After Timothée Chalamet took aim at the ballet and opera communities, that was pretty much all the 2026 Oscar attendees could speak about. "Security is extremely tight tonight," host Conan O'Brien opened his Sunday, March 15, monologue. "I'm told there's concerns about a tax from both the opera and ballet communities." Chalamet, nominated for leading actor for his role in Marty Supreme, recently proclaimed that he wasn't interested in either art form. "Some people want to be entertained quickly.