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Oscars 2019: GREEN BOOK wins Best Picture

BY. JAMIE WYLIE


GREEN BOOK is the 2019 Oscar winner for BEST PICTURE! Congratulations to Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga on their first Oscar win. This is the 2nd Oscar nomination for Jim Burke, who was previously nominated for THE DESCENDANTS. Other nominees for BEST PICTURE included BLACK PANTHER, BLACKkKLANSMAN, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE FAVOURITE, ROMA, A STAR IS BORN, and VICE.

SKIN is the 2019 Oscar winner for SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)! Congratulations to Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman on their first Oscar win. Other nominees for SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) included DETAINMENT, FAUVE, MARGUERITE, and MOTHER. Watch Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman's Oscar acceptance speech below.
BAO is the 2019 Oscar winner for SHORT FILM (ANIMATED). Congratulations to Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb on their first Oscar win. Other nominees for SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) included ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, LATE AFTERNOON, ONE SMALL STEP, and WEEKENDS. Watch Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb's Oscar acceptance speech below.

BAO is about a lonely Chinese mother suffering from empty nest syndrome who is thrilled to become a parent again when one of her homemade dumplings comes to life. As Dumpling grows, however, the inevitable conflicts between parent and child arise and Mom must acknowledge that no one stays little forever.
Olivia Colman is the 2019 Oscar winner for ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE! Congratulations to Olivia Colman on her first nomination and Oscar win. Other nominees for ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE included Yalitza Aparicio in ROMA, Glenn Close in THE WIFE, Lady Gaga in A STAR IS BORN, and Melissa McCarthy in CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

“It’s genuinely quite stressful. This is hilarious. I got an Oscar,” Colman exclaimed.

In THE FAVOURITE, Colman portrays Queen Anne, the temperamental ruler of Great Britain whose devious courtiers joust for her favor and political power during the early 1700s.