Conan O’Brien jokes about Ted Sarandos, Timothée Chalamet and ‘frightening times’ in Oscars monologue

Host bobs and weaves through a number of third-rail topics in Academy Awards speech that’s at turns silly and sincere Oscars 2026 – follow the action live! The winners: the full list – updating live Conan O’Brien’s opening monologue at the 98th Academy Awards cheekily paid tribute to many nominated films – and then some – while acknowledging the tense US political situation and cracks at Timothée Chalamet, Amazon and US healthcare. After a snappily edited, old-school montage in which O’Brien, dressed as best supporting actress winner Amy Madigan ’s character in Weapons (“I look like Bette Davis with lupus,” he joked), stormed through each of the nominated films trailed by children à la Weapons, the second-time host bobbed and weaved through a number of pressing topics, from political divides to AI to Jeffrey Epstein. “I am Conan O’Brien, and I am honored to be the last human host of the Academy Awards,” he quipped. “Next year it’s going to be a Waymo in a tux.” Continue read...

Amber Heard doubts that other women Johnny Depp will talk about his violence

Amber Heard nevertheless decided on the first candid interview after the scandalous and lost libel case. The ex-wife of Johnny Depp talked with Savannah Guthrie, giving answers to the most controversial questions. As you know, the Pirates of the Caribbean star's attorneys have claimed that no woman in his life has reported abuse from the actor. However, Amber believes that they simply do not talk about it because they see all the rebuff that she received after she decided to go to the cold war with the favorite of millions. "Look what happened to me when I declared myself. Would you shut up?" Amber said on NBC News Today Several of Depp's ex-girlfriends either spoke out during the process or testified in court. Winona Ryder, who dated Johnny from 1989 to 1993, said she was shocked and embarrassed by Heard's accusations against the actor, saying her experience was completely different. Kate Moss, who was in a relationship with the star from 1994 to 1998 and testified in court, denied rumors that Johnny ever pushed her down the stairs. Even ex-wife Vanessa Paradis, who was with Depp for 14 years and broke up due to the appearance of Heard in his life, said that she always knew the actor as "a kind, considerate and generous person. Only one girl named Ellen Barkin, who dated Depp in 1994, admitted to how Johnny was "jealous" and "controlled her in everything. Amber hoped to the last that the jury would be able to see a folder of notes containing medical documents from the doctor to whom she had told about the abuse. However, television journalist Savannah was not afraid to reveal a potential conflict of interest in an interview after it became known that her current husband, Michael Feldman, was a consultant to Depp's legal team. Ethics experts said that Guthrie should not have interviewed Heard due to a conflict of interest.

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