And the longest Oscar speech goes to Adrien Brody

LOS ANGELES - Best Actor winner Adrien Brody on March 2 broke the record for the longest Oscar acceptance speech, as the lengthy Academy Awards show suffered a small ratings dip. It reached some 18 million viewers on American network ABC and streamer Hulu.

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Despite promising to be "brief" on multiple occasions during his marathon monologue, The Brutalist star clocked a whopping five minutes and 40 seconds on stage, surpassing an eight-decade-old record.

The ceremony itself - in which low-budget indie film Anora clinched five Oscars, including Best Picture overran to nearly four hours.

Late British star Greer Garson, who took home Best Actress for American romantic war drama Mrs Miniver in 1943, had held the record with a speech lasting five minutes and 30 seconds, according to the Guinness World Records website.

The Academy introduced time limits and the practice of "playing off" winners with music following Garson's speech. But Brody on March 2 ordered the orchestra to stop.

"Please, turn the music off. I've done this before," said the 51-year-old, who won Best Actor in 2003 for biographical film The Pianist.