One of the wilder Oscar seasons in recent memory - one jolted, to an unknowable extent, by wildfires that devastated Los Angeles in early January, followed by a massive post-nominations scandal that imploded a top contender in late January - came to an end on Sunday night with Neon’s Anora,

The 62-year-old Best Actress nominee who starred in a film about how society prefers younger women lost to a much younger actress.