Oscars 2025 recap: Highlights and biggest moments from 97th Academy Awards

Mikey Madison has won the Oscar for Best Actress for "Anora" at the 2025 Academy Awards.

Mikey Madison wins the Oscar for Best Actress for "Anora" at the 2025 Academy Awards.

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Sean Baker won best director at the Oscars on Sunday for "Anora," bookending a dominant awards season for the American filmmaker whose stories seek to humanize sex workers and immigrants.

Sean Baker won Best Director at the Oscars on Sunday for "Anora."

Baker, 53, wrote, produced, directed and edited the film, which is also among the top contenders for best picture.

The comedy-drama stars Mikey Madison as a Brooklyn exotic dancer who marries the impetuous son of a Russian oligarch. They impulsively tie the knot on a ketamine-induced Las Vegas getaway, angering his parents, who send their bumbling henchmen after the couple to force an annulment.

"If you didn't cast Mikey Madison in 'Once Upon a Time,' there would be no 'Anora,'" Baker told Quentin Tarantino, who presented the award.

Baker won the Oscar for both original screenplay and also film editing earlier in the evening.

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Adrien Brody clinched his second Oscar for best actor, winning Sunday for his role as a visionary Hungarian architect in " The Brutalist " and solidifying his legacy as one of Hollywood's most compelling talents.

Adrien Brody wins the Oscar for Best Actor for "The Brutalist" at the 2025 Academy Awards.

Brody took home best actor at the 97th Academy Awards for his powerful portrayal of Lázló Tóth, who escapes the Holocaust and sails to the United States to find his American Dream. The film spans 30 years in the life of Tóth, a fictional character whose unorthodox designs challenged societal norms, and his relentless pursuit of artistic integrity.

His first Oscar was for his role in Roman Polanski's 2002 war drama "The Pianist."

Go here for a look at the full list of winners from the 97th Oscars.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

There was a special tribute to the late musical icon Quincy Jones at the 2025 Oscars Sunday evening.

Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, who worked with him on "The Color Purple," spoke fondly of Jones.

There was a special tribute to musical icon Quincy Jones at the 2025 Oscars Sunday evening.

After the introduction, Queen Latifah gave an electric performance of "Ease on Down the Road" from "The Wiz," as the Academy Awards headed into its final half hour.

Jones, who was nominated for seven Oscars during his legendary career, including three for 1985's "The Color Purple," died in November 2024 at age 91.

Jones received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 67th Academy Awards and posthumously received an honorary Oscar at the 2024 Governors Awards two weeks after his death, with his children accepting the trophy on his behalf.

Prior to the ceremony, Raj Kapoor -- executive producer and showrunner for this year's Oscars -- previewed the Jones tribute as a "beautiful moment that we hope will uplift the room, that will celebrate the spirit of Quincy and all of his greatness."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.