Oscars 2025 Live Updates: The Nominees Gather in Los Angeles

The Academy Awards will take place this evening in Los Angeles, and The New Yorker is covering all of the action. Michael Schulman is our on-the-ground correspondent at the Dolby Theatre, where the ceremony—hosted by Conan O’Brien—begins at 7 P.M. E.T. Here on our live blog, the critics Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz will weigh in on the proceedings from New York.

After a tumultuous few weeks of potentially campaign-derailing scandals, anyone could emerge triumphant. Following the “Emilia Pérez” lead Karla Sofía Gascón’s fall from grace, the Best Actress race is likely to come down to Mikey Madison, the star of Sean Baker’s “Anora,” and Demi Moore, whose performance in “The Substance” earned her a Golden Globe. The blockbusters “Wicked” and “Dune: Part Two” could be overshadowed by Brady Corbet’s indie epic “The Brutalist,” a contender in ten categories. While all of the above are in the running for Best Picture, there’s room for an upset from the Brazilian historical drama “I’m Still Here”; RaMell Ross’s Colson Whitehead adaptation “Nickel Boys”; “Conclave,” the much-memed religious thriller; or “A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Dylan bio-pic starring Timothée Chalamet.

Stick with us throughout the night and check back tomorrow for a dispatch from Schulman and analysis from the magazine’s movie critics, Justin Chang and Richard Brody. Sign up for our Movie Club newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker’s film coverage delivered to your in-box.