Kieran Culkin passionately kisses wife Jazz Charton after baby confession as Adrien Brody shares sweet moment with his dad as they lead winners at Oscars Governors Ball

Kieran Culkin passionately kissed his wife Jazz Charton after his hilarious baby confession at the Oscars Governors Ball.

The Governors Ball takes place in the Ray Dolby Ballroom immediately after the Oscars ceremony and sees stars indulge in incredible dinner and drinks. 

One of the big winners of the night spotted at the exclusive after party was Succession star Culkin, 42, who took home the Best Supporting Actor gong for his role in A Real Pain. 

During his speech, Culkin left the audience in hysterics as he revealed Jazz had agreed to give him a fourth child if he ever won an Academy Award.

And the moment has seemingly inspired the pair as they shared a very cosy embrace at the after party as Culkin posed with his award before planting a kiss on his wife. 

Also spotted at the coveted party was Best Actor winner Adrien Brody, who shared a very sweet moment with his father Elliot. 

Kieran Culkin passionately kissed his wife Jazz Charton after his hilarious baby confession at the Oscars Governors Ball following Sunday’s ceremony 

Culkin’s winning speech inspired the pair as they shared a very cosy embrace at the after party as he posed with his award before planting a kiss on his wife

2025 Oscar Winners: AT A GLANCE

Best Picture: Anora

Actress in a Leading Role: Mikey Madison — Anora

Actor in a Leading Role: Adrien Brody — The Brutalist

Actress in a Supporting Role: Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez

Actor in a Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain

Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin are seen left to right

Best Director: Sean Baker — Anora

Original Screenplay: Sean Baker — Anora

Achievement in Film Editing: Sean Baker — Anora

Adapted Screenplay: Conclave — Peter Straughan

International Feature Film: I’m Still Here (Brazil)

Documentary Feature Film: No Other Land

Achievement in Costume Design: Paul Tazewell — Wicked

Snaps showed Brody pull his dad in for a hug before giving him a kiss on the cheek, as Elliot proudly displayed his son’s award. 

Meanwhile Best Supporting Actress winner Zoe Saldaña proudly posed with her gong for the film Emilia Perez at the party.

Another sweet moment at the party saw her husband Marco Perego-Saldaña get his phone out to take a collection of snaps of his wife with her award. 

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo, who received the nod for his role in Sing Sing, was also seen greeting a friend as he shared a cosy moment with Australian actress Jacki Weaver.  

Another winner spotted having a ball at the party was surprise Best Actress Mikey Madison, who won for he role in the highly-decorated film Anora. 

She posed alongside the film’s producer Alex Coco who took home the Best Picture award. 

Culkin took home his first Academy Award at this year’s star-studded ceremony. As a reward, he reminded his wife of the wholesome promise she made to him a year ago if he ever won the coveted Oscar trophy.

The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, kicked off on Sunday, March 2 at 7pm EST/4pm PST, as Hollywood’s biggest stars descended upon the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Also spotted at the coveted party was Best Actor winner Adrien Brody, who shared a very sweet moment with his father Elliot

Snaps showed Brody pull his dad in for a hug before giving him a kiss on the cheek, as Elliot proudly displayed his son’s award

Meanwhile Best Supporting Actress winner Zoe Saldaña proudly posed with her gong for the film Emilia Perez at the party

Another sweet moment at the party saw her husband Marco Perego-Saldaña get his phone out to take a collection of snaps of his wife with her award

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo, who received the nod for his role in Sing Sing, was also seen greeting a friend as he shared a cosy moment with Australian actress Jacki Weaver

Another winner spotted having a ball at the party was surprise Best Actress Mikey Madison, who won for he role in the highly-decorated film Anor

She posed alongside the film’s producer Alex Coco who took home the Best Picture award

Culkin was among the list of acclaimed actors and actresses nominated for their performances this year. 

While accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Real Pain, Culkin admitted that his wife, Jazz Charton, agreed to give him a fourth child if he ever won an Academy Award.

‘About a year ago, I was on a stage like this and I very stupidly, publicly said that I want a third kid from her because she said if I won the award she would give me the kid,’ Culkin said on-stage while holding his Oscar statuette.

‘Turns out she said that because she didn’t think I was gonna win,’ he jokingly shared.

‘She goes, “Oh god, I did say that. I guess I owe you a third kid.” And I turned to her and I said, “Really, I want four,”‘ Culkin recounted to the audience.

At that moment, he recalled Charton saying: ‘I will give you four when you win an Oscar.’

Culkin then took the opportunity to remind Charton of her promise, pointing out that he has ‘not brought it up once until just now.’

‘But I just have this to say to you Jazz, love of my life, ye of little faith,’ he joked. ‘No pressure, I love you, I’m really sorry I did this again and let’s get cracking on those kids. What do you say?’

The Succession star used his acceptance speech to remind his wife, Jazz Charton, that she promised to give him four children if he ever won the Oscar

Culkin and Charton walked the Oscars red carpet together on Sunday evening outside the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles

The camera cut to Charton in the crowd, as she was seen laughing at her husband’s candid acceptance speech and seemingly agreed to follow through on her promise.

Back in 2012, the 36-year-old writer met Culkin at a bar in New York City. Charton, who was born in London and raised by a single mom, started dating Culkin shortly after their first meeting. 

One year later, the pair eloped in Iowa while on a road trip.

These days, the couple are proud parents to five-year-old daughter Kinsey and three-year-old son Wilder Wolf.

Demi Moore was left crushed as Mikey Madison beat her to the coveted Best Actress award at the 2025 Oscars, on a night when Anora dominated with five wins including Best Picture.

Demi, 62, had been a clear front-runner and her fury was palpable as 25-year-old rising star Mikey’s name was called out in front of a stunned audience at the 97th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Other big winners on Sunday night included Zoe Saldana, who took home the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the controversial Emilia Perez, and Adrien Brody, who triumphed over Timothée Chalamet for the Best Actor award with his performance in the The Brutalist. Kieran Culkin kicked off the evening with a Best Supporting Actor win for A Real Pain.

Demi Moore was left crushed as Mikey Madison beat her to the coveted Best Actress award at the 2025 Oscars, on a night when Anora dominated with five wins including Best Picture 

The big four acting winners are seen from left to right: Adrien, Mikey, Zoe, and Kieran

Demi could be seen with a clenched jaw as her name wasn’t called, but she did say ‘nice’ to herself as she applauded Mikey’s big win.

It was a particularly surprising upset because Demi had won the actress award at most of the major pre-Oscar events for her role in The Substance.

Mikey portrays an escort in Anora, an independent film with a $6 million budget for which Sean Baker won Best Director. She recognised the sex worker community in a touching acceptance speech.

She said: ‘I also just want to, again, recognise and honour the sex worker community. I will. Yes. I will continue to support and be an ally. 

‘All of the incredible people, the women that I’ve had the privilege of meeting from that community has been one of the highlights of this incredible experience.’ 

Oscar winners 2025 full list – see who received honors for this year’s Academy Awards

 Best Picture

Anora – WINNER

The Brutalist 

A Complete Unknown 

Conclave 

Dune: Part Two 

Emilia Pérez 

I’m Still Here 

Nickel Boys 

The Substance 

Wicked

Anora was the biggest winner of the night as Mikey Madison earned Best Actress

Best Director 

Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker — Anora – WINNER

Brady Corbet — The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat — The Substance

James Mangold — A Complete Unknown

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo — Wicked 

Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison — Anora – WINNER

Demi Moore — The Substance 

Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here 

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody — The Brutalist – WINNER

Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown 

Colman Domingo — Sing Sing 

Ralph Fiennes — Conclave 

Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown 

Ariana Grande — Wicked 

Felicity Jones — The Brutalist 

Isabella Rossellini — Conclave 

Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez – WINNER

Zoe Saldana was recognized in the Best Supporting Actress category for Emilia Perez

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov — Anora 

Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNER

Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown 

Guy Pearce — The Brutalist 

Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice 

Animated Feature Film

Flow – WINNER

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail 

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Cinematography

The Brutalist — Lol Crawley – WINNER

Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser

Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume 

Maria — Ed Lachman 

Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke

Original Screenplay

Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER

The Brutalist — Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold 

A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg

September 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David

The Substance — Coralie Fargeat

Sean Baker earned three individual honors for Anora in addition to Best Picture

Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown —  James Mangold and Jay Cocks 

Conclave — Peter Straughan – WINNER

Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

Nickel Boys — RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

Achievement in Production Design

The Brutalist 

Conclave 

Dune: Part Two 

Nosferatu 

Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales – WINNER

Achievement in Sound

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Emilia Pérez 

Wicked 

The Wild Robot

Dune: Part Two won Best Achievement in Sound as Gareth John, Richard King, and Ron Bartlett are seen left to right

Original Song 

El Mal – Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard – WINNER

The Journey – The Six Triple Eight

Like A Bird – Sing Sing

Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez

Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late

Original Score  

The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg – WINNER

Conclave — Volker Bertelmann

Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille 

Wicked — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers

Live-Action Short Film

A Lien 

Anuja 

I’m Not a Robot – WINNER

The Last Ranger 

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men

In the Shadow of the Cypress – WINNER

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck!

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land – WINNER

Porcelain War 

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat 

Sugarcane

No Other Land took home Documentary Feature Film as Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham are seen left to right

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers 

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident 

Instruments of a Beating Heart 

The Only Girl in the Orchestra – WINNER

International Feature Film

I’m Still Here (Brazil) – WINNER

The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)

Emilia Pérez (France) 

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

Flow (Latvia) 

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez 

Nosferatu

The Substance – Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli – WINNER

Wicked 

 

Achievement in Costume Design

A Complete Unknown — Arianne Phillips

Conclave — Lisy Christl

Gladiator II — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman 

Nosferatu — Linda Muir

Wicked — Paul Tazewell – WINNER

Blockbuster Wicked did not come away empty handed as Paul Tazewell became the first Black male winner of Achievement in Costume Design

 

Achievement in Film Editing

Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER

The Brutalist — David Jancso

Conclave — Nick Emerson 

Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling

Wicked — Myron Kerstein 

 

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two  – WINNER

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked