This is it, folks! The show starts in a little under an hour at 7PM EST on ABC & HULU, so watch along with us or just follow the live blog! See you in about an hour!

6:05 – Hi folks! Doug here watching the red carpet, making sure I’m ready to go for the big show. Dirty A might chime in every so often, but he may still be watching The Brutalist, so I’m not sure. See you in a bit!

6:34 – Amy Poehler said her hosting advice for Conan is to not be so tall and he should take his shoes off.

6:43 – Why are they letting Guy Pearce into the ceremony? Don’t they know he unleashed the Xenomorphs?

6:44 – LOL ABC just labeled Rachel Sennott as Rachel Zegler. YOU HAD ONE JOB.

7:02 – How did Ariana Grande get changed so fast? I just saw her on the red carpet!

7:04 – Ariana wrapping up Somewhere Over The Rainbow to open the show. And here comes Cynthia Erivo. Honestly, I know people said Wicked might win some big awards tonight, but I’m pretty sure this and their box office are their prizes.

7:05 – Oh neat, the orchestra is on an elevated platform. Now they can look down at the actors as they play them off!

7:07 – Watching Cynthia Erivo on the red carpet was hilarious as she tried to prime the pump for part 2 of Wicked. Oh, you didn’t know there was a part 2? Well, there is.

7:09 – 4-time Oscar viewer Conan O’Brien emerges from Demi Moore’s body and hosts THE OSCARS!

7:11 – “It’s Hollywood’s biggest night that starts at 4PM!”

7:12 – “A Complete Unknown, A Real Pain, and Nosferatu, are only three of the names I was called on the red carpet. Two are fair.” Conan, I love you.

7:13 – Conan roasts Wicked. “It’s for people who watched the Wizard of Oz and thought, but where did all the minor characters go to college?”

7:13 – Ralph (Rafe) Fiennes is nominated for a third time this year. If he doesn’t win, we finally get to call him RALPH

7:15 – Karla, if you tweet about the Oscars tonight, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel

7:17 – Timothee Chalamet is nominated and will not get hit on his bike tonight. (He’s wearing a banana colored suit).

7:18 – Amazon just announced the new James Bond, Amazon VP of Foreign Affairs, Steve Belsky!

7:20 – If you do not leave the stage in a timely manner, we’ll cut to John Lithgow, who will look at you with great disappointment. (Cut to Lithgow killing it)

7:21 – Sandler shows up dressed in a sweatshirt and shorts. Lol

7:23 – Sandler wants Nosferatu on his midnight basketball team and he delivers one last, “CHALAMET!”

7:23 – Conan actually delivering a heartfelt tribute to the people behind the scenes, which is nice, since the non-topline awards usually get played off immediately.

7:26 – Conan says he won’t waste the audience’s time and immediately jumps into a song and dance performance.

7:26 – He has the sandworm from Dune playing chopsticks on the piano and a dancing Deadpool. Lol

7:27 – RDJ shows up to present Best Supporting Actor. This is pretty much a lock for Kieren Culkin in A Real Pain. Actually a movie I DID see this year. It was great.

7:29 – Downey delivering high praise to all the nominees. He also delivers a shot to his friend Jeremy Strong.

7:30 – Kieran Culkin wins! His speech should be great.

7:31 – Culkin praises his old co-star Jeremy Strong. He got cut off too. I don’t know if that was Hulu or if he was swearing. “I better hurry up, because I don’t want Mr. Lithgow to be angry.”

7:33 – Culkin reveals that his wife promised him a fourth kid if he won an Oscar. He’s calling in his chit. Hilarious.

7:35 – Dirty A: The only acting Jeremy Strong can’t do is looking happy. Lol

7:36 – Commercials for the show 9-1-1. Can anything be more ridiculous. “It’s a beenado…” So dumb.

7:37 – Director James Mangold narrates clip package for A Complete Unknown.

7:38 – Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn here to present an award and Garfield reveals how much his late mother loved Goldie and her movies. That’s sweet.

7:39 – Goldie Hawn also reveals she has cataracts and cannot read the teleprompter. They are presenting Best Animated Feature. I loved Inside Out 2, but I hear The Wild Robot is incredible.

7:40 – Dirty A: If only Goldie knew ahead of time she had to present an award.

7:41 – The Oscar goes to FLOW! This is on Max now, so I’ll have to check it out. It is also nominated for Best International Film. Also, I just realized that Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman himself is tonight’s announcer.

7:42 – Now Goldie and Andrew present Best Animated Short.

7:43 – And the Oscar goes to In The Shadow of the Cypress! The winners are not native English speakers and are having a Keystone Cops act of trying to read their speech on the guy’s phone.

7:49 – Quick bumper of Conan teaching European geography to Dancing Deadpool and others. Lol

7:51 – Director Jon Chu narrates Wicked clip package. Do we need this since they opened the show?

7:52 – Conan reveals that Flow is the first Oscar win for Latvia. “Ball’s in your court, Estonia.”

7:53 – Five actors show up to present for Best Costuming. Bowen Yang is the only one who shows up in costume. “Et tu, Lithgow? I know who’s winning the Oscar for least helpful best friend.”

7:55 – They’ve done this for the topline awards before, but they’re really leaning into the behind the scenes love, which is great.

7:57 – I think this probably goes to Wicked, but we’ll see.

7:58 – Paul Tazewell wins for Wicked! From what I’ve seen, those costumes were pretty dope.

7:59 – Paul is the first black man to win the Oscar for costume design. That’s awesome.

8:00 – Offerman mispronounces Amy Poehler’s name. She’s coming up to present the screenplay awards.

8:04 – Director Denis Villeneuve narrates the clip package for Dune Part 2. My pick for Best Picture, but it has zero shot.

8:05 – Very nice that Paul Tazewell is the first black man to win for costume design. You know what that means? Ball’s in your court, Estonia.

8:06 – Conan and Nick Offerman get into how much pressure there is in hosting the Oscars.

8:07 – Yay, Amy! Joy here to present the two most important awards of the night, “Most Athletic and Best Hair.”

8:08 – Best Original Screenplay. This is a tough one. Anora was great, but so was A Real Pain. Also, The Brutalist is supposed to be incredible. I didn’t have 12 hours to spare to watch it, though.

8:09 – Sean Baker wins Best Original Screenplay for Anora! This could be the start of something tonight. Baker is nominated for four awards.

8:11 – Amy now presents Best Adapted Screenplay. No idea which one wins this one.

8:12 – Oscar goes to Conclave! I have to be honest, I agree with Dirty A in that the final twist in that movie made me laugh too. It was like, “We’ll show you!” If you saw it, you know who “You” is. Congrats!

8:14 – Janet Yang, President of the Academy of Arts and Sciences shows up to say hello.

8:15 – Finally seeing the VW Californians ad. Hilarious. “What are yooooouuuuuuuu doing here?”

8:19 – The clip package for Emilia Perez. Also known in some circles as the “worst best picture nominee.” It got the most nominations, so it would be weird if it wins nothing.

8:20 – Conan’s two “hall passes” Scarlett Johansson and June Squib!

8:21 – June says half the time you see her in public she’s being played by Bill Skarsgaard. Lol.

8:22 – And the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hair goes to The Substance!

8:23 – Dirty A: Give me one shingle reason why Harrison Ford isn’t presenting tonight! Han has shingles. That sucks.

8:25 – Halle Berry presents a tribute to James Bond.

8:26 – Dirty A: How much did Amazon pay for this spot?

8:27 – Margaret Qualley in a dance number with a buncha dudes to the Bond Theme. She’s Andie McDowell’s daughter!

8:28 – Mononame singer “Lisa” is here to sing “Live And Let Die.”

8:29 – Doja Cat singing “Diamonds Are Forever.” I was wondering why she was there. I saw Miley Cyrus in the audience too, so she’s probably a part of this.

8:31 – Another mononame singer, Raye (who are these people?) singing “Skyfall.”

8:37 – Conan sells streamers on movie theaters by calling it “Cinemastreams.” Funny. Better than Nicole Kidman’s AMC ads.

8:38 – Daryl Hannah announces her support for Ukraine and is here to present the Oscar for best editing.

8:39 – Dirty A: You know who shouldn’t win this? Whoever edited The Brutalist. “Edited.” (The movie is, like, four hours long)

8:40 – Sean Baker wins again for Anora!

8:41 – Baker makes a joke about “saving the film from the director.” He’s the director. Lol.

8:42 – Devine Joy Randolph here to present Best Supporting Actress. She won last year for the phenomenal Holdovers.

8:43 – Dirty A on Monica Barbaro: She was perfect. Just as boring as the real Joan Baez. (He was…not a fan of that movie).

8:45 – Gamora is an Oscar winner! Zoe Saldana wins Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Perez!

8:47 – Her husband? That’s not Star Lord!!!!!

8:48 – That was a great speech. I think this one was wide open, which many of the other categories are this year, which is rare. The only real lock was Kieran Culkin.

8:53 – Clip package for The Substance. This genre isn’t really up my alley, but Dirty A was surprised it was nominated for Best Picture.

8:54 – Ben Stiller gets stuck on a malfunctioning lift to present Achievement in Production Design. He’s so funny. Watch Severance!

8:55 – Ben climbs out of his hole to present the Oscar to Wicked. I’m biased, but this should have gone to Dune. That movie looked AMAZING.

8:57 – Universal did Wicked. How is that damn movie not streaming on Peacock until AFTER the Oscars?

8:58 – It’s Mick Jagger! Or as Dirty A calls him, “That guy from Freejack!” Mick is presenting Best Original Song. He says they wanted Bob Dylan, but he would just award his own movie.

9:00 – Oh my god, Diane Warren is nominated? When’s the last time that happened? 🙄

9:02 – El Mal from Emilia Perez wins.

9:08 – Conan: We’re halfway through the show so now it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile! Then he cuts to the Dune Sandworm playing harp!

9:10 – Selena Gomez and Sam Jackson here to present Oscars for the documentary categories! The Only Girl In the Orchestra wins for Best Documentary Short!

9:14 – The Oscar for Best Documentary Feature goes to No Other Land! A very important film.

9:22 – Clip package for I’m Still Here and then Conan brings some brave firefighters on stage and they get a standing ovation.

9:24 – Conan forces the heroes to read his jokes that are a little too harsh. Funny stuff.

9:25 – Miles Teller and Miley Cyrus come out to present the Oscar for Sound

9:27 – Dune Part 2 wins!

9:29 – Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler (stars of Snow White), present Oscar for Best Visual Effects. And the Oscar goes to Dune Part 2!

9:36 – Sean Baker narrates Clip package for Anora.

9:37 – Ana de Armas and Sterling K. Brown (watch Paradise on Hulu, get on that shit), present the Oscar for Live Action Short to I Am Not A Robot!

9:40 – Morgan Freeman pays tribute to Gene Hackman. 😢

9:42 – Now In Memoriam with an orchestral score and haunting chorus, much better than having some ashore singer sing a song over the clip package. Very classy.

9:47 – Finally a teaser for Ballerina, the John Wick spinoff starring Ana de Armas. It’ll probably suck, but hopefully it won’t be THREE HOURS like the last John Wick.

9:49 – Adrien Brody and Director Brady Corbett narrate Clip package for The Brutalist.

9:51 – Again, five actors from the nominated films present the Oscar for Cinematography.

9:54 – The Brutalist wins! Again, I would have gone with Dune, but The Brutalist is supposed to be an amazing looking film.

9:56 – Penelope Cruz to present Best International Film.

9:57 – I’m Still Here wins!

10:04 – Clip package for Nickel Boys. I’ve heard this is good. Want to see it.

10:05  – Mark Hamill! I wonder if he’s pinch hitting for Harrison Ford. Presenting for Best Original Score.

10:06 – And the Oscar goes to The Brutalist!

10:07 – Daniel Blumberg wins his first Oscar on his first nomination! Good for him.

10:08 – Going back a bit, Conan said that Anora was having a good night and that it was nice to see an American stand up to a powerful Russian. Boom.

10:09 – Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah pay tribute to Quincy Jones.

10:12 – Queen Latifah to sing Ease On Down The Road!

10:18 – Clip package for Conclave. Ralph Fiennes was great in it.

10:19 – Conan: If you’re still enjoying the show, you have Stockholm Syndrome!

10:19 – Cillian Murphy to present Best Actor! Again, wide open.

10:22 – Adrian Brody wins for The Brutalist! It’s his second Oscar.

10:23 – Dirty A: it’s a good thing chalamet lost. he needs to focus on finding that curious monkey. Lol

10:24 – I missed it, did Adrian Brody plant big, wet, unwanted kiss on Cillian Murphy?

10:27 – They started playing Brody off and he says, “Please stop the music. I’ve done this before. It’s not my first rodeo.” Then he goes and makes a great statement about antisemitism and racism and not letting hate go unchecked.

10:29 – Quentin Tarantino presents Best Director!

10:30 – WOW. Sean Baker wins Best Director! I thought for sure this was going to The Brutalist.

10:31 – Baker goes on to champion movie theaters.

10:37 – Emma Stone to present Best Actress.

10:38 – Mikey Madison wins for Anora! They flashed on Demi Moore’s face – she couldn’t believe it.

10:39 – Oh, and Hulu? Thanks for cutting off a LIVE EVENT before it ended! Bush league horseshit.

10:41 – Meg Ryan and “the best Oscar host ever” Billy Crystal reunite to present Best Picture!

10:44 – ANORA WINS! Finally saw it last night and it’s well deserved.

So, that’ll do it! Congrats to all the winners and I hope they bring Conan back to host again. He was a riot. See you at the movies!