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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





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