Favourites claim Oscars glory
RENEE Zellweger yesterday ended 17 years in the wilderness, picking up her second Oscar for her nuanced portrayal of Judy Garland.
She described making the biopic Judy, which tells the story of the last years of the fabled performer’s troubled life, as one of the most “meaningful experiences of my life”.
“Ms Garland, you were certainly among the heroes who unite and define us, and this is for you,” she said.
Zellweger was last feted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2003, when she won best supporting actress for her role in Cold Mountain.
Homegrown superstar Margot Robbie may not have taken home an Oscar last night, but she won the final red carpet of her jam-packed awards season with some chilled out Aussie magic.
The 29-year-old producer and actor, whose meteoric rise has seen her become one of Hollywood’s most powerful players in five short years, missed out to veteran actress and longtime favourite Laura Dern for best supporting actor.
Clearly relaxed about her outside chances on the way into the ceremony, Robbie joked around with rising star Timothée Chalamet after he photo-bombed her on the red carpet.
Stunning in a vintage Chanel navy gown with cuff sleeves and a jewel pendent, she walked the carpet solo.
While the four favourites took out the top acting gongs, the 92nd Oscars still packed some shocks.
Dark comic thriller Parasite pulled off a surprise coup to become the first foreign language film to win best picture. The South Korean drama toppled some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including legendary directors
Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, to win four of the Academy’s biggest gongs, including best director and best screenplay.
Brad Pitt won his first Academy Award for acting, and continued a clean sweep of awards season for his role as a charmingly faded stuntman in Quentin Tarantino’s comeback film Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.
Pitt described the award as the ‘honour of honours’, paid tribute to Tarantino and thanked his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
“Leo I will ride on your coat-tails any day man, the view is fantastic,” Pitt said.