Despite a major flub in announcing the Best Picture winner, this year’s Academy Awards saw breaking “La La Land”’s winning streak in almost all of the categories in the awards circuit.
The Washington Post reported that Mahershala Ali’s win as Best Supporting Actor for “Moonlight” makes him the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar. Ali, who’s also known as the main villain Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes in “Marvel’s Luke Cage” on Netflix, marked not just a historic first for Muslim actors in Hollywood, but also Muslim Americans in general amidst the tension surrounding Donald Trump’s presidential travel ban on immigrants travelling from Muslim-majority nations. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who also won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language film “The Salesman,” bowed out of the ceremony in response to Trump’s ban.
Viola Davis’ win as Best Supporting Actress for “Fences” is also another historic feat. Bustle reports that her win on Sunday is one Grammy award away to become an EGOT holder, or Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The actress has won an Emmy for her role as Annalise Keating in “How To Get Away With Murder” and garnered her first Tony for playing Rose Maxson in the Broadway production of “Fences.”
“Hacksaw Ridge” won two Oscars for both film and sound editing, while the Amazon-produced “Manchester by the Sea” won the coveted Best Actor (for Casey Affleck), and Best Original Screenplay.
Here is the 2017 Oscar Winners List as reported by CBS:
Best Picture: “Moonlight.”
Actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea.”
Actress: Emma Stone, “La La Land.”
Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight.”
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, “Fences.”
Directing: Damien Chazelle, “La La Land.”
Foreign Language Film: “The Salesman,” Iran.
Adapted Screenplay: “Moonlight,” screenplay by Barry Jenkins, story by Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea.”
Production Design and Set Decoration: “La La Land,” David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco.
Cinematography: “La La Land,” Linus Sandgren.
Sound Mixing: “Hacksaw Ridge,” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace.
Sound Editing: “Arrival,” Sylvain Bellemare.
Original Score: “La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz.
Original Song: “City of Stars” from “La La Land,” music by Justin Hurwitz, lyric by Ben Pasek and Justin Paul.
Costume Design: “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Colleen Atwood.
Documentary (short subject): “The White Helmets,” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara.
Documentary Feature: “O.J.: Made in America,” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow.
Film Editing: “Hacksaw Ridge,” John Gilbert.
Makeup and Hairstyling: “Suicide Squad,” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson.
Animated Feature Film: “Zootopia,” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer.
Animated Short Film: “Piper,” Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer.
Live Action Short Film: “Sing,” Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy.
Visual Effects: “The Jungle Book,” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon.
