Elton John attends the Oscars 2025 ceremony while his own viewing party gets underway just blocks away

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COM Published: 22:31 EST, 2 March 2025 | Updated: 22:31 EST, 2 March 2025 e-mail View comments Elton John clearly wanted a front-row seat to the action this year, ditching his usual hosting duties to soak in the 2025 Oscars ceremony firsthand. The legendary singer-songwriter, 77, was spotted schmoozing with Hollywood’s elite at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night—while just down the road, guests were arriving at his Elton John AIDS Foundation's 33rd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party in West Hollywood. As Elton and his husband, David Furnish, sat in their tuxedoed finest watching Anora and Dune: Part Two dominate the night, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jean Smart , Neil Patrick Harris, and David Burtka were gearing up to co-host his glittering gala.

Despite skipping out on his own party (at least for now), the music icon appeared to be having the time of his life, fully immersed in Oscar magic. But with the night still young, there’s always a chance he’ll make a grand entrance at his own bash—especially with Chappell Roan set to hit the stage. In the meantime, Elton got his live music fix at the ceremony, enjoying performances by Cynthia Erivo , Ariana Grande , and RAYE .

Elton John clearly wanted a front-row seat to the action this year, ditching his usual hosting duties to soak in the 2025 Oscars ceremony firsthand The legendary singer-songwriter, 77, was spotted schmoozing with Hollywood’s elite at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night—while just down the road, guests were arriving at his Elton John AIDS Foundation's 33rd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party in West Hollywood Because if anyone can make the most of Oscars night, it’s Sir Elton. Elton's annual Oscars viewing party has been a star-studded tradition since 1993, when he first hosted the event to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Over the years, the gala has become one of the most high-profile Academy Awards parties, attracting A-list celebrities and raising millions for HIV/AIDS research and support.

Read More Elizabeth Hurley and son Damian attend Elton John's 2025 Oscars viewing party in Los Angeles Typically held in West Hollywood, the event features lavish dining, live entertainment, and, of course, a big screen to watch the Oscars unfold. In 2020, the party celebrated its 28th anniversary with a special virtual edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By 2023, the fundraiser had amassed over $100 million in donations, solidifying its reputation as both a glamorous soirée and a philanthropic powerhouse.

Guests have included everyone from Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus to the Beckhams and the Kardashians, with Elton often performing alongside surprise musical guests. Now in its 33rd year in 2025, the event remains a staple of Oscars night, proving that Hollywood’s elite can party with a purpose. Despite skipping out on his own party (at least for now), the music icon appeared to be having the time of his life, fully immersed in Oscar magic In the meantime, Elton got his live music fix at the ceremony, enjoying performances by Cynthia Erivo , Ariana Grande , and RAYE Meanwhile, Conan O'Brien, 61, is making his debut as Oscars host, after joking: 'I only agreed to host so that I could get invited.

' This year's ceremony has an unusually unsettled field in many of the most high-profile categories, including best picture and most of the acting categories. Emilia Pérez leads the nominations this year with 13, including for best picture, actress (for Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (for Zoe Saldaña), director (for Jacques Audiard), adapted screenplay and original song. The Brutalist landed in second place with 10 nominations, including for best picture, director (for Brady Corbet), actor (for Adrien Brody ), supporting actor (for Guy Pearce ), supporting actress (for Felicity Jones ), and original screenplay.

Wicked tied it for 10 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Cynthia Erivo), and supporting actress (for Ariana Grande). Other best pictures nominees include Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance. Oscar winners 2025 full list - see who received honors for this year's Academy Awards Best Picture Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys The Substance Wicked Emilia Pérez leads this year's Oscar nominees with 13, including for best picture, actress, supporting actress and director Best Director Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez Sean Baker — Anora 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 Demi Moore — The Substance Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here The Substance has been nominated for numerous Oscars, including Best Actress for Demi Moore 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 The Brutalist came in second place with 10 nods, including for best picture, actor (Adrien Brody), supporting actor (Guy Peare) and supporting actress (Felicity Jones) 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 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 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 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 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 Flow is nominated for both International Feature Film and Animated Feature Film Documentary Short Film Death by Numbers I Am Ready, Warden Incident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the Orchestra - WINNER I nternational 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) Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg's drama A Real Pain 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 Achievement in Film Editing Anora — Sean Baker - WINNER The Brutalist — David Jancso Conclave — Nick Emerson Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling Wicked — Myron Kerstein Anora is nominated for several Oscars, including best picture, actress, supporting actor, director, screenplay and editing Visual Effects Alien: Romulus Better Man Dune: Part Two - WINNER Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wicked Oscars Elton John Ariana Grande Cynthia Erivo Share or comment on this article: Elton John attends the Oscars 2025 ceremony while his own viewing party gets underway just blocks away e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted.

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