Finally, Hollywood’s biggest night of the year ended smoothly and without any mix-ups! Well, these are Oscars for you. It was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Guillermo del Toro's the shape of water bagged the highest number of awards including Best Picture statuette along with the Best Director award. The story is about a janitor who is mute, who falls in love with an aquatic creature. Keeping the atmosphere light and humorous the host Jimmy Kimmel joked "We will always remember this year as the year men screwed up so badly, women started dating fish,"
The Best Actress award for revenge drama was given to Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Gary Oldman won the Best actor award for his role in Winston Churchill’s biopic The Darkest Hour. The
Jordan Peele, in his first-ever Oscar nomination, became the first African-American to win an Academy Award for 'Get Out'. He wrote and directed the movie which grossed $255 million on a $4.5 million budget. In his acceptance speech, he said, "Everybody who bought a ticket, who told somebody to buy a ticket, thank you".
Here is a list of all the winners
BEST PICTURE- The Shape of Water
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE- Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE- Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE- Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE- Allison Janney, I, Tonya
BEST DIRECTOR- The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY- Call Me by Your Name
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY- Get Out
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING- Darkest Hour
COSTUME DESIGN- Phantom Thread
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE- Icarus
SOUND EDITING- Dunkirk
SOUND MIXING- Dunkirk
PRODUCTION DESIGN- The Shape of Water
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM- A Fantastic Woman, Chile
ANIMATED SHORT FILM- Dear Basketball
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM- Coco
VISUAL EFFECTS- Blade Runner 2049
FILM EDITING- Dunkirk
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT- Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM - The Silent Child
CINEMATOGRAPHY- Blade Runner 2049
ORIGINAL SCORE- The Shape of Water
ORIGINAL SONG- "Remember Me," Coco