Check out the complete list of winners from this year’s awards, updated live throughout the show.
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Batman Star Adam West Notably Absent From Oscar Obit Reel
The late Batman star Adam West was notably missing from the 2018 Academy Awards’ In Memoriam reel during Sunday’s Oscars broadcast.
Oftentimes, actors omitted from the Oscars’ In Memoriam reel are those generally who have been deemed more closely associated with TV than movies.
While he may have been primarily known for his role as the small screen’s Caped Crusader (and, later, stints on Family Guy) on television, West did appear in several movies during his long acting career, including the 1966 feature film version of Batman.
West’s feature film credits include Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Geronimo, and the Young Philadelphians. West died last June at the age of 88.
Here’s Who Won That Jet Ski at the 2018 Academy Awards
It’s become standard for awards show acceptance speeches to be a race against the clock, as the award winner tries to rattle out his or her long list of thanks before the orchestra plays them off. At the 2018 Oscars, host Jimmy Kimmel added a new incentive to try to get winners to stay on schedule: whoever gives the shortest speech gets a jet ski, presented by Helen Mirren.
Played off like a Price Is Right prize, Kimmel’s opening monologue concluded with the reveal of Mirren showing off the jet ski, and it became a recurring bit throughout the show. Multiple nominees referenced the “prize” as a reason to keep their speeches within the Academy Awards-determined time limit — or admitted they were going over time even if it meant they were going to be losing their chance.
Jordan Peele Makes Oscars History with Get Out Win
Get Out’s Jordan Peele made history at the 2018 Oscars on Sunday night, becoming the first black writer to win an Academy Award for Original Screenplay.
I just won an Oscar. WTF?!?
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) March 5, 2018
In 90 years of Oscars history, only four black writers have been nominated in the category, including Peele. Other nominees include John Singleton in 1991 for Boyz n the Hood, Spike Lee in 1989 for Do the Right Thing, and Suzanne de Passe for Lady Sings the Blues in 1972.
Oscars 2018: What Is an Inclusion Rider?
Best Actress winner Frances McDormand demanded that Hollywood contracts include an “inclusion rider” from now on during her Academy Awards acceptance speech tonight. But what exactly is one?
Good question, and while the answer isn’t exactly spelled out in stone, it would suggest that actors and artists up for a movie demand that their contracts include requirements to provide for gender and racial diversity.
If more artists and performers were to demand inclusion riders in their contracts then perhaps more diverse casts and films will make their way to the screen — and to the Academy Awards.
McDormand called for inclusion riders after asking for all the female attendees to stand up during her speech, and said:
Oscars 2018: Full Winners List
The 90th Annual Academy Awards were held Sunday, March 4, in Hollywood in a celebration hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
While no film fully swept the Oscars, the majority of the frontrunners going into the ceremony walked out with their expected awards. Shape of Water led the race with four wins, while Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dunkirk and Shape of Water all won three Academy Awards a piece.
For more of IGN’s Oscars coverage, check out how the Academy Awards used envelopes to avoid another Best Picture mistake, relive the biggest surprise stunt of the show and read through Jimmy Kimmel’s best jokes from his opening monologue.
Oscars 2018: Blade Runner 2049 Cinematographer Finally Wins After Being Nominated 14 Times
Blade Runner 2049 cinematographer Roger Deakins has won an Academy Award, after 14 nominations.
Deakins won for his incredible work on Blade Runner 2049. It was his 14th nomination and first win since he was nominated for The Shawshank Redemption in 1994. He was subsequently nominated for Fargo, Kundun, O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Man Who Wasn’t There, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, No Country For Old Men, The Reader, True Grit, Skyfall, Prisoners, Unbroken, and Sicario.
Deakins won against fellow nominees Rachel Morrison (Mudbound), Bruno Delbonnel (Darkest Hour) Dan Laustsen (The Shape of Water), and Hoyte Van Hoytema (Dunkirk).
Australian Greens Announce $100 Million Fund for Game Development
The Australian Greens have announced the commitment of $100 million to a new fund aimed at stimulating and growing the video game development sector in Australia. The purpose of the Games Investment & Enterprise Fund would be to invest in game projects and help create more jobs by assisting successful studios to grow their businesses.
The Greens would also extend the Producer Tax Offset and the Post, Digital and Visual Effects Offset to video game developers. The Producer Offset is a rebate for producers of Australian feature films and TV shows and the Post, Digital and Visual Effects Offset is a 30 per cent tax offset which encourages film producers to carry out post-production and visual effects work in Australia, no matter where the film is actually shot.
Guillermo del Toro Carrying a Party Sub Across Hollywood Wins the Oscars
Gal Gadot, Mark Hamill, Lupita Nyong’o, Margot Robbie, Guillermo del Toro and more crashed a preview screening of Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time during the Oscars this evening.
To celebrate ‘movie-goers’ (and do a bit of promotion for the upcoming fantasy flick), host Jimmy Kimmel and the celebs threw hotdogs into the crowd, handed out candy, and greeted delighted fans. del Toro and Lin-Manuel Miranda solemnly carrying a party-sized sub was possibly the highlight of the evening.
To top off the stunt, Kimmel asked a random audience member, Mike, to introduce hosts Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph.
Watch along with us as we update the full Oscars winners list, check out what’s new with the Oscars envelopes this year, and enjoy our 5 favourite jokes from Kimmel’s opening monologue.