00:00Last night at the Academy Awards, Sean Baker's Onora was the big prize winner, taking home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
00:09And Mikey Madsen made history as the very first Gen Z Oscar recipient, taking home the prize for Best Actress.
00:16Sean Baker also made history becoming the very first person to take home four Academy Awards in one night for the same film.
00:22And the Onora first wins were not the only historic wins of last night.
00:27Paul Tazewell made history as the very first Black man to earn an Oscar for costume design for his work on Wicked.
00:33The nation of Latvia got its very first Oscar win when Flo took home the prize for Best Animated Feature.
00:39And I'm Still Here became the nation of Brazil's very first Oscar win when it won for Best International Feature.
00:46And although Wicked only took home two prizes last night, the film was actually one of the highlights of the evening as an opening featuring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
00:55singing a medley of songs from the film as well as from The Wizard of Oz was one of the most rousing and stirring moments of the night.
01:03And the evening was also full of hilarity, courtesy of host Conan O'Brien, who was pitch perfect throughout the evening, blending that perfect balance of seriousness and humor.
01:13He kicked off the evening with a hilarious joke between him and Adam Sandler, not dressed for the evening, but perfectly dressed for comic gold.
01:22This was in addition to the Ben Stiller production design moment, which was also one of the evening's highlights.
01:27And if you're still hungry for more Oscars coverage, please head on over to RottenTomatoes.com, where we have our Rotten Tomatoes red carpet gallery,
01:34as well as all of our season's coverage, including our awards leaderboard, where you break down all the wins, including last night's wins.
01:41And we'll see you guys next year at the Academy Awards.
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