At the 90th Academy Awards, Guillermo del Toro picked the Best Director Oscar for The Shape Of Water, which also won the top honour of the prestigious award show. Actor Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) bagged his first Oscar while Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri) won her second trophy.With four Oscars in its kitty, The Shape Of Water ruled the Golden evening in California.
Oscars 2018 Highlights: Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape Of Water Wins Best Picture, Best Director
Oscars 2018 Highlights: The Shape Of Water is the biggest winner with 4 Oscars, followed by Dunkirk and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Mar 05, 2018
10:55 (IST)
That's a wrap folks. We'll leave you with this recap -
The Shape Of Water - 4 wins, including Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo Del Toro Frances McDormand - Best Actress for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Gary Oldman - Best Actor for Darkest Hour Allison Janney - Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya Sam Rockwell - Best Supporting Actor for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mar 05, 2018
10:23 (IST)
"Look around, ladies and gentlemen. We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed. Invite us into your office in a couple days - or you can come to ours, whichever suits you best - and we'll tell you all about them." - Frances McDormand, winning her second Best Actress Oscar. In the audience, the women - Meryl Streep among them - are on their feet
Mar 05, 2018
10:19 (IST)
No flub this time, it seems. The Shape Of Water is the biggest winner of the show with 4 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director
And the winner of the jet ski for the shortest speech - Mark Bridges, winner of the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Phantom Thread
Mar 05, 2018
10:16 (IST)
The biggie - The Shape Of Water wins Best Picture
Mar 05, 2018
10:11 (IST)
"Nothing could possibly go wrong from here on" - Envelopegate is 'PriceWaterhouse under the bridge' - quips Jimmy Kimmel
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway get a second chance at presenting the Best Picture Oscar
Mar 05, 2018
10:09 (IST)
Frances wins, in more ways than one
Frances McDormand's #oscars speech is my instant favorite - so giddy and serious at the same time
Recap - Allison Janney won Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya. Sam Rockwell won Best Supporting Actor for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mar 05, 2018
09:39 (IST)
The big 4 coming up after Eddie Vedder's tribute performance for the In Memoriam segment.
Current win tally Dunkirk - 3 The Shape Of Water - 2 Blade Runner 2049 - 2 Coco - 2 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 1 Get Out - 1 Call Me By Your Name - 1 Darkest Hour - 1 Phantom Thread -1
Mar 05, 2018
09:35 (IST)
Remember Me from Coco wins Best Original Song
Mar 05, 2018
09:31 (IST)
Alexandre Desplat wins Best Original Score for The Shape of Water
Mar 05, 2018
09:28 (IST)
Christopher Walken presents the Oscar for Best Original Score
Mar 05, 2018
09:23 (IST)
Keala Settle singing This Is Me from The Greatest Showman is the show's last performer, except for one - Eddie Vedder will perform a special tribute
Mar 05, 2018
09:22 (IST)
Blade Runner 2049's Roger A Deakins wins Best Cinematography (in which category a woman was nominated for the first time ever
Mar 05, 2018
09:17 (IST)
Former Best Actress winner Sandra Bullock, here to present the Oscar for Best Cinematography. Wants the house lights dimmed first please
Mar 05, 2018
09:14 (IST)
And yes, despite Envelopgate, Bonnie and Clyde are presenting Best Picture again this year
Warren Beatty and a PWC rep are locked in the green room, practicing envelope handoffs hundreds of times. Faye Dunaway sits nearby with an air horn, trying to throw them off.
7 categories left now - Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Picture
Current tally of wins Dunkirk - 3 The Shape Of Water - 1 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 1 Call Me By Your Name - 1 Phantom Thread - 1 Get Out - 1 Darkest Hour - 1
Mar 05, 2018
09:08 (IST)
Jordan Peele wins Best Original Screenplay for Get Out
Mar 05, 2018
09:03 (IST)
James Ivory wins Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me By Your Name
Mar 05, 2018
09:01 (IST)
Margot Robbie and Chadwick Boseman are presenting the writing awards
Mar 05, 2018
09:00 (IST)
Folks aren't happy that Kobe, accused of rape, just won an Oscar. This is the year of Time's Up and #MeToo, after all
Co-conspirators in The Great Hot Dog Handout - Margot Robbie, Gal Gadot and Lupita Nyong'o
Mar 05, 2018
08:50 (IST)
Dave Chappelle introduces Common and Andra Day, performing nominated song Stand Up For Something from Marshall
Mar 05, 2018
08:48 (IST)
Kobe Bryant is an Oscar winner now. His Dear Basketball won Best Animated Short
Mar 05, 2018
08:46 (IST)
The Silent Child wins Best Live Action Short
Mar 05, 2018
08:43 (IST)
Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405 wins Best Documentary Short
Mar 05, 2018
08:42 (IST)
"Hi Meryl, I want you to be my mama one day" - Maya Rudolph
Mar 05, 2018
08:42 (IST)
Maya and Tiffany are presenting 2 Oscars - Best Documentary Short and Best Live Action Short
Mar 05, 2018
08:40 (IST)
Everyone wants a hot dog. They don't really care that Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph are on stage right now
Mar 05, 2018
08:38 (IST)
Hot dogs are indeed being handed out - by Margot and Lupita
Mar 05, 2018
08:37 (IST)
Jimmy Kimmel is plotting with Gal Gadot, Margot Robbie and Lupita Nyong'o. Gal has a bag of snacks to hand out but the words 'hot dog cannon' were mentioned
Mar 05, 2018
08:36 (IST)
11 categories still left, among them the 4 biggies - Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture
The Shape Of Water, which led the nominations list with 13, has won 1 Oscar so far. Dunkirk has 3 wins
A Fantastic Woman from Chile wins Best Foreign Language Film
Mar 05, 2018
07:53 (IST)
This year, Jodie Foster and Jennifer Lawrence will present the Oscar for Best Actress. The award is usually presented by last year's Best Actor - this year, Casey Affleck, who won in 2017, is not attending the show. He, among several other Hollywood men, has been dogged by sexual harassment accusations
Mar 05, 2018
07:45 (IST)
Gael Garcia Bernal, Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade perform Remember Me from Coco, nominated for Best Original Song
Best Actress nominee Saoirse Ronan in soft pink Calvin Klein
Mar 05, 2018
07:18 (IST)
Victoria & Abdul, starring Ali Fazal who is at the Oscars, has lost in both categories it was nominated in - Phantom Thread won Best Costume Design and Darkest Hour won Best Makeup and Hair
Mar 05, 2018
07:16 (IST)
Meantime, how stunning is Nicole Kidman in her cobalt Armani dress?
Mar 05, 2018
07:15 (IST)
Taraji P Henson introduces the first nominee for Best Original Song - Mighty River from Mudbound. Mary J Blige performs
Mar 05, 2018
07:11 (IST)
And the Oscar goes to - Icarus
Mar 05, 2018
07:08 (IST)
Best Director nominee Greta Gerwig and Laura Dern are presenting the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
Mar 05, 2018
07:02 (IST)
Phantom Thread wins Best Costume Design
Mar 05, 2018
06:57 (IST)
And the Oscar goes to Darkest Hour, in which Gary Oldman transforms into Winston Churchill
Mar 05, 2018
06:56 (IST)
Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer are presenting the Oscar for Hair and Makeup
Mar 05, 2018
06:55 (IST)
Emma Stone is wearing this cool Louis Vuitton suit
Mar 05, 2018
06:51 (IST)
Sam Rockwell wins his first Oscar for his role as a racist cop in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mar 05, 2018
06:49 (IST)
And the Oscar goes to - Sam Rockwell
Mar 05, 2018
06:46 (IST)
First award of the show - Viola Davis presents Best Supporting Actor
Nominees Willem Dafoe Sam Rockwell Richard Jenkins Woody Harrelson Christopher Plummer
Mar 05, 2018
06:36 (IST)
"You can see where his hands are and best of all, no p***s at all": Jimmy Kimmel explains why Oscar is the most respected man in Hollywood right now (bonus: this jibe - "We made a movie called What Women Want and it starred Mel Gibson")
Mar 05, 2018
06:35 (IST)
"Oscar is 90 years old tonight which means he's probably at home watching Fox News": Jimmy Kimmel
Mar 05, 2018
06:32 (IST)
It's showtime folks
Mar 05, 2018
06:30 (IST)
You do you, Jennifer Lawrence (while wearing metallic Dior)
Mar 05, 2018
06:22 (IST)
Salma Hayek's slightly strange purple dress. It's Gucci - but we've seen her do better
Timothee Chalamet is just one of tonight's several first-time nominees - and here's some trivia
Mar 05, 2018
05:50 (IST)
I, Tonya star Allison Janney, front-runner for Best Supporting Actress, is wearing scarlet Reema Acra
Mar 05, 2018
05:39 (IST)
A throwback from Reese Witherspoon to when she won her Best Actress Oscar
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