OSCAR AWARDS

BEST ACTRESS

Tearful Emma Stone accepts Best Actress win. The actress took home the gong for her leading role in La La Land and was widely the favourite to win the gong, her first Academy Award.

BEST ACTOR

Casey Affleck is now an Oscar winner, thanks to his performance in Manchester by the Sea. The newly-crowned best actor has long been the front-runner in this category, picking up numerous statuettes over the course of awards season for his work as a heartbroken man taking care of his nephew in a small Massachusetts town. And on Sunday night, his long awards circuit journey finally reached the glittering finish line. “This means so much to me, thank you,” he said at the start of his speech.

BEST PICTURES

In a dramatic finish, Moonlight takes Best Picture At The 2017 Oscars. After a startling presentation mix-up for the best picture award, Barry Jenkins, at the mic, and the Moonlight cast accept the award at the Oscars on Sunday.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis became the first black person to receive the triple crown of acting. Davis’ win for Best Supporting Actress in Fences makes her the first black actor, male or female, to win a competitive Oscar, Emmy and Tony—a feat previously accomplished by only 13 women and nine men, including Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar. Ali broke a barrier with his win for Best Supporting Actor in Moonlight, in which he plays a tender father figure to a lost young man. In his speech, he thanked his teachers, who told him, “It’s not about you... You’re in service to these stories and these characters.”