“GREEN Book,” a comedy drama film directed by Peter Farrelly, won the Best Picture Award at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony, or the Oscars, held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood in the western U.S. city of Los Angeles on Sunday night. The film defeated strong competition from “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Favourite,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born” and “Vice.” Britain’s Olivia Colman won a surprise best actress Oscar for her performance as an ailing, petulant monarch in historical film “The Favourite.” Rami Malek won the Best Actor Award for music biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Malek was awarded for his incandescent performance as Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” making him the first Egyptian-American to win the Oscars’ top acting prize. Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron won the Best Director Award for the monochromatic drama film “Roma.” Cuaron beat out fierce rivals, including Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” Pawel Pawlikowski for “Cold War,” Yorgos Lanthimos for “The Favourite” and Adam McKay for “Vice.” Chinese-centric “Bao” claimed Best Animated Short at the ceremony. The short is written and directed by Chinese-born Canadian director Domee Shi and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. “Bao” explores the life of a Chinese immigrant mom living in Toronto with her inattentive husband and struggling to cope with loneliness after her beloved son flies the nest. Remarkably, the mom’s deep, empty-nester angst turns to joy when a cute, leftover dumpling (a bao) comes alive in true Pinocchio fashion. Shi is the first woman and first Chinese writer and director of a Pixar short.
(China Daily)
Main winners Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma” Best Picture: “Green Book” Best Actor: Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” Actress in a supporting role: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” Actor in a supporting role: Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” Animated feature film: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Cinematography: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” Costume design: Ruth Carter, “Black Panther” Documentary (feature): “Free Solo” Documentary (short subject): “Period” Film editing: “Bohemian Rhapsody” Foreign language film: “Roma,” Mexico Makeup and hairstyling: Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia DeHaney, “Vice” Production design: Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart, “Black Panther” Short film (animated): “Bao” Short film (live action): “Skin” Sound editing: John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone, “Bohemian Rhapsody” Sound mixing: “Bohemian Rhapsody” Visual effects:Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm, “First Man” | 