Queen rocked the opening, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper melted down and while the complaint about the Academy Awards has been that they’re “so white” for years…overnight the historic level of diversity was being cheered. Well, that – and the fact the show moved right along without a host for the first time in decades. As for who took home a coveted statuette?

  • “Green Book,” about world-class African-American pianist Dr. Don Shirley, is took the top award. The film won Best Picture during last night’s show, beating out “Black Panther,” “The Favourite,” “Vice,” “A Star Is Born,” “Roma,” “BlacKkKlansman” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
  • Mahershala [[mah-HER-shuh-LUH]] Ali won Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Dr. Shirley, and the film also won Original Screenplay.
  • “Black Panther” wasn’t winless – also notched three, for Original Music Score, Costume Design and Production Design. “Roma” scored three wins as well, for Foreign Language Film, Cinematography, and Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron.
  • Rami Malek won Best Actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and Olivia Colman won Best Actress for her role in The Favourite.” Supporting Actress went to Regina King for “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
  • In no surprise to ANYone, Original Song went to “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born.”
  • Other winners were Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” for Adapted Screenplay, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” for Animated Feature Film, “Bohemian Rhapsody” for Film Editing, and First Man for Visual Effects.

There were also live performances of four of the five nominees for Original Song, delivered by Jennifer Hudson, Bette Midler, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings…and the positively scorching rendition of “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

Source: Dr. Dave’s Ultimate Prep