Oscars 2019: Winners list, live coverage of Academy Awards ceremony
They were the favourites to win the Oscar for Best Picture but Bohemian Rhapsody and Black Panther were beaten in a shock result for the Academy Awards’ highest honour. SEE ALL THE WINNERS
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They were the favourites to win the Oscar for Best Picture but Bohemian Rhapsody and Black Panther were beaten in a shock result for the Academy Awards’ highest honour.
Green Book was named Best Picture in an Oscars that was - for the first time - without a host, and with some serious surprises.
Australia’s only Oscar hopes this year, The Favourite writing duo Tony McNamara and Fiona Crombie, also lost out in their categories for Production Design and Original Screenplay.
One of the co-writers of Green Book dismissed criticism from the family of the man whose story it tells.
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Speaking backstage at the Oscars, Nick Vallelonga, who based the story on his father’s experiences driving the black concert pianist Don Shirley through America’s segregated south in the 1960s, described himself as “a standup guy”.
He said he had written the story without consulting Dr Shirley’s family at his direction, and that he “didn’t know they existed until after the film”.
“He told me the story that he wanted to tell, he protected his private life,” Vallelonga said after winning.
“He told me, ‘if you are going to tell your story you tell it from your father’,... also don’t tell it until I pass away.
“I personally was not allowed to speak to his family per his wishes.”
After the awards were done and dusted, Spike Lee cradled a glass of champagne in one hand and his first Oscar in the other as he declared he would not have won if it wasn’t for the #oscarssowhite movement of recent years.
Lee won Best Adapted Screenplay for the comedy biopic BlacKkKlansman, but said he also deserved to have won Best Picture and explained his unhappy reaction, which was caught on film, when Green Book won.
“I thought I was courtside at the (Madison Square) Garden and the ref made a bad call,” he said to reporters in a press conference.
RAMI’S OSCAR GLORY
He’s won just about every award and now, Rami Malek has claimed an Oscar for his starring role as Freddie Mercury.
Bohemian Rhapsody continued its winning streak with Malek, 37, who described being awarded for his transformational role as Queen-frontman Freddie Mercury as a “monumental moment”
“I may not have been the obvious choice but I guess it worked out,” Malek said.
“Thank you Queen, thank you guys for allowing me to be the tiniest part of your phenomenal your extraordinary legacy - I am forever in your debt.”
But the night’s biggest upset came when Glenn Close lost to British actress Olivia Colman for Best Actress.
Close had been considered a solid favourite for her role in The Wife, and with her seventh Oscar nomination holds the record for most nominations without a win. Her first was in 1983 for The World According To Garp.
Colman was teary as she offered thanks to her co-stars and the creators of the royal farce, The Favourite, drawing laughs and applause as she blew kisses to her fellow nominees and also poked her tongue out in a raspberry at organisers who tried to hurry her off the stage.
IN THE SHALLOW
In one of the most anticipated moments of this year’s Oscars, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper have given an emotional performance of Shallow.
Gaga, 32, and Bradley Cooper, 44, drew a standing ovation when they reprised an intimate version of Shallow, from A Star is Born, shortly before it won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
In a teary acceptance speech for that award, Gaga thanked Cooper, who played weathered country star Jackson Maine to Gaga’s rising star Ally in the much-loved remake of A Star Is Born.
“There is not a single person on the planet who could have sung this with me but you, thank you so much for believing in us,” Gaga said to Cooper, as he sat beaming in the audience.
Gaga has won a slew of awards for the song, co-written with Mark Ronson, including a Grammy and Emmy, and she spoke of the toll and reward of creative work.
“All I have to say is that this is hard work,” Gaga said.
“I have worked hard for a long time, and it’s not about winning, but what it’s about is not giving up.
“If you have a dream, go for it..
“It’s not about how many times you get rejected its about how many times you.. stand up and you are brave.”
During their very A Star Is Born-esque performance, Gaga didn’t indulge a costume change from her classic Audrey Hepburn-channelling black Alexander McQueen gown, taking Cooper’s hand as the pair casually walked to the stage from their front row seats for the highly-charged duet.
Shallow was one of the most anticipated moments of the ceremony, as it was the first time Gaga and Cooper have performed during awards season as a duet.
Cooper, who directed, co-wrote and starred in the tragic love story about the price of fame, admitted during a red carpet interview that he was “very nervous” about performing today.
There was no introduction necessary for the performance, which began with piano chords on an empty stage.
Cooper then accompanied Gaga from the audience to the stage.
As he started standing next to a microphone, Gaga sat and watched. She then moved behind the piano for her solo, including the signature, soaring chorus, after which Cooper joined her, crooning at her side.
WAYNE’S WORLD, EXCELLENT
The Oscars had a surprise appearance from the stars of Wayne’s World, as Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Panther and Roma battle for Academy Awards glory.
Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey of the cult ’90s movie appeared on stage to introduce Bohemian Rhapsody, a nominee for Best Film.
As the characters of Wayne and Garth, the pair famously sang along to the song Bohemian Rhapsody in a scene in the movie Wayne’s World.
KILLER QUEEN
With no host, the 91st Academy Awards opened with a medley by Queen fronted by Adam Lambert.
The ’70s supergroup, whose story was the basis for Best Picture nominee Bohemian Rhapsody, performed We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions to a standing ovation.
For the first time ever, the Oscars didn’t have a host ... so comedy stars Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler opened the show with a string jokes about the controversies surrounding this year’s awards.
SHE’S THE KING
Regina King was named Best Supporting Actress snagging her first Oscar for If Beale St Could Talk.
King was emotional as she accepted her award for the film, based on mid-20th century African American novelist James Baldwin’s book about a woman fighting for justice for her daughter’s partner.
“To be standing here representing one of the greatest artists of our time, James Baldwin, is a little surreal,” King said, in tears as she thanked her mother sitting in the audience.
At a backstage press conference, King she had been buoyed by the support that she received.
“It means so much for me personally because....the love and the lifting up and the support that I have received, it has not just been black people, although the black family has ways lifted me,” King said.
“I feel like I have had so many women who are paving the way, and I feel like I walk in their light and also am creating my own light.”
Best Supporting Actor went to favourite Mahershala Ali, who took his second Oscar in a row for his portrayal of virtuoso pianist Dr Donald Shirley in Green Book.
The civil rights dramatic comedy charts the friendship between a New York bouncer, played by best actor nominee Viggo Mortensen, and Shirley, as they travel America’s segregated south in the 1960s, in a role which he said “pushed me to my ends”.
Meanwhile, Ruth Carter, who won for costume design for Black Panther said at a press conference it was an honour to be the first black person to win an Oscar in her category.
“It just means that we have opened up the door, finally the door is wide open,” she said.
“I hope though my example that this means there is hope.”
AQUAMAN DAZZLES
Both dressed in pink, action star Jason Momoa and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren presented the Oscar for Best Documentary.
The award for makeup and hairstyling went to the team from Vice, who transformed Christian Bale into an overweight former US Vice President Dick Cheney.
In a bizarre move, Best Actress nominee Melissa McCarthy presented the award for Costume Design draped in a three metre-long royal train bedecked with rabbits.
The Favourite, and production designer Fiona Crombie, also nominated for her work on The Favourite, lost to Black Panther which also picked up Best Production Design, while Roma has begun what many suspect will be a winning streak with the awarding of Best Cinematographer to the film’s creator Alfonso Cuaron.
FULL LIST OF OSCARS NOMINEES AND WINNERS:
BEST PICTURE:
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book - WINNER
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
BEST PICTURE: and the winner is … GREEN BOOK.
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
Mmmmm. An interesting result. Definitely a fine movie, but may have won more out of fear of Hollywood bowing to Netflix with Roma, rather than pure, unfettered merit.#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/4FspdpSfJb
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite - WINNER
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: and the winner is … OLIVIA COLMAN for THE FAVOURITE.
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
Biggest upset of the night so far! Glenn Close was believed to be a shoo-in, but got shooed out! Colman did blitz it. Well done she.#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/58GyjTELP9
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Mahershala Ali, Green Book - WINNER
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk - WINNER
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
BEST DIRECTOR:
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma, Alfonso Cuaron - WINNER
Vice, Adam McKay
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee - WINNER
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
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed, Paul Schrader
Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly - WINNER
Roma, Alfonso Cuaron
Vice, Adam McKay
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Never Look Away, Germany
Roma, Mexico - WINNER
Shoplifters, Japan
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: and the winner is … ROMA.
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
And how could it not be? A magnificent movie in ANY language.#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/q1FWjUIR3t
ANIMATED FEATURE:
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - WINNER
ORIGINAL SCORE:
Black Panther - WINNER
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 Returns
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born - WINNER
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence - WINNER
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Cold War, Lukasz Zal
The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel
Roma, Alfonso Cuaron - WINNER
A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: and the winner is … ALFONSO CUARON for ROMA.
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
The director shoots the whole darn thing himself. Whatta gun.#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/73IOFQeBrU
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Free Solo - WINNER
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: and the winner is … FREE SOLO.
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
wow ... whatta doco it was. a victory for vertigo!#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/ULGRparfB3
PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Black Panther - WINNER
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
SOUND MIXING:
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born
BEST SOUND MIXING: and the winner is … BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
they're the killers, Queen!#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/s7IZzneuXR
COSTUME DESIGN:
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther - WINNER
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: and the winner is … BLACK PANTHER!
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
First upset of night ... most had The Favourite favoured. Viva Wakanda!#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/ECiUzofAf8
FILM EDITING:
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
SOUND EDITING:
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
BEST SOUND EDITING: and the winner is … BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
They had to edit out a lot of the bits where Freddie's fangs kept hitting the microphone.#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/hkzZfPaZgD
ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
Animal Behavior
Bao - WINNER
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin - WINNER
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice - WINNER
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING: and the winner is … VICE.#Oscars #Oscars2019 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/XrDUMZdyUm
— Leigh Paatsch (@leighpaatsch) February 25, 2019
VISUAL EFFECTS:
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man - WINNER
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
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