History was made in more ways than one during the 97th annual Academy Awards last night. Zoe Saldaña became the first Dominican American actor to win an Oscar, Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow is Latvia’s first ever Academy Award-winning movie, Wicked’s Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win Best Costume Design, and Sean Baker is now the first person to win four Oscars for the same film in the same year. All eyes were on his movie Anora, which won five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Directing, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Mikey Madison.
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Best Picture Anora — WINNER The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Concle Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys The Substance Wicked
Actress in a Leading Role Cynthia Erivo, Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison, Anora — WINNER Demi Moore, The Substance Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Actor in a Leading Role Adrien Brody, The Brutalist — WINNER Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo, Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes, Concle Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Directing Sean Baker, Anora — WINNER Brady Corbet, The Brutalist James Mangold, A Complete Unknown Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Actor in a Supporting Role Yura Borisov, Anora Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain — WINNER Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown Guy Pearce, The Brutalist Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
International Feature Film I’m Still Here — WINNER The Girl with the Needle Emilia Pérez The Seed of the Sacred Fig Flow
Actress in a Supporting Role Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown Ariana Grande, Wicked Felicity Jones, The Brutalist Isabella Rossellini, Concle Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez — WINNER
Documentary Feature Film Black Box Diaries No Other Land — WINNER Porcelain War Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Sugarcane
Animated Feature Film Flow — WINNER Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot
Cinematography Lol Crawley, The Brutalist — WINNER Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez Ed Lachman, Maria Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) A Complete Unknown Concle — WINNER Emilia Pérez Nickel Boys Sing Sing
Writing (Original Screenplay) Anora — WINNER The Brutalist A Real Pain September 5 The Substance
Production Design The Brutalist Concle Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Wicked — WINNER
Sound A Complete Unknown Dune: Part Two — WINNER Emilia Pérez Wicked The Wild Robot
Music (Original Score) The Brutalist — WINNER Concle Emilia Pérez Wicked The Wild Robot
Music (Original Song) “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez — WINNER “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
Costume Design Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown Lisy Christl, Concle Janty Yates and De Crossman, Gladiator II Linda Muir, Nosferatu Paul Tazewell, Wicked — WINNER
Best Animated Short Beautiful Men In the Shadow of the Cypress — WINNER Magic Candles Wander to Wonder Yuck!
Film Editing Anora — WINNER The Brutalist Concle Emilia Pérez Wicked
Makeup and Hairstyling A Different Man Emilia Pérez Nosferatu The Substance — WINNER Wicked
Best Documentary Short Death by Numbers I am Ready, Warden Incident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the Orchestra — WINNER
Visual Effects Alien: Romulus Better Man Dune: Part Two — WINNER Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wicked
Best Live-Action Short A Lien Anuja I’m Not a Robot — WINNER The Last Ranger The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
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