Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, landing Best Picture honours for speechless producer Kwak Sin-ae and filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, who also took home the statue for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film. It was the first time a non-English movie won Best Picture.
In the individual acting categories, Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for Judy — sweeping the awards season after also garnering a Golden Globe, a SAG award and a BAFTA for her performance — and Joaquin Phoenix landed Best Actor for Joker.
Like the 2020 SAG Awards in January, the 2020 Oscars were host-free this year. The 2019 Oscars also aired without an emcee after Kevin Hart stepped down from the gig following criticism of homophobic tweets in his past. Meanwhile, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais has taken to Twitter to share his thoughts on the 2020 ceremony.
Janelle Monáe — with a little help from red-carpet showman Billy Porter — opened the ceremony with an original number that called out snubbed talent and productions like Eddie Murphy and his comeback film Dolemite Is My Name. And later in the show, rapper Eminem dropped a surprise performance of his song Lose Yourself from 2002 movie 8 Mile.
On a more somber note, during the in memorium segment, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognised the late Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant, who along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others died in a helicopter crash in California on Jan. 26. Bryant, 41, won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Dear Basketball, which focuses on “the inspiring story of one little boy living out his basketball dream.” Against a starry backdrop and accompanied by piano, singer Billie Eilish performed the Beatles’ “Yesterday” to recognize Bryant and others lost since the 2019 Oscars, including Kirk Douglas, who died at age 103 on Wednesday. However, the commemoration left out “Beverly Hills 90210” alum Luke Perry, who died in March 2019, and Cameron Boyce, who died last summer.
The Academy Awards ceremony aired live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on ABC.
The full list of winners and nominees appears below.
Best Picture:
WINNER: “Parasite”
“Ford v Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
Best Actress:
WINNER: Renée Zellweger, “Judy”
Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
Best Actor:
WINNER: Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
Best Director:
WINNER: Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Todd Phillips, “Joker”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
Best Original Song:
WINNER: “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” “Rocketman”
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” “Toy Story 4”
“I’m Standing With You,” “Breakthrough”
“Into the Unknown,” “Frozen 2”
“Stand Up,” “Harriet”
Best Original Score:
WINNER: “Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best International Feature Film:
WINNER: South Korea, “Parasite”
France, “Les Misérables”
North Macedonia, “Honeyland”
Poland, “Corpus Christi”
Spain, “Pain and Glory”
Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
WINNER: “Bombshell”
“Joker”
“Judy”
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
“1917”
Best Visual Effects:
WINNER: “1917”
“Avengers: Endgame”
“The Irishman”
“The Lion King”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best Film Editing:
WINNER: “Ford v. Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Parasite”
Best Cinematography:
WINNER: “1917”
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“The Lighthouse”
“Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
Best Sound Mixing:
WINNER: “1917”
“Ford v. Ferrari”
“Joker”
“Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
“Ad Astra”
Best Sound Editing:
WINNER: “Ford v. Ferrari”
“Joker”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best Supporting Actress:
WINNER: Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
Best Documentary Short Subject:
WINNER: “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)”
“In the Absence”
“Life Overtakes Me”
“St. Louis Superman”
“Walk Run Cha-Cha”
Best Documentary Feature:
WINNER: “American Factory”
“The Cave”
“The Edge of Democracy”
“For Sama”
“Honeyland”
Best Costume Design:
WINNER: “Little Women”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
Best Production Design:
WINNER: “Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“1917”
“Parasite”
Best Live Action Short Film:
WINNER: “The Neighbors’ Window”
“Brotherhood”
“Nefta Football Club”
“Saria”
“A Sister”
Best Adapted Screenplay:
WINNER: Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”
Steve Zaillian, “The Irishman”
Anthony McCarten, “The Two Popes”
Todd Phillips and Scott Silver, “Joker”
Greta Gerwig, “Little Women”
Best Original Screenplay:
WINNER: Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin-won, “Parasite”
Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
Rian Johnson, “Knives Out”
Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, “1917”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
Best Animated Short Film:
WINNER: “Hair Love”
“Daughter”
“Kitbull”
“Memorable”
“Sister”
Best Animated Feature:
WINNER: “Toy Story 4”
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
“I Lost My Body”
“Klaus”
“Missing Link”
Best Supporting Actor:
WINNER: Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood”
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
(Text courtesy of New York Post)
