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Comedian Conan O'Brien hosted the evening that saw big winner "One Battle After Another" take home six awards followed by "Sinners" with four.

Here's the latest from the marathon night's final stretch:

"One Battle After Another" won the night's top prize for best picture, capping off a dominant awards season run for the high-octane humorous thriller about a former revolutionary's search for his daughter.

Teyana Taylor put the director in a headlock as fellow star Chase Infiniti was bubbling over with joy.

"Let's have a martini -- this is pretty amazing," said Anderson, fresh off a win for best director.

"You make a guy work hard for one of these," said the widely acclaimed filmmaker, who won the first Oscars of his career for director, best adapted screenplay and picture as one of the film's producers.

"I wrote this movie for my kids to say sorry for the housekeeping mess that we left in this world we're handing off to them," Anderson said in accepting that prize, "but also with the encouragement that they will be the generation that hopefully brings us some common sense and decency."

Jessie Buckley won the award for best actress for her starring role in "Hamnet" as William Shakespeare's grieving wife.

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She called playing the character "the greatest collision of my life," as the film centered on motherhood and coincided with her own journey towards becoming a parent.

"It's Mother's Day in the UK today, so I would like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother's heart," said a tearful Buckley. "We all come from a lineage of women who continue to create against all odds."

Adrien Brody realized he'd walked onstage chewing gum, and -- before pretending to toss it into the audience -- swallowed it, recalling his winning moment from last year.

He then pulled handwritten notes out and feigned preparing for a lengthy monologue -- another reference to last year -- until show producers turned on the play-off music.

Brody then promptly presented the prize for best actor to Michael B. Jordan for his role playing twin gangsters in "Sinners."

"God is good," said the actor to wild applause.

He thanked the team behind the film for "betting on a culture and betting on original ideas," adding that "I stand here because of the people that came before me," listing off Black Oscar winners including Sidney Poitier .

Jordan bested the likes of a surely disappointed Timothee Chalamet -- who served as one of the night's punching bags over his recent belittling comments about ballet and opera.

Javier Bardem used his time onstage as a presenter for best international film to make a statement: "No to war and Free Palestine," said the Spanish actor, who wore pins with the same messages.

Norway's "Sentimental Value" from Joachim Trier , which came into the night with nine nominations, took home that prize.

He accepted the award in paraphrasing the famed Black American author James Baldwin , who Trier said "makes us remember that all adults are responsible for all children."

"Let's not vote for politicians who don't take this seriously into account."

The second musical performance of the night -- which followed a showstopping montage number from the smash "Sinners" -- was the beloved "Golden" from the "KPop Demon Hunters" fictional girl group.

The smash hit then got its flowers, taking home the prize for best original song and becoming the first KPop song to win the category.

"This song is not about success -- it's about resilience," said tearful singer-songwriter Ejae onstage.

"One Battle After Another" won the Oscar for best editing, while rival "Sinners" scored for cinematography.

Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman to win in the latter category, and paid homage to her predecessors.

"I'm so honored to be here and I really want all the women in the room to stand up because I feel like I don't get here without you guys," she said.

The best original screenplay prize went to Ryan Coogler for "Sinners," the acclaimed supernatural vampire drama set in the segregated Deep South, which he dubbed "an incredible honor" as he thanked his family and cast members.

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