鈥淕reen Book鈥� is the winner of the Academy Award for best picture.
The film from Universal Pictures stars Mahershala Ali as an African-American concert pianist in the 1960s and Viggo Mortensen as his driver. It won three Oscars on Sunday, including best supporting actor for Ali and best original screenplay.
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8:10 p.m.
Alfonso Cuaron is the winner of the Academy Award for best director.
It鈥檚 the second time Cuaron has won an Oscar as best director. He previously won in 2014 for 鈥淕ravity.鈥� His film 鈥淩oma鈥� is based on his childhood in Mexico and the woman who raised him.
Cuaron has also won two Oscars Sunday night, as well as the best foreign language film for Mexico, its first.
The writer-director dedicated his speech to domestic workers, noting that tens of millions of them work around the world with any rights.
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8 p.m.
Olivia Colman is the winner of the best actress Academy Award for 鈥淭he Favourite.鈥�
It鈥檚 the first Oscar in her first nomination for Colman, who plays Queen Anne. She has won four British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards and two Golden Globes throughout her career.
She beat out Glenn Close, who was considered the front-runner going into Sunday鈥檚 Oscars. Colman gave a special shout-out to Close, who she said she has admired all her life.
She thanked 鈥淭he Favourite鈥� director Yorgos Lanthimos, as well as her co-stars Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.
Colman also thanked her children, who she said she hoped were watching at home. She says, 鈥淭his is not going to happen again.鈥�
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7:50 p.m.
The usually straight-faced Spike Lee was all smiles in the wings of the Dolby Theatre after coming off stage carrying his first competitive Oscar, for adapted screenplay for 鈥淏lacKkKlansman.鈥�
鈥淕uys! Guys!鈥�, he shouted, gesturing for his peers to join him for a photo as he held his Oscar in one hand and the notes he鈥檇 just read onstage in the other.
Then he noticed someone was missing: Samuel L. Jackson, who had just presented him with the award and whose arms he鈥檇 leaped into on stage.
鈥淪am!鈥� He called, as Jackson made his way to Lee鈥檚 side.
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7:45 p.m.
Rami Malek has rocked us, and the film academy, to a best actor Oscar win for his portrayal of Queen鈥檚 Freddie Mercury in 鈥淏ohemian Rhapsody.鈥�
Malek won his first Oscar Sunday night. He was the only first-time nominee in the category.
The actor thanked his mother, who was in the audience Sunday, and also paid tribute to his later father, who he said didn鈥檛 get to see him become a film star.
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7:35 p.m.
History has been made by women at the 91st annual Academy Awards.
With the win of Jamie Ray Newman and Guy Nattiv for live action short film, 13 women captured Oscars on Sunday. The Academy says the previous record was set in 2007 and matched in 2015.
Lady Gaga鈥檚 win with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt put the number at 14.
History-makers were among the winners. Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler became the first African-Americans to win in their respective categories. Carter was awarded for costume design, and Beachler for production design.
鈥� Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Brooke Lefferts at the Oscars.
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7:25 p.m.
鈥淪hallow鈥� from 鈥淎 Star Is Born鈥� has won the Academy Award for best original song.
鈥淪hallow鈥� was written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform it in the film. The song won two Grammy Awards earlier this month.
Gaga effusively thanked the academy and her co-winners, as well her sister and Cooper.
She says it was not about winning, but it was about not giving up and all the times people have to get up after they are knocked down.
The best original score winner was 鈥淏lack Panther鈥� composer Ludwig Goransson.
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7:15 p.m.
鈥淏lacKkKlansman鈥� is the winner of the best adapted screenplay Academy Award, delivering Spike Lee his first competitive Academy Award.
Lee started out his acceptance speech with some profanity, telling producers not to start the clock on his speech. Winners have been allotted 90 seconds for their speech from the time their names are called.
Lee ready from a two-page letter that tied together history and the years 1619 and 2019, along with his own story.
The writer-director shares the award with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott.
Lee received the award from Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in Lee鈥檚 film. Jackson ribbed Lee at the outset of his presentation along with actress Brie Larson, reciting the score of the Knicks game, who notched a rare win Sunday night.
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7:10 p.m.
鈥淕reen Book鈥� has won the Oscar for original screenplay.
The winners are Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly.
鈥淕reen Book鈥� is based on the real-life story of Vallelonga鈥檚 father, who drove African-American pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the 1960s and is played by Viggo Mortensen in the film.
鈥淕reen Book鈥� is also nominated for best picture, and has already won the best supporting actor Oscar for Mahershala Ali, who played Shirley in the film.
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6:55 p.m.
鈥淔irst Man鈥� is the winner of the Oscar for visual effects, beating out films about the Avengers and Han Solo.
Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm take the trophy for recreating Neil Armstrong鈥檚 moon landing. It鈥檚 the second Oscar for Lambert and Hunter, the first for the other two men.
Other nominees in the category were 鈥淎vengers: Infinity War,鈥� 鈥滳hristopher Robin,鈥� 鈥漅eady Player One,鈥� and 鈥淪olo: A Star Wars Story.鈥�
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6:35 p.m.
Even among A-List actors it鈥檚 good to be a rock star.
During the commercial break after 鈥淏ohemian Rhapsody鈥� won Oscars for sound editing and sound mixing, Rami Malek ran from his front-row seat to congratulate the real-life members of Queen.
Sitting several rows back were guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor when Malik, who played their late lead singer Freddie Mercury, raced over to embrace them.
May, with his unmistakable silver curly hair and sparkly tuxedo, has been sought out by members of the Oscar audience throughout the evening.
He, Taylor and Adam Lambert had opened the Oscar show with a rousing version of Queen鈥檚 鈥淲e Will Rock You鈥� that had the star-studded audience dancing, clapping, grinning and singing along.
鈥� Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton on Twitter) inside the Dolby Theatre
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6:30 p.m.
Everyone鈥檚 favouriteneighbourhood webslinger is now an Oscar winner 鈥� 鈥淪pider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse鈥� has won the best animated feature Academy Award. It is the first Marvel superhero film to win an Oscar.
The ground-breaking and mind-bending film about multiple spider-heroes from multiple universes gives Sony Pictures its first Oscar for animated feature, a category that has been dominated by Disney for its 18-year existence.
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6:25 p.m.
Mahershala Ali is the winner of the Academy Award for best supporting actor. The win comes for his performance in 鈥淕reen Book.鈥�
It鈥檚 the second Oscar for Ali, who won in the same category in 2017 for 鈥淢oonlight.鈥� In 鈥淕reen Book鈥� he plays Don Shirley, an African-American classical pianist, who tours the Deep South.
He thanked Shirley at the outset of his acceptance speech, saying telling Shirley鈥檚 story pushed him as an actor.
Ali dedicated his win to his grandmother, who he said is always pushing him to remain positive.
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6:05 p.m.
Mexico鈥檚 鈥淩oma鈥� is the winner of the best foreign language film at the Oscars.
Other films of director Alfonso Cuaron have won Academy Awards, but 鈥淩oma鈥� now becomes the first film from Mexico to win the Oscar for best foreign language film. The movie鈥檚 dialogue is in Spanish and Mixtec.
It is Cuaron鈥檚 second win of the night. Earlier in the ceremony, he won the best cinematography award.
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5:45 p.m.
In a seeming nod to 鈥淭he Favourite鈥� and its Queen Anne鈥檚 affection for bunnies and elaborate dress, Melissa McCarthy had her audience roaring with laughter as she came out to present the award dressed in a huge, white queen鈥檚 gown covered with stuffed rabbits.
The laughter continued as McCarthy explained that a costumer鈥檚 job is to present authentic dress for actors but 鈥渘ever distract from the story.鈥�
She presented the award with Brian Tyree Henry, who was also decked out in an elaborate period dress.
Laughter resumed as she struggled to open the winner鈥檚 envelope with a bunny puppet attached to one of her hands.
The Oscar went to Ruth E. Carter, costumer for 鈥淏lack Panther.
Carter says: 鈥淢arvel may have created the first black superhero but through costume design we turned him into an African king.鈥�
鈥� Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) and John C. Rogers at the Oscars.
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5:40 p.m.
鈥淏lack Panther鈥� has won the Academy Award for production design and made Oscar history for the second time Sunday evening.
Production designer Hannah Beachler is the first African-American winner in the category. Her win came moments after 鈥淏lack Panther鈥� costume designer Ruth E. Carter became the first black winner in that category.
Beachler wins the Oscar along with set designer Jay R. Hart.
Beachler broke down in tears during her acceptance speech, which started out with her thanking 鈥淏lack Panther鈥� director Ryan Coogler.
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5:30 p.m.
Ruth E. Carter has won the Academy Award for costume design and made Oscar history.
Carter is the first African-American costume designer to win the category. Carter has previously been nominated for her work on 鈥淎mistad鈥� and 鈥淢alcolm X.鈥�
She took the stage saying 鈥淲ow, wow, I got it.鈥� She said the award has been a long time coming.
Carter thanked Spike Lee, who provided her career start with his 1988 film 鈥淪chool Daze.鈥�
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5:15 p.m.
鈥淔ree Solo鈥� has won the best documentary feature Academy Award.
The film follows elite rock-climber Alex Honnold鈥檚 attempt to ascend the famed El Capitan rock formation at Yosemite National Park without ropes.
The film was directed and co-produced by the husband-and-wife team of Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. Vasarhelyi thanked National Geographic, and specifically called them out for hiring female directors. She ended her speech by saying the film is 鈥渇or everyone who believes in the impossible.鈥�
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5:10 p.m.
Regina King is the winner of the Academy Award for best supporting actress. The win comes for her performance in 鈥淚f Beale Street Could Talk.鈥�
It鈥檚 the first Oscar and first nomination for King, who has won three Emmy Awards for her work on television.
King thanked author James Baldwin, whose novel is the basis for the film from director Barry Jenkins.
The actress thanked her mother, who was in the audience, and said she is an example of what happens when someone is supported and loved.
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5 p.m.
Queen with Adam Lambert has kicked off the Academy Awards with a rocking performance of 鈥淲e Will Rock You.鈥�
The intro is a tribute to best picture nominee the Freddie Mercury biopic 鈥淏ohemian Rhapsody.鈥� Lambert transitioned into 鈥淲e Are the Champions鈥� for the second song of the opening number, which drew applause from acting nominees Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
Jennifer Lopez and her boyfriend, former pro baseball player Alex Rodriguez, sang along to the opening act, which ended in a shimmering wall of sparks falling on the Oscars stage.
Glenn Close was especially enthusiastic, stomping and singing along with every word in the front row. Three seats down, Rami Malek had a huge grin. Malek is nominated for best actor for his portrayal of Mercury.
The Associated Press
