The 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, caps the end of a controversial year in film. 

The Academy has given comedian Conan O'Brien his first opportunity to host the prestigious night in film at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, following Jimmy Kimmel's four-time hosting run.

This year's nominees illustrate stories of loss, perseverance and regaining one's sense of identity and power, whether you're Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) on the planet of Arrakis or Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) in the magical world of Oz. Best picture nominees like "Anora," "The Brutalist" and "Nickel Boys" illuminate personal, intimate stories of struggle and the human experience. The crime musical “Emilia Pérez, from French director Jacques Audiard, dominated nominations with 14 nods, the most ever for a non-English language film. But a soaring Oscar campaign has taken a sharp nosedive because of unearthed offensive tweets from lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who is the first trans actress to be nominated for best actress.

Los Angeles also took a critical hit in January after the raging Southern California fires destroyed thousands of properties and displaced countless people in the LA area, including numerous people who work in the industry and Academy members. The catastrophic fires disrupted Hollywood during the awards season, postponed Oscar events and extended the Oscars voting period.

Despite such tragedy, the "Emilia Pérez" controversy and conversations on disclosing the use of artificial intelligence and  intimacy coordinators, at least Chalamet had an Oscar campaign run of whimsical, epic proportions for the Bob Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown."

Here are the 97th Academy Award winners in full:

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