Conan O'Brien channeled his inner Aunt Gladys (Academy Award winner Amy Madigan) to kick off the 98th Academy Awards. SEE ALSO: Wildest moments from Oscars 2026 During a pre-recorded segment, the Oscars host donned the *Weapons*' villain's iconic reg wig and clownish makeup before getting chased down to the Dolby Theater by a troupe of bloodthirsty kids. Along the way, he made several pit stops throughout 2025's Oscar-nominated movies. He darted across the race track in *F1*. He scored a point in a ping pong match against Timothée Chalamet in *Marty Supreme*. He charged across the stage during *Hamnet*'s poignant climax, rode shotgun with *One Battle After Another*'s Benicio del Toro, and even begged *Sinners*' Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) to let him into their juke joint. Plus, he learned Norwegian just to get dressed down by Stellan Skarsgård in *Sentimental Value*. O'Brien may have regretted picking up the new language just for a bit, but we appreciate the effort.…