2019 Academy Awards Crowns Surprising & History-Making Winners As ‘Green Book’ Wins Best Picture [FULL WINNERS LIST]

No one knew what to expect from last night’s 91st Academy Awards. For the first time since 1988, Hollywood’s biggest night was going to air without a host (original host Kevin Hart exited back in December), and people were worried that the Oscars wouldn’t give every artist their due after the Academy faced backlash for announcing that some awards would be awards during commercial breaks (a decision they later reversed).

But perhaps most interestingly, the race was wide open. Although typically the Oscars mark the end to a stagnant and predictable awards season, no film stood out as the front-runner this year. With the SAG Awards, the Golden Globes, and the DGA and WGA Awards each handing out top prizes to different films (Black Panther, Green Book/Bohemian Rhapsody, Roma and Can You Ever Forgive Me?/Eighth Grade, respectively), the Best Picture race was truly anyone’s guess. In the end, Peter Farrelly‘s Green Book took home the night’s biggest honor, much to the chagrin of critics who had blasted the film as old-fashioned (including fellow nominee Spike Lee, who reportedly stood up in frustration when the winner was announced). In his acceptance speech, Farrelly (who is best known for comedies such as Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary) thanked the Academy and called Green Book a “story about love” and about realizing that “we’re the same people.”

In other surprising turns, Olivia Colman took home the Best Actress prize for her role in The Favourite, beating out frontrunners Glenn Close (The Wife) and Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born). The upset made Close the most-nominated living actor to never win, having been nominated now seven times. Director Spike Lee was honored with Best Original Screenplay for his film BlacKkKlansman, marking Lee’s first competitive Oscar win after wining an honorary award in 2016. In his speech, Lee urged viewers to vote in 2020 on the “right side of history.”

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Meanwhile, no one seemed upset by the fact that the show went on host-less. Queen and Adam Lambert opened the show with a performance that had A-list actors bopping their heads along to some of the biggest songs from the nominated film Bohemian Rhapsody (who knew Javier Bardem had moves?), and trio Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph opened the show with a host-like comedic monologue. The three and a half hour broadcast saw a wide array of presenters including Keegan-Michael Key who flew down from the ceiling as an ode to Mary Poppins, and Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry presenting the award for Best Costume Design while donned in costumes inspired by the nominated film The Favourite. The night also saw incredible performances from Bette Midler and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who’s song “Shallow” from A Star Is Born took home Best Original Song.

But most exciting were the historic awards that were given out throughout the night. After 2016’s ceremony was criticized for being too white, this year marked a historic year for the Oscars, with three of the four acting awards going to people of color (Rami Malek, Mahershala Ali and Regina King). Black Panther’s costume and production designers Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler became the first black women to win in their respective categories, and there was a record-breaking 15 women honored throughout the night. The night also marked the first Academy Awards for Netflix (which won directing, cinematography and foreign language awards for Roma) and Marvel (which swept up three wins for Black Panther and the Best Animated Film award for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse). 

See the full list of winners below:

BEST PICTURE
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
WINNER: Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice

BEST ACTRESS
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Glenn Close – The Wife
WINNER: Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Lady Gaga A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
WINNER: Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Marina de Tavira – Roma
WINNER: Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell – Vice

BEST DIRECTOR
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Adam McKay – Vice

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
WINNER: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly – Green Book 
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Vice – Adam McKay

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
WINNER: Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman 
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
A Star Is Born – Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Łukasz Żal – Cold War
Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
Caleb Deschanel – Never Look Away
WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart – Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mary Zophres – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
WINNER: Ruth Carter – Black Panther
Sandy Powell – The Favourite
Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns
Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Border – Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer
Mary Queen of Scots – Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks
WINNER: Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney –Vice

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
WINNER: Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther
Terence Blanchard – BlacKkKlansman
Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
Alexandre Desplat – Isle of Dogs
Marc Shaiman – Mary Poppins Returns

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“All the Stars,” – Black Panther
“I’ll Fight,” – RBG
“The Place Where Lost Things Go,” – Mary Poppins Returns
WINNER: “Shallow,” music and kyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt – A Star Is Born 
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings,” – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 

BEST FILM EDITING
BlacKkKlansman
WINNER: John Ottman – Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

BEST SOUND EDITING
Black Panther
WINNER: John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone – Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma

BEST SOUND MIXING
Black Panther
WINNER: Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali – Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
WINNER: Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm – First Man 
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
WINNER: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Capernaum
Cold War
Never Look Away
WINNER: Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters

BEST DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
WINNER: Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton – Period. End of Sentence.

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Animal Behaviour
WINNER: Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
WINNER: Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman – Skin