Oscars 2025 LIVE: Stars attend afterparties as fans react to Academy Awards ceremony

Anora’s director Sean Baker made history at this year’s Oscars by becoming the first person to win four awards for a single film.

He took the prize for writing, directing, editing and producing Anora.

Mikey Madison scooped up the award for Best Actress.

Walt Disney won four awards in one night in 1954 but it was for four separate films.

The American actor, 51, who is now a two-time Academy Award winner, has won a slew of awards this season for his role playing Hungarian-Jewish architect Laszlo Toth, who flees from post-war Europe to the US.

In his acceptance speech he said he shares the award with his partner Georgina Chapman, the ex-wife of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, and thanked his immigrant parents for giving him the "strength to pursue this dream".

"If I may just humbly begin by giving thanks for the tremendous outpouring of love that I've felt from this world, and every individual that has treated me with respect and appreciation," he said.

"I feel so fortunate. Acting is a very fragile profession. It looks very glamorous and certain moments, it is, but the one thing that I've gained, having the privilege to come back here, is to have some perspective.

"And no matter where you are in your career, no matter what you've accomplished, it can all go away.

"And I think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that and the gratitude that I have to still do the work that I love."

Well, that’s a wrap on the 97th Academy Awards and stars have already started arriving for the post-Oscar parties, hosted by Vanity Fair.

The likes of Cynthia Erivo, Sydney Sweeney, Kim Kardashian, Mary J Blige, Sarah Paulson, and Patrick Schwarzenegger arrived at the bash at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.

The cast of comedy romance Anora, along with Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, the producers of the film about a stripper who falls for the son of a Russian oligarch, took to the stage to accept the best picture prize.

Coco said filmmakers need to keep making "independent film", and said he and his wife welcomed "my son in October, the same week we released Anora".

Quan said they made the movie with "very little money, and all of our hearts".

Director Baker said: "I want to thank the Academy for recognising a truly independent film."

He added that it was made with the "blood, sweat and tears" of the crew.

Mikey Madison was the dark horse this season, but she has triumphed, taking home the Best Actress award for her role in Anora. She recognised the sex worker community in her speech.

The film centers on the life of Anora, a young woman trapped in an oppressive and isolating environment.

Set in a remote, dilapidated town, the story follows her struggle to break free from the suffocating constraints of her past and find hope in a seemingly hopeless world.

The other nominees in this category were:

• Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
• Mikey Madison - Anora
• Demi Moore - The Substance
• Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Sean Baker won the award for Anora which has now won three awards.

He paid tribute to movie theatres in his speech, saying: "Let's keep the great tradition of the movie-going experience alive and well.”

This is Adrien Brody’s second Oscar win for his role as Hungarian immigrant and holocaust survivor László Tóth.

Brody is the first person to win the leading actor category with his first two nominations. He won his first Oscar in 2003, aged 29, playing another Holocaust survivor in The Pianist.

Accepting the award, Brody said: “Winning an award like this signifies a destination and something my character references in the film, but to me also beyond the pinnacle of a career it is a chance to begin again.”

“I pray for a healthier happier and more inclusive world,” Brody added in reference to the film’s content.

Signing off, Brody added if the past has taught us anything it is to “not let hate go unchecked.”

The story of The Brutalist revolves around a couple, played by Adrien Brody and Rebecca Hall, who are struggling with their relationship in the wake of trauma, both personal and shared. The film is named after the architectural style "Brutalism," which is known for its stark, raw, and angular designs, often evoking feelings of discomfort or isolation.

The nominees were:

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

The nominees were:

• I'm Still Here - Brazil
• The Girl with the Needle - Denmark
• Emilia Pérez - France
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
• Flow - Latvia

The nominees were:

• The Brutalist
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Maria Nosferatu