cyrus and Miles Teller. It's Dune: Part Two, ensuring the sci-fi blockbuster won't go home empty handed tonight.

I spoke too soon. Dune: Part Two also picks up the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. By my count, it's going to be one of the night's big winners thanks to how spread out each category has been so far. No Titanic-style sweeps here, then.

We've got Live Action Short and the In Memoriam section coming up next. We've lost so many greats in the past 12 months, David Lynch and Gene Hackman among them. Their work will live on far beyond tonight, but it's a chance to say goodbye once more to some greats of the industry.

Best Cinematography and Best International Feature are the next awards to be dished out. Interestingly, there's still no runaway success this year: Emilia Perez, Wicked, Dune: Part Two, and Anora are all on two Oscars apiece, though we expect that to change in the coming 10 minutes.

The winner for Best Cinematography is The Brutalist, its first win on the night.

Best International Feature goes to Brazil's I'm Still Here

Original Score will be sounding off next, then it's time for the Big Four on the night: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture. We imagine Anora might be standing head and shoulders above the rest when all is said and done.

"If you're still enjoying the show, you have something called Stockholm Syndrome," Conan O'Brien quipped. Hey, we're here because we love movies - and to see who is taking home the big gongs. It's Best Actor time as last year's winner Cillian Murphy strides on stage.

Best Actor

It's Adrien Brody!

That's the second Best Actor win of Brody's career, joining a small group of actors who have won on multiple occasions, including Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. The actor first won back in 2003 for The Pianist.

Quentin Tarantino hands out the award for Best Director. "Good directors don't just make the shots; they make 'em count," he said.

As expected, Sean Baker picks up another award for Anora.

That's three for Anora and three for The Brutalist. This is all going to come down to the very final awards with Best Actress and Best Picture due to be announced in the coming minutes...

Best Actress

And the Oscar goes to... Mikey Madison!

The actress looks genuinely stunned by the announcement. Madison, who plays Ani in Anora, nervously listed off a list of people to thank, including her family and director.

Best Picture

ANORA!

And just as quickly as the Oscars ended so, too, must I wrap up. Thank you for joining me tonight. The headlines? Anora took home Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director among its five-award haul.

The real surprise was just how evenly the gongs were spread elsewhere. The Brutalist picked up three Oscars, while Wicked, Dune: Part Two and Emilia Perez got two apiece.

The Oscars is over everyone