Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel led a group of stars to a nearby theater to surprise movie-goers in a hilarious stunt fo the 90th Academy Awards.
Margot Robbie, Lupita Nyong’o, and Gal Gadot were among the Hollywood A-listers who handed out candy to the audience at the TCL Chinese Theater and shot hot dogs out of a hot dog cannon.
Kimmel then selected movie-goer Mike Young to announce the next presenters, Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph.
The late night personality announced to the celebrity crowd at the Oscars that a hidden camera had been placed in the theater where an audience was watching a preview of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’.
They were soon surprised when Kimmel led in Ansel Elgort, Mark Hamill, Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel Miranda, Guillermo del Toro, Armie Hammer, Gado, Nyong’o, Robbie and ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ co-star Guillermo into the theater.
‘This is better than the Oscars!’ Gadot declared to the cheering crowd.
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel led a group of stars to a nearby theater to surprise movie-goers in a hilarious stunt fo the 90th Academy Awards
Kimmel led in Gal Gadot, Margot Robbie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ansel Elgort, Margot Robbie, Mark Hamill, Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel Miranda, Guillermo del Toro, Armie Hammer,and ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ costar Guillermo
The late night personality announced to the audience of stars that a hidden camera had been placed in the theater where an audience was watching a preview of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
‘This is better than the Oscars!’ Gadot declared to the cheering crowd
The stars handed out candy to the audience and shot hot dogs out of a hot dog cannon
Kimmel then selected movie-goer Mike Young to announce the next presenters, Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph
Among the big winners of the night were Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney, who won Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
After a 30-year acting career, Rockwell won his first Academy Award for ‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri’, which he dedicated to ‘my old buddy Phil Hoffman.’
Veteran actress Janney aIso won her first award was a huge win for the star who was recognized for her work as LaVona in ‘I, Tonya’.
Allison showed off her amazing sense of humor as the first thing she said when approaching the podium was: ‘I did it all by myself.’
After a 30-year acting career, Sam Rockwell won his first Academy Award for ‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri’, which he dedicated to ‘my old buddy Phil Hoffman.’
Veteran actress Janney aIso won her first award was a huge win for the star who was recognized for her work as LaVona in ‘I, Tonya’
The night kicked off with late night personality Jimmy Kimmel, who was back hosting for the second year in a row taking swings at disgraced move mogul Harvey Weinstein, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
‘If we can work together to stop sexual harassment in the workplace. If we can do that, women will only have to deal with that every other place they go,’ he continued, joking.
His zingers took a hit out at Vice President Pence, who is known for his anti-gay views about the coming-of-age drama ‘Call Me by Your Name’ about the relationship between a 17-year-old boy living in Italy, played by Timothée Chalamet, and his father’s American assistant, played by Armie Hammer.
‘We don’t make films like ‘Call Me by Your Name’ to make money. We make them to upset Mike Pence,’ Kimmel said.
The film is a coming-age of drama about the relationship between a 17-year-old boy living in Italy, played by Timothée Chalamet, and his father’s American assistant, played by Armie Hammer.
Addressing first-time nominee, ‘Get Out’ director Jordan Peele, Kimmel said, “None other than President Trump called ‘Get Out’ the best 3/4 of a movie he had seen this year.’
Kimmel previously confirmed there would be no jokes about the #MeToo at this year’s show.
Kimmel joked about the many men in Hollywood accused of sexual misconduct since Harvey Weinstein, by joking about the Oscar statue: ‘He keeps his hands where you can see them and most importantly no penis’
Kimmel discussed how disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and demanded that Hollywood stamp out bad behavior
‘If we can work together to stop sexual harassment in the workplace. If we can do that, women will only have to deal with that every other place they go,’ he continued, joking
Actors and actresses in snazzy tuxedos and beautiful evening gowns arrived on the red carpet for the 90th Academy Awards kicked off on Sunday afternoon.
Several of Hollywood’s female stars glittered in metallic dresses as they stepped onto the red carpet.
Channeling her inner bombshell, Jennifer Lawrence stepped onto the runway outside the Dolby Theater in a stunning gilded gown, kicking off a dazzling metallic dress trend.
Fellow movie stars Sandra Bullock, Lupita Nyong’o and Gal Gadot also all arrived in gold and silver dresses, making sure they stood out at this year’s awards show.
Many celebrities showed their support voiced their support for Time’s Up and the #metoo movement by wearing button. Elisabeth Moss from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ was seen wearing a small Time’s Up button on the belt of her dress.
Jane Fonda, Patrick Stewart and wife Sunny Ozell, and Sam Rockwell were a few of the stars also seen sporting the button.
Celebrities have registered their support for Time’s Up against sexual harassment campaign and the fight to end gun violence at various awards events in the last few months. At the Golden Globes in January, several stars wore black while others carried white roses.
Ashley Judd (left) and Mira Sorvino (right) arrived in eye-catching looks for the Academy Awards; the duo posed up a storm together on the red carpet.
Allison Janney looked incredible in her low-cut red gown featuring draped sleeves.Allison Janney looked incredible in her low-cut red gown featuring draped sleeves
Elisabeth Moss and Jane Fonda were seen on the red carpet both wearing ‘Time’s Up’ buttons. Fonda wore the button on her chest while Moss sported hers on her belt
Also wearing Time’s Up buttons were Patrick Stewart and his wife Suzy Ornell
Oscar nominee Australian actress Margot Robbie, 27, looked gorgeous in her strapless white gown, which included textured draping and a layered skirt.
Her ‘I, Tonya’ co-star Allison Janney looked incredible in her low-cut red gown featuring draped sleeves. The actress donned a diamond choker with a matching ring and bracelets; she carried a coordinating clutch.
Jennifer Garner made a statement on the red carpet in her electric blue dress. The 45-year-old movie star showed off her sculpted arms in her ruched number, complete with a cap and a form-fitting torso.
Nicole Kidman also chose blue, but opted for a darker version; she sported a strapless version with a textured midsection and a thigh-slit.
Several E! News hosts made their appearances on the red carpet as well including Kristin Cavallari, Giuliana Rancic, Maria Menounos and Ryan Seacrest made their appearances on the red carpet.
E! announced it was planning to run a delay on its coverage of the red carpet surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct against host Seacrest.
The network dismissed the news of the 30-second tape delay as part of its standard practice.
‘As always, we tape multiple sources of content simultaneously to deliver the best possible show, and there are often brief delays between interviews,’ an E! spokesperson told Variety.
Seacrest, 43, has been embroiled in scandal ever since he was accused of sexual harassment by his ex-stylist, Suzie Hardy.
Australian actress Margot Robbie, 27, looked gorgeous in her strapless white gown, which included textured draping and a layered skirt
‘Jane The Virgin’ actress Gina Rodriguez chose a low-cut tan and silver number; the full skirt began at her hips with the remainder of the dress showing off her svelte figure
Amazing: Jennifer, 45, styled her brunette hair in waves with diamond earrings and a coordinating ring
Leggy day: Nicole Kidman also chose blue, but opted for a darker version; she sported a strapless version with a textured midsection and a thigh-slit
E! has announced it is planning to run a delay on it coverage of the red carpet surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct against host Ryan Seacrest (pictured) but claimed it was just part of standard coverage
But while the red carpet looked as glitzy as ever, beneath the surface the Oscars has changed to reflect a changed Hollywood.
And that was shown in this year’s most recognized films – with the Academy Awards showering outsiders, on screen and off, with milestone-setting nominations that celebrated Guillermo del Toro’s full-hearted ode to outcasts The Shape of Water, embraced first-time filmmakers like Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele, and made Mudbound director of photography Rachel Morrison the first woman ever nominated for best cinematography.
With a diverse selection of nominations that spanned young and old, studio blockbusters and passion-fueled indies, the 90th annual Academy Awards gave many who have long been shunned by the movie business – women directors, transgender filmmakers, minority actors, even Netflix – something to cheer about.
Leading all nominees with 13 nods, including Best Picture, is ‘The Shape of Water’, by veteran Mexican filmmaker del Toro, whose Cold War-era fantasy is about a mute office cleaner (Sally Hawkins) who falls in love with an amphibious creature.
But the nominations also carried forward some of the ongoing reckoning of the #MeToo movement that has been felt especially acutely in Hollywood, where male filmmakers outnumber women by a ratio of approximately 12-to-1.
Gerwig, the writer-director of the nuanced coming-of-age tale ‘Lady Bird’, is just the fifth woman nominated for best director, following Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Kathryn Bigelow, the sole woman to win, for ‘The Hurt Locker’.
Dame Helen Mirren, Emily Blunt, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman will be among the presenters, along with Dave Chappelle, Eugenio Derbez, Ansel Elgort, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Eiza Gonzalez, Ashley Judd, Matthew McConaughey, Rita Moreno, Lupita Nyong’o and Christopher Walken.
Judd and Nyong’o are among the high-profile actresses who have accused disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment.
And now for the chocolates: Chef Wolfgang Puck of Spago fame (second from right) with fellow pastry chefs; he creates the dishes for the Governors Ball
It is customary for the previous winners to present to the new winner at the subsequent ceremony.
However, the last winner of the best actor award, Casey Affleck, did not attend attending the ceremony this year.
The ‘Manchester By The Sea’ star would have been expected to present the best actress award, according to the show’s tradition, but in January he withdrew from the hosting role.
In 2010, Affleck was sued by two women for alleged sexual harassment before the lawsuits were settled out of court.
He has vehemently denied the sexual harassment claims which were alleged to have happened during the making of the film I’m Still Here.
The nominations for the Oscars are led by Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape Of Water, which has 13 nods, while Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan, has eight.
ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2018
BEST ACTOR
Timothee Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Gary OIdman – Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq
BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Meryl Streep – The Post
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mary J Blige – Mudbound
Alison Janney – I, Tonya – WINNER
Lesley Manville – Phanton Thread
Laurie Metcalf – Ladybird
Octavia Spencer – The Shape Of Water
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – WINNER
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman – WINNER
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Edith + Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 – WINNER
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus – WINNER
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Mighty River – Mudbound
Mystery Of Love – Call Me by Your Name
Remember Me – Coco
Stand Up For Something – Marshall
This Is Me – The Greatest Showman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco – WINNER
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name – James Ivory – WINNER
The Disaster Artist – Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber
Logan – Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green
Molly’s Game – Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound – Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Big Sick – Emily V Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out – Jordan Peele – WINNER
Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (story by Guillermo del Toro)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
BEST PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bladerunner 2049 – WINNER
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
Shape of Water
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread – WINNER
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul
BEST SOUND EDITING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner
Dunkirk – WINNER
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Dear Basketball – WINNER
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmet
The Silent Child – WINNER
Watu Wota / All of Us
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049 – WINNER
Guardian of the Galaxy vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
BEST FILM EDITING
Baby Driver
I,Tonya
Dunkirk – WINNER
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST SOUND MIXING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner
Dunkirk – WINNER
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water – WINNER
BEST MAKE UP AND HAIR STYLING
Darkest Hour – WINNER
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder