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Oscars: Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand take home highest honour

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 05 Mar 2018

Oscars: Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand take home highest honour

Lon Angeles: Fox Searchlight's The Shape of Water bagged the top honour of the Best Picture while Gary Oldman was judged the best actor (Darkest Hour) and Frances McDormand won for best actress (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) as the 90th Academy Awards were held at the star-studded Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

The award ceremony was hosted by talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel for the second time in a row.

Oldman, who played Winston Churchill in the acclaimed Darkest Hour, was a favourite to win the award, as was McDormand, who essayed the role of a distraught mother in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Guillermo del Toro has won the best director award for the film The Shape Of Water, which has bagged the best picture award.


Here is the complete list of winners:


Best Picture:  The Shape Of Water

Best Actor:  Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

Best Actress:  Frances McDormand ( Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Director:  Guillermo del Toro

Best Original Song: Remember Me (Coco)

Best Original Score: The Shape Of Water

Best Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049

Best Screenplay: Get Out

Best Adapted Screenplay: Call Me By Your Name

Best Live Action Short Film: The Silent Child

Best Documentary Short Subject: Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405

Best Film Editing: Dunkirk

Best Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049

Best Animated Feature: Coco

Best Animated Short: Dear Basketball

Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (I,Tonya)

Best Foreign Language Film: A Fantastic Woman

Best Production Design: The Shape Of Water

Best Sound Mixing: Dunkirk

Best Sound Editing: Dunkirk

Best Documentary Feature: Icarus

Best Costume Design: Phantom Thread

Best Makeup and Hairstyting: Darkest Hour

Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)