Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo heralded the Oscar evening with a music performance.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo had the honor of opening the show at the 2025 Oscars. With a vocal performance, the two “Wicked” actors provided the first highlight of the evening-accompanied by an orchestra that hovered over the backdrop of Los Angeles.
Previously, a moving tribute to Los Angeles had to be seen to get started with the show – not only in memory of Hollwood itself, but also based on the devastating fire, which had destroyed entire districts weeks before and led to the announcement of the nominated. “We love la” is finally emblazoned for the final of the performance and after the songs “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, “Defying Gravity” and “Home” over the minds of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
Conan O’Brian heralds the evening humorously
The first laugh of the evening followed: Moderator Conan O’Brien crawled out of Demi Moores back based on the Oscar-nominated film “The Substance”-and he had to go in again because he had forgotten his shoe. “Weird, Awkward, I miss my car keys,” he later whispered to the nominated Demi Moore.
Karla Sofía Gascón also got her fat away – and O’Brian recalled the actress, who was most recently criticized for racist and homophobic tweets. Should she want to tweet again: his name Loud Jimmy Kimmel.
“I love your suit, you won’t run over on your bike today”-an allusion to Timothée Chalamet, who had recently drove to the Red Carpet with the e-bike. In addition to the actor, his girlfriend Kylie Jenner was also sitting. “Bob Dylan also wanted to be here tonight, but not that much again,” the comedian had fun.
There were still a few serious words on the comedy: “The people of Los Angeles went through a lot. I want us to remember why we gather here today. We also do this for the people we never see, the men and women behind the camera who have prescribed their lives to the film. ”