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There's no more argumentative time of year than Oscars season - whether the arguments are about nominations, wins, categories, or even whether or not an acclaimed movie (or actor) was at all good. And there are no two Popverse writers who have varied opinions than Popverse Deputy Editor Tiffany Babb (hi, that's me) and Staff Writer Graeme McMillan.
This year, they've decided to share their penchant for disagreeing live over the course of the entire broadcast of the Academy Awards. What will they fight over? Well... likely everything, starting with the nominees (check out all of the nominees here). But it will be amusing... more amusing than host Jimmy Kimmel, at least.
So read on below, live with Tiffany and Graeme as they watch the Academy Awards. And if you want to chime in to the conversation, leave a comment! (We'll be reading during the boring bits of the ceremony.)
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Good afternoon, everyone. It's 3:40-ish and we're setting up over here for the Academy Awards and currently enjoying the red carpet pre-show. Paul Giametti is very good at those interviews, you know.
Still watching the red carpet pre-show, and I'm amused that Ramy Youssef's interview started with "Your co-stars are nominated for awards," as if to rub it in that he, himself, was not nominated.
Gooood afternoon, Graeme and all. I am here and still figuring out how to get the Oscars onto the television as opposed to on the other window of my laptop because I am clearly a tech wizard.
We're five minutes away from the official start of the broadcast, and I'm curious: how long do we all think this is going to last tonight? Tiffany and I have discussed this ahead of time, and let's just say that *I* expect us to be here quite a few hours from now....
I vote 4 hours..
And now things are getting started! WELCOME TO THE MOVIES EVERYONE.
With the first Oscars commercials having started, I wonder if this is the awards show/event with the cheesiest commercials. I feel like it is.
It's THE MOVIES? And of course, a dramatic compilation serving as a Testament to the Power of Film.
You can tell how wonderful the actors in the audience are by their polite laughter for that opening gag.
Sigh. How many Barbie related jokes is our host gonna roll out tonight?
Oh, and there's a Madame Web joke too!
And a joke that the show is running late!
"What a thing, what an achievement, to take a plastic doll nobody liked anymore," says Kimmel, before calling out the Academy for not nominating Greta Gerwig for Best Director. That was a little awkward.
Jimmy Kimmel is nothing if not a little awkward as a host.
Christopher Nolan gets called out for being "a very attractive man" while looking like the most awkward Brit ever.
Cillian Murphy in that floppy little bow tie. Loving it.
Robert Downey Jr. is an old school movie star, as evidenced by the fact that he's the only one who responds appropriately to the camera in response to the bad jokes.
Oof. That was a rough one.
It's Messi from Anatomy of a Fall! And Kimmel is spoiling the movie! STOP TALKING JIMMY KIMMEL!
For those who haven't been following along, there's been a lot of drama around whether or not Messi could attend Oscars events...
With someone complaining about the attention the pup was drawing at awards events.
Lily Gladstone has the expression of someone who really didn't want to be part of this opening monologue.
Okay, for real: how has Jeffrey Wright never been nominated for a Best Actor award before this year?!?
Jeffrey Wright is the best!!
Applause for the behind the scenes people who run the shows! Well deserved! (It's a standing ovation, which is nice.)
Yay!
There are surprises planned for each of the acting categories? That doesn't sound promising...
Second "running late" show joke. Bodes well...
Oh, the surprise is that we're getting past winners of the acting categories presenting this year's awards!
Jodie Foster looks genuinely moved as Jamie Lee Curtis speaks about her role in Nyad.
Rita Moreno should present everything ever.
Her dress is Amazing.
If you haven't seen The Color Purple yet, you gotta. Danielle Brooks is spectacular.
And the Oscar goes to... Da'Vine Joy Randolph!
I am 100% a sucker for when winners cry.
You and me both, Tiffany. I am here for emotional acceptance speeches, I gotta admit.
"I am so grateful for all of you beautiful people out here," Randolph says. "I thank you for seeing me!" The bar has been sent for acceptance speeches for the night early.
Paul Giametti is crying!
A really lovely and heartfelt speech!
Anya Taylor Joy's dress giving Glinda vibes.
Our first cheesy watch commercial!
If we were still in Peak Streamer Era, then we could expect someone to give Da'Vine a series based on that Oscar win. Let's hoping she gets all the job offers anyway.
And we're back!
Wait, are they just playing excerpts of trailers for the Best Pictures nominees? That's... a choice.
Animated feature time!
When he said "God of Thunder and Princess Peach," I legitimately had a "Did Chris Hemsworth play Princess Peach" moment.
War is Over wins Best Animated Short, proving that John Lennon's karma is anything but instant after that last Beatles single.
The first people being played off by the music for the show as Sean Lennon tries to speak!
Oof. A sweet shout out to Yoko though.
Best Animated Feature goes to... The Boy and the Heron!
That's a well-deserved win for Studio Ghibli!
And another commercial break! No wonder this takes so long.
No speech read out for Boy and the Heron, which is a bit of a bummer. But alas! It's a far trip from Japan.
Miyazaki is already at work on his next movie. He's moved on.
And this Best Picture trailer excerpt is for the wonderful Poor Things, which definitely deserves the win, says I.
It's the Best Original and Adapted Screenplay categories! I get a chance to complain that Barbie should definitely be in the Original category again!
How many bad jokes can fit into one awards ceremony? I feel like tonight may be pushing it.
I love that the clips for the screenplay categories have text on screen, as if to go, "Yes, these are WORDS. THIS WAS WRITTEN."
Just in case we forgot
The Oscar goes to Anatomy of a Fall!
Anatomy of a Fall is a great movie, but I admit, I really wanted Past Lives to take this one.
Bless Justine Triet for admitting she "hooked [her kids] up to cartoons" so that they could write this movie.
Adapted Screenplay now!
This is a stacked category! Zone of Interest, Oppenheimer, American Fiction, Barbie, and Poor Things.
The Oscar goes to American Fiction! First Oscar win for Cord Jefferson.
Jefferson stops on his way to the stage to hug Sterling K Brown and Jeffrey Wright.
Thrilled to see Cord Jefferson take the win on this, I have to admit. He's making a plea for others to make it easier to get movies made.
"Instead of making one $200 million movie, try making 10 $20 million movies."
This is my reminder to people who haven't watched it to watch HBO's Watchmen, which Jefferson worked on.
American Fiction was a very ambitious movie, with a lot of big swings. While I feel like it wasn't always successful at what it was trying to do, it's one of this season's movies that has stuck with me the longest. Really love that it's seeing success.
Is Billie Eilish performing with her back to the audience? Oh, no, the stage is revolving. That's... another choice.
Turn tables, the scourge of all contemporary theater productions.
Nice to see the orchestra!
The first of the musical performances of the show offers to opportunity to reflect on how uninspiring the Best Original Song nominees are this year. I mean, this is the obvious winner, surely... yet I worry that "I'm Just Ken" is going to take it.
The way the stage is set up, it does make the orchestra look like teeny tiny people.
MIKE ARMSTRONG IN THE COMMENTS.
Also, yes. The songs are quite lackluster this year.
(Hi Armstrong)
Ariana Grande in the audience, going, "They did it so much better than I did last night on SNL."
LOL
We're an hour into the ceremony, by the way. Five categories awarded.
And watching some truly awful commercials.
Speak for yourself, I'm watching a trailer for Shogun.
It looks good!
So far, I'm surprised that... I don't really have any winners that I'm that mad at? I'm sure that's to come, though.
Ahh Past Lives.
The interplay of the end of the Past Lives trailer and the Beetlejuice music was sure a thing.
I really want Poor Things to win Make-Up, I admit. And it did!
Fun Past Lives tidbit. Teo Yoo is wearing a turtle pin today in memory of his tortoise Momo, who recently died.
Yay! First Poor Things win of the night!
Poor Things really is such a good looking movie, so this is a very well-deserved win. Willem Dafoe getting a particular shout-out, as well.
Oh, man. Production Design has to be between Barbie and Poor Things, right?
And the win for this one goes to... Poor Things! Again!
Two wins!
And in a year with tons of historical pics.
I worry that Poor Things is going to get the technical awards and shut out elsewhere, which would be a shame. But good for winning these two for now!
I am concerned too, for you Graeme, that this is going to be a Fury Road year, where Poor Things sweeps all except for the big ones.
Emma Stone for Best Actress, right? Surely.
This is a competitive year
It may very well be Gladstone or Hüller
Bless John Cena.
"It's supposed to be funny." Perhaps descriptive of every bit Kimmel has tried to pull off tonight.
Cena is a joy, of course.
Cena is selling this bit in a way few others could. Costume Design! Let's see if this goes to a historical epic.
The long pause after "costumes." Love him.
ANOTHER Poor Things win!
Lookit that! (Also I keep forgetting Napoleon came out this year).
I feel like this is definitely priming us for Emma Stone being ignored in Actress, and Yorgos being looked over in favor of Christopher Nolan.
Yeahp. Very much so.
Tony McNamara was just mentioned in the Poor Things acceptance speech, which lets me remind everyone that they should watch The Great on Hulu, which McNamara wrote.
Yess. The Great is Great.
Tiffany, we're not even fighting and we promised fighting in the description! Do I need to say Sondheim is overrated or something?
That would certainly start a fight if I believed anyone would believe that.
I am willing to fight Bradley Cooper for only putting in a single mention of Sondheim in Maestro...
And now we're getting a Best Song performance from Killers of the Flower Moon, which is genuinely thrilling, despite my earlier cynicism.
It is very cool, especially the way they're shooting it from above.
(I maintain that cynicism, though: A SONG FROM FLAMIN' HOT?!?)
Transitions tonight have been rough
Ah, Dwayne Johnson and Bad Bunny, a pairing that feels entirely natural, and not just producers going, "sure, they're both... bald."
Bald men unite
They're talking Best International Feature, which goes to... The Zone of Interest.
This one was a gimme, surely, given the buzz surrounding this movie.
As soon as he started to talking about the attacks on Gaza, I started to count down how long it would be until the music played him off, and it's to the credit of producers they didn't do it.
An important message, especially due to the topic of the film being celebrated.
Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling doing some broad comedy immediately after someone was talking about the horrors of war. THE OSCARS, EVERYONE.
Transitions have been bad!
Zone of Interest winning international likely knocks it out of Best Picture running though
Yeah, but Best Picture is almost certainly Oppenheimer, right?
(I'd happily be wrong, but I don't think I am.)
Who knows? This seems like a year where there could be an upset? What if it went to Anatomy?
Buster Keaton shoutout!!!
I literally just realized Blunt and Gosling are here to hype their upcoming movie The Fall Guy, which makes this tribute to stuntmen a little less meaningful.
At least there's a bit with Fury Road...
Well, now I'm curious who the "reunion you won't want to miss" is going to be. Well-played, announcer.
That's how they get you
Okay, Tiffany. While the ads are happening: Who do you think is going to win Best Supporting Actor? Not who you think *deserves* it, but who do you think *will* win it?
Oof. That's a tough one...
I think it may go to Sterling K Brown
What do you think?
It's Bobby Downey, surely? Outside chance, Sterling K. Brown. So's I think, anyway.
Sure, but if Adapted Screenplay could get it..
Well, now we're going to find out for real. It's Best Supporting Actor, with an all-star cast to present it. (Sam Rockwell is rocking that beard, holy moley.)
I do find this bit very sweet.
Wow are those big photos of the actors in costume Terrible.
I *want* it to be Sterling, or maybe Mark Ruffalo. (Sterling mouthing, "I'm gonna cry" was delightful.)
Robert De Niro looking particularly bored by his own tribute.
Sterling is SO GOOD in American Fiction
I love Ryan Goslings outfit, btw. Not at all what I thoguht it would be.
I loved the idea that Mahershala Ali was just going to say, "Mark Ruffalo," and leave it at that.
And the winner is... Robert Downey Jr.!
Told you.
(You were right)
Good for him though. First Oscar and all
Okay, real talk: can we have Robert Downey Jr. and George Clooney make a movie together where they're snarky and charming jerks?
Have Soderbergh direct it! Or Shane Black.
OH MESSI APPLAUDING
And now we're back to commercials. Over here, it's a trailer for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, because CINEMA.
Finally a trailer for a movie, at least. It's been all tv, hasn't it.
Feeling sad for Sterling K. Brown. :(
Sterling K. Brown is a beautiful, talented, successful actor. He's going to be fine.
He was exceptionally good in American Fiction.
Okay, so the one we're all going to riot over is if Godzilla Minus One doesn't get Best Visual Effects, right? RIGHT? (I loved Mission: Impossible and all, but come on.)
I loved that clip of that team finding out that they were nominated.
The sweetest.
And we're back with a clip from Anatomy of a Fall.
Well, clips.
It's Arnie and Danny back together again to announce Matilda 2.
It's Visual Effects! We were just talking about that!
Okay, I love this Batman bit. Michael Keaton playing it great.
Did anyone see The Creator?
Best Visual Effects goes to... Godzilla Minus One!
WOOOOOOOO!
No need to riot, friends.
Yay team!
And they have their Godzilla toys. I am weeping.
It's a shame no-one joked that Godzilla couldn't be there in person tonight.
This is very very sweet, I love it so much.
I am weeping. The Godzilla crew in the audience all shaking their Godzillas in the air. Perfect.
And now it's Film Editing, which doesn't even get clips.
Just frames.
And Film Editing goes to... Oppenheimer! First win of the night. (Edited: Nope, it's the second; I forgot about RDJ.)
Interesting. I would have thought Thelma Shoonmaker might have grabbed it.
And now it's another of the musical performances, giving audiences the chance to say, "Wait, what even IS American Symphony?"
Again, people who are watching live with us: SOMEONE THOUGHT THIS WAS WORTHY OF AN ACADEMY AWARD.
We're back to commercials, which gives me the chance to share that the one winner I want to see tonight but am fairly convinced I *won't* get to see is Jerskin Fendrix winning Best Original Score for Poor Things. (It feels like it's going to be John Williams or Ludwig Goransson, to me.)
Swing your butt while you're swinging that baton, maestro. (I was a fan that they were playing Barbie Girl.)
Colman Domingo consistently best dressed actor at awards
It's Kate McKinnon and America Ferrera! They're doing the documentary categories, because, sure, why not.
Makes sense. Barbie was a documentary after all
Can Kate McKinnon just host the Oscars next year?
Yes please
Best Documentary Short goes to... The Last Repair Shop!
Anyone curious, by the way, The Last Repair Shop is on Disney+. Not enough people watch the Oscar-nominated documentaries.
"Music education isn't just about creating incredible musicians, it's about creating incredible humans," says the director of the doc, asking for better arts education funding. Well said!
And now it's time for Best Documentary Feature, which is awarded to 20 Days in Mariupol.
This is a Ukranian documentary that was aired on PBS in the US, by the way; the director says, "I wish I had never made this film," saying that he would give up the award if it meant Russia had never invaded Ukraine. "I wish for them to release all the hostages, all the soldiers, who are protecting their lands, all the civilians."
A very moving speech that touches on the weight of what this film is and does, and why it has to exist.
"I cannot change the history. I cannot change the past... but we can make sure that the history record is set straight, and that the truth will prevail and that the people of Mariupol and those that have given their lives will never be forgotten."
"Cinema forms memories, and memory forms history," says the director, asking that those in the theater do their part to help mark the truth of the Ukrainian invasion. He gets a standing ovation.
And another terrible transition to "I'm Just Ken"
You say that, but "I'm Just Ken" is going to be reinterpreted as an anti-war anthem in a shocking turn later in the show.
I'd laugh, but the way this nights going...
Please welcome Zendaya! Everyone's favorite Fremen is presenting cinematography to Oppenheimer!
The turn to Oppenheimer sweeping the board is happening, friends.
A call to the youngsters to shoot on celluloid.
For those into jewelry, Zendaya is wearing Bvlgari pink tourmaline earrings.
Best Live-Action Short, which they're speeding through! Maybe they looked at the clock. It goes to... The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar!
"Congratulations, Wes, we knew you could make them long, but wow," jokes Remy Youssef. (It's a very good short; it's on Netflix if you haven't seen it.)
Woww. Anderson? And not for Asteroid City (my biggest anger possibly about nominations)???
It is a good short though! But Asteroid City is a masterpiece!!
And now it's Becky G singing a song about Cheetos or whatever Flamin' Hot was about. The Oscars are wild, everyone.
That's not a joke, by the way; Flamin' Hot is about the guy who claims to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
Maybe the worst song of the night?
Easily the worst song of the night!
Only just now have I realized that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito was probably the "much anticipated reunion" they teased earlier, and... I feel very let down.
Yes time for a commercial for Guadanigno's newest featuring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and the wonderful Mike Faist (Who should have been nominated for West Side Story)
Oh no. Yeah, that's disappointing.
Also, the fight has finally arrived when I let Tiffany know that I thought Asteroid City was... just fine...? A step down from The French Dispatch, for me.
NOOOO. Unforgivable. Absolutely Incorrect. Boooo.
I really liked French Dispatch, but Asteroid City was *Chefs Kiss* in my book.
It felt very rote, in a way that, say Henry Sugar didn't!
Fight fight fight!
Noo how was it rote? It was bursting with unspoken emotion and loneliness! There are essays and essays to be written!
Someone more interested than I can write them. (Meanwhile, the show's back!)
Clips from American Fiction, which reminds me how the movie's promotion set it up a little for failure.
Wait, was that short really Wes Anderson's first Oscar?!?
I believe so!
Wait. Is John Mullaney's skit the highlight of the show? How did that happen?
Second Madame Web joke of the night?
He's introducing Best Achievement in Sound. It goes to... The Zone of Interest!
Makes sense, but there were a lot of good contenders this year.
The Sound category's nominees were weird this year. I love Mission: Impossible, but... what? Why?
Fair. I wonder how much awards show time would be saved if all nominees were in the front seats.
"We need to thank the Academy for listening to our film," say the winners, before saying Happy Mother's Day, the second time that's been pointed out onstage tonight. (It's Mother's Day in the UK this year.)
Oh, we're in the Ken zone.
Sigh
If nothing else, you have to applaud Ryan Gosling for committing to the bit.
I do like the sparkly suit
It's very post-modern: Gosling does Madonna doing Marilyn!
Very much so
It is gutsy for a movie actor to perform a song live though. So props to Gosling.
If nothing else, the performance is the best of the night, and maybe a recognition that the song is... a joke that somehow got into the category?
(I still worry it's going to win.)
Ah Ncuti Gatwa!
The performance is good! Fun staging! Lots of energy!
Emma Stone seemed legitimately into it there. Okay, the performance was, for real, kind of wonderful.
Impressive! Good for Gosling!
Greta Gerwig did, indeed, deserve a Best Director nom, I think - but looking at her face at the end there, I think that was the win she wanted.
Time for my fightin words - I Did Not Like Barbie.
Okay, Tiffany: name what's going to win Best Movie and Best Director. (I like Barbie a lot, but I know a growing number who disagree; I think that's becoming the backlash perceived wisdom.)
Oppenheimer or Anatomy, for Best Picture, I think, leaning towards Opp, Director, I think goes to Nolan. What do you think?
I think it's either Oppenheimer and Scorcese, or Anatomy and Nolan.
Intriguing.
Maybe it's Oppenheimer AND Nolan! But I think it'll be a split vote.
Best Score and Song! Will I be disappointed? (Probably.)
Ah early Wicked plug
Best Score goes to... Oppenheimer!
Should've been Poor Things, rassenfrassen.
Sure, makes sense. Also Dial of Destiny could not have been this year. I feel like that was a decade ago.
Dial of Destiny was, unbelievably, less than a year ago. I mean, BARBIE was less than a year ago, oh boy.
Best Song is... Billie Eilish!
Finneas and Billie are suitably freaked out by the win. "Um, thank you so much to the Academy!" she says, seemingly in shock.
Billie Eilish just thanked a teacher who "didn't like me, but you were good at your job," which is hilariously charming.
This is a very cute speech, thanks to best friends and more
Actor, Actress and Best Picture are up next, apparently! (What about Best Director?)
Mysterious
Okay, I'm saying I'd like Jeffrey Wright for Best Actor, Emma Stone for Best Actress, and Poor Things for Best Picture. (I think it'll ACTUALLY be Bradley Cooper or Paul Giamatti, Lily Gladstone or Sandra Hüller, and Oppenheimer, though.)
Interesting. I think actor goes to Giamatti, but would love to see Wright win.
Is Time to Say Goodbye too on the nose for In Memoriam?
That was a very moving appearance by Alexei Navalny to herald the opening of the In Memoriam segment.
The segment includes clips of performances from Andrew Braugher, Matthew Perry, Robbie Robertson, Carl Weathers, Glenda Jackson, and Tina Turner.
After another commercial break, I think we're coming close to the end. "We've only got four awards yet, which shouldn't take long, but somehow it will," jokes Jimmy Kimmel.
There's been like 4x the amount of TV ads compared to movie trailers this year.
Kimmel prediction seems likely
Is this the most interesting group of actors so far?
Nic Cage's tribute to Giamatti was amazing.
Nic Cage is great
I feel that, when Ben Kingsley says that your performance is "masterful," that's a hell of a compliment.
They're not zooming in close enough, but I think Matthew McConaughey is wearing a Van Cleef mystery setting pin.
Best Actor is... Cillian Murphy!
Good for him! A special boy for sure.
I really loved Forest Whitaker's speech though.
Cillian Murphy is the first Academy Award winner who looks like a brussel sprout since Leonardo Di Caprio.
Aww don't call the special boy a brussel sprout! he's got his windswept hair thing going on and everything.
Joking aside, good for Murphy! He's had a great career and he's a fascinating actor. (He should also play Paul McCartney in those Sam Mendes Beatles movies.)
Steven Spielberg is up to present Best Director, and it really is a shockingly good line-up this year.
A standing ovation for Murphy. Who is a very good actor! And seems to be a lovely guy. He dedicates his award to the peacemakers everywhere.
It's Christopher Nolan! Quelle Surprise.
Imagine getting your Oscar from Spielberg.
Quick shot of Scorcese applauding for Nolan, which only feels fitting; Scorcese is such a fan of film.
Scorsese loves Cinema
Christopher Nolan describes his wife Emma Thomas as the "producer of all our films, and all our children."
A sweet speech!
We're almost there. I'm surprised that Best Actress is the penultimate award. Isn't it usually Best Director?
Too many times have we seen this Rolex Oyster Perpetual ad.
(In my opinion, a very ugly watch)
They've been mixing up the awards lately. It's confusing.
We're back
It's time for Best Actress, with an all-star line-up to present. Michelle Yeoh is up first, talking about Sandra Hüller.
Sally Field presenting Emma Stone feels curiously fitting. (Can we have a Sally Field reappraisal?)
Jennifer Lawrence calls Lily Gladstone "the soul" of Killers of the Flower Moon.
Best Actress is Emma Stone! She seems shocked!
How exciting!
Stone jokes that her dress broke during "I'm Just Ken." "Oh boy, this is really happening," she says. She's in tears, obvious shocked.
Sound has been kind of weird all night
"I'm in awe of you," she says of her fellow nominees. She's saying that she didn't win the movie solo, "That's the best part about making movies, that it's all of us together."
Stone says that the role of Bella Baxter is "the gift of a lifetime."
A very emotional speech!
"Don't look at the back of my dress! THANK YOU," says Stone.
It's the last award of the night! And Al Pacino is here to present it!
Al Pacino! I love that guy!
Al Pacino just got a standing ovation. "Thank you thank you!" he said. "I feel I should do some Shakespeare."
Best Picture is Oppenheimer.
Well... it was an evening of some surprises!
Al Pacino wonderfully underplayed that announcement. "Well, MY eyes see Oppenheimer!"
Loved it.
Were there surprises? Not... that many, right? Cord Jefferson, sure. Emma Stone!
Emma Stone!
Highlight of the show for you, Tiffany? For me, it might've been Emma Stone's speech.
You guys, go see Poor Things. Or watch it on Hulu, because it's streaming there if you're in the US.
Emma Stone's speech, Godzilla Minus One win, I'm Just Ken, John Cena!
John Cena was good. John Mullaney's skit, too!
He was good!
How was it, Tiffany? Did you enjoy Oscars 2024?
We gotta get rid of Kimmel. That guy is just... rough at this point. But overall, good speeches, mostly ran well. Wasn't horrendously long.
What did you think?
We did it in 3 hours and 25 minutes! Just a bit longer than Avatar 2!
Not too bad!
It was fun, if a little long -- but shorter than many of them! I'm not that mad about any of the winners, so all told... it was probably one of the better ones!
Everyone who followed along: thank you! Now get offline and have a night to yourselves!
And one last bit from Messi, feigning pee on Matt Damon's star
Have a good night!!
That feels like the best place to leave it. Goodnight, all!
