The 90th Academy Awards  hosted for the second straight year by late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel was being beamed live around the world from Hollywood`s Dolby Theatre. It was the biggest night for those who admire the world of celluloid and the art of filmmaking. Stars that have enthralled moviegoers across the globe by their performances last year descended to celebrate cinema. 


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Overshadowed by scandal over sexual misconduct in showbiz Hollywood was set for a real-life cliff-hanger Sunday night.


The film industry stood as a cohesive unit to declare war on the pervasive culture of sexual impropriety unearthed by the downfall of movie mogul and alleged serial sex attacker Harvey Weinstein.


With the #MeToo and Time`s Up campaigns against sexual misconduct and gender inequality dominating the 2018 awards circuit, this year`s Oscars gala was seen as an opportunity for Tinseltown to honour women in the field of filmmaking. 


Those who emerged the best were honoured with the coveted trophy.


Here’s taking a look at the list of winners:


Supporting Actor:


Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project


Woody Harrelson for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Richard Jenkins for The Shape of Water


Christopher Plummer for All the Money in the World


Makeup and Hair:


Darkest Hour -  Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick


Victoria and Abdul -  Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard


Wonder -  Arjen Tuiten


Costume Design:


Phantom Thread - Mark Bridges


Beauty and the Beast - Jacqueline Durran


Darkest Hour - Jacqueline Durran


The Shape of Water - Luis Sequeira


Victoria and Abdul - Consolata Boyle


Best Documentary Feature:


Icarus - Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan


Abacus: Small Enough to Jail -  Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman


Faces Places - JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda


Last Men in Aleppo - Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen


Strong Island - Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes


Sound Editing:


Dunkirk - Alex Gibson, Richard King


Baby Driver - Julian Slater


Blade Runner 2049 - Mark Mangini, Theo Green


The Shape of Water - Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira


Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood


Sound Mixing:


Dunkirk - Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo


Baby Driver- Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin


Blade Runner 2049 - Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill


The Shape of Water -  Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern


Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick


Production Design:


The Shape of Water - Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau


Beauty and the Beast - Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer


Blade Runner 2049 - Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola


Darkest Hour - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer


Dunkirk - Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis


Best Foreign Language Film:


A Fantastic Woman (Chile)


The Insult (Lebanon)


Loveless (Russia)


On Body and Soul (Hungary)


The Square (Sweden)


Supporting Actress:


Allison Janney for I, Tonya


Mary J. Blige for Mudbound


Lesley Manville for Phantom Thread


Laurie Metcalf for Lady Bird


Octavia Spencer for The Shape of Water


Animated Short:


Dear Basketball -  Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant


Garden Party - Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon


Lou - Dave Mullins, Dana Murray


Negative Space - Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata


Revolting Rhymes - Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer


Animated Feature:


Coco - Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson


The Boss Baby -Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito


The Breadwinner - Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo


Ferdinand - Carlos Saldanha


Loving Vincent - Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman


Visual Effects:


Blade Runner 2049 - John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer


Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick


Kong: Skull Island - Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus


Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan


Film Editing:


Dunkirk - Lee Smith


Baby Driver - Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss


I, Tonya - Tatiana S. Riegel


The Shape of Water - Sidney Wolinsky


Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Jon Gregory


Best Documentary Short Subject:


Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 - Frank Stiefel


Edith+Eddie - Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright


Heroin(e) - Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon


Knife Skills - Thomas Lennon


Traffic Stop - Kate Davis, David Heilbroner


Best Live Action Short Film:


The Silent Child - Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton


DeKalb Elementary - Reed Van Dyk


The Eleven O’Clock - Derin Seale, Josh Lawson


My Nephew Emmett - Kevin Wilson, Jr.


Watu Wote/All of Us - Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen


Adapted Screenplay:


Call Me by Your Name - James Ivory


The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber


Logan - Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green


Molly’s Game - Aaron Sorkin


Mudbound - Virgil Williams and Dee Rees


Original Screenplay:


Get Out - Jordan Peele


The Big Sick - Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani


Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig


The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor


Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh


Cinematography:


Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins


Darkest Hour - Bruno Delbonnel


Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema


Mudbound -Rachel Morrison


The Shape of Water - Dan Laustsen


Original Score:


The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat


Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer


Phantom Thread - Jonny Greenwood


Star Wars: The Last Jedi - John Williams


Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Carter Burwell


Original Song:


Remember Me from Coco - Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez


Mighty River from Mudbound- Mary J. Blige


Mystery of Love from Call Me by Your Name - Sufjan Stevens


Stand Up for Something from Marshall - Diane Warren, Common


This Is Me from The Greatest Showman - Benj Pasek, Justin Paul


Director:


The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro


Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan


Get Out - Jordan Peele


Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig


Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson


Lead Actor:


Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour


Timothée Chalamet for Call Me by Your Name


Daniel Day-Lewis for Phantom Thread


Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out


Denzel Washington for Roman J. Israel, Esq.


Lead Actress:


Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water


Margot Robbie for I, Tonya


Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird


Meryl Streep for The Post


Best Picture:


The Shape of Water


Call Me by Your Name


Darkest Hour


Dunkirk


Get Out


Lady Bird


Phantom Thread


The Post


Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


(With AFP inputs)