The Oscars were handed out on Sunday and all the stars aligned in Hollywood as another Awards Season came to a close. The film PARASITE was the big winner with four Academy Awards for Best International Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Motion Picture..
WAMG was once again guests of The Academy (AMPAS) and invited into the pressroom to cover all the winners as they came back with their statuettes.
Televised from the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center, there were undoubtedly some great highlights from the show. Here’s our look at the golden moments from the 92nd Oscars.
The presenter team of Chris Rock and Steve Martin.
They were funny, terrific and made us wish for the return of the Oscar host.
Oscar winner Taiki Waititi!! The filmmaker won his first Oscar for JOJO RABBIT. During his acceptance speech he said, “I dedicate this to all the indigenous kids who live in the world who want to do art and dance and write stories. We are the original storytellers and we can make it here as well. Thank you. Kia Mihi.” [Thank you in Maori.]
Brad Pitt wins his second Oscar. Backstage in the pressroom when asked if this was the time of his life, he said, “Well, no. I hope not. I hope I got other shit going on. But it has been a really special — really special run. And, again, it’s a community I love and friends that I’ve made over, you know, 30 years and they mean a lot to me, truly. And I feel a responsibility to that more than anything, more than, like, a victory lap. And so I think, like, right now I’m just looking — I think it’s — I think it’s time to go disappear for a little while now and, you know, get back to making things.”
Elton John wins Best Song. Backstage WAMG asked the winners:
Q. Congratulations, Sir Elton. I know you won an Oscar before, and you’ve been nominated many times for different projects. But what about this particular win, because it was such a personal story, it’s your story, what was different about this?
A. (Elton John) This is for him. This is for my partner of 53 years. Without him, I wouldn’t be here. He starts the process. He gives me the lyrics, and then I go ahead. Without the lyrics, I’m nobody. This is the man who started the journey, and we are still together after 53 years. I have one of these already, but I so wanted to get one for everybody involved in the film. We’ve been — you know, this film has taken 12 years together. David, my husband’s, been on and on about 12 years trying to get this made. In the endm we got it made the right way, the way we wanted to. But I’m so thrilled for him because I love him so much. And everybody, Taron Egerton is especially — he should have been, I think, in the — nominated as one of the best actors, but for me, he was the best performance this year. Thank you.
Oscar winner Eminem performs ‘Lose Yourself” live, receives a standing ovation and steals the show.
“You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.” And so it does.
In a feature of the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, Tom Hanks announced to the audience in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and to millions of broadcast viewers around the world, that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open to the public on Monday, December 14, 2020.
Tom Hanks made the announcement in his capacity as museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign, along with co-chair Annette Bening and chair Bob Iger.
Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film Oscar went to PARASITE (South Korea) while director Bong Joon Ho received multiple standing ovations. During his acceptance speech after winning the Academy Award for Director he saluted his fellow nominees Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Mendes and Todd Phillips.
Backstage he told the press of his win, “I did once imagine what it would mean to win Best Picture. To win Best Picture means that this film was voted by the members of the Academy, and I realized that that would signal the beginning of a different kind of change for international cinema, not just for Korea. So in that sense, it would have been great to win. We did win.”
Gal Gadot, Brie Larson and Sigourney Weaver – The three superwomen came on stage together, stated that they had started a Hollywood “fight club” and stated that “All women are superheroes” and for the first time a woman conducted the orchestra for Best Original Score clips.
The Oscar went to JOKER composer Hildur Guðnadóttir. During her acceptance speech she said, “ To the girls, to the women, to the mothers, to the daughters who hear the music bubbling within, please speak up. We need to hear your voices. “
- The first time bringing together the world’s Elsas performing “Into the Unknown” with Idina Menzel and AURORA.
- Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg (Danish)
- Willemijn Verkaik (German)
- Takako Matsu (Japanese)
- Carmen Sarahí (Spanish)
- Lisa Stokke (Norwegian)
- Kasia Łaska (Polish)
- Anna Buturlina (Russian)
- Gisela (Castilian)
- Gam Wichayanee (Thai)
Steven Spielberg introduced the In Memoriam segment while Billie Eilish performed. It was a poignant moment.
Joaquin Phoenix became the second person to win an Oscar for playing the Joker.
Contributed by Michelle Hannett and Melissa Thompson
