The 91st Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscar took place last night with a different kind of pomp and pageantry after comedian Kevin Hart bailed out as host for the event.
The night witnessed performances by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Several celebrities were on hand to present the awards in 24 categories.
Green Book won the best picture, Rami Malek won best actor for Bohemian Rhapsody and Olivia Colman won best actress for The Favourite. Alfonso Cuarón won best director and best cinematography for Roma, which also won best foreign language film. And while Spike Lee lost to Alfonso Cuarón the best director category, he did win his first competitive Oscar for best adapted screenplay (with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott).
Black Panther got three wins same as Green Book and Alfonso Cuarón’s film, Roma but the night was carried by Bohemian Rhapsody, which won four of the five categories in which it was nominated.
Below is the full list of the winners.
1. Best Picture
Green Book – Winner
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
2. Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) – Winner
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Pawe? Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Adam McKay (Vice)
3. Best Actress
Olivia Colman (The Favourite) – Winner
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Lady Gaga (A Star is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
4. Best Actor
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) – Winner
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
Viggo Mortensen ( Green Book)
5. Best Supporting Actress
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) – Winner
Amy Adams (Vice)
Marina de Tavira (Roma)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
6. Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (Green Book) – Winner
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliot (A Star is Born)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
7. Best Original Song
Shallow (A Star Is Born) – Winner
All The Stars (Black Panther)
I’ll Fight (RBG)
The Place Where Lost Things Go (Mary Poppins Returns)
When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
8. Best Original Score
Black Panther — Ludwig Goransson – Winner
BlacKkKlansmen — Terence Blanchard
If Beale Street Could Talk — Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs — Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns — Marc Shaiman
9. Best Adapted Screenplay
BlacKkKlansman — Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee – Winner
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Can You Ever Forgive Me? — Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk — Barry Jenkins
A Star is Born — Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters
10. Best Original Screenplay
Green Book — Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly – Winner
The Favorite — Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed — Paul Schrader
Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
Vice — Adam McKay
11. Best Live Action Short Film
Skin – Winner
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
