Scarlett Johansson could not control her giggles upon hearing a brutal joke about Joker: Folie à Deux during the 97th Academy Awards, which aired Sunday on ABC.
It happened after the Los Angeles Fire Department hit the Dolby Theatre stage in Hollywood for a standing ovation for their brave efforts during last month’s wildfire disaster.
Oscar host Conan O’Brien then enlisted LAFD Captain II Erik Scott to tell the following joke: ‘Our hearts go out to all of those who have lost their homes. And I’m talking about the producers of Joker 2.’
At that, the camera cut to the 40-year-old former child star, who shared a hearty laugh with her CAA agent Joe Machota seated by her side.
Todd Phillips’ $200M-budget jukebox musical sequel barely broke even at the box office with $207.5M, and it scored a dismal 31% critic/audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Joker 2 won two trophies – worst sequel and worst screen combo (Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix) – at the 45th Golden Raspberry Awards announced Saturday.
Scarlett Johansson could not control her giggles upon hearing a brutal joke about Joker: Folie à Deux during the 97th Academy Awards, which aired Sunday on ABC
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‘It’s that simple. And I think to be an artist, you have to be willing for people to sometimes not like it. And you keep going even if something didn’t connect in the way that you intended.’
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Scarlett joined June Squibb at the glitzy awards ceremony to co-present the trophy for best makeup and hairstyling to the team behind The Substance.
The silver-haired 95-year-old stars in Johansson’s upcoming feature directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, which just so happened to be executive produced by Wayfarer Studios’ Justin Baldoni and Jamey Heath.
X user @Zavie832 said, ‘Not really paying that much attention to the Oscars right now but that Joker 2 diss caught me so off guard.’
Darrin L. Dortch (@LowBudgetLaughs) said, ‘Now JOKER 2 is catching strays!?! Here for it! #Oscars #Oscars2025
Phillydude (@Fairwinds10) said, ‘Wonderful tribute to LA fire fighters and they got to tell jokes – The Joker 2 joke was cold.’
POC Culture (@POCculture) said, ‘LOOOOOL The LA Fire captain taking out Joker 2 #Oscars.’
It happened after the Los Angeles Fire Department hit the Dolby Theatre stage in Hollywood for a standing ovation for their brave efforts during last month’s wildfire disaster
Oscar host Conan O’Brien then enlisted LAFD Captain II Erik Scott to tell the following joke: ‘Our hearts go out to all of those who have lost their homes. And I’m talking about the producers of Joker 2’
At that, the camera cut to the 40-year-old former child star, who shared a hearty laugh with her CAA agent Joe Machota (L) seated by her side
Todd Phillips’ $200M-budget jukebox musical sequel barely broke even at the box office with $207.5M, and it scored a dismal 31% critic/audience score on Rotten Tomatoes
Joker 2 won two trophies – worst sequel and worst screen combo (Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix) – at the 45th Golden Raspberry Awards announced Saturday
Lady Gaga admitted to ELLE last month: ‘People just sometimes don’t like some things. It’s that simple. And I think to be an artist, you have to be willing for people to sometimes not like it. And you keep going even if something didn’t connect in the way that you intended’
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
X user @Zavie832 said, ‘Not really paying that much attention to the Oscars right now but that Joker 2 diss caught me so off guard.’
Others weren’t amused, like Daniel Kurland (@DanielKurlansky), who said in all caps, ‘THESE REACTON SHOTS FROM THE “JOKER 2” GAG’
Miggy (@MiggyLovesFilms) said, ‘#Oscars Dat joker 2 joke was wild.
Scarlett joined June Squibb at the glitzy awards ceremony to co-present the trophy for best makeup and hairstyling to the team behind The Substance
The silver-haired 95-year-old stars in Johansson’s upcoming feature directorial debut, Eleanor the Great
Others weren’t amused, like Daniel Kurland (@DanielKurlansky), who said in all caps, ‘THESE REACTON SHOTS FROM THE “JOKER 2” GAG.’
JDK (@KingKieta_) said, ‘shoutout to the LA Fire Department. (Joker 2 absolutely sucks).
Another X user, @lavender_bl0nde, said, ‘“our hearts go out to all those who lost their homes, and we’re talking about the producers of joker 2” can gaga please get a break.’
Miggy (@MiggyLovesFilms) said, ‘#Oscars Dat joker 2 joke was wild.
Jon Sieruga (@Moonspinner55) said, ‘#Oscars Funny dig at JOKER 2, but the irony is, JOKER 2 took more chances than most of these nominated movies.’
Gaga Crave (@AMENARTPOP) also said in all caps, ‘NOT THE JOKER 2 SHADE AT THE #OSCARS.’
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