Kieran Culkin has a ludicrously capacious request for his wife.
As the A Real Pain star accepted the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Oscars, he knew it was the best time to reveal his and Jazz Charton’s upcoming family plans. And it all began after his win at the 2023 Emmys.
“About a year ago, I was on a stage like this and I very stupidly, publicly said that I wanted a third kid from her because she said if I won the award, she would give me the kid,” Kieran—who shares kids Kinsey, 5, and Wilder, 3, with the model—began with a statuette in his hand March 2. “Turns out she said that because she didn't think I was going to win.”
“After the show, we're walking through a parking lot,” he recalled of the evening when he won Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for Succession. “She's holding the Emmy. We're trying to find her car. And she goes, ‘Oh God, I did say that! I guess I have to give you a third kid.” (See all the winners here.)
However, Kieran had his eyes on an even bigger family, admitting that he really wanted four kids.
“She turned to me,” he continued, “and she said, ‘I will give you four when you win an Oscar.’ I held my hand out. She shook it, and I have not brought it up once until just now. You remember that, honey?”
“I just have this to say to you, Jazz, love of my life, yee little faith,” he concluded. “No pressure. I love you. I'm really sorry I did this again and let's get cracking on those kids. What do you say? I love you!
Although he couldn’t help but be excited for the future, he was also sure to thank those around him for his first-ever Oscar win in the Jesse Eisenberg-written film. (He was also up against Anora’s Yura Borisov, A Complete Unknown’s Edward Norton, The Brutalist’s Guy Pearce and The Apprentice’s Jeremy Strong.)
“Jesse Eisenberg, thank you for this movie,” Kieran gushed. “You're a genius. I would never say that to your face. I'm never saying it again. So soak it up. Thank you for this movie.”
Read on to see all the winners at the 2025 Oscars.
Best Picture
WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
WINNER: Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I’m Still Here
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
WINNER: Zoé Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
Best Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov - Anora
WINNER: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Best Directing
WINNER: Sean Baker - Anora
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mike Marino, Dave Presto and Crystal Jurado - A Different Man
Julia Floch Carbonel & Simon Livet - Emilia Pérez
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton & David White - Nosferatu
WINNER: Pierre-Olivier Persin - The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount - Wicked
Best Live Action Short
A Lien
WINNER: I’m Not a Robot
Anuja
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best International Feature Film
WINNER: I’m Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Best Film Editing
WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best Costume Design
Arianne Phillips - A Complete Unknown
Lisy Christy - Conclave
Janty Yates - Gladiator II
Linda Muir - Nosferatu
WINNER: Paul Tazewell - Wicked
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Sean Baker - Anora
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain
Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder - September 5
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jay Cocks & James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
WINNER: Peter Straughan - Conclave
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi - Emilia Pérez
Joslyn Barnes & RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar - Sing Sing
Best Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
WINNER: Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Best Sound
A Complete Unknown
WINNER: Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Production Design
Judy Becker - The Brutalist
Suzie Davies & Roberta Federico - Conclave
Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau & Patrice Vermette - Dune: Part Two
Beatrice Brentnerova, Paul Ghirardani & Craig Lanthorp - Nosferatu
WINNER: Nathan Crawley - Wicked
Best Original Song
WINNER: “El Mal” written by Clement Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard, performed by Zoé Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascon - Emilia Pérez
“The Journey” written by Diane Warren, performed by H.E.R. - The Six Triple Eight
"Like a Bird" written by Adrian Quesada and Abraham Alexander- Sing Sing
“Mi Camino” written by Clement Ducol & Camille, performed by Selena Gomez & Edgar Ramirez - Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late” written by written by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin, and Andrew Watt, performed by Elton John - Elton John: Never Too Late
Best Original Score
WINNER: The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Lol Crawley - The Brutalist
Greig Fraser - Dune: Part Two
Paul Guilhaume - Emilia Pérez
Edward Lachman - Maria
Jarin Blaschke - Nosferatu
Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER: Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
WINNER: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Best Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries
WINNER: No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Best Documentary Short Film
I Am Ready, Warden
Death By Numbers
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
WINNER: The Only Girl in the Orchestra