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On Sunday evening the stars amassed in Hollywood to celebrate all that is good and great about cinema from the past 12 months.
The big story of the night was South Korea's Parasite sweeping to victory not only claiming Best Foreign Language film but also Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and the biggest shock of them all Best Picture.
BREAKING: "Parasite" becomes the first film not in the English language to win Best Picture.… https://t.co/qlnBVLf3o7— ABC News (@ABC News) 1581308927
It marks the first time a film not in the English language has won the big award on the night, proving not only to be a significant moment in history but also very popular amongst cinephiles and fans of director Bong Joon-ho.
PARASWEEP— Rian Johnson (@Rian Johnson) 1581309682
bong joon ho said gay rights !! https://t.co/WX6sCyqy5B— E. Alex Jung (@E. Alex Jung) 1581314992
BONG JOON HO REALLY CALLED THE OSCARS A LOCAL AWARDS SHOW AND NEGGED THE ACADEMY INTO GIVING PARASITE ALL THE AWARDS— jonny sun (@jonny sun) 1581309075
This is both a) absolutely correct -- Disney won four Oscars in 1953 and b) absolutely fucking insane. Bong Joon-Ho… https://t.co/5Wjp4DYKjk— Josh Spiegel (@Josh Spiegel) 1581309154
https://t.co/KiwWHOuZPb— karen han (@karen han) 1581309131
https://t.co/HJsnKewnNV— Eric Allen Hatch (@Eric Allen Hatch) 1581308312
Bong Joon Ho looking at his Oscar and laughing dot gif https://t.co/whcicQJkJH— Mark (@Mark) 1581299281
Renée Zellweger and Bong Joon Ho walk into a bar... https://t.co/HZ1zAdpUD1 https://t.co/EIRRwl8CRG— Variety (@Variety) 1581318513
Elsewhere on the night, the acting awards went to Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Laura Dern and Brad Pitt, the latter of which used his speech to take a swipe at the US senators who voted against having witnesses, including John Bolton, speak at Trump's impeachment trial.
Brad Pitt: "They told me I only have 45 seconds up here—which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton t… https://t.co/5c2cZKtDNf— ABC News (@ABC News) 1581297608
Oh boy this might upset a few Republicans. Brad Pitt started speech tonight by saying he had 45 second up there,… https://t.co/te0uy4vzVF— Read Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks (@Read Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks) 1581306085
In fact, Pitt was producing all sorts of gold on the night.
How many times is too many times to watch Brad Pitt's Glambot, @mzgossipgirl? 👀 #Oscars #LiveFromE https://t.co/JkybY8dHzp— Dr. Paul Nassif and Dr. Dubrow Stan Account (@Dr. Paul Nassif and Dr. Dubrow Stan Account) 1581309485
BRAD PITT AND BONG JOON-HO BRAD PITT AND BONG JOON-HO BRAD PITT AND BONG JOON-HO BRAD PITT AND BONG JOON-HO BRAD PI… https://t.co/2QO1gfbZOs— grace dante (@grace dante) 1581310372
Joaquin Phoenix, whose performance in Joker saw him win Best Actor, had used his acceptance speech at the Bafta's to talk out against systemic racism and asked the awards bodies to do better.
His acceptance speech at the Oscars was a little different as he chose to talk about milk and artificially inseminating a cow instead and the internet responded with memes.
The Joker, two weeks ago: Fuck racism. The Joker, today: Milk is the real enemy.— Aura Bogado (@Aura Bogado) 1581307863
tfw you drink almond milk https://t.co/bJIolX2RFU— Dave Itzkoff (@Dave Itzkoff) 1581308021
When The Joker started talking about milk. #oscars https://t.co/Wi5SkRevrX— Dorothy Snarker (@Dorothy Snarker) 1581307905
joaquin phoenix really stood up on stage and said stop drinking milk u fucking animals #Oscars https://t.co/NGo0zK8yHM— lauren 🖤 nwh spoilers (@lauren 🖤 nwh spoilers) 1581307794
In the audience, teen music sensation Billie Eilish caught everyone's attention for her baffled reaction to Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig's seemingly improvised announcement of the Best Costume Design and Production Design categories.
Billie Eilish is every 18 year old #Oscars #Oscar2020 https://t.co/wbnmEg1VMR— Michelle Sneathen (@Michelle Sneathen) 1581301306
The award for best journey goes to Billie Elish’s face during that number. https://t.co/IiBYj8DdkL— Ashley Hoffman (@Ashley Hoffman) 1581300266
Me when someone says foreign films shouldn't be allowed to be nominated for Best Picture. https://t.co/kREHhmvbVL— Boner Vivant (@Boner Vivant) 1581300278
why https://t.co/TscfAf4ydz— rob sheffield (@rob sheffield) 1581301896
James Corden and Rebel Wilson, who presented the award for Best Visual Effects which went to 1917, dressed as their characters from the much-maligned commercial flop Cats, which made for some truly surreal imagery.
https://t.co/oKAmMwjWOC— Matt Serafini (@Matt Serafini) 1581305861
Rebel Wilson and James Corden.... that’s it. CATS REUNITED I AM SCREAMING. #oscars https://t.co/0mvrUukCsr— Connor Malbeuf (@Connor Malbeuf) 1581304486
CATS could have saved so much money using these costumes and been way less creepy #Oscars2020— Jennifer Haake 🏒 (@Jennifer Haake 🏒) 1581304529
Janelle Monae's incredible performance in the opening musical number of the show also won a lot of love, especially when she should 'Oscars so white.'
Janelle Monáe came and did what she had to do. #oscars https://t.co/AocAH1U0sJ— 🦋 Ursula_LaKendra 🦋 (@🦋 Ursula_LaKendra 🦋) 1581299860
We NEED to see Janelle Monae and Billy Porter as fairy godmothers now 😍 #Oscars https://t.co/HGkSCGnKAD— Blk Girl Culture (@Blk Girl Culture) 1581296798
Natalie Portman, despite not being nominated for anything did make a statement by having all the names of the female directors that were snubbed sewn into the Dior cape that she was wearing.
Natalie Portman embroidered her Dior cape with all of the female directors who weren't nominated for #Oscars. Check… https://t.co/jHq8rUG5Jf— Amy Kaufman (@Amy Kaufman) 1581293944
Natalie in Dior with the names of women directors embroidered on her cape #Oscars https://t.co/e30sNRT6LA— Andrea Mandell (@Andrea Mandell) 1581293933
It wasn't just the big names in Hollywood that were making headlines. Matthew Cherry, who directed the Best Animated Short film Hair Love shared a tweet from 2016 asking for help on an 'Oscar-worthy short film' which sure enough turned out to be the film he would end up winning the gong for.
Nailed it https://t.co/roqq0ohAP4— Matthew A. Cherry (@Matthew A. Cherry) 1581300376
Cherry's confidence is clear for all to see, as he also said he was going to win an Oscar in 2012. Any chance he knows what the lottery numbers are?
Lastly, we'll leave you with Martin Scorsese, whose film The Irishman came away empty-handed on the night, who could barely keep his eyes open during a performance of 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem.
Martin Scorsese made a marathon movie in The Irishman but is passing out to an Eminem performance! #Oscars https://t.co/WZ5DEcVmm5— Chamatkar Sandhu (@Chamatkar Sandhu) 1581302311
vibe check https://t.co/Rdyhu3vEyz— karen han (@karen han) 1581303181
Martin Scorsese losing himself in the music, the moment https://t.co/j62mGpOmIQ— Zack Bornstein (@Zack Bornstein) 1581302840
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