In a night shrouded in expectation, Guillermo del Toro, Jordan Peele, Gary Oldman and Frances McDormand came away with the most coveted award in the industry.
Among the night’s big winners, Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale won the Oscar for Best Picture for their movie, Shape of Water. The movie is set in 1962 in a United States secret government laboratory. The lab focuses on developing technology that will help beat the Soviet Union in the Cold War. When the mute janitor Elisa meets an odd looking fish creature, her life is changed forever. This was the fourth nomination for del Toro and his first Oscar.
Other notable winners included Gary Oldman, who won Actor in a Leading Role for the movie, Darkest Hour, Frances McDormand, for Actress in a Leading Role in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson for Animated Feature Film, Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Music (Original Song) from the movie, Coco, and Jordan Peele for Writing (Original Screenplay), Get Out.
Oscar Host Jimmy Kimmel, opened up the night with a few jokes, addressing last year’s envelope mishap that had presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly named La La Land the Best Picture winner when it was supposed to be Moonlight.
Kimmel also addressed the social movements, Time’s Up and Me Too, and addressed Harvey Weinstein’s expulsion from the Academy’s ranks last year due to the sexual harassment allegations. Several celebrities who attended such as Whoopi Goldberg, Jane Fonda and Lin-Manuel Miranda wore a pin to show their support against sexual harassment and in support of gun control.
One of the notable performances that night came from Keala Settle’s emotional performance of This is Me from the movie, The Greatest Showman. Settle’sawe-inspiringg musical number was so impactful that she started to break down in the middle of the song. Settle made it through however and she was not singing alone. She was backed by a full chorus and dancers that made Viola Davis dance so hard that part of her dress started to fall off.
The full winner’s list from the 2018 Oscars:
Best Picture-Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, 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
Animated Feature Film- Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson, Coco
Cinematography-Roger A. Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Costume Design-Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
Directing-Guillermo del Toro, Shape of Water
Documentary (Feature)-Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan, Icarus
Documentary (Short Subject)-Frank Stiefel, Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Film Editing-Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Foreign Language Film-Sebastián Lelio, A Fantastic Woman
Makeup and Hairstyling-Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick, Darkest Hour
Music (Original Score)-Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Music (Original Song)-Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, “Remember Me” From Coco
Production Design-Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin, The Shape of Water
Short Film (Animated)-Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, Dear Basketball
Short Film (Live Action)-Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton, The Silent Child
Sound Editing-Richard King and Alex Gibson, Dunkirk
Sound Mixing-Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten, Dunkirk
Visual Effects-John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover, Blade Runner 2049
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)-James Ivory, Call Me by Your Name
Writing (Original Screenplay)-Jordan Peele, Get Out
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