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Anatomy of a Fall wins best original screenplay
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Justine Triet and Arthur Harari stroll on stage to that excellent steel drum version of 50 Cent’s Pimp, as heard in the film. Justice for Messi!
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Best adapted and original screenplay awards next (“how old before you tell a screenplay they’re adapted”, dad-jokes Kimmel).
The Boy and the Heron wins best animated film
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It’s a win for Hayao Miyazaki for what might be his final film (but then he says that about every film). Despite being pretty much a shoe-in for this award, no one at Studio Ghibli has shown up to accept it, which means no speech. Things are rattling along at quite a lick now – maybe we will be out of here before Tuesday after all
War Is Over wins best animated short film
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It’s a short inspired by the music of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, but you knew that. Sean Ono Lennon is among those accepting the award, and he gives a shout out to Ono on Mother’s Day. Bless.
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In fairness though, they’re whipping through the categories – I think we had only had one by this stage last year. Animated short film next, as hosted by Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor Joy
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If the three other acting categories take as long as that did, then god help us all. I only have two cans of sugary energy drink left.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph wins best supporting actress!
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… as predicted by everyone. But her speech is tearful, humble and a little bit brassy – though curiously she doesn’t thank her co-stars or director Alexander Payne.
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Here comes our first award: best supporting actress. This year each acting nominee has a former Oscar winner paying tribute them, in this case Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Steenbergen, Lupita Nyong’o, Rita Moreno and Regina King.
It’s all a bit gushing and an EXTREMELY longwinded way of handing out an award – but Moreno but at least has some fun by bursting into song. And Da’Vine Joy Randolph is already crying after Nyong’o’s tribute to her.
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Shrewdly Kimmel closes his speech by shout out the little people who keep Hollywood thrumming: the crew members. A huge round of applause.
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Kimmel has been hosting the Oscars since the Pleistocene epoch, so it’s natural that his monologue here is smooth as molasses. He knows exactly how close to the line to go – a stark contrast with Jo Koy’s Golden Globes monologue a few months ago. So far Kimmel has joked about Christopher Nolan having a porn addiction and Robert Downey Jr’s manhood (“Is that an acceptance speech in your pocket, or a very rectangular penis?”), but the audience groans have been minimal.
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We have our first Messi sighting! “I haven’t seen a French performer eat vomit like that since Gérard Depardieu,” cracks Kimmel.
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Carey Mulligan’s fishtail shape
Black and white seems to a last-minute trend too – Carey Mulligan follows Greta Lee with a monochrome choice. Compared to a classic Balenciaga gown online, the fishtail shape and elbow length gloves certainly bring the mid-century glamour to the red carpet.
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Kimmel opens with a dig at Madame Web, surely the first of many this evening. Sorry Dakota!
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Bradley Cooper treated his mum
Bradley Cooper has brought his mum Gloria Campano as his date. Talk about an impressive Mother’s Day gift. He’s kept it simple with a black two-piece suit. Traditionalists will no doubt be fuming that he has shunned a tie.
The 2024 Oscars have begun!
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The late arrivals are now safely ensconced in the Dolby Theatre, and we’re ready to go. It’s started with Jimmy Kimmel and Margot Robbie recreating Barbie’s bus stop scene.
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Greta Lee is elegant in Loewe
Greta Lee has retained her cool-girl red carpet status in a black and white gown from Loewe. It’s super elegant but the halter neck and draping detail keep it fresh.
