During the 2018 ceremony, host Jimmy Kimmel acknowledged how long the ceremony had become, by announcing that he would give a brand-new jet ski to whoever gave the shortest speech of the night (a reward won by Mark Bridges when accepting his Best Costume Design award for Phantom Thread.
dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪtiːn sˈɛɹᵻməni, hˈoʊst dʒˈɪmi kˈɪməl ɐknˈɑːlɪdʒd hˌaʊ lˈɔŋ ðə sˈɛɹᵻməni hæd bɪkˈʌm, baɪ ɐnˈaʊnsɪŋ ðæt hiː wʊd ɡˈɪv ɐ bɹˈændnˈuː dʒˈɛt skˈiː tə huːˈɛvɚ ɡˈeɪv ðə ʃˈɔːɹɾɪst spˈiːtʃ ʌvðə nˈaɪt ɐ ɹᵻwˈɔːɹd wˈʌn baɪ mˈɑːɹk bɹˈɪdʒᵻz wɛn ɐksˈɛptɪŋ hɪz bˈɛst kˈɔstuːm dɪzˈaɪn ɐwˈɔːɹd fɔːɹ fˈæntəm θɹˈɛd.