Host Conan O’Brien goes old-school with his opening monologue, which included both acknowledgement of the Southern California wildfires and a ‘Dune 2’ sandworm playing

Ariana Grande sang ''Somewhere Over the Rainbow'' and Cynthia Erivo sang Diana Ross' ''Home'' to kick off the 97th Academy Awards in a tribute to Los Angeles following wildfires that devastated the Southern California metropolis.

An awards season full of unpredictable twists came to a close with Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards. Director Sean Baker’s rollicking Anora was the night’s big winner, scoring Oscars for five of its six nominations,