Halle Berry kisses Adrien Brody at the 2025 Oscars recreating their iconic 2003 kiss when she presented him with the Oscar for best actor.

The veteran photographer, working in-house for the Film Academy on Sunday night, captured scenes you wouldn't see on TV.

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The ‘Wicked’ witches kicked off the ceremony with a nod to ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘The Wiz,’ singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Home” before ending with an electric performance of their Wicked barnburner “Defying Gravity.

The 97th Academy Awards are spreading the love around, dishing out awards to “Anora,” “Conclave,” “Wicked” and “The Substance” in the ceremony’s first two hours.

Grande first delivered a moonlit rendition of “Over the Rainbow,” which Judy Garland famously sang as Dorothy in the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Erivo then belted her version of “Home” from the 1975 Broadway musical “The Wiz,” a Dorothy number originally performed by Stephanie Mills onstage and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film adaptation.

This year's awards put a handful of new records on the line: "The Brutalist" star Adrien Brody could be the first to go 2-for-2 in the best actor category, while

The 97th Academy Awards was a star-studded affair inside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Jonathan Ross leading the Oscars 2025 coverage in the UK on ITV

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Anora and Adrien Brody's movie The Brutalist seem ... acknowledgment of her amazing career.' Elsewhere, while Cynthia Erivo is hoping to take home the gong for her portrayal of Elphaba her ...

The 97th Academy Awards is well underway inside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Jonathan Ross leading the Oscars 2025 coverage in the UK on ITV