Anora wins everything at the Oscars. March 03

Anora wins everything at the Oscars. March 03

With five Oscars,including best actress for breakout star Mikey Madison and a record-breaking four for director Sean Baker,Anora was the major winner.

Madison,a relative newbie,plays a New York stripper who develops feelings for the son of a wealthy Russian in the frenzied drama.
She called winning the Oscar for best actress a “dream come true” and repelled Demi Moore’s challenge.
Baker,who directed, edited, wrote, and produced Anora,became the first individual to win four Academy Awards for a single picture.

I’m Still Here received best foreign prize, Flow won best animated feature,and Kieran Culkin,Adrien Brody,and Zoe Saldaña were among the other winners that evening.

Madison,25,stated in her speech: “This is just unbelievable. Even though I grew up in Los Angeles,Hollywood always seemed so far away,so it’s truly amazing to be standing here in this room now.”
“I want to honor and recognize the sex worker community,”she continued.One of the pleasures of this amazing experience has been meeting the women from that group,and I will continue to support and be an ally.”
Quentin Tarantino,who had previously starred Madison in a minor role in his movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,gave the best director trophy.
In response to Tarantino’s award, Baker said,”If you didn’t cast Mikey Madison… there’d be no Anora.”

In his best director speech, Baker praised cinemas and thanked the Academy voters for “recognizing a truly independent film.”
“Where did our passion for movies begin? “At the cinemas,” Baker remarked.”Watching a film in a theatre with an audience is an experience.””Right now the theater-going experience is under threat,independently owned theaters are struggling, and it’s up to us to support them.”This is a community experience that you simply don’t get at home,and it’s more vital than ever at a time when the globe can feel very divided.

“This is my battle cry: Filmmakers, keep making films for the big screen,” he said in closing. I’m positive I will.Distribution companies,please prioritize my films’theatrical premieres.”
The first individual to win four Oscars for a single picture is Baker.In 1953,Walt Disney did win four awards in one night,but for four distinct movies.

Brody’s second Oscar :

Adrien Brody, who plays a Hungarian-Jewish architect who comes to the US to start over after World War Two, won the award for outstanding actor in The Brutalist.
Since 2003, when he became the youngest winner of Best Actor for The Pianist, Brody had not received an Oscar nomination.

“Acting is a very fragile profession,” he stated.”It looks very glamorous,and in certain moments it is,but the one thing I’ve gained in having the privilege to come back here is to have some perspective.”Furthermore,anything can go,regardless of your professional status or accomplishments.And the knowledge of that, together with my thankfulness for continuing to perform the work I love,is what makes this evening so memorable.”
“I’m here once again to represent the lingering traumas and repercussions of war,and systematic oppression,and antisemitism and racism,”Brody continued,refusing to be played off during his five-minute address.

Additionally,I pray for a world that is happier,healthier,and more inclusive.And if history can teach us anything,it’s to keep hate in check, in my opinion.
In addition,The Brutalist won two British awards: best original music for composer Daniel Blumberg and best cinematography for Lol Crawley,who was born and raised in Wales.

Success for Saldaña :

For her role as a drug lord who transforms into a different gender in the Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez,Zoe Saldaña won the award for best supporting actress.
In a tearful acceptance speech,she stated,”I am floored by this honor.”To her character,”Thank you to the Academy for recognising the quiet heroism and the power in a woman like Rita,”she said.

“My grandmother came to this country in 1961,” she said.”I am a proud child of immigrant parents,and I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award,and I know I will not be the last.”
For El Mal,a song that Saldaña sang in the movie,Emilia Pérez also took home the award for best original song.

Clean sweep is completed by Culkin :

Kieran Culkin,a succession star who has dominated the awards season,won best supporting actor.
The actor’s work in A Real Pain,which tells the story of two cousins who go across Poland to remember their grandmother,earned him the award.

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Firefighters identified :

 

Two months after wildfires decimated Los Angeles,the Oscars were held. The ceremony began with a montage of movie stills showing the city, and it ended with the words, “We love LA.”
A standing ovation was given by the audience when a group of Los Angeles firefighters were invited to the stage later in the ceremony to honor their service.

In other news,Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the award for best costume design,while Wicked was recognized for outstanding production design.

He declared, “I’m so proud of this,” during his acceptance speech. He also praised “everyone in the UK [where Wicked was filmed] for all of your beautiful work, I could not have done this without you” .

Dune: Part Two,another box office success,took home two honors: best sound and best visual effects.
Conclave,the Bafta winner,only won one award: best adapted screenplay.
In a dedication to the author of the book on which the movie is based, British screenwriter Peter Straughan said: “Thank you Robert Harris for your beautiful book,we’re all standing on your shoulders.”

Morgan Freeman honored his “dear friend” Gene Hackman,whose passing was revealed last week,in other parts of the program.
“Like everyone who ever shared a scene with him,I learned he was a generous performer,and a man whose gifts elevated everyone’s work,”remarked Freeman.

The Substance,for best hair and makeup,and Flow,for best animated picture,were among the other wins.
In the meantime,the award for best animated short went to In the Shadow of the Cypress.
After having trouble getting a US visa,its Iranian directors Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi accepted the prize three hours after their plane touched down in Los Angeles.
The movie I’m Still Here, which tells the real story of a Brazilian lady who looks into her congressman husband’s disappearance, won best international picture.

No Other Land, a joint Israeli-Palestinian documentary documenting the region’s ongoing conflict, won the best documentary prize.

The co-director, Yuval Abraham, stated, “We made this film,Palestinians and Israelis,because together,our voices are stronger,”
During the ceremony,Raye,Liza from Blackpink, Doja Cat,and Margaret Qualley all performed as part of a James Bond tribute,and Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande did a Wicked medley.