4 years ago / 10:58 PM EDT

Glenn Close gives the performance of the night during the trivia game

Glenn Close absolutely stole the show during a trivia game about film songs and whether they were Oscars nominees, winners or neither.  

Close rattled off an impressive knowledge of the song "Da Butt" from the film "School Daze" and even did the "Da Butt" dance for the audience, leading scores of people on Twitter to ask: What does this woman need to do to get her own Academy Award?

4 years ago / 10:53 PM EDT

For some reason, there was trivia

Anne T. Donahue

And despite its being the 14th hour of Oscars (read: 10 43 p.m. ET), Questlove kicked off Oscars trivia. He had Lil Rel Howery — who is wonderful and did not deserve this gig — approach members of the audience and ask them questions about Academy Award-winning artists and music.

Yet my biggest question went completely unanswered: Why was this happening to us? Why are they imposing trivia like a punishment? Doesn't anybody know what time it is? Who is in charge of setting us free?

Please present the rest of the awards. Please, I beg you.

4 years ago / 10:45 PM EDT

Tyler Perry wants everyone to 'refuse hate'

Film mogul Tyler Perry received the Jean Hersholt Award for "his generosity toward those often overlooked and his steadfast commitment to social justice" during the Oscars ceremony.

During his acceptance speech, he shared an anecdote about giving a homeless woman a pair of shoes.

"In that moment I recall her saying to me, 'I thought you would hate me for asking,'" Perry said. "And I'm like, 'How can I hate you, when I used to be you? How can I hate you when I had a mother who grew up in Jim Crow Louisiana?'"

Perry said this mother "taught me to refuse hate."

"I refuse to hate on someone because they are Mexican or because they are Black or white or LGBTQ. I refuse to hate someone because they are a police officer," he said. "I refuse to hate someone because they are Asian. i would hope that we will all refuse hate."

Tyler Perry, winner of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, poses in the press room at the Oscars, in Los Angeles on Sunday.Chris Pizzello / Pool via Reuters
4 years ago / 10:38 PM EDT

The odds of the show ending on time? Not great, if you ask us.

In a completely unscientific, on-the-fly survey of those covering the Oscars for our site tonight, 100 percent (11 out of 11) of those polled think the awards ceremony will not end on time tonight. 

"This awards show is slowly morphing into the feeling of being at somebody's cousin's eighth grade graduation," blogger Anne T. Donahue said. 

4 years ago / 10:31 PM EDT

Fact check: True!

"Mank," David Fincher's portrait of the man who co-wrote "Citizen Kane," has now won more Oscars than "Citizen Kane."

"Kane" was nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture. But it won only one: best original screenplay for co-writers Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz — the subject of "Mank."

I guess you could say this is history — film history, that is — correcting itself.

4 years ago / 10:21 PM EDT

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4 years ago / 10:20 PM EDT

Youn Yuh-jung makes the internet explode with cuteness and humor

Celebrities and fans tweeted in support of Youn Yuh-jung, who took home the Oscar for best actress in a supporting role. Her acceptance speech was filled with jokes and subtle digs at presenters for getting her name wrong.

"Mr. Pitt, finally, nice to meet you,” Youn joked to Brad Pitt, who presented her with the award.  “Where were you while we were filming in Tulsa?"

Youn is the first Korean woman to win an Academy Award. She won for her acclaimed role as Soon-ja, grandmother to a young boy who comes to stay on a family's farm in Arkansas.

4 years ago / 10:16 PM EDT

A surprising number of NBC News live bloggers have watched 'Mank'

I polled our live blog team to see how many people covering the Oscars for our site actually saw "Mank," a movie made for the Oscars that it seemed hardly anyone wanted to see.

I was surprised by the results!

Four people said, "Yes." Eight said, "No."

I think the "Mank" team should take that as a win.

4 years ago / 10:10 PM EDT

And the Oscar goes to…

Olivia Roos

Follow our running list of winners to find out who's taking home a golden trophy tonight. 

See the full list nominees and winners here.

4 years ago / 10:03 PM EDT

Twitter demands to know why the octopus wasn't thanked

After "My Octopus Teacher" won the award for best documentary, Twitter users demanded to know why the titular octopus wasn't thanked or given an opportunity to speak. 

Octopus memes took over social media for a moment after the award was announced, with some debating what the sequel to "My Octopus Teacher" would be called, while others demanded answers for why the octopus didn't get a shoutout.

"in the sequel to MY OCTOPUS TEACHER he falls in love with an eel, it's called THAT'S A MORAY," tweeted Slate editor Sam Adams. 

"how did they not thank the octopus," Mashable reporter Alexis Nedd tweeted.

SPOILER ALERT:

The octopus featured in the film was not available because she sadly passed away at the end of the film.