The 2018 Oscars had a strong message on top of the movies that were being honored tonight. Women and nominees of color made statements with their presentation on stage. Host Jimmy Kimmel set the stage for the night, reminding the in-house audience and the millions watching from home that the #metoo movement was alive.
“The Shape of Water” was seemingly tied with “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” for the most memorable wins. The first award of the night went to Sam Rockwell for best supporting actor for his role in “Three Billboards.” His win all bookended towards the end of the night with a win for his “Billboards” co-star Frances McDormand who won her second Oscar for Best Actress.
McDormand’s speech was one of the best of the night as she used her time on stage to promote gender equality and lift up the women in the room.
“If I may be so honored to have all the female nominees stand with me,” she said. “All the filmmakers, the producers, the writers, the composers,” she continued as more women stood up and applauded her. “Look around … because we all have stories to tell.”
McDormand finished her speech with two words for women in the entertainment business – inclusion rider. An inclusion rider is a clause that an actor can put into their contract that ensures gender and racial equality in hiring on movie sets.
Allison Janney won for her Best Supporting Oscar for “I, Tonya” and Gary Oldman won Best Actor for his role as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.”
Here is the complete list of winners at the 90th annual Academy Awards:
BEST PICTURE
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
GARY OLDMAN
Darkest Hour
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
FRANCES MCDORMAND
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
DIRECTING
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Guillermo del Toro
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
REMEMBER ME
from Coco; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Alexandre Desplat
CINEMATOGRAPHY
BLADE RUNNER 2049
Roger A. Deakins
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
GET OUT
Written by Jordan Peele
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Screenplay by James Ivory
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
THE SILENT CHILD
Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405
Frank Stiefel
FILM EDITING
DUNKIRK
Lee Smith
VISUAL EFFECTS
BLADE RUNNER 2049
John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
COCO
Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
DEAR BASKETBALL
Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ALLISON JANNEY
I, Tonya
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A FANTASTIC WOMAN
Chile
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin
SOUND MIXING
DUNKIRK
Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo
SOUND EDITING
DUNKIRK
Richard King and Alex Gibson
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
ICARUS
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
COSTUME DESIGN
PHANTOM THREAD
Mark Bridges
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
DARKEST HOUR
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
SAM ROCKWELL
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
