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Conan O’Brien mocks Timothée Chalamet and others at Oscars 2026
Conan O’Brien wasted no time getting to the good stuff at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, 15 March, delivering a monologue that took well-aimed swipes at some of Hollywood’s most talked-about targets, with Timothée Chalamet’s ballet and opera controversy firmly in his sights.
O’Brien opened with a mock security warning.
“Security is very tight tonight,” he told the Dolby Theatre crowd.
“There’s concerns about attacks from the ballet and opera communities.” He then turned directly to Chalamet with a deadpan kicker: “They’re just mad you left out jazz.”
It was one of the sharpest lines of the night, landing cleanly given how extensively Chalamet’s February remarks had been dissected across the industry in the weeks leading up to the ceremony.
O’Brien also took a swing at the increasingly tense relationship between Hollywood and politics, warning the room that things could get uncomfortable. His solution?
“There’s an alternate Oscars being hosted by Kid Rock. It’s at the Dave & Buster’s down the street.”
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos didn’t escape wounded either.
O’Brien played up the irony of a streaming executive sitting in a cinema, riffing on what Sarandos might be thinking as he watched an audience enjoy a film together.
“Why are they all together enjoying themselves? They should be home alone, where I can monetise it,” O’Brien said, doing his best Sarandos impression.
The monologue followed a pre-taped cold open in which O’Brien appeared in full make-up as Amy Madigan’s character Aunt Gladys from Weapons, crashing scenes from this year’s Best Picture nominees while being pursued by the horror film’s killer children.
The sequence ended with a stuntman being chased live into the Dolby Theatre itself, at which point O’Brien emerged from the chaos in a tuxedo, composed as ever.
It was his second time hosting the Oscars, having taken on the role for the first time just last year, and by the looks of it, he’s settling in comfortably.
Taylor Swift has been a passionate musician since the beginning of her career, when she started out with songs written in her childhood bedroom and a guitar, and until now has created a discography which would not have been possibly recreated through AI.
The 36-year-old pop superstar has also officially been verified as an AI-Free artist on Spotify now, which ensures that her work is a by-product of her mind and not a machine’s.
Despite critics calling her last album, The Life of a Showgirl, an “AI slop” and whatnot, the Grammy winner has always been very meticulous about her process of creating songs.
In a recent detailed interview with the New York Times, Swift spoke at length about her songwriting process.
She told the outlet that her writing is rooted in the descriptions of feelings. Swift shared that she has tried to maintain the same intensity of feelings as she felt them for the first time as a young adult.
“I don’t have social media on my phone. It looks like I’m just endlessly scrolling, but l’m scrolling through words – like, the words in my file that I thought of four years ago at 3 in the morning,” said the Opalite hitmaker.
Swift is also widely acknowledged for her songwriting and was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame for this year.
The Princess Royal carried out a ceremonial engagement on April 30, 2026, attending the traditional raising of the White Ensign at the Hospital of Sir John Hawkins in Chatham.
Anne took part in the formal proceedings at the historic naval charity site, where the White Ensign was hoisted in a ceremony reflecting service, remembrance, and the institution’s deep ties to seafaring communities.
The event highlighted the hospital’s enduring role in supporting naval personnel and preserving its centuries-old legacy in the Medway area.
Earlier, the Princess attended an international conference in Birmingham on 29 April 2026.
The morning began at St James’s Palace, where the Princess Royal, in her role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, formally received senior military figures during an official handover of command.
The meeting marked the transition between General Sir James Hockenhull stepping down as Colonel Commandant and Major General Matthew Jones assuming the role.
She then travelled to Birmingham for the inaugural annual conference of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine at the International Convention Centre.
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