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This year’s Oscar winners have been announced.
The films vying for success at the 91st Academy Awards included Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix drama Roma , the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga musical A Star is Born Green Book Mahershala Ali .
The former led with 10 alongside Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourit eVice following close behind with eight.
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book – WINNER
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
Best Director
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma – WINNER
Adam McKay – Vice
Show all 46 1 /46Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Olivia Colman looked regal in an emerald green high-neck dress by Prada with a long grey-coloured train.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet SZA wore a layered asymmetric white corseted dress by Vivienne Westwood on the red carpet.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Black Panther's Michael B. Jordan, Letetia Wright, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Zinzi Evans and Ryan Coogler rocked a cool shade of grey, gold, blush pink and black outfits on the red carpet
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Kiki Layne sported a gigantic bow at the back of her structured baby pink dress, which was custom-made by Atelier Versace.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Emma Stone shone like a ruby in this burgundy and gold-hued Louis Vuitton dress.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Rachel Weisz stood out in a bright red lace floor-length dress by Givenchy complete with a latex top.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Lady Gaga wore a black strapless Alexander McQueen dress with black latex gloves for the event. She teamed the look with the famous canary yellow 'Tiffany' diamond owned by Tiffany & Co. Audrey Hepburn wore the aptly-named diamond in a necklace in publicity photos for Breakfast At Tiffany’s in 1962.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Sarah Paulson stunned in a wide floor-length fuchsia pink dress by Brandon Maxwell on the red carpet.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Lucy Boynton epitomized Hollywood glamour in this purple and black off-the-shoulder number by Rodarte. Malek, meanwhile, opted for a black Saint Laurent tuxedo.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Serena Williams wore a strapless red and black dress by Armani Privé on the red carpet with a slicked back hair do'
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Allison Janney sported a structured V-neck black gown by Pamella Roalnd at the event.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Actors Letitia Wright and Danai Gurira complemented each other's metallic looks perfectly on the red carpet. Wright opted for Haute Couture Dior while Gurira's foil-like gown was from Brock Collection.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Never one to miss out on an opportunity to ooze her sartorial prowess on the red carpet, Jennifer Lopez looked flawless in this high-neck sleeved silver dress by Tom Ford.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Laura Dern kept things simple in this coffee-coloured sweetheart neckline number by Rodarte.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Queen Latifah dazzled in black and midnight blue sequins and Chopard jewellery.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Glenn Close, nominated for best actress, was seemingly inspired by the Oscar statuette for her head-to-toe gold gown by Carolina Herrera that featured a floor-sweeping cape.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Amy Adams wore an understated white column dress for the occassion with Cartier jewellery.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Charlize Theron showcased a new darker hairstyle that contrasted beautifully against her duck-egg blue column dress by Dior.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Brie Larson opted for a metallic silver dress that featured a thigh-high slit and high neck. It was designed by Hedi Slimane for Celine.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Allison Janney wore a plunging structured dress with a tuxedo-style top and trailing skirt and Chopard jewellery.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Regina King, nominated as best supporting actress for her role in 'If Beale Street Could Talk', opted for a white Oscar de la Renta dress with thigh-high split.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Amy Poehler wore a tonal black trouser suit by Alberta Ferretti with a ruffled blouse and wide leg bottoms.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Melissa McCarthy opted for a chic monochromatic trouser suit with matching cape for the occasion.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Billy Porter defied fashion norms on the red carpet with a velvet tuxedo dress designed by Christian Siriano.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Maya Rudolph opted for wallpaper florals with this floor-length gown and matching cape.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Best Supporting Actor nominee Richard E. Grant attended the ceremony with his daughter Olivia wearing a red velvet tuxedo jacket with contrasting lapels.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Japanese organising guru Marie Kondo chose a pale pink lace gown with floral embellishments by Jenny Packham.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Black Panther star Angela Bassett wore bright pink asymmetric gown by Lebanese designer, Reem Acra.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Singer Jennifer Hudson opted for a scarlet one-shoulder gown by Elie Saab with ruffle detailing.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Octavia Spencer attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards wearing an elegant off-the-shoulder gown in navy blue.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Linda Cardellini took the ruffle trend and ran with it for her Oscars look in a dress that cascaded with the detail from top-to-toe.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet James McAvoy opted for a traditional black suit and tie by Prada for the 91st Annual Academy Awards.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Gemma Chan chose a fuschia pink Valentino gown with tiered layers and a Victoriana collar.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Actor Tina Fey attended the awards wearing a royal blue strapless gown by Vera Wang.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Another example of the trouser suit trend, American rapper Awkwafina sported a metallic version by Dsquared2 with a pussy bow blouse.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Singer Kacey Musgraves opted for a pastel pink dress made from voluminous layers of tulle by Giambattista Vali.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Emilia Clarke opted for a chic lavender Balmain gown with ruched detailing.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Model Ashley Graham kept things classic with a form-fitting black dress by Zac Posen.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Roma actor Yalitza Aparicio sported a mint green one-shouldered dress by Rodarte covered in embellishment.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Meagan Good wore a lilac floor-length gown by Georges Chakra with a thigh-high slit and mesh cut-outs
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Crazy Rich Asians actor Michelle Yeoh wore a timeless off-the-shoulder gown by Elie Saab with a sequin bodice and tulle skirt.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Roma star Nancy Garcia opted for a scarlet red dress that featured a floor-sweeping train.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Actor Laura Harrier wore a pastel blue two-piece covered in delicate beading by Louis Vuitton.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Stephan James opted for an eye-catching deep red suit by Ferragamo and white boots.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Fatma Al Remaihi arrived on the red carpet wearing an elegant blue dress that featured a high neck and butterfly embroidery.
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Oscars 2019: Best dressed guests on the red carpet Constance Wu wore a canary yellow gown by Versace,
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Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Glenn Close - The Wife
Olivia Colman – The Favourite – WINNER
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody – WINNER
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – Vice
Marina De Tavira – Roma
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk – WINNER
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali – Green Book WINNER
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott – A Star is Born
Richard E Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell – Vice
Show all 23 1 /23The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Selma Blair For her first red carpet appearance since revealing her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, 'Cruel Intentions' actor Selma Blair wore an ethereal, multi-coloured Ralph and Russo strapless gown with a matching cape. The star also carried a cane, which was personalised to feature her monogram on the handle next to a pink diamond.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez certainly turned heads at the Vanity Fair afterparty, wearing a multi-coloured strapless gown with a thigh split by Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Miley Cyrus stunned at the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty with her husband, actor Liam Hemsworth. The singer wore a plunging black sequinned Saint Laurent gown, which she accessorised with Bulgari jewellery. Hemsworth wore a dapper black suit with a bow tie and velvet lapels, appearing in better health since his recent bout of illness.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Kerry Washington 'Scandal' star Kerry Washington wore a strapless, sheer, tiered Schiaparelli haute couture gown for the Vanity Fair afterparty, paired with simple, silver pumps and a pixie hair do.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Freida Pinto 'Slumdog Millionaire' actor Freida Pinto looked every a star at the Vanity Fair afterparty, wearing an oxblood sequinned plunging Julien Macdonald gown.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas Sophie Turner's look at the Vanity Fair afterparty appeared to take inspiration from the famous Oscar statue, with the 'Game of Thrones' actor dressed in a dazzling Louis Vuitton gold sequinned dress. Her fiancé, Joe Jonas, looked equally as smart in a white suit.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Karl Glusman and Zoe Kravitz Zoe Kravitz attended the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty alongside her partner, actor Karl Glusman. The 'Big Little Lies' actor wore an 18 karat gold top made by Tiffany and Co., pairing it with a long black Saint Laurent skirt, while Glusman wore a black Valentino suit.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Natalie Portman Natalie Portman looked ever-so chic at the Vanity Fair afterparty, wearing a strapless black Dior jumpsuit and diamond necklace.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Melissa McCarthy Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy decided to swap her Brandon Maxwell jumpsuit for something more casual for the Vanity Fair afterparty, donning an Adidas jumpsuit also worn by her husband, actor Ben Falcone.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Chrissy Teigen and John Legend made quite an impression at the Vanity Fair afterparty as they posed with photographers. Teigen wore a feathered, nude Marchesa gown, while Legend donned a stylish black suit by Gucci.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Amy Adams Oscar-nominee Amy Adams changed out of her white, strapless custom Versace gown for the Vanity Fair afterparty, swapping it for a plunging navy blue floor-length gown.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Sarah Paulson 'American Horror Story' star Sarah Paulson opted for a silk fuchsia Brandon Maxwell gown for the Vanity Fair afterparty, complete with pockets. She accessorised with a diamond choker necklace.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Tina Fey Tina Fey, who was on of a trio who opened this year's host-less Oscars, stunned in a strapless maroon J. Mendel gown for the Vanity Fair afterparty. She sneakily wore a pair of converse underneath, ideal for partying into the early hours.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Jeff Goldblum and Emilie Livingston Always one to make a statement on the red carpet, actor Jeff Goldblum stood out at the Vanity Fair afterparty in a wet-look dark grey suit with a light grey high-neck top underneath. His wife, Emilie Livingston, wore a high-neck white gown for the occasion.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sparkled as she attended the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty, wearing a silver, off-shoulder Versace dress with a thigh split.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Ciara Singer Ciara looked effortlessly cool as she arrived at the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty, wearing a silver and blush pink Versace gown for the star-studded event.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Diana Ross and Tracee Ellis-Ross Mother and daughter duo Diana Ross and Tracee Ellis-Ross ruled the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty. Tracee wore a red, one-shoulder Versace gown for the event, while her mother wore a contrasting black, off-shoulder dress.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Gabrielle Union Actor and activist Gabrielle Union was glowing as she attended the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty, donning a blood orange strapless Valentino gown.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Sofia Vergara 'Modern Family' star Sofia Vergara stunned on the red carpet alongside her husband, actor Joe Manganiello. Vergara wore a sheer, feathered and embellished Dolce and Gabbana dress for the Vanity Fair Oscar party, while Manganiello looked dapper in an Isaia suit.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Elizabeth Banks 'Pitch Perfect' star Elizabeth Banks went for a bold look at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, wearing a red crop top and matching billowing skirt by Moniquqe Huillier for the festivities.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Isla Fisher Actor Isla Fisher shone brightly at the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty in a silver, off-shoulder sparkling creation by Jonathan Simkhai. She accessorised with Louboutin heels and Norman Silverman jewellery.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Charlize Theron Charlize Theron opted for periwinkle blue for the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty, wearing an open-back Dior gown for the occasion with her natural blonde locks dyed dark brunette.
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The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Vanity Fair afterparty Emma Roberts Actor Emma Roberts looked every inch a Hollywood star at the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty, wearing a sheer, sparkling off-shoulder gown with gold, strappy heels.
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Original Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book – WINNER
Roma
Vice
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman - WINNER
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born
Original Score
Black Panther – WINNER
Blackkklansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
Original Song
“All the Stars” – Black Panther
“I’ll Fight” – RBG
The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow” – A Star is Born – WINNER
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – WINNER
Foreign Language Film
Capernaum
Cold War
Never Look Away
Roma – WINNER
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Show all 44 1 /44The actors who’ve won the most Oscars The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Anthony Hopkins.jpg Anthony Hopkins picked up his second Oscar for ‘The Father’, beating the late Chadwick Boseman in a shock victory in 2021. Hopkins, who was unable to attend the ceremony in person, had previously won for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Hannibal Lector in Jonathan Demme’s ‘The Silence of the Lambs'
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Renee Zellweger Renée Zellweger won her second Oscar for portraying Judy Garland in 2019’s Judy. The actor had previously won a Best Supporting Actress award for her role in Cold Mountain, back in 2004.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Mahershala Ali Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar after taking home best Supporting Actor his Barry Jenkins' Moonlight. Two years later, he'd win the same trophy for eventual Best Picture winner, Green Book.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Christoph Waltz It was the Austrian-born actor’s long-running collaboration with controversial filmmaker Quentin Tarantino that brought him to the mainstream public consciousness. In Inglourious Basterds, Waltz plays terrifying Nazi colonel Hans Landa, while in Django Unchained, he seems a world apart playing benevolent dentist-cum-bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Both roles were rewarded with Oscars for Best Supporting Actor.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Kevin Spacey Spacey won two Oscars, for The Usual Suspects in 1996 and American Beauty in 2000. After numerous allegations of sexual assault emerged in 2017, the actor was removed from the Ridley Scott film All the Money in the World, and Christopher Plummer was given a Best Supporting Actor nomination after reshooting Spacey’s scenes in his stead.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Hilary Swank Swank won two awards for Best Actress, for Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby. Accepting the award for the former, Swank neglected to thank her then-husband, Chad Lowe. Girls star Lena Dunham would later thank Lowe when she received a Golden Globe in 2013, tweeting that she did it “because Hilary Swank forgot.”
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Vivien Leigh Leigh’s performances as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind in 1939 and as Blanche DuBois in the Tennessee Willimas adaptation A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951 stand as two of the most iconic in film history. The actress was fittingly rewarded for the roles, taking home a Best Actress trophy each time.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Dianne Wiest Wiest appeared in five films by writer-director Woody Allen, winning Best Supporting Actress awards for her roles in Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway. She is currently a regular on the CBS sit-com Life in Pieces.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Peter Ustinov Ustinov was a highly acclaimed performer – with two Academy Awards to his name, for Spartacus and Topkapi – but was in no way limited to acting. Ustinov held a panoply of other occupations, including as a writer, a dramatist, a filmmaker, a director of theatre and opera, a humorist, a newspaper columnist, a radio broadcaster and a TV presenter.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Jason Robards The son of a stage and silent film actor who was a victim of Hollywood’s transition to sound, Jason Robards was blessed with more success in the industry, eventually winning two Academy Awards. The actor appeared in numerous stage and screen adaptations of Eugene O’Neill plays, but it was his work in All the President’s Men that bagged him his first Best Supporting Actor statuette, doubling his tally the next year, in 1977, with Julia.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Melvyn Douglas Douglas won two Oscars, for Hud (1963) and for acting alongside a revelatory Peter Sellers in Being There (1969). The actor was known for being an outspoken anti-fascist ever since visiting Europe in 1931 with his wife, Helen Gahagan, who served three terms as a US Congresswoman, running against Richard Nixon for Governor in 1950.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Shelley Winters Over the course of her 63-year career, Winters appeared in successful blockbusters such as The Poseidon Adventure. But it was her more nuanced supporting roles in 1960’s The Diary of Anne Frank and 1965’s A Patch of Blue that would win over Academy voters, for which she collected two awards in the category.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Anthony Quinn Quinn is something of an anomaly in the ranks of multiple Oscar-winners. The actor was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1915, to a Mexican mother and an Irish father, and is one of one only five actors with a Latin-American background to win an acting Oscar – the others being Rita Moreno, José Ferrer, Mercedes Ruehl, and Benicio del Toro – and the only one to win twice. Roma nominees Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira are in contention this year.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Glenda Jackson Jackson was one of the most accomplished actors of her generation, with two Best Actress wins under her belt by the age of 37 (for Women in Love and A Touch of Class). But starting in 1992, she took a 23-year sabbatical from the industry, serving as the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Maggie Smith Long before she was captivating younger audiences with her roles in the Harry Potter franchise and popular TV series Downton Abbey, Dame Maggie Smith had wowed Oscar voters with The Prime of Miss Jean Brody (1969), adding a Best Supporting Actress win for California Suite in 1978.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Bette Davis Davis won her only two Best Actress Oscars in 1935 and 1938 – for Dangerous and Jezebel respectively –but over the course of her hugely successful six-decade career, she would continue to accrue more nominations, eventually becoming the first actor to reach a milestone of 10.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Fredric March Along with Helen Hayes, March is one of only two actors to win two Oscars and two Tony Awards. The multi-talented star won Best Actor for the bifurcated titular role in 1931’s horror adaptation Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, winning again in 1946 for The Best Years of Our Lives, a post-WWII drama about soldiers returning home from the war.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Sally Field Field’s Oscar win for Places in the Heart in 1985 has been immortalised by her acceptance speech – which included the infamous lines “you like me, right now, you really like me” - but the actor had already proven she was more than just a soundbite having won the same trophy for her star turn in Norma Rae five years earlier.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Elizabeth Taylor Taylor gained 30 pounds for the 1966 black comedy Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a film which sees her trapped in a poisonous marriage with a character played by her off-and-on real-life paramour Richard Burton. The star had previously nabbed a Best Actress award for her portrayal of a sex worker in BUtterfield 8, a film she claimed to dislike.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Sean Penn After scooping up the Best Actor prize in 2003 for Mystic River, Penn won another for portraying iconic LGBT campaigner and US politician Harvey Milk, who was assassinated in 1978. Penn opened his victory speech with “Thank you. Thank you. You commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns!”
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Frances McDormand Fargo Oscar-winner McDormand delivered a rousing address at the 2018 Oscar ceremony, demanding an end to Hollywood’s gender imbalance. The speech, made while accepting her second Best Actress prize - for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - brought all the women in the audience to their feet in solidarity. She ended her speech with the phrase “inclusion rider,” a stipulation that can be put into a performer’s contract to ensure equal opportunity hiring on set. McDormand subsequently won again in 2021 for her leading turn in ‘Nomadland’
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Gene Hackman Hackman won his first Oscar playing “Popeye” Doyle in William Friedkin’s The French Connection – a taboo-busting cop thriller that was hardly the stuff of Academy tradition. 19 years later, his supporting turn as the villain in Clint Eastwood’s revisionist Western Unforgiven made it a double.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Tom Hanks Hanks made his name in romantic comedies with some successes in the 1980s, but his first Oscar win – for AIDS drama Philadelphia - was a big departure. The next year, in 1995, he won again, for the hugely popular Forrest Gump.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia de Havilland, now 102 years old, is perhaps best known for her role in Gone with the Wind. Garnering five nominations across her career, de Havilland took home two statuettes in the 1940s, for To Each His Own and The Heiress.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Jodie Foster Next to Luise Rainer, Jodie Foster is the only other actor to have won two Oscars before the age of 30, for The Accused in 1988, and Silence of the Lambs in 1991. It’s a fitting record for an actor whose career took off while she was still a child, with breakout roles in Bugsy Malone and Taxi Driver.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine, familiar around the globe for his distinctive cockney accent, once confessed that 1983’s Educating Rita was “the last good picture I made before I mentally retired.” In spite of this, the actor managed to win Oscars for Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986 and The Cider House Rules in 1999.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Gary Cooper Cooper won his first Best Actor Oscar in 1942 for Sergeant York. The famously stoic star didn’t turn up to collect his second award – for an understated turn in the classic Western High Noon – instead sending John Wayne, who said: "Coop and I have been friends, hunting and fishing, for more years than I like to remember. He's one of the nicest fellows I know. I don't know anybody any nicer.”
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Jessica Lange In 1982, Jessica Lange became the first star in nearly four decades to be nominated for two films in the same year, for Tootsie and Frances, the former of which yielded a win. Lange is currently tied as the sixth most nominated Actress in history.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Dustin Hoffman Initially winning at the same time as co-star Meryl Streep for Kramer Vs Kramer, Hoffman’s second Best Actor Oscar came for Rain Man in 1988, in a role which has been recognised as important in raising awareness of autism.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Jane Fonda The poster girl for the flower child generation, Jane Fonda was always expected to politicise the Oscars. After an unexpectedly reserved acceptance speech for Klute in 1972, she presented part of her 1979 speech – for Coming Home – in sign language.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Robert De Niro Following a supporting turn in 1974’s The Godfather Part II, Robert De Niro’s second Oscar-winning role, playing boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, is about as hard-earned as they come. The actor honed his boxing ability to professional standards, and gained approximately 60 pounds to play an older, washed-up version of the character.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Cate Blanchet The Aviator is often dismissed as a minor Martin Scorsese film, but the Howard Hawks biopic won Blanchett her first Oscar in 2004. She would have to wait until Blue Jasmine seven years later - her sixth nominated performance, out of seven total - to win in the Best Actress category.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Jack Lemmon Lemmon was legendary for his mastery of both comedy and pathos, and it was chiefly his humorous chops that saw him win Best Supporting Actor in 1955, for his role in Mister Roberts. With a follow-up win for Save the Tiger, the Some Like it Hot star became the first actor to claim Oscar wins in both the lead and supporting categories.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Marlon Brando Eight-time Oscar nominee Brando influenced a generation of actors with his revolutionary approaches to method, winning Hollywood’s biggest prize twice in the process - for On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1974). Brando famously sent Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather to accept his second award in protest of the industry’s representation of Native Americans. Littlefeather later revealed the protest caused her to be blacklisted by many studios.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Spencer Tracy Spencer Tracy won two Oscars from nine nominations for Best Actor. He holds the joint record for the most nominations in the category, along with Laurence Olivier, who won only once.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Luise Rainer Rainer has been described as the first victim of the so-called “Oscar curse”. The Austrian-American star won Best Actress twice in quick succession – for The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 and for The Good Earth in 1937 – which resulted in MGM studios eagerly miscasting her in a series of flops. This would lead to a 54-year break from cinema, before returning alongside Michael Gambon in 1997’s The Gambler.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Helen Hayes Helen Hayes holds the record for being the actor with the longest gap between two Oscar victories. A practiced stage actress, Hayes also appeared in a few silent films before making her debut ‘talkie’ The Sin of Madelon Claudet, for which she won Best Actress. Hayes’s next and final win would be for a supporting role in Airport, nearly 40 years later.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Denzel Washington Denzel Washington is the only black actor to win multiple competitive Academy Awards, for Glory in 1990 – a Best Supporting Actor award - and then Training Day in 2002. No African-American actor has won more than one award since, although Mahershala Ali could match his total should he win for Green Book.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Walter Brennan Brennan had originally started work as an extra after losing most of his money in the 1925 real estate slump, appearing (often uncredited) in over 120 films across the next decade. He would then win three Best Supporting Actor Oscars in the space of four years, for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940).
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Jack Nicholson Nicholson became regarded as one of the voices of his generation at the start of the 1970s with iconic roles in Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces, but it took six nominations for him to win his first Oscar, for the Miloš Forman-directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1976. He would later win two more, one for Terms of Endearment and the other for As Good as It Gets.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish star who successfully crossed over to Hollywood in 1939, won three Oscars during her career, beginning with Gaslight in 1944. An extra-marital affair with director Roberto Rossellini in the early 1950s scandalised her American audience, but the success of Anastasia in 1956 brought her back into the bosom of the public favour and she won a second Best Actress trophy. She added a Supporting Actress honour in 1974 for Murder on the Orient Express, one of her last film projects.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Daniel Day-Lewis Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is the only male actor to win three Best Actor awards, for his roles in My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. After writing himself into the annals of film history with his 2012 win for portraying the American president, Day-Lewis took a step back from the industry, appearing in only one film since – Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread - which he has claimed is his final role.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Meryl Streep For Meryl Streep, Oscar nominations are nearly as regular as dental appointments. Streep’s name has appeared on the ballot a total of 21 times, 17 of which were in the Best Actress category, and she has won three times: for Kramer vs Kramer in 1980, Sophie’s Choice in 1983, and The Iron Lady in 2012.
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The actors who’ve won the most Oscars Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn boasts more Oscar victories – four – than any other actor, all in the Actress in a Leading Role category. Hepburn’s The Lion in Winter trophy was shared with Barbra Streisand in the only ever instance of a tied Best Actress result. Hepburn never attended any of the ceremonies.
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Film Editing
BlackKklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody – WINNER
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
Makeup and Hairstyling
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Mary Queen of Scots
Vice – WINNER
Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man – WINNER
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Cinematography
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma – WINNER
A Star is Born
Production Design
Black Panther – WINNER
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Costume Design
Black Panther – WINNER
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Mary Queen of Scots
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Best Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody – WINNER
First Man
A Quiet Place
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Show all 65 1 /65The best pictures from Oscars 2019 The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born."
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Rami Malek holds his Best Actor Oscar as he reacts after the show concluded
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Spike Lee (left) jumps in the arms of Actor Samuel L Jackson as he accepts the award Best Original Screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman"
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Olivia Colman accepts her Best Actress award
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Melissa McCarthy presents the Best Costume Design award.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Hannah Beachler celebrates with her Oscar for Best Production
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 US actor and singer Billy Porter arriving
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Rami Malek winner of the Best Actor award for "Bohemian Raphsody" opens a bottle of champagne
Best Actor winner for "Bohemian Rhapsody" Rami Malek
The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Jennifer Lopez checking her make up backstage
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Rami Malek (L) winner Best Actor in a Leading Role award for 'Bohemian Rhapsody, Olivia Colman (2L) winner of Best Actress for 'The Favourite,' Mahershala Ali (R) winner of Best Supporting Actor for 'Green Book,' and Regina King (2R) winner of Best Supporting Actress for 'If Beale Street Could Talk
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Keegan Michael Key drops down to announce the Mary Poppins performance.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Best Supporting Actress winner for "If Beale Street Could Talk" Regina King
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Actor James McCoy before the start of the 91st Academy Awards show.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Olivia Colman, winner of Best Actress for 'The Favourite,'
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Best Supporting Actor nominee Sam Rockwell and Leslie Bib arrive
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Comedians Maya Rudolf, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (right) talking backstage
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Miley Cyrus poses at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Becky Neiman-Cobb (left) and Domee Shi (right) winners of the Short Film (Animated) Award for 'Bao'
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Ben Falcone (left to right), Olivia Grant, Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga cries as she wins the award for Best Original Song
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Charlie Wachtel, David Robinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee accept the Best Adapted Screenplay award
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Helen Mirren arrives
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Best Foreign Language Film winner for "Roma" Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron (right) walking with US actress Angela Bassett (centre) and Spanish actor Javier Bardem backstage
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Best Live Action Short Film winners for "Skin" Director Guy Nattiv, and his wife actress Jaime Ray Newman
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born."
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt accept the award for Best Original Song
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Adam Lambert (left) performs with Queen's Brian May (right) and Roger Taylor (centre)
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Best Supporting Actress winner for "If Beale Street Could Talk" Regina King and Best Adapted Screenplay winner for "BlacKkKlansman" Spike Lee attend the 91st Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Best Supporting Actress nominee Rachel Weisz arrives.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born."
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Best Actor winner for "Bohemian Rhapsody" Rami Malek
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Director Peter Farrelly, winner of Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for "Green Book," backstage
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Alessandra Ambrosio attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga backstage
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Spike Lee holds a knuckle ring that reads "Love" as he arrives with his wife Tonya Lewis Lee.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Olivia Colman attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Terry Crews poses at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga accepts the Best Original Song award for "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born"
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Chadwick Boseman and Taylor Simone Ledward attend the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Regina King (R) and Steven James.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Jennifer Hudson, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler.
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Lady Gaga arrives at the 91st Academy Awards
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart celebrate backstage with their Best Production Design awards for "Black Panther."
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Regina King poses backstage with her Best Supporting Actress award for her role in "If Beale Street Could Talk."
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Spike Lee (L) embraces presenter Samuel L. Jackson as he wins the "Adapted Screenplay" award for "BlacKkKlansman."
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini, Mahershala Ali, Octavia Spencer, and Brian Currie accept the Best Picture award for 'Green Book'
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Ludwig Goransson accepts the Music (Original Score) award for 'Black Panther' from Tessa Thompson and Michael B Jordan
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Megan Pormer attends the 27th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Chelsea Hamill (L), Mark Hamill (C) and Marilou York (R) poses at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Sir Elton John and Brandon Flowers of The Killers perform onstage during the 27th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Amy Adams (R) and Darren Le Gallo (L)pose at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Marilyn Manson (L) and Jon Voight attend the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Glenn Close poses at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Billy Porter
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Kobe Bryant (R) and Vanessa Laine Bryant attend at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Brandon Flowers of The Killers performs onstage
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin attend the 27th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Ben Falcone (2-R) and Melissa McCarthy (R) attend at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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The best pictures from Oscars 2019 Gerard Butler (C) arrives at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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Best Sound Mixing
Bohemian Rhapsody – WINNER
Black Panther
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo – WINNER
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding The Gap
Of Father and Sons
RBG
Best Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence. – WINNER
Live Action Short
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin – WINNER
Animated Short Film
Animal Behaviour
Bao – WINNER
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
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