Dear Commons Community,

I watched the Oscar Awards last night. Colorful, lots of gowns, glitter, and some interesting moments. Jimmy Kimmel, the host, took shots at Donald Trump. Black actors and actresses were well-represented among the nominees and winners.  The wrong movie, La La Land, was named best picture by accident.  The actual winner was Moonlight. Meryl Streep got the first standing ovation of the evening after Kimmel poked fun at Donald Trump’s comment earlier this year calling her “overrated”. However, the best moment for me was the acceptance of the first award for Best Supporting Actor which was won by Mahershala Ali in Moonlight. Before anybody else, he thanked his teachers and professors for helping him  developed his career as an actor and being true to himself.

Below is the complete list of major winners.

Tony

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Best Picture:Moonlight

Best Actress: Emma Stone for La La Land

Best Actor: Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea

Directing: Damien Chazelle for La La Land

Best Adapted Screenplay: Moonlight – Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Best Original Screenplay: Manchester by the Sea written by Kenneth Lonergan

Best Original Song: “City of Stars” from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Music (Original Score): Justin Hurwitz for La La Land

Cinematography: Linus Sandgren for La La Land

Short Film (Live Action): Sing – Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy

Documentary (Short Subject):The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Film Editing: John Gilbert for Hacksaw Ridge

Visual Effects:The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon

Production Design: La La Land – David Wasco (Production Design) and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration)

Best Animated Feature Film: Zootopia by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Best Short Film (Animated):Piper by Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis in Fences

Sound Mixing: Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace for Hacksaw Ridge

Sound Editing: Sylvain Bellemare for Arrival

Best Documentary (Feature): O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow

Costume Design: Colleen Atwood for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Makeup and Hairstyling: Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson for Suicide Squad

Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali in Moonlight