We’ll be updating live all night with the winners and analysis as they’re announced.
The 90th Academy Awards are tonight. More specifically, they air on ABC this evening of March 4th at 8 pm EST. Whether you’re watching along or just keeping tabs via the Internet, you should do so with us. On this page, we’ll be updating the 2018 Oscar winners as they’re announced and providing analysis for every category.
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Categories in order of presentation
Winners in Red below.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Analysis: Not a huge surprise, as Rockwell was a hot name in this category. Here comes Three Billboards right out of the gate.
Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
Analysis: No surprise here. That Gary Oldman makeup was a winner.
Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul
Analysis: The entire movie was built for a Costume Design Oscar.
Documentary Feature
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
Faces Places, Agnes Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
Icarus, Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
Last Men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, and Soren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island, Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes
Analysis: You can watch Icarus on Netflix right now. Or later. Whenever, really.
Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Analysis: Here comes the war movie to take all y’all’s Oscars.
Sound Mixing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Analysis: The Academy loves the sound of a good war movie.
Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Analysis: As if there was any doubt. It’s Shape of Water all the way.
Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman, Chili
Loveless, Russia
The Insult, Lebanon
The Square, Sweden
On Body and Soul, Hungary
Analysis: In the night’s first big surprise, it’s the Chilean film.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Analysis: Did she bring the bird?
Animated Short Film
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
Analysis: Kobe Bryant just won an Oscar. This is our world now.
Animated Feature Film
The Boss Baby, Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
The Breadwinner, Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
Coco, Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
Ferdinand, Carlos Saldanha
Loving Vincent, Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart
Analysis: Pixar won an Oscar? Crazy stuff, y’all.
Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Analytics: Wow, a lot of pundits (including us) had Apes. But Blade Runner 2049 is very deserving.
Film Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Analysis: An interesting, slightly surprising win for Lee Smith. Dunkirk continues to take technical awards.
Documentary Short Subject
Edith+Eddie, Laura Checkaway and Thomas Lee Wright
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Frank Stiefel
Heroin(e), Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
Knife Skills, Thomas Lennon
Traffic Stop, Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
Analysis: People in LA do have strong feelings about the 405.
Live Action Short Film
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
Analysis: Based on a limited amount of research, I am surprised.
Adapted Screenplay
Call Me by Your Name, James Ivory
The Disaster Artist, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Logan, Scott Frank and James Mangold and Michael Green, Story by James Mangold
Molly’s Game, Arron Sorkin
Mudbound, Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Analysis: James Ivory wins his first Oscar. Lovely.
Original Screenplay
The Big Sick, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out, Jordan Peele
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, Story by Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
Analysis: If you were rooting at home, this was such a tough category. All the faves. But also… JORDAN PEELE!
Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins
Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk, Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mudbound, Rachel Morrison
The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen
Analysis: DEAKINS! DEAKINS! DEAKINS!
Original Score
Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood
The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Williams
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Carter Burwell
Analysis: What a delightful score.
Original Song
Mighty River from Mudbound, Maru J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
Mystery of Love from Call Me by Your Name, Sufjan Stevens
Remember Me from Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Stand Up for Something from Marshall, Diane Warren and Lonnie R. Lynn
This is Me from The Greatest Showman, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Analysis: Not gonna let this one go… get it?
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Analysis: He shall be known forever as Oscar Winning Director Guillermo del Toro!
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Analysis: Gary Oldman has successfully negotiated with the tiger.
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep, The Post
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Analysis: Frances McDormand was exceptional in Three Billboards. Her acceptance speech was dope as hell.
Best Picture
The Shape of Water
Get Out
Lady Bird
Dunkirk
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Phantom Thread
The Post
Darkest Hour
Call Me by Your Name