It's that time of the year again when Hollywood's biggest party rolls out red carpet glamour and raises a toast to the stars of silver screen and small. Sukanya Verma gives us the highlights.
Nikki Glaser's hilarious opening monologue was the highpoint of the event before it slowly slipped into monotony.
A visibly elated, emotional Demi Moore scored the speech of the evening as she tightly held to her Best Actress trophy for The Substance and called out the ones dismissing her as a 'popcorn actress.'
Canada-born actors and stars of the upcoming TV series The Studio, Catherine O Hara and Seth Rogen, took a minute out from presenting to raunchily riffraff about their phony award-winning work across adult movies back home.
'You see, in Canada, we don't have America's puritanical roots. So pornographic films are as lauded as much as non-pornographic films.'
Golden Globe winner for A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin shared some tipsy tales as he took the mic and confessed, 'My wife and I did a shot of tequila with (TV Host) Mario Lopez. Definitely feeling that. The whole speech is gone.'
Two words from presenter Vin Diesel to his The Fate of the Furious co-star Dwayne Johnson in the crowd was a droll enough indication of the end of a famous feud between Hollywood's brawniest duo.
The truce was followed by Diesel's almost booboo moment when he said 'And the 'Oh (Oscar)' in place of Golden Globes.
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet's award-acceptance speech had the room filled with awws when the filmmaker made way for the father and doted on his little daughter: 'My daughter Ada, who looks so stunning in that dress of hers tonight that I'm thinking that this fiasco I got us all into may have very well been worth it dress, tears.'
Shogun supporting actor Tadanobu Asano's beaming joy instead of a big speech and endless gratitude reiterated the power of spontaneously expressed pure pleasure.
The big highlights: A possible engagement ring on Zendaya's finger and a teeny glimpse of a T (Tom Holland) tattoo, Wicked star Ariana Grande channelling her inner Audrey Hepburn in a pastel Givenchy and a swooning social media over the ever so stylish, suave Andrew Garfield's slick reading glasses.
Charming little boxes sharing little known information about its presenters made for a fun touch. Like did you know Demi Moore owns a serious collection of 2,000-something vintage dolls, one that enjoys a separate residence or Tim Burton's wedding gift to his Beetlejuice actor Catherine O'Hara was tickets to a private tour in Vatican or Colin Farrel was a line dancing instructor in an Ireland nightclub?
Glen Powell is all the beauty Beverly Hilton needed and the hunky Twisters hero appeared more than happy to live up the limelight and host Nikki Glaser's fantasies to the hilt.