Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book,’ ‘Black Panther’ Win Big

The Universal dramedy won the night – taking home the Best Picture award for the true story of the unlikely friendship that formed between a famous, black classical pianist and the Italian-American bouncer hired to protect him during a 1962 concert tour of the Deep South. GREEN BOOK also took home statues for Best Original Screenplay, with Mahershala Ali winning the Best Supporting Actor award for the second time in three years.

The Marvel superhero film BLACK PANTHER made history on Sunday night. Not only was it the first time a Marvel Studios film won an Oscar, it also marked the first time Best Costume Design was awarded to a black woman and the first win – and nomination – for a black person ever for the Best Production Design category. The film also took home the statue for Best Original Score.

Lady Gaga’s song “Shallow” won for Best Original Song, but it was her intimate duet with co-star Bradley Cooper that got people’s attention. The hit song also earned a Golden Globe Award last month for Best Original Song, as well as two Grammy nominations – one of which it won for Best Song Written for Visual Media. When Gaga accepted the award at the Oscars, she shared an inspiring message for viewers saying: “If you have a dream, fight for it. If there’s a discipline for passion, and it’s not about how many times you get rejected or you fall down or you’re beaten up. It’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep going.”

After 30 years in the industry, Spike Lee was finally able to celebrate an Oscars’ win on Sunday night for BLAKKKLANSMAN’s Best Adapted Screenplay award. Lee has been nominated five times over the course of his career, starting with 1989’s DO THE RIGHT THING. He also received an honorary Oscar in 2016.

Winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was the cherry on top of an impressive awards season run for animated hit SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE. Previous wins include the top animated honors at the Annies, Golden Globes, BAFTA and Producers Guild Awards. While accepting the award, the film’s creators chose to celebrate the movie’s strong focus on representation: “When we hear that somebody’s kid was watching the movie and turned to them and said, ‘He looks like me,’ or ‘They speak Spanish like us,’ we feel like we already won.”

The Neil Armstrong story, directed by Damien Chazelle, took home the visual effects Oscar on Sunday night – marking the second consecutive win for the film’s VFX supervisor Paul Lambert who previously won for last year’s BLADE RUNNER 2049. The film beat out mega hits like AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, READY PLAYER ONE and more to claim the prize.

Regina King is another Oscar winner newbie – taking home the top prize for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the James Baldwin adaptation IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. Following her win, the actress gave an emotional speech while dedicating the win to her mom, who was in the audience, saying: "It's appropriate for me to be standing here, 'cause I'm an example of what it looks like when support and love is poured into someone. Mom, I love you much.”

The Dick Cheney-biopic took home the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar in recognition of Christian Bale's transformation into the former Vice President. Backstage, makeup designer Greg Cannom expressed, “If the makeup didn’t work, the film wouldn’t work… it worked better than I ever thought.”

In a landmark year for Asian representation in film, BAO took home this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short. The film, which premiered before THE INCREDIBLES 2, tells the heartwarming tale of an empty-nester, immigrant mom who gets a second chance at motherhood when her handmade dumpling comes to life. The eight-minute featurette is Pixar’s first female-directed short film and marks the first time a woman of color won this Oscars' category.

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