The 91st annual Academy Awards was a night of firsts for many Oscar winners and for the categories in which they won. The evening also delivered a surprise win for “Green Book,” which took home the Oscar for best picture, defeating strong competition from “Roma,” “A Star is Born” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” For the first time in 30 years, there was no host to usher the audience from category to category. The show, instead, started with concert-like performance by Adam Lambert and the band Queen and segued into a pseudo monologue featuring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph.
The glue holding the ceremony together was the announcements made by Randy Thomas, who has been the announcer for the program for the last 10 years. And a passionate musical performance from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, of “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” provided some emotional charge.
The awards ceremony itself celebrated diversity and inclusivity in the breadth of winners who took home the coveted statuette. For the first time awards for best costuming and best production went to African American nominees. Ruth Carter took home the Oscar for best costuming for her work on “Black Panther,” and Hannah Beachler for production design, also for her work on the super hero film.
Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” won best foreign film, marking the first time a Mexican film has ever won in the category. Spike Lee was greeted with a standing ovation as the film industry veteran took the stage to claim his first Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his work on “BlacKkKlansman.” Lee has previously been nominated for best documentary feature in 1998 for “4 Little Girls” and best original screenplay in 1990 for “Do the Right Thing.” He received an honorary Oscar in 2016 for his directorial accomplishments.
“Roma” and “The Favourite” led all films with 10 nominations each. “A Star is Born” and “Vice” followed with eight nominations apiece. “Black Panther,” which scored seven nods, made history by becoming the first comic book movie to land in the best picture race. Disney dominated on the studio front, nabbing a leading 16 nominations for films like “Black Panther,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” and “Incredibles 2.” Fox Searchlight trailed close behind with 15 nominations for “The Favourite,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and “Isle of Dogs.” Netflix followed with 13 nods, picking up its first ever best picture nomination for “Roma.”
And the Winners Are:
BEST PICTURE
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Green Book
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
- Glenn Close, The Wife
- Olivia Colman, The Favourite
- Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
- Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Amy Adams, Vice
- Marina De Tavira, Roma
- Regina King, If Beale Street could talk
- Emma Stone, The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
- Christian Bale, Vice
- Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
- Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
- Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Mahershala Ali, Green Book
- Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
- Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
- Richard E, Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Ne
- Sam Rockwell, Vice
DIRECTOR
- Spike Lee, BlacKkKlanksman
- Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
- Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
- Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
- Adam McKay, Vice
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Favourite
- First Reformed
- Green Book
- Roma
- Vice
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- BlackkKlansman
- Can you ever forgive me?
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star Is Born
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- Incredibles 2
- Isle Of Dogs
- Mirai
- Ralph Breaks The Internet
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
CINEMATOGRAPHER
- Cold WarThe Favourite
- Never Look Away
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
COSTUME DESIGN
- Black Panther
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- The Favourite
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Mary Poppins Returns
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Free Solo
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening
- Minding The Gap
- Of Fathers And Sons
- RBG
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- Black Sheep
- End Game
- Lifeboat
- A Night At The Garden
- Period. End Of Sentence
FILM EDITING
- Barry Alexander Brown,BlacKkKlansman
- John Ottman, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Patrick J. Don Vito, Green Book
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis, The Favourite
- Hank Corwin, Vice
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Capernaum
- Cold War
- Never Look Away
- Roma
- Shoplifters
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- BorderMary
- Queen Of Scots
- Vice
ORIGINAL SCORE
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Isle of Dogs
- Mary Poppins Returns
ORIGINAL SONG
- All The Stars, Black Panther
- I’ll Fight, RBG
- The Place Where Lost Things Go, Mary Poppins
- Shallow, A Star Is Born When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Black Panther
- The Favourite
- First Man
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Roma
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- Animal Behaviour
- Bao
- Late Afternoon
- One Small Step
- Weekends
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- Detainment
- Fauve
- Marguerite
- Mother
- Skin
SOUND EDITING
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- First Man
- A Quiet Place
- Roma
SOUND MIXING
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- First Man
- Roma
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Christopher Robin
- First Man
- Ready Player One
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
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Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Lee, based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace.
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound.
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.
Green Book is a 2018 American comedy-drama film. Set in the Deep South in the 1960s, it follows a tour between African-American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and Tony Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen),[6] an Italian-American bouncer who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard. Won Best Movie!
The film's events take place in 1970 and 1971, predominantly in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Cleo (named after the Cléo character in Agnès Varda's Cléo from 5 to 7) is a maid in the household of Sofia, whose household consists of her husband Antonio, their four young children, Sofia's mother, Teresa, and another maid, Adela.
A Star Is Born is a 2018 American musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper (in his directorial debut) and written by Eric Roth, Cooper and Will Fetters.
Sadly, the little house on Cherry Tree Lane and the grown-up siblings, Michael and Jane Banks, are facing hard times, during the worldwide 1930s Great Slump. However--against the backdrop of a terrible tragedy and imminent foreclosure--once more, the beloved and nearly perfect nanny, Mary Poppins, descends from the skies to lend a hand. Along with the cheerfully resourceful lamplighter, Jack, the Banks are about to embark on a magical adventure--and what is more exciting--they will even get to find happiness again. Is there anything that a dash of optimism can't cure?
Vice is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam McKay. The film stars Christian Bale as former US Vice President Dick Cheney, with Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, and Jesse Plemons in supporting roles. Its plot follows Cheney on his path to become the most powerful Vice President in American history.
ROMA Best Foreign Film
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody Lady Gaga, A Star is Born