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[Earthnut]

OSCAR WINNERS 2019

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/24/entertainment/oscars-winners-2019-list/index.html

BEST PICTURE
"Black Panther"
"BlacKkKlansman"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"The Favourite"
"Green Book" *WINNER
"Roma"
"A Star Is Born"
"Vice"

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"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Capernaum"
"Cold War"
"Never Look Away"
"Roma" *WINNER
"Shoplifters"

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
"Black Sheep"
"End Game"
"Lifeboat"
"A Night at the Garden"
"Period. End of Sentence." *WINNER

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Free Solo" *WINNER
"Hale County This Morning, This Evening"
"Minding the Gap"
"Of Fathers and Sons"
"RBG"

ORIGINAL SONG
"All The Stars" - "Black Panther"
"I'll Fight" - "RBG"
"Shallow" - "A Star Is Born *WINNER
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" - "Mary Poppins Returns"
"When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" - "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Incredibles 2"
"Isle of Dogs"
"Mirai"
"Ralph Breaks the Internet"
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" *WINNER

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
"BlacKkKlansman" *WINNER
"Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"A Star Is Born"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"First Reformed"
"Green Book" *WINNER
"Roma"
"The Favourite"
"Vice"

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 LEADING ROLE
Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma"
Glenn Close, "The Wife"
Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"
Olivia Colman, "The Favourite" *WINNER
Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

DIRECTOR
Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
Pawel Pawlikowski, "Cold War"
Yorgos Lanthimos, "The Favourite"
Alfonso Cuarón, "Roma" *WINNER
Adam McKay, "Vice"

PRODUCTION DESIGN
"Black Panther" *WINNER
"The Favourite"
"First Man"
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"Roma"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Cold War"
"The Favourite"
"Never Look Away"
"Roma" *WINNER
"A Star Is Born"

COSTUME DESIGN
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
"Black Panther" *WINNER
"The Favourite"
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"Mary Queen of Scots"

SOUND EDITING
"A Quiet Place"
"Black Panther"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" *WINNER
"First Man"
"Roma"

SOUND MIXING
"Black Panther"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" *WINNER
"First Man"
"Roma"
"A Star Is Born"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Animal Behaviour"
"Bao" *WINNER
"Late Afternoon"
"One Small Step"
"Weekends"

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Detainment"
"Fauve"
"Marguerite"
"Mother"
"Skin" *WINNER

ORIGINAL SCORE
"Black Panther" *WINNER
"BlacKkKlansman"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"Isle of Dogs"
"Mary Poppins Returns"

VISUAL EFFECTS
"Avengers: Infinity War"
"Christopher Robin"
"First Man" *WINNER
"Ready Player One"
"Solo: A Star Wars Story"

FILM EDITING
"BlacKkKlansman"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" *WINNER
"Green Book"
"The Favourite"
"Vice"

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
"Border"
"Mary Queen of Scots"
"Vice" *WINNER

[Gotham Gal]

Bohemian Rhapsody got four awards last night it very much deserved, inc. Rami Malek who did a great job playing Freddie Mercury.  The other three were for editing/mixing sound and editing the film footage, all which had to have been very challenging.  It didn't deserve, IMO at least, best picture or best directing--it was just a standard biopic after all.  Rami's work and the technical aspects of selling him as Mercury were outstanding, however.  Just my take on it.

[Earthnut]

I agree, Rami sold the movie with his "outstanding"performance, but it wasn't a "Best Picture" to me either.  He's taken home all the major awards for it.  I figured the vote would go political with one of the "Black..." movies winning, or Vice, but it didn't...yay.  Glad Green Book won...it was great and both Viggo and Mahershala deserve an Oscar.  Mahershala Ali's piano playing was out of this world fantastic.

[seesthru]

I haven't seen any of those movies....didn't watch the awards, never do.  Not sure why, I just never got into them.

[Earthnut]

I'm not into the awards either, I just like being entertained.  They are just too full of inflated egos, along with being very political.

[seesthru]

I hardly watch award shows.  I rarely ever watched the  Grammys.

[Earthnut]

I will listen to the Grammys for the music, if nothing else is on that I want to watch.  As I said, I can't stand to see the egos and hear them talk about themselves.

[seesthru]

I'm weird, I don't like the music if it varies from the album.  SO I don't listen t the players or singers "live"  LOL!

[Earthnut]

Here's my thing.  I love to be entertained, and prefer stage performances and concerts (not rock in crowds).  Sometimes the "live" is better than the album song, but most often the album is better.  I think when they perform a song live they want to change it around, and in so doing they sometimes ruin it.

[Gotham Gal]

Believe it or not, I don't like awards shows.  Too political.  too self-congratulatory.  I just like it when my own opinions on what's the best are confirmed (and they rarely are)!