LOS ANGELES (AP) — Timothee Chalamet was roasted for his remarks on ballet and opera, an absent Sean Penn won his third Academy Award and both Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler won their first Oscars at the 98th Academy Awards.

“One Battle After Another” came into the show the best picture favorite, and it picked up three wins in the first half of the ceremony. Anderson, the film’s writer-director, earned a standing ovation for his first win in 14 nominations.

“I’m incredibly honored to be part of this history,” said Anderson, who loosely adapted Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland.” “I wrote this movie for my kids to say sorry for the housekeeping mess but hopefully they will be the generation that brings some common sense and decency.”

The film also won best supporting actor for Penn, and the Oscars first award for best casting, for Cassandra Kulukundis.

Immediately after Anderson’s first Oscar, Ryan Coogler notched his first Academy Award, too. Coogler, the writer-director of “Sinners” won best original screenplay, and earned his own standing ovation.

From the start, when host Conan O’Brien sprinted through the year’s nominees as Amy Madigan’s character in the horror thriller “Weapons” in a pre-taped bit, Sunday’s ceremony was quirky. There was, of all things, a tie for best live-action short film.

As expected, the Netflix sensation “KPop Demon Hunters,” 2025’s most-watched film, won best animated feature. It was a big win for Netflix but a more qualified victory for the movie’s producer, Sony Pictures. Though it developed and produced the film, Sony sold “KPop Demon Hunters” to the streaming giant instead of giving it a theatrical release.

On Netflix, “KPop Demon Hunters” became a cultural phenomenon and the streaming platform’s biggest hit. It has more than 325 million views and counting.

“This is for Korea and Koreans everywhere,” said co-director Maggie Kang.

Another Netflix release, Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” picked up a pair of awards for its lavish craft, for costume design and makeup and hairstyling.

Amy Madigan won best supporting actress for her performance in the horror thriller “Weapons,” a win that came 40 years after the 75-year-old actor was first nominated, in 1986, for “Twice in a Lifetime.”

Letting out a giant laugh as she hit the stage, Madigan exclaimed, “This is great!”

Hosting for the second time, O’Brien began the Dolby Theatre show alluding to “chaotic and frightening times.” But he argued that the current geopolitical climate made the Oscars all the more resonate as a globally unifying force.

“We pay tribute tonight, not just to film, but to the ideals of global artistry, collaboration, patience, resilience and that rarest of qualities today — optimism,” O’Brien said. “We’re going to celebrate. Not because we think all is well, but because we work, and hope, for better.”

O’Brien also joked, though, that the night could get political. As an alternative, like the Super Bowl halftime show, he said Kid Rock would be hosting an alterative Oscars at Dave & Busters.

Some of O’Brien’s best digs came at the expense of the streamers. Netflix chief Ted Sarandos, he joked, was in a theater for the first time. O’Brien also lamented the lack of nominees for Amazon MGM: “Why isn’t the website I order toilet paper from winning more Oscars?”

“I’m honored to be the last human host of the Academy Awards,” said O’Brien. “Next year it’s going to be a Waymo in a tux.”