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Oscars 2025: Kieran Culkin Makes Another Pregnancy Pact With Jazz Charton After Win

You can take the boy out of Succession but you can't always take the Succession out of the boy.

At the 2025 Oscars, Best Supporting Actor winner Kieran Culkin didn't just make another pregnancy pact with wife Jazz Charton. The A Real Pain star also paid tribute to his erstwhile TV sibling Jeremy Strong, a fellow nominee in that category for his haunting turn as Donald Trump mentor Roy Cohn in The Apprentice. (See all of the winners from the 97th Academy Awards.)

Though in signature Roman Roy fashion, most of Culkin's compliment had to be bleeped.

"He's right, by the way, Jeremy, you're amazing in The Apprentice," the 42-year-old said, referring to what presenter Robert Downey Jr. said about Strong's performance. "I love your work. It's f--king great."

So the hand over the mouth was a little late.

In oops mode, Culkin added, "I'm not supposed to single anyone out, it's favoritism, but you were great."

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In true Kendall Roy fashion, Strong flashed a small, seemingly moved smile but did not laugh as Culkin launched into his now signature, charmingly-tripping-over-himself manner of accepting a major award.

"And I've already lost whatever speech I've prepared," he continued. "Twenty seconds or whatever. I have no idea how I got here, I've just been acting my whole life. It's just been part of what I do. I felt like this was never my trajectory, but however I got here, I know that Emily Gerson Saines, my manager of 30 years, is—because of you, thank you for being there, I lean on you for everything, so, please don't go anywhere, I'd be completely lost without you, I love you.

Culkin also thanked A Real Pain's writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg for making the movie that scored him his first Oscar nomination and win. "You're a genius," he said. "I would never say that to your face, I'm never saying it again, so soak it up."

In addition to Strong, Culkin bested Anora's Yura Borisov, The Brutalist's Guy Pearce and A Complete Unknown's Edward Norton.

See all the 2025 Oscar winners:

Best Picture

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

I’m Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo - Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison - Anora

Demi Moore - The Substance

Fernanda Torres - I’m Still Here

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande - Wicked

Felicity Jones - The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

WINNER: Zoé Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody - The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo - Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov - Anora

WINNER: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain

Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce - The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best Directing

Sean Baker - Anora

Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez

Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Mike Marino, Dave Presto and Crystal Jurado - A Different Man

Julia Floch Carbonel & Simon Livet - Emilia Pérez

Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton & David White - Nosferatu

WINNER: Pierre-Olivier Persin - The Substance

Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount - Wicked

Best Live Action Short

A Lien

WINNER: I’m Not a Robot

Anuja

The Last Ranger

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best International Feature Film

I’m Still Here

The Girl with the Needle

Emilia Pérez

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Flow

Best Film Editing

WINNER: Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

Best Costume Design

Arianne Phillips - A Complete Unknown

Lisy Christy - Conclave

Janty Yates - Gladiator II

Linda Muir - Nosferatu

WINNER: Paul Tazewell - Wicked

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER: Sean Baker - Anora

Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist

Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain

Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder - September 5

Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jay Cocks & James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

WINNER: Peter Straughan - Conclave

Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi - Emilia Pérez

Joslyn Barnes & RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys

Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar - Sing Sing

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

WINNER: Dune: Part Two

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

Best Sound

A Complete Unknown

WINNER: Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best Production Design

Judy Becker - The Brutalist

Suzie Davies & Roberta Federico - Conclave

Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau & Patrice Vermette - Dune: Part Two

Beatrice Brentnerova, Paul Ghirardani & Craig Lanthorp - Nosferatu

WINNER: Nathan Crawley - Wicked

Best Original Song

WINNER: “El Mal” written by Clement Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard, performed by Zoé Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascon - Emilia Pérez

“The Journey” written by Diane Warren, performed by H.E.R. - The Six Triple Eight

"Like a Bird" written by Adrian Quesada and Abraham Alexander- Sing Sing

“Mi Camino” written by Clement Ducol & Camille, performed by Selena Gomez & Edgar Ramirez - Emilia Pérez

“Never Too Late” written by written by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin, and Andrew Watt, performed by Elton John - Elton John: Never Too Late

Best Original Score

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best Cinematography

Lol Crawley - The Brutalist

Greig Fraser - Dune: Part Two

Paul Guilhaume - Emilia Pérez

Edward Lachman - Maria

Jarin Blaschke - Nosferatu