That was an 8 percent drop from last year. The show was broadcast on ABC, as it has been for decades, but also streamed live on Hulu, where there were glitches.
Adrien Brody broke the record for the longest ever Oscars acceptance speech, clocking a whopping five minutes and 40 seconds on stage upon winning best actor for his role in “The Brutalist.”
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