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In the tradition of our weekly Here’s What We Know feature, we thought it might be fun to do an Oscar recap of what we know.  Tell us what you think…

The shock of the evening was Demi Moore not taking home the gold for her performance in The Substance.  We wish she and Mikey Madison could have both won!  Even though Demi didn’t win the Oscar, her daughters surprised her the next day with their own award.  Just heard they gave her a custom Jennifer Meyer (she’s a jewelry designer and a friend of Demi’s) gold and diamond charm bracelet which says Best Mom.

Although the reviews were mixed (but aren’t they always!) the powers that be were so impressed with Conan O’Brien’s emceeing that they have already asked him back for next year.  Don’t expect any announcement just yet,  but unless something drastic happens, the job is his if he wants it.

Adrien Brody made headlines when he revealed during his Best Actor acceptance speech that his girlfriend, Georgina Chapman’s kids call him Popsi. For those who are unaware, Georgina shares two kids with her ex-husband, the disgraced Harvey Weinstein. What Adrien didn’t mention in his speech is that he and Georgina are secretly  engaged and that he’s hoping to adopt her kids. We have no idea if Harvey, who’s currently incarcerated, is aware of the engagement or the adoption plans, but we hear Georgina is all for it, since it’s unlikely Harvey will ever be a free man again.

One of the nights biggest moments didn’t happen. We hear that Cher was tapped to hand out the award for Best Song, but at the last minute had to cancel because she was under the weather.

As we were the first to tell you, Gene Hackman was honored with a touching tribute before the In Memoriam segment.  Every year there seems to be backlash at some deceased stars being omitted from the tribute.  We hear that the Academy is well aware they can’t mention every star and member who passed away during the year, but now they’re including an extended In Memoriam segment online and at their film museum in Los Angeles.