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No surprise to kick things off: Best Supporting Actor is Kieran Culkin, who has swept the board at basically every awards leading up to this. Last year's winner, Robert Downey Jr., presents.
We've just seen the first reference to the "Oz cinematic universe." Can we not, please?
"Flow," the little Latvian cat movie, has won the Oscar for best animated movie, beating "The Wild Robot," "Inside Out 2" and more. Here's @npr's review.
"In the Shadow of the Cypress" is best animated short. Here's a conversation with the filmmakers from Skwigly magazine.
Best costume designer is Paul Tazewell for "Wicked." Check out this @HarpersBAZAAR interview with him, hair and makeup artist Frances Hannon, and production designer Nathan Crowley.
Best original screenplay: Sean Baker for "Anora." Here's @TheWrap's interview with him from earlier this month. This is the first win for the director of “Tangerine,” “The Florida Project” and “Red Rocket.”
They're coming thick and fast now: Peter Straughan takes best adapted screenplay for "Conclave," which he adapted from a Robert Harris novel.
Best makeup and hair goes to body horror "The Substance." Here's Backstage's interview with Pierre Olivier Persin, who used practical makeup and prosthetics to create the transformation.
"Wicked" costume designer Paul Tazewell is the first Black man to win an Oscar in this category. He told the press:
“This is the pinnacle of my career. I've been doing costumes for over 35 years. The whole way through there was never a Black male designer that I saw that I could follow, that I could see as inspiration. To realize that that's actually me, it became a 'Wizard of Oz' moment, there's no place like home. To come back to the inspiration being inside of me is really remarkable.”
#Oscars #AcademyAwards #Film #Cinema #CostumeDesign #Wicked #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon
It's Oscar No. 2 this evening for "Anora"'s Sean Baker, who adds best editing to his best original screenplay award. “Slava Ukraine," presenter Daryl Hannah said as she announced the win. It's the first political comment of the evening.
Zoe Saldaña is best supporting actress for "Emilia Perez." Here's the review from Roger Ebert.
“My grandmother came to this country in 1961. I am a proud child of immigrant parents with dreams and dignity and hard working hands. I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy award and I know I won’t be the last,” said Zoe Saldaña, accepting the best supporting actress Oscar.
A second award for Emilia Pérez: Best original song for "El Mal," which was presented to Camille and Clément Duco by Mick Jagger.
Best documentary short: “The Only Girl in the Orchestra,” which celebrates Orin O’Brien, the double bassist who became the only woman in the New York Philharmonic when she was hired in 1966 by Leonard Bernstein. Here's a review from Violinist (the movie is available on Netflix).
"No Other Land," wins best documentary. It's a searing look at the war in Gaza and still does not have American distribution. Here's more from @IndieWire
The Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers behind "No Other Land" delivered their best documentary feature acceptance speech together, starting with Basel Adra.
“No Other Land reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades and still persists as we call for the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice, and stop the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people,” he said.
Co-director Yuval Abraham continued: “We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together, our voices are stronger. We see each other, the atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people that must end. The Israeli hostages taken on October 7 that must be freed. We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law, and he is under military law… As I am here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? That my people can't be truly safe if his people aren't truly safe and free? It's not too late for life and the living. There is no other way.”
"Dune: Part Two" picks up two Oscars in quick succession: Best sound and best visual effects. Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Richard King talked to A Sound Effect about his work.
"The Brutalist" gets its first win of the evening for cinematography. Here's cinematographer Lol Crawley talking to @Variety about why he shot in VistaVision.
Best international feature film is Brazil's "I'm Still Here." We're still salty that "Kneecap" didn't get a nomination, but we're sure they'll cope. Here's @RollingStone's review of the movie.
Why didn't Michelle Trachtenberg make it into the In Memoriam section? @vanityfair's Anthony Breznican explains it thus:
"There's always an outcry over the In Memoriam segment at the Oscars. Fans always find someone who was left out, and this year the outcry is over Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Harriet the Spy (1996), Ice Princess (2005) and EuroTrip (2004), among other films.
"The producers of the Oscar telecast don't compile the list of people who are recognized. That job is done by a committee, in part to spare the producers from being lobbied by the representatives, families and fans of Hollywood figures who have passed.
"The In Memoriam portion of the show also typically has a cut-off that's roughly a month before the awards ceremony. Exceptions tend to be made when a major star, like Gene Hackman, dies in the interim.
"This committee will likely consider Trachtenberg for next year, although anyone's inclusion is never guaranteed."
Adrien Brody wins his second best actor Oscar for "The Brutalist," 22 years after he won for "The Pianist." Here's his conversation with @Variety about the movie, and how he isn't a typical leading man. “I’ve had to prove that the leading man can be unusual and unique and not typically handsome,” he explains. “But oftentimes, somewhat nondescript-looking choices are easier. Safer.”
That's a third Oscar for Sean Baker, who won best director for "Anora." If he takes home best film, he'll tie with Walt Disney as an individual who has won four Academy Awards in the same year.
@CultureDesk @Variety I wonder what will happen if he plays "The Brutal Pianist"?
@CultureDesk That reminds me of Daniel Baremboim and Mr. Said who foun ded a Palestinian-Israeli Orchestra. They do more por peace than 1000 politicians.