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Sunday, February 26, 2017

2017 Oscar Awards - 89 th Academy Awards Announced Sunday Feb 26,2017

Emma Stone won best actress for the musical, and Manchester by the Sea star

Golden girl: Emma Stone was also a first time winner as she was crowned Best Actress for her work in La La Land

 Casey Affleck was named best actor on a night where US President Donald Trump was the butt of numerous jokes, capping a Hollywood awards season marked by fiery protests at his policies.

Excited: The 41-year-old actor was obviously overcome with emotion

Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which votes on the Oscar winners, made no mention of Trump when she took the stage on Sunday Feb 26,2017

But she told the audience of A-listers and the millions of people watching on television around the world that, "tonight is proof that art has no borders, art has no single language and art does not belong to a single faith. The power of art is that it transcends these things," she said.

La La Land director Damien Chazelle(32)became the youngest person to ever win a best director Oscar.


Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali won their first Oscars for their supporting roles in African-American stories Fences and Moonlight, in stark contrast to the 2016 Academy Awards when no actors of color were even nominated.

Ravishing in red: The 51-year-old actress gave an impassioned speech
Big win: Mahershala Ali won the first gong of the night in the Best Supporting Actor role for Moonlight
Moonlight, the coming of age tale of a young black boy in Miami, also won the best adapted screenplay statuette, while grief-driven independent drama Manchester by the Sea took home original screenplay.
Romantic musical La La Land, the tale of a struggling actress and a jazz pianist in Los Angeles, went into the Oscars with a leading 14 nominations and emerged with six, including for its score and theme song City of Stars.

Zootopia bagged the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday, crowning what turned into a record 2016 for Disney.

Image result for Zootopia film posters

The movie centers on the intrepid rabbit police officer Judy Hopps who, along with a fox, solves a crime in a metropolis inhabited by a diverse population of animals.

Zootopia, the clear frontrunner going into the Academy Awards, bested another Disney film, Moana, along with Kubo and the Two StringsThe Red Turtle and My Life as a Zucchini.
The critically acclaimed picture, which was helped along by a massive promotional campaign, raked in more than $1 billion at box offices worldwide.

Iranian film The Salesman won the Oscar for best foreign language film, with director Asghar Farhadi skipping the Hollywood gala in protest at a travel ban by US President Donald Trump.
In a statement read in his name, Farhadi said he was staying away in solidarity with people "disrespected" by Trump's policy, which is currently on hold after a decision by a federal appeals court.
It is the second win in the category for writer-director Asghar Farhadi, who previously won for 2011's A Separation

Winners List




Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Best Makeup And Hairstyling: Suicide Squad
Best Costume Design: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Best Documentary (Feature): O.J.: Made in America
Best Sound Editing: Arrival
Best Sound Mixing: Hacksaw Ridge
Best Actress In A Supporting Role: Viola Davis, Fences
Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman
Best Short Film (Animated): Piper
Best Production Design: La La Land
Best Animated Feature Film: Zootopia
Best Visual Effects: The Jungle Book
Best Film Editing: Hacksaw Ridge
Best Documentary (Short Subject): The White Helmets
Best Short Film (Live Action): Sing
Best Cinematography: La La Land
Best Music (Original Score): La La Land
Best Music (Original Song): City Of Stars from La La Land / Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Manchester by the Sea
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Moonlight
Best Director: Damien Sayre Chazelle (La La Land)
Best actor: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Best actress: Emma Stone (La La Land)
Best Picture: Moonlight

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