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Oscars: ABC’s Rob Mills On Conan, Sean Baker’s Mission Statement, ‘The Wiz’, Adrien Brody’s Speech, Luke Skywalker Saving Han Solo & Hoping To Run It Back In 2026


It was a huge night for Anora and independent filmmaking at the 97th Academy Awards. Sean Baker matched Walt Disney’s record and Mikey Madison surprised many by beating Demi Moore to win Best Actress. Conan O’Brien was a popular host, funny but sympathetic, running a show that handed out a lot of awards to a […]

There was also a lot of singing and dancing, some touching tributes and plenty of star reunions during the show, which ran for three hours and 47 minutes on ABC, and for most of that on Hulu. It was a night described by Rob Mills, EVP, Unscripted & Alternative Entertainment at Walt Disney Television, the man in charge of the telecast, as a “great experience”. When you think of the great Oscar hosts like Hope, Carson, Billy Crystal and Jimmy Kimmel, it was also sort of like a three hour tour down 30 years of television history with Conan.

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