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Conan O’Brien is sending love to Martin Short.
As the former late night host closed the Oscars 2026, he shared a sweet shoutout to his longtime friend.
“It’s been an honor and a joy,” Conan said as he closed the March 15 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre. “We love you, Marty Short, good night.”
Conan’s nod to the Only Murders in the Building star comes less than a month after his daughter Katherine Short died by suicide Feb. 23 at the age of 42.
“It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short," Martin’s rep said in a statement to E! News at the time. “The Short family is devastated by this loss and asks for privacy at this time. Katherine was beloved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought into the world.”
In the weeks since his daughter’s passing, Martin—who shared Katherine, as well as son Oliver, 39, and Henry, 36, with late wife Nancy Dolman—had kept a low profile, pushing back a comedy show he was set to perform alongside costar Steve Martin at the end of last month at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After confirming the show would not go on as planned, the theater confirmed, “Tickets will be honored for a future rescheduled date.”
The death of Martin’s daughter comes just over 15 years after his wife died following a battle with ovarian cancer in 2010. Years later, the Saturday Night Live alum shared insight into dealing with loss in the public eye.
“No one doesn’t have loss,” Martin told Maclean’s magazine in 2014. “No one doesn’t have pain. You have to figure out—you know the sun will rise the next day, that the people closest to you will be preoccupied with the scratch on their car; that’s just the way life works.”
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As he put it, “If your natural orientation is to be happy, you have to then start developing tools to help you get back there.”
For more of what you might have missed at the Oscars 2026, keep reading…
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Ryan Coogler & Paul Thomas Anderson
At this point in the night, the Sinners and One Battle After Another directors were just a couple of auteurs clutching their first-ever Oscars, Coogler for Best Original Screenplay and PTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Kylie Jenner & Timothée Chalamet
Jenner is officially a regular, accompanying Best Actor nominee Chalamet to the Oscars for the second year in a row.
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Teyana Taylor & Cassandra Kulukundis
While fellow attendees started ripping into their snacks, Taylor celebrated One Battle After Another's casting director for winning the first-ever Oscar for Best Casting.
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Jacob Elordi
The Frankenstein star made the rounds in between awards.
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Pedro Pascal & Sigourney Weaver
Weaver's trying and failing not to burst out laughing before the duo headed out to present Best Production Design (to Frankenstein) and Best Visual Effects (to Avatar: Fire & Ash).
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Chase Infiniti & Paul Thomas Anderson
After making her acting debut in One Battle After Another, Infiniti couldn't have been more thrilled over how the night was going.
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Winners for Best Original Song
Mark Sonnenblick tried to keep the commercial break at bay, to no avail, when one of his fellow songwriters was cut off mid-sentence while accepting "Golden's" historic when for Best Original Song.
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Demi Moore & Mikey Madison
Madison may have come out ahead in the Best Actress race last year, but they still enjoyed a reunion of substance.
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Pauline Chalamet & Timothée Chalamet
There was plenty of room for family in the Marty Supreme row, Chalamet's sister joining him and Jenner for a night out.
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Rachel McAdams & Sterling K. Brown
This is not us, but rather two actors having a moment near the makeup chair backstage at the Academy Awards. No need to send help.
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Nicole Kidman
The 2003 Best Actress winner didn't mind whiling away a few more of the hours at the 2026 Oscars.
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Michael B. Jordan & Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio was on hand to celebrate Jordan's golden moment, as he surged in the final days of voting to win Best Actor.
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Oscar
This was taken March 10 during the Governors Ball preview at the Ovation Hollywood Complex, a sneak peek at the glam spot where the winners go to get their statues engraved, but we thought you should see how the sausage, er, chocolate is made.
Watch the Oscars 2026 Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and streaming on Hulu.
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