Colin Paterson
Entertainment Correspondent, reporting from the Oscars

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Mike Hill is part of the team which has just won best make-up and hairstyling for Frankenstein. Growing up in the north of England in the 1970s, watching black and white horror films on the BBC made him fall in love with monsters.

When I went to visit him in his Hollywood workshop he told me: "When I was about five years old, I used to walk to the canal, and I would dig under the dirt to get to the clay.

"I'd wash the clay and put it on slabs in the back garden to dry it out, because I couldn't afford plasticine. I would make a menagerie of these creatures, the Frankensteins, the King Kongs, the Wolfmen."

In his 20s his talents were spotted by British TV personality Jeremy Beadle, who recruited him to make him disguises for the massively successful hidden camera TV show Beadle’s About.

"It was a great job to dress him up as an old man or a heavy-set person and fool the public," he reminisces.

Then in his mid 30s Hill moved to the US with nothing more than $1000 and a suitcase, because his full-sized monster statues had found an audience there.

Guillermo Del Torro bought a giant Boris Karloff Frankenstein from him, became a regular customer and then, starting with The Shape of Water, he used Hill to create creatures for his films.

And now an Oscars’ win for Frankenstein; a real British success story. "From the canal bank to Hollywood," he muses while shaking his head. "It's only when I hear you say it, that it really amplifies everything."

Best documentary winner David Borenstein tells the BBC it is "unbelievable" to have made it this far.

He says his film, Mr Nobody Against Putin, was made over the course of two-and-a-half years undercover in a school in Russia and "felt like it was going to fall apart so many times".

"We are so happy to be here tonight," he adds.

The BBC documentary charts the story of what happened after Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

He also speaks about his political speech on stage, saying "it was really important to do it".

Oscar's host Conan O'Brien has been speaking to the BBC's Colin Paterson on the red carpet of Vanity Fair's Oscars after party.

Asked what track will get get him on the dancefloor tonight, O'Brien says "oh come on, anything by UB40".

"I just came up with that, I can't even think of any of their songs right now," he adds.

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The big winner of the night was One Battle After Another, taking home six of its 13 nominations, more than any other film - they were:

• Best picture - Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner
• Best director - Paul Thomas Anderson
• Best supporting actor - Sean Penn
• Adapted screenplay - Paul Thomas Anderson
• Film editing - Andy Jurgensen
• Casting - Cassandra Kulukundis

The party is still going on, with more celebrities continuing to arrive. Heated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams have made their entrance.

Demi Moore, Odessa A'zion and Anya Taylor-Joy have also been pictured at the entrance to the Vanity Fair party.

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On the red carpet at the Vanity Fair party, American filmmaker and screenwriter Ava DuVernay praised Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw.

Arkapaw, who won the Academy Award for her work on the film Sinners, has made history as the first woman to take home the accolade.

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It's an evening of stars, fashion and childhood dreams come true.

Let's have a look at some of the biggest wins tonight.

Taking out best picture was dark comedy action thrillerOne Battle After Another which also bagged the best director gong for Paul Thomas Anderson, who has been nominated in the category three times before finally winning.

Best actor went to Michael B Jordan for his star turns - he played twins - in vampire horror film Sinners, which made history as the most nominated movie in Oscars history with recognition in 16 categories.

Also making history was Jessie Buckley who became the first Irish star to win best actress, with her powerful portrayal of William Shakespeare's wife in Hamnet.

Veteran actor Sean Penn won best supporting actor for his role as unpredictable villain Colonel Lockjaw in One Battle After Another, but wasn't at the ceremony to collect the golden statue.

Fellow veteran Amy Madigan, who was first nominated for an Oscar 40 years ago, took home the best supporting actress category with her role as the terrifying Aunt Gladys in horror film Weapons.

Ryan Coogler won best screenplay for his Sinners script which he wrote in just two months while the best adapted screenplay went to One Battle After Another, which was adapted by Paul Thomas Anderson from Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland.

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Although it is an Oscars tradition to cut speeches short with music when they run overtime, what happened tonight with the songwriters of the Netflix hit Kpop Demon Hunters still caused some uproar online.

After winning best original song, only EJAE managed to deliver her speech. When composer Yu-han Lee began reading his, the music started playing and the show went to a commercial break, despite the group raising their hands together on stage to plead for more time.

On X, some users called it “sad and disrespectful”. “The orchestra has more screen time tonight than half the winners do,” one angry fan wrote. “Historic moment treated so poorly,” another said.

The group did get some time backstage to finish their speeches. “I would like to thank our families... this is an incredible honour,” he added in the press room.

Barry Keoghan has praised fellow Irish actor Jessie Buckley for her Oscar-winning performance in Hamnet.

"What’s up Jessie, well done, bring it home," he tells the BBC's Colin Paterson on the Vanity Fair red carpet.

"I’m proud, I’m really really proud, amazing," he says.

On the amount of success Irish actors have seen, Keoghan says "when you read all the names that have been nominated, for such a small island... we are true storytellers".

“I am massively, massively proud of Jessie. I went to see Hamnet at the premiere and I couldn’t stop crying," he adds.

“When it was finished I had to rush out because I couldn’t stop thinking of my little boy, everyone was sobbing."

Katie Razzall
Culture editor

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The winner of the first Oscar for casting Cassandra Kulukundis has worked with director Paul Thomas Anderson on every one of his movies since she interned on his first, Hard Eight, more than 30 years ago.

She told me before the Oscars: “I’m the only person who can say I have been on all of them - apart from him”.

Their latest collaboration is best picture winner One Battle After Another.

“Paul has been working at this for so long, it’s his 10th movie," she says adding that despite all his nominations he's "won nothing".

Now he’s won best director, best adapted screenplay and best picture.

“This movie has affected so many people on so many levels. Paul’s been seen as a young upstart for so long. He’s in his 50s, he’s an incredibly creative human being and nobody is making movies like him”.

Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

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Misty Copeland, who performed during the ceremony to the song from Sinners, I Lied To You, has changed from her ballet costume into a close-fitting black dress, at the Vanity Fair party.

Actress Isla Fisher was also there, along with former Oscars host Chris Rock and Vogue's Anna Wintour.

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at the Oscars

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When asked about his best picture win being a sign of the times, One Battle After Another director and writer Paul Thomas Anderson reflected on what it all means - although, he initially wanted to celebrate rather than talk about bleaker topics.

"I thought we were supposed to be partying," he quips, before striking a more serious note.

"Our film obviously has a certain amount of parallel to what's happening in the news every day, so it obviously reflects what's happening in the world in terms of where it's going," he says, appearing to refer to the divisive political climate in the US, anti-immigration sentiments and racial issues from his dark satire.

"I don't know, but I know that the end of our movie is our hero heading off to continue to fight against evil forces. And I think, like I said in my speech, bring at least common sense and decency back into fashion."

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Winners or not, the business part of Oscars night is over and now the partying begins.

Many celebrities will be heading to the Vanity Fair after party, but before that, winners and nominees and guests will make an appearance at the Governors Ball, the official post-Oscars celebration.

They don't have far to go as it's just upstairs above the Dolby Theatre where the ceremony wrapped up earlier.

Winners get their Oscars engraved, snacks and drinks are served, and the smiles are wide and plenty.

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at the Oscars

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Sinners writer and director Ryan Coogler tells us that he hasn't spoken enough tonight about his late Uncle James, who introduced him to blues music, which is at the heart of his film.

"He meant the world to me. I actually realised, that he was the closest thing I had to a grandfather," he says.

He adds: "I contemplate that man I saw. I'm so proud that he gave me the gift of his stories about Mississippi, that he played blues music for me and talked to me about it, and he continues to give me gifts from where he is now."

Nardine Saad
at the Oscars

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It was a momentous night for Hamnet star Jessie Buckley, who celebrated her Oscars win on her first Mother's Day.

"It feels like some kind of crazy alchemy that all of these things are colliding on a day like today," she tells us backstage.

She adds that her daughter also got her first tooth this week and she woke up today with the wee one snuggling, lying on her chest.

"What a gift to get to explore motherhood through this incredible mother that Agnes is and was, and then to become one myself, and then to receive this recognition?" she says.

Asked what she wants to say to those celebrating her win in Ireland, Buckley quickly responds: "Don't go to bed. Keep partying!"

Helen Bushby
Culture reporter

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More stars from the big and small screen are flocking to the Vanity Fair party, ready to enjoy some post-ceremony fun and possibly some gossip, away from the press waiting outside.

Nicole Kidman co-presented the best picture prize with her Mouline Rouge co-star Ewan McGregor earlier on.

Kim Kardashian looked like an Oscars statuette in a gold figure-hugging full-length Gucci gown.

Actress Minnie Driver is one of several stars in flowing bright red, while Drag Race host RuPaul rocked an oversized pin stripe suit jacket.

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Nardine Saad
at the Oscars

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Sinners star Michael B Jordan has just addressed the media and again praises black actors who came before him, name-checking past Oscars winners Sydney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Forest Whitaker.

He says that they graced the stage and were "not looking for awards" or acknowledgement, emphasising that they're artists who are just doing the work as he hopes to be doing.

"That's something I've always focused on, was trying to do the work. My father always told me, don't expect anything to be handed to you, do the work knowing everything else is going to figure itself out," he says.

He notes that "there is a selfishness" in the craft and industry, knowing that the Oscar is "a pinnacle" and an "industry standard".

"This is what we put value on, in a big way, that competitiveness, we do want that but at the same time what's for you is for you, and you can't take anybody blessings away from anybody else," he says.

"I'm just like walking my path. Man, just trying to be locked in. I would encourage other actors and artists, no matter what their medium is, to try to keep that in mind and be honest and truthful."

Nardine Saad
Reporting from the Oscars

Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw is asked about her historic win here in the interview room and tells us that there was one thing she didn't get to say onstage during the telecast.

"A lot of little girls that look like me will sleep really well tonight because they want to become cinematographers. And I know that just being on stage, getting this award or movie, that will change so many girls' lives because they'll be inspired when they weren't before."

She also says she wants to thank all the women who stood up for her because "it takes a village to make stuff like this happen".

She adds: "This isn't about me anymore. This is about so much more, and I know that. And I wanted it for all the ladies in the room, and I wanted it for all the girls."

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Emma Saunders
Culture reporter

Stars are walking the silver carpet for the famous Vanity Fair after party.

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo followed the feather trend in dusky pink.

Scottish actor, Ewan McGregor, who presented an award tonight alongside his Moulin Rouge co-star Nicole Kidman, arrived suited and booted.

And Jessica Alba wore a wet-look sequin dress, again with feather detail.

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Reporting from the Oscars

Newly-minted Oscar winner Cassandra Kulukundis, the winner of the inaugural casting Oscar, took questions from the press about her win for One Battle After Another.

Reflecting on the 10 movies she has made with Paul Thomas Anderson, Kulukundis says: "We grew up watching movies and we grew up making movies together, and that's why this thing is insane.

"It's our 10th movie, and the collaboration changes on every movie, because it depends on what we're doing. Phantom Thread cannot be remotely compared to, like Magnolia and Boogie Nights.

"And it's, just wild, and I feel like One Battle in a lot of ways, combined all that, everything that we've ever thought, said, seen together, and it's number 10, and it kind of all makes sense. I guess we're full circle here."

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