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.

Kieran Culkin says his wife promised him 4 kids if he won an Oscar — and he just did Some Oscar winners use their acceptance speech to thank God or their director or their parents. But when Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for his role in “A Real Pain,” he used his speech to bring up a little family matter.