Oscars 2019: Full List Of Winners

It was a night of upset in Hollywood, as Green Book took home Best Picture--and dashed Netflixs $30 million bet on scoring a win in the hotly-contested category with Roma.

The Universal buddy drama, starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, overcame stiff competition from superhero movie Black Panther, racially-charged comedy BlacKkKlansman, Queen history Bohemian Rhapsody, off-kilter period drama The Favourite, black-and-white autobiography Roma, musical tragedy A Star Is Born and Dick Cheney biopic Vice.

The film tells the tale of a black concert pianist Don Shirley and his Italian-American driver Tony Vallelonga traveling through the racist deep South. It overcame criticism for its portrayal of Mortenses character, Tony Vallelonga, as a white savior. The backlash was furthered by the Shirley family, who claimed it misrepresented the prodigys relationship with them.

Green Book was not the only controversial film to emerge triumphant. Bohemian Rhapsody led the awards scoreboard with four statuettes, including Best Actor for Rami Malek, despite a damning investigation by The Atlantic into sexual conduct by its director, Bryan Singer. (Singer has denied the accusations.) Black-and-white Spanish-language film Roma and blockbuster Black Panther were close behind with three apiece.

"I think to anyone struggling with their [identity] and trying to discover their voice, we made a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life just unapologetically himself," said Malek, as he accepted his award. "And the fact that I’m celebrating him and this story with you tonight is proof that we’re longing for stories like this."

Beyond scandal, it was also an evening of firsts: Auteur Spike Lee landed his first Oscar in his three decade-plus career for race comedy BlacKkKlansman, though he lost out on Best Picture. Lee, who was also snubbed years ago because of Driving Miss Daisy, had a few words to say. "Every time somebody is driving somebody, I lose," Spike Lee told the press, while sipping champagne backstage.

Superhero smash hit Black Panther won Marvel the studios first statuettes ever, nabbing costume design, production design and best original score. And Mahershala Ali became the first Black actor to win two Oscars in the Best Supporting Actor category, following his performance in interracial roadtrip movie Green Book.

The biggest shock of the night, besides Green Book: Best Actress, which was won by Olivia Colman for The Favourite. She beat out Glenn Close (The Wife), who was widely expected to take the category.

"When I used to work as a cleaner-and I loved that job--I did spend quite a lot of my time imagining this," Colman said onstage.

Critically-acclaimed period comedy The Favourite and Netflix's autobiographical drama Roma had the most nominations going into the show, with 10 nods apiece.

Oscars 2019: Full List Of Winners:

BEST PICTURE

Green Book

DIRECTING

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Olivia Colman, The Favourite

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali, Green Book

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Green Book

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BlacKkKlansman

ORIGINAL SCORE

Black Panther

ORIGINAL SONG
"Shallow," A Star Is Born

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Free Solo

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Period. End of Sentence.

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Vice

COSTUME DESIGN

Black Panther

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Black Panther

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roma

SOUND EDITING

Bohemian Rhapsody

SOUND MIXING

Bohemian Rhapsody

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

Roma

FILM EDITING

Bohemian Rhapsody

VISUAL EFFECTS

First Man

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Bao

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

Skin

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