The 89th Academy Awards, held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, was an evening packed with a lot of hits and misses. Here are five highlights from the 89th Academy Awards, also known as Oscar Awards!
Popular TV star Jimmy Kimmel played the apt host taking a dig at President Donald Trump as he gave standing ovation to Meryl Streep for her speech at the Screen Actors Guild Awards held earlier this year.
Dev Patel was in the running for the Best Actor In A Supporting Role for his performance in ‘Lion’. But the Indian origin British actor lost out on the Academy Award as Mahershala Ali was announced the winner for ‘Moonlight’.
Bollywood actress and now a global celebrity, Priyanka Chopra walked the red carpet at the prestigious 89th Academy Awards. PeeCee kept it classy in ivory white Ralph and Russo gown. Sleek hair, diamond drop earrings and cuff bracelets completed her sharp look. Priyanka Chopra had taken a quick break from her American TV show ‘Quantico’ to appear at the 89th Academy Awards.
A big blunder was made while announcing the winners of the Best Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway called ‘La La Land’ as the winner instead of ‘Moonlight’, which had actually won the Best Film at the Oscar Awards.
The 89th Academy Awards played up an In Memoriam tribute to Om Puri who passed away on January 6, 2017. A video was played at the Oscars night remembering the late veteran actor and celeb’s contribution to the cinema. Several other actors, who passed away in the year gone by, were also remembered in this tribute. Om Puri’s international filmography includes films like ‘The Ghost And The Darkness’ (1996), ‘Such A Long Journey’ (1998) and his last international movie ‘Viceroy’s House’, a posthumous project which will release this year.
Here is the complete list of Oscar Winners:
Best picture: Moonlight
Best actor in a leading role: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Best actress in a leading role: Emma Stone, La La Land
Best supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Best supporting actress: Viola Davis, Fences
Best director: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Best animated feature: Zootopia
Best cinematography: Linus Sandgren, La La Land
Best costume design: Colleen Atwood, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Best documentary: Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow, OJ: Made in America
Best documentary (short subject): Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara, The White Helmets
Best film editing: John Gilbert, Hacksaw Ridge
Best foreign language film: The Salesman, Iran; directed by Asghar Farhadi
Best makeup and hairstyling: Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson, Suicide Squad
Best original score: Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Best song: City of Stars, La La Land, music by Justin Hurwitz; lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Best production design: La La Land, David Wasco (Production Design); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration)
Best short film (animated): Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer, Piper
Best short film (live-action): Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy, Sing
Best sound editing: Sylvain Bellemare, Arrival
Best sound mixing: Hacksaw Ridge, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
Best visual effects: The Jungle Book, Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon
Best writing (adapted screenplay): Moonlight, screenplay by Barry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Best writing (original screenplay): Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
