# Conan’s Karla cracks and Timothée’s beaut zoot suit: Oscars 2025 viral moments

**Oscars**

At the 2003 ,  – who had just become the youngest best actor winner for his turn in The Pianist – planted an unplanned kiss on Halle Berry, the award’s presenter. The moment has stirred controversy in recent years, but the pair warded off any untoward discourse by recreating their lip-locking stunt at this year’s ceremony. Berry greeted Brody on the red carpet with a warm embrace before the pair smooched for the cameras. “Tonight I had to pay him back,” . “He deserved that.” The academy, meanwhile, called it “a reunion 22 years in the making”.

## Halle and Adrien mack on

> "Anora uses the F-word 479 times. That's 3 more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón's publicist."
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> —Conan O'Brien during his Oscars monologue 
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> — Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) 

## Conan v Karla

> "Anora has used the f-word 479 times, which beats the record of Karla Sofía Gascón's publicist after seeing her tweets"
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> —Conan O'Brien during his Oscars monologue 
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> — Wes (@mannmiami) 

In the sharpest moment of a gloriously piquant opening monologue,  addressed Karla Sofía Gascón, the Emilia Pérez lead and one-time frontrunner whose Oscars chances were scuppered after a . Despite the backlash, Gascón still attended the ceremony – though she skipped the red carpet.

## Buttered up

> how am i going to enrich the taste of this beautiful baked potato
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> the illustrious stick of butter: 
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> — wes (@mannmiami) 

Is it butter? Is it Tweety Bird? Is it Laffy Taffy? No! It’s  in a flash of flaxen – a head-to-toe yellow leather suit accompanied by a yellow shirt. The comparisons came thick and fast. Was he auditioning for Curious George’s similarly svelte man in the yellow hat? Was he in camouflage as a lump of Lurpak? It turned out it was a Givenchy ensemble. “You will not get hit on your bike tonight,” O’Brien joked.

## Wrong notes

> When the Emilia Perez songwriters started singing their own song during their acceptance speech. 
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> — Josh Lewis (@thejoshl) 

## Dance break

> While you guys were watching commercials, Colman Domigo came out to offer a toast to Los Angeles, then made people get up and dance. Some of them did?
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> — Vulture (@vulture) 

When the ceremony cut to an ad break, audiences in the Dolby theatre were treated to a  – courtesy of Colman Domingo, best actor nominee for Sing Sing and Hollywood’s suavest leading man. During a lull in the proceedings, Domingo rallied the audience to their feet while the Maze funk classic Before I Let Go echoed through the room. He bounced on stage in a cherry-red tux and a drink in hand – and soon the crowd was on their feet. Domingo was also one of the few celebrities letting loose to Queen Latifah’s musical tribute to Quincy Jones. Dancing king.

## A flurry of firsts

> "I'm the first Black man to receive this Costume Design Award," says Paul Tazewell 
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> — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) 

When Flow, a cat’s odyssey without dialogue, took home the award for best animated feature, it became the first Latvian film to win an Oscar. “Ball’s in your court, Estonia,” O’Brien joked – before making way for a whole bevy of milestones at this year’s ceremony. Paul Tazewell was the first Black man to win the best costume design Oscar (for his work on Wicked), while  said she was the first American of Dominican origin to win an Oscar. “I know I will not be the last,” Saldaña gushed on stage.

## A flurry of firsts

> I'm the first Black man to receive this Costume Design Award, says Paul Tazewell 
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> — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) 

Winning best documentary, No Other Land – a harrowing account of the destruction of villages in the West Bank – became the first Palestinian feature recognised by the academy, despite still lacking US distribution. In a stirring speech that roundly inveighed against the US government, the co-director (and new father) Basel Adra also dedicated the award to his daughter. “I hoped that she would not have to live the same life that I am living now,” he said.

## A flurry of firsts

> No OTHER LAND WINNING AND CALLING OUT AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY  
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> — 🍉 (@ungodlyraleigh) 
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