It won’t go down as the most exciting Oscars on record — there was no slap or envelope mix-up after all — but for this year’s Academy Awards, ending an unexpectedly cacophonous awards season with a smooth, calamity-free ceremony clocking in at under four hours was arguably the best of all possible outcomes.

The big winner of the evening, Anora, scooped up five of its six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress for Mikey Madison (sorry, Demi!). The Brutalist also flexed several wins, including one for actor-slash-gum-thrower Adrien Brody, while several more overtly political films, like Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Man’s Land and the anti-authoritarian Brazilian film I’m Still Here, picked up some trophies.

Overall, the vibe was markedly upbeat — a series of solid comedy bits outshone politics, with amusing appearances from Adam Sandler, Bowen Yang, Ben Stiller, Amy Poehler, and June Squibb. Inside the Dolby Theatre, the atmosphere was chill, the music was decent, most of the speeches were short (no thanks to Brody), and best of all? We weren’t stuck watching until well after midnight. Can we do it like this every year?

Still, as always, not everyone came through the night unscathed, and some attendees went home happier than others. Check out our winners and losers below!

Winner: Conan O’Brien kept things weird

From his slightly too-gross entrance clawing his way out of Demi Moore’s back to his cheeky song-and-dance routine promising not to let the telecast go on too long, Conan O’Brien took the most thankless gig in show business this year and played it just a little weirder than you’d think he could. We, for one, are thankful.

Over the course of his monologue, O’Brien affably roasted himself for not having had enough work done, Karla Sofía Gascón for her many offensive tweets, and Timothée Chalamet for his baby face. He also got in a truly delightful bit about showing John Lithgow’s disappointed face to anyone who took too long with their acceptance speech, plus another long shaggy-dog one with a belligerently be-hoodied Adam Sandler. (Sandler didn’t bother to put on a tux because he’s too good of a person to care about his clothes, he boasted.)

Making the Oscars funny is a feat in and of itself, but at the end of his monologue, O’Brien one-upped himself with a genuinely heartfelt tribute to what the Oscars mean in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires. Award shows........

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