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The Academy Awards happened last night. There were a plethora of presenters, but no host. Here is the list of movies that took home an Oscar:
- Best Production Design
- Winner: Black Panther
- Best Director
- Winner: Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
- Best Actress
- Winner: Olivia Colman — The Favourite
- Best Actor
- Winner: Rami Malek — Bohemian Rhapsody
- Best Original Song
- Winner: Shallow — A Star Is Born
- Best Original Score
- Winner: Black Panther — Ludwig Goransson
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner: BlacKkKlansman — Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee
- Best Original Screenplay
- Winner: Green Book — Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
- Best Live Action Short Film
- Winner: Skin
- Best Visual Effects
- Winner: First Man
- Best Documentary — Short Subject
- Winner: Period. End of Sentence
- Best Animated Short Film
- Winner: Bao
- Best Animated Feature Film
- Best Supporting Actor
- Winner: Mahershala Ali — Green Book
- Best Film Editing
- Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner: Roma — Mexico
- Best Sound Mixing
- Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody
- Best Sound Editing
- Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody
- Best Cinematography
- Winner: Roma
- Best Costume Design
- Winner: Black Panther
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner: Vice
- Best Documentary — Feature
- Winner: Free Solo
- Best Supporting Actress
- Winner: Regina King — If Beale Street Could Talk
Of course, the big surprise win of the night went to Best Picture. I predicted that Spike Lee’s BlackKklansmen or The Favourite would win. The former because it was the most anti-Trump and it was Spike Lee’s “turn.” The latter because there is nothing Hollywood elitist like more than watching three women bicker during a historical drama. Of course, I was wrong.
Best Picture:
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Roma
- A Star is Born
- Vice
- Winner: Green Book
I have to admit, I’m a little surprised Green Book took the win after the made-up controversy surrounding star Viggo Mortensen.
Of course, the most shocking thing for me is that Avengers: Infinity War got completely snubbed. While it garnered a few meaningless technical nominations, it did not get a single win. Lesser and inferior movies like Roma or First Man scooped up the awards because of Hollywood’s blatant disrespect for the audiences. It should have been at least been nominated for Best Picture and Joe and Anthony Russo should have won for Best Director. Hands down.
Now unbiasedly, the Best Picture award should have gone to A Quiet Place. However, Hollywood hates giving awards to genre films, even one like the John Krasinski and Emily Blunt led film that both audiences and critics (bizarrely) enjoyed.
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