㽶ƵֱGreen Book㽶Ƶֱ 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㽶Ƶֱs the second time Cuaron has won an Oscar as best director. He previously won in 2014 for 㽶ƵֱGravity.㽶Ƶֱ His film 㽶ƵֱRoma㽶Ƶֱ 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 㽶ƵֱThe Favourite.㽶Ƶֱ
It㽶Ƶֱs 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㽶Ƶֱs Oscars. Colman gave a special shout-out to Close, who she said she has admired all her life.
She thanked 㽶ƵֱThe Favourite㽶Ƶֱ 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, 㽶ƵֱThis is not going to happen again.㽶Ƶֱ
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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 㽶ƵֱBlacKkKlansman.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶ƵֱGuys! Guys!㽶Ƶֱ, he shouted, gesturing for his peers to join him for a photo as he held his Oscar in one hand and the notes he㽶Ƶֱd 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㽶Ƶֱd leaped into on stage.
㽶ƵֱSam!㽶Ƶֱ He called, as Jackson made his way to Lee㽶Ƶֱs 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㽶Ƶֱs Freddie Mercury in 㽶ƵֱBohemian Rhapsody.㽶Ƶֱ
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㽶Ƶֱt 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㽶Ƶֱs 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.
㽶Ƶֱ Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Brooke Lefferts at the Oscars.
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7:25 p.m.
㽶ƵֱShallow㽶Ƶֱ from 㽶ƵֱA Star Is Born㽶Ƶֱ has won the Academy Award for best original song.
㽶ƵֱShallow㽶Ƶֱ 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 㽶ƵֱBlack Panther㽶Ƶֱ composer Ludwig Goransson.
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7:15 p.m.
㽶ƵֱBlacKkKlansman㽶Ƶֱ 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㽶Ƶֱs 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.
㽶ƵֱGreen Book㽶Ƶֱ has won the Oscar for original screenplay.
The winners are Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly.
㽶ƵֱGreen Book㽶Ƶֱ is based on the real-life story of Vallelonga㽶Ƶֱs 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.
㽶ƵֱGreen Book㽶Ƶֱ 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.
㽶ƵֱFirst Man㽶Ƶֱ 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㽶Ƶֱs moon landing. It㽶Ƶֱs the second Oscar for Lambert and Hunter, the first for the other two men.
Other nominees in the category were 㽶ƵֱAvengers: Infinity War,㽶Ƶֱ 㽶ƵֱChristopher Robin,㽶Ƶֱ 㽶ƵֱReady Player One,㽶Ƶֱ and 㽶ƵֱSolo: A Star Wars Story.㽶Ƶֱ
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6:35 p.m.
Even among A-List actors it㽶Ƶֱs good to be a rock star.
During the commercial break after 㽶ƵֱBohemian Rhapsody㽶Ƶֱ 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㽶Ƶֱs 㽶ƵֱWe Will Rock You㽶Ƶֱ that had the star-studded audience dancing, clapping, grinning and singing along.
㽶Ƶֱ Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton on Twitter) inside the Dolby Theatre
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6:30 p.m.
Everyone㽶Ƶֱs favouriteneighbourhood webslinger is now an Oscar winner 㽶Ƶֱ 㽶ƵֱSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse㽶Ƶֱ 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 㽶ƵֱGreen Book.㽶Ƶֱ
It㽶Ƶֱs the second Oscar for Ali, who won in the same category in 2017 for 㽶ƵֱMoonlight.㽶Ƶֱ In 㽶ƵֱGreen Book㽶Ƶֱ 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㽶Ƶֱs 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㽶Ƶֱs 㽶ƵֱRoma㽶Ƶֱ is the winner of the best foreign language film at the Oscars.
Other films of director Alfonso Cuaron have won Academy Awards, but 㽶ƵֱRoma㽶Ƶֱ now becomes the first film from Mexico to win the Oscar for best foreign language film. The movie㽶Ƶֱs dialogue is in Spanish and Mixtec.
It is Cuaron㽶Ƶֱs 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 㽶ƵֱThe Favourite㽶Ƶֱ and its Queen Anne㽶Ƶֱs 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㽶Ƶֱs gown covered with stuffed rabbits.
The laughter continued as McCarthy explained that a costumer㽶Ƶֱs job is to present authentic dress for actors but 㽶Ƶֱnever distract from the story.㽶Ƶֱ
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㽶Ƶֱs envelope with a bunny puppet attached to one of her hands.
The Oscar went to Ruth E. Carter, costumer for 㽶ƵֱBlack Panther.
Carter says: 㽶ƵֱMarvel may have created the first black superhero but through costume design we turned him into an African king.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶Ƶֱ Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) and John C. Rogers at the Oscars.
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5:40 p.m.
㽶ƵֱBlack Panther㽶Ƶֱ 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 㽶ƵֱBlack Panther㽶Ƶֱ 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 㽶ƵֱBlack Panther㽶Ƶֱ 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 㽶ƵֱAmistad㽶Ƶֱ and 㽶ƵֱMalcolm X.㽶Ƶֱ
She took the stage saying 㽶ƵֱWow, wow, I got it.㽶Ƶֱ She said the award has been a long time coming.
Carter thanked Spike Lee, who provided her career start with his 1988 film 㽶ƵֱSchool Daze.㽶Ƶֱ
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5:15 p.m.
㽶ƵֱFree Solo㽶Ƶֱ has won the best documentary feature Academy Award.
The film follows elite rock-climber Alex Honnold㽶Ƶֱs 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 㽶Ƶֱfor everyone who believes in the impossible.㽶Ƶֱ
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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 㽶ƵֱIf Beale Street Could Talk.㽶Ƶֱ
It㽶Ƶֱs 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 㽶ƵֱWe Will Rock You.㽶Ƶֱ
The intro is a tribute to best picture nominee the Freddie Mercury biopic 㽶ƵֱBohemian Rhapsody.㽶Ƶֱ Lambert transitioned into 㽶ƵֱWe Are the Champions㽶Ƶֱ 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