Conan O’Brien swipes at Trump with ‘Anora’ joke at Oscars: Americans ‘excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian’

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Oscars get political despite efforts to drown divisive current events

At the 97th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, the show was relatively light on politics, but the acceptance speeches and host Conan O’Brien still waded into divisive commentary. Last week, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer said in an interview that his goal for the award show was to be politics-free. He called O’Brien “apolitical,” a departure from the stridently progressive former host Jimmy Kimmel in previous year…

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Someone once said that peace is an act of freedom or it is not peace, and that it is not appropriate to confuse peace with submission. This could be the summary of the Sunday gala of the...

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Oscars 2025: Politics Take a Back Seat - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

When covering last year’s Oscars, I described the Academy as “playing safe” by bringing back Jimmy Kimmel as the master of ceremonies. Given that the late-night host famously became embroiled in a heated X exchange with then presidential candidate Donald Trump, the Academy played it even safer this year by selecting comedian and former late-night host Conan O’Brien to host the 97th Academy Awards.

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At Oscars, Host Conan O'Brien's "Powerful Russian" Joke Days After Trump-Zelensky Spat

The Oscars - Hollywood's biggest night of the year - was its usual festival of glitz, humor and emotional actors. However, the more than three-and-a-half hour broadcast on Sunday was a largely politics-free evening and had only one mention of the Ukraine- Russia conflict, despite a week of politics around the war. During the event, first-time host Conan O'Brien - who kept it mostly light - made a veiled dig at the Donald Trump administration. Re…

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The ‘vibe shift’ hasn’t reached the Oscars

This year’s Academy Awards were as smug, self-congratulatory and right-on as ever.

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Oscars 2025: Conan O’Brien’s top 10 jokes from the ceremony, including that shot at Drake

O'Brien also took on Donald Trump and the Catholic Church at the 97th Academy Awards of Sunday.