79 days agoThe Oscars have all been distributed, the diamonds must soon be returned to their owners and the obligatory post-show burgers are being grilled as we speak. I’m off to the Vanity Fair party in my head, better known as “sleep”.I’d like to thank my family, God (aka Ryan Gosling), my agent, my stylist, my aesthetician, my childhood mentors, my local cinema, my broadband provider, RTÉ, Big Marshmallow and everyone who has helped me achieve my waking dreams. Without you, I would… already be asleep. Special thanks to Rebecca Daly of The Irish Times.Reports and analysis from our chief film correspondent, Donald Clarke, will be online soon, while some time after dawn breaks we will resume basking in the glow of Jessie Buckley’s historic victory for best actress – not forgetting Richard Baneham’s third Oscar for visual effects – and check in on how everyone is faring in Killarney.Look, those champagne corks aren’t going to pop themselves.79 days agoAnd that’s the end of the show.To recap: One Battle After Another won six Oscars: director, adapted screenplay, supporting actor (Sean Penn), casting, editing and best picture. Its main rival, Sinners, came away with four wins: actor in a leading role (Michael B Jordan), original score, original screenplay and cinematography.Both films were released by Warner Bros, which is currently in the process of being sold to Paramount, with the studio mopping up 11 Oscars overall – the other one was Weapons star Amy Madigan’s triumph in supporting actress.Frankenstein collected three Oscars – makeup and hairstyling, costume design and production design – and KPop Demon Hunters did the double, taking animated feature and original song.Marty Supreme, Bugonia, The Secret Agent and Train Dreams came away with nothing, while an elated Jessie Buckley was the lone winner for Hamnet.79 days agoMoulin Rouge duo Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor have the honour of presenting the Oscar for best picture.It goes to... One Battle After Another.Nominated for 13 awards tonight, it managed to convert six of them into Oscars, including the big one, with producers Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and the now three-time Oscar winner Paul Thomas Anderson collecting their statuettes.Its cast, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti and Benicio del Toro, are thrilled as they join the producers on stage.“Let’s have a Martini,” says Anderson. No, Paul, let’s have three.79 days ago“Thank you so much, this is really something,” Buckley says after a short bout of hysterical laughter, then she tells her fellow nominees that she wants to work with every single one of them.They might want to take a little bit of a break from each other first?“My family, my Irish family, they’re all here,” she continues, scanning the nosebleed seats in vain. Then she rashly says she wants 20,000 more babies with her husband, Freddie Sorensen, with whom she has an eight-month-old daughter, Isla.She thanks Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell and director Chloé Zhao, and mentions it is Mother’s Day back home (though not anymore, Jessie, it’s 2.30am) to the delight but also the relief of the Hollywood-based attendees, who still have another two months to sort out their gifts.“I would like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart,” she says.It’s a lovely moment for Buckley. No, we did not bother preparing any “shock loss” headlines. This one was in the bag, and the campaign to rename March 16th as Jessie’s Day starts here.79 days agoAnd now it’s finally time for the Oscar for actress in a leading role. Will it be Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, Jessie Buckley or maybe even Jessie Buckley for Hamnet?The Oscar goes to… Jessie Buckley for Hamnet.No plot twist here.Commiserations to Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue, Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value and Emma Stone for Bugonia. Byrne and Reinsve were especially sublime, but there’s only one Jessie Buckley.She covers her face with her hands and shakes her head before hugging co-star Paul Mescal and director Chloé Zhao, then she does a big, healthy exhale as she makes her way up onto the stage. Like Jordan before her, she receives a standing ovation and seems really touched by it.Jessie Buckley is embraced by Paul Mescal as she makes her way to the stage to accept the Oscar for actress in a leading role. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The New York Times