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Oscar 2018: Janney, Rockwell win supporting actor at 90th Academy Awards, Kimmel talks sex scandal

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Janney, as widely expected, was named best supporting actress for her performance as a domineering mother in ice-skating movie"I, Tonya" Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney won supporting actor  Oscars 2018  on Sunday, while Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel dove into Hollywood’s most embarrassing moments - sexual misconduct and last year’s best picture blunder. Rockwell, the front-runner for the Academy Award, took home the trophy for his role as a racist, dim-witted police officer in Fox Searchlight dark comedy“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Janney, as widely expected, was named best supporting actress for her performance as a domineering mother in ice-skating movie“I, Tonya.” “A Fantastic Woman,” Chile’s groundbreaking story about a transgender woman, played by transgender actress Daniela Vega, won best foreign language film. Opening the show before an A-list audience of actors and filmmakers, many of whom have reported being victims of se...

Oscars 2017: La La Land wins 6 awards

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There was high drama when the award for best film was announced at the 89th Acacdemy Awards The 89th Academy Awards ceremony took place at Los Angeles earlier this morning. La La Land got 14 nominations, including thumbs up for Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle. It bagged the   Oscars 2017   in 6 of these categories, narrowly missing out on the award for the the best film. It won the awards for best director, best actress, best original score and best original song for City of Stars. Here are the details: Best Director-Damien Chazelle Damien Chazelle, the Hollywood wunderkind behind this year's most loved movie "La La Land", became the youngest filmmaker to win best director trophy at the 89th Academy Awards today. Six years in the making, it was a dream project for 32-year-old Chazelle who wanted to pay tribute to old Hollywood musicals with his LA-set story of ambition and romance. In his speech, Chazelle recognised his fellow nominees and his stars...