The Oscar Winners - Best Actor-Gary Oldman, Best Actress-Frances McDormand

Jimmy Kimmel, the host for the 90th Academy Awards commenced the awards ceremony with a monologue. In the monologue, he joked about last year’s Best picture mistake by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Kimmel jokingly announced, "This year when you hear your name called - don't get up straight away," he joked. Dunaway and Beatty have been given a second chance to present Best Picture this year. Kimmel also spoke about the infamous harvey Weinstein scandal. He praised the two popular movements,Time's Up and #MeToo for encouraging and fighting for women and giving them a forum and the courage to speak out. Kimmel joked saying, "Here's how clueless Hollywood is about women - we made a movie called 'What Women Want' and it had Mel Gibson in it."

Winston Churchill Equals to Oscar Award

Well, if you want to win an Oscar, the easiest way is to play Winston Churchill. Gary Oldman won a Best Actor Oscar portraying the character of Winston Churchill.

Three people have already won awards for playing Churchill on TV. John Lithgow in "The Crown", Albert Finney for "The Gathering Storm" in 2002 and Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm in 2009.  

Best Actor-Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman has Winston Churchill in the Second World War drama ’Darkest Hour’.

The Academy Award for Best Director went to Guillermo del Toro for his whimsical tale ‘The Shape of Water’ which is about a mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) who falls in love with a mutant fish-man. This film had thirteen nominations Best Picture, Best Production Design and best Original score.  The film won Oscars for the later two.

Best Actress-Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand was named best actress Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and delivered the best acceptance speech of the night. While accepting the Best Actress trophy, Frances McDormand asked each and every female actor, director, cinematographer, writer, artist, etc., to stand up to be acknowledged.

Best Adapted Screenplay-Get Out

Best Adapted Screenplay went to Jordan Peele’s horror flick, ‘Get Out’. The film is a  horror story about a black photographer (Daniel Kaluuya) who while meeting his white girlfriend’s family uncovers an eerie plot. This is  Peele’s first writing and directing project.He is also  the first black winner in the category, and the fourth nominated, after Spike Lee,John Singleton and Suzanne de Passe.

Oldest Oscar winner-James Ivory

the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay was taken by James Ivory, screenwriter of Call Me by Your Name. At the age of 89, he is the oldest recipient in the history of the Oscars. Ivory along with Ismail Merchant formed the film company in 1961. Ismail Merchant died in 2003.

Best Supporting Actor-Sam Rockwell

Best Supporting Actor, went to Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The Oscar winner delivered a  funny speech while accepting the best-supporting-actor award.He  recalled how his  dad  would picked him up from school feigning emergency, when he was 8.

Other Awards

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, claimed awards for Best Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.  Blade Runner 2049,  won awards for Cinematography and Best Visual Effects.