WHAT HAPPENED AT THE OSCARS

OSCAR AWARDS

  The 2017 Oscars were no wonder one of a kind. It saw so many new records being made, had notable firsts and was full of surprises. Hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the very first time, the 89th Academy Awards took place on February 26, 2017 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States. This year La La Land received the maximum nominations with a record-tying fourteen [ All About Eve(1950) and Titanic(1997) ] followed by Arrival and Moonlight with eight nominations each.

  Following is the list of all the awards that were given out during this star-studded ceremony :

1.      Best Picture- Moonlight

2.      Best Director- Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

3.      Best Actor- Cassey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

4.      Best Actress- Emma Stone (La La Land)

5.      Best Supporting Actor- Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

6.      Best Supporting Actress- Viola Davis (Fences)

7.      Best Original Screenplay- Kenneth Lonergan (for Manchester by the Sea)

8.      Best Adapted Screenplay- Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin (for Moonlight)

9.      Best Animated Feature Film- Zootopia

10.  Best Foreign Language Film- The Salesman (Iran) in Persian

11.  Best Documentary (Feature)- O.J. Made in America

12.  Best Documentary (Short Subject)- The White Helmets

13.  Best Live Action Short Film- Sing

14.  Best Animated Short Film- Piper

15.  Best Original Score- La La Land

16.  Best Original Song- City of Stars (La La Land)

17.  Best Sound Editing- Sylvain Bellemare (Arrival)

18.  Best Sound Mixing- Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace (Hacksaw Ridge)

19.  Best Production Design- David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (La La Land)

20.  Best Cinematography- Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

21.  Best Makeup and Hairstyling- Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson (Suicide Squad)

22.  Best Costume Design- Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)

23.  Best Film Editing- John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge)

24.  Best Visual Effects- Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon (The Jungle Book)

  The makers of La La Land had to face immense disappointment after losing the Best Picture Award to Moonlight after the movie was  mistakenly announced the winner. La La Land’s failure to win the Best Picture made it the first film in history to earn 14 nominations but loseBest Picture. Both of the previous two films with 14 nominations, All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997), ultimately took home the big prize. However, La La Land made Damien Chazelle (32 years) the youngest person ever to win the best director.

 What made this ceremony even more special was that it was the first time when Oscars saw more than three black winners- Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali for Best Supporting Actor, Fences’ Viola Davis for Best Supporting Actress, O.J.: Made in America director-producer Ezra Edelman for Best Documentary Feature, and Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney for Best Adapted Screenplay. Cherry on the cake is the fact that Mahershala Ali is the first muslim actor to ever win an Oscar.

After 21 nominations, sound editor Kevin O’Connell finally won his first Oscar for his work on Hacksaw Ridge.

  La La Land won the maximum awards while Moonlight won three. The ceremony sure had many delightful moments but it ended up on an unprecedented note with its historic mix-up, the craziest moment in the Oscar history, and one that won’t be forgotten soon.