The Oscars have been rife with controversy for a number of years due to the lack of diversity when it came to winning picks by the Academy. In the last two years though, there seems to have been some obvious effort in including more works and performances by people of colour. We can hardly credit the Academy for this as it was a long time coming, and it took quite a lot of time and raised voices for them to concede, and attempt to be more inclusive.
We suppose you could say that’s progress but old habits do die hard as is apparent from the Best Picture win for this year; Green Book‘s story of a much recycled trope told through the perspective of the classic racist in Jim Crow era America. Even though it depicts what we must think is a wholesome ending of a reluctant friendship forming in the end with the persecuted, but talented African American, it is a tale that has been revisited time and again. Many would have preferred the Oscar to go to multiple award-wining masterpiece, Roma.
On a more positive note, fan favourite movies like Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody snagged some much deserved wins. This is in spite of disgraced director Brian Singer being fired from Bohemian Rhapsody over sexual assault allegations. Though many would disagree, I personally am glad that this didn’t overshadow Rami Malek’s phenomenal performance, that won him the coveted Oscar in his category.
And the show did run quite smoothly albeit without a host. Here are the winners:
Best Picture
Winner: Green Book
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Director
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón — Roma
Spike Lee — BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski — Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos — The Favourite
Adam McKay —Vice
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Olivia Colman — The Favourite
Yalitza Aparicio — Roma
Glenn Close — The Wife
Lady Gaga — A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy — Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Rami Malek — Bohemian Rhapsody
Christian Bale — Vice
Bradley Cooper — A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe — At Eternity’s Gate
Viggo Mortensen — Green Book
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Regina King — If Beale Street Could Talk
Amy Adams — Vice
Marina de Tavira — Roma
Emma Stone — The Favourite
Rachel Weisz — The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Mahershala Ali — Green Book
Adam Driver — BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott — A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant — Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell — Vice
Original Song
Winner: “Shallow” — A Star Is Born
“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
Original Score
Winner: Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
Adapted Screenplay
Winner: BlackKkKlansman
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
Original Screenplay
Winner: Green Book
The Favourite
First Reformed
Roma
Vice
Live Action Short
Winner: Skin
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Visual Effects
Winner: First Man
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Documentary Short Subject
Winner: Period. End of Sentence.
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Animated Short Film
Winner: Bao
Animal Behavior
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
Animated Feature Film
Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Film Editing
Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody
BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
Foreign Language Film
Winner: Roma (Mexico)
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Shoplifters (Japan)
Sound Mixing
Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody
Black Panther
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born
Sound Editing
Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody
Black Panther
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
Cinematography
Winner: Roma
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
A Star Is Born
Production Design
Winner: Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Costume Design
Winner: Black Panther
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner: Vice
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Documentary Feature
Winner: Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
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