[WATCH] Oscars 2018: 10 highlights from Hollywood’s biggest awards night

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[WATCH] Oscars 2018: 10 highlights from Hollywood’s biggest awards night
Time's Up, a surprise visit for some moviegoers, Frances McDormand's speech, and more are part of the highlights from the 90th Academy Awards

MANILA, Philippines – The Oscars wrapped up on Sunday, March 4 (Monday, March 5, Manila time) with The Shape of Water winning Best Picture and Guillermo del Toro winning Best Director. (FULL LIST: Oscars 2018 winners)

Of course, the ceremony was not without some memorable moments.

1. Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue 

Jimmy Kimmel returned for the second time as host, addressing, as only Jimmy Kimmel can, the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and last year’s “Envelopegate,” where La La Land was announced as Best Picture instead of Moonlight.

 

2. Screen legends Eva Marie Saint, Rita Moreno, and Christopher Walken

As the Academy celebrates its 90th year, some of its past winners, such as stars Eva Marie Saint, Rita Moreno, and Christopher Walken returned as presenters. Moreno, who won her Best Supporting Actress award in 1962 for West Side Story got every Pinoy talking when she appeared in an updated version of the same dress she wore 56 years ago, created by the late Filipino designer Pitoy Moreno.

SCREEN LEGENDS. Eva Marie Saint (R) and Rita Moreno are among the actresses who presented at the 90th Academy Awards. Photos by Mark Ralston/Neilson Barnard/Getty Images/AFP

3. The cast of Star Wars and BB-8’s appearance

The cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, led by Mark Hamill, presented two awards. BB-8, the lovable droid, was also there and got everyone gushing.

STAR WARS. BB-8 joins Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, and Kelly Marie Tran onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP

4. Kobe Bryant gets an Oscar

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant added an Oscar to his achievements, winning for the animated short film Dear Basketball.

 

5. Jimmy and a group of stars surprise moviegoers at TCL Chinese Theatre

Jimmy and a number of celebrities, led by The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro, Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot, Star Wars‘ Mark Hamill, and Black Panther‘s Lupita Nyong’o, surprised moviegoers at the TCL Chinese Theatre with some food to thank them for watching and supporting films.

 

 

6. Social responsibility

The awards show also highlighted socially relevant issues. Lupita Nyong’o and Kumail Nanjiani gave their support to the Dreamers, having come from foreign countries themselves. The Dreamers are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era program that protects undocumented children from deportation. Under the Trump administration, the fate of the Dreamers remains uncertain.

 

 

Rapper Common also talked about the Dreamers during his performance of “Stand Up for Something.”

Guillermo del Toro also commented on the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policy in his acceptance speech for Best Director.

“The greatest thing that our industry does is erase the line in the sand,” declared Del Toro. “We should continue doing that when the world tells us to make it deeper.”

The show also paid tribute to the military, with actor Wes Studi introducing the video.

 

7. Spotlight on Time’s Up, #MeToo, and a different Oscars format

In the wake of the downfall of Hollywood heavyweights such as Harvey Weinstein – who was accused of sexual harassment – the women of Hollywood led by Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciora, Salma Hayek, and Mira Sorvino took their Time’s Up initiative to the Oscars, vowing to make sure that changes would be implemented.

 

The Oscars also tried a different way of presenting awards this year. Instead of using last year’s winners as presenters for the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, Helen Mirren and Jane Fonda presented the Best Actor award, while Jodie Foster and Jennifer Lawrence were given the task of being the presenters for Best Actress. 

Emma Stone, who won Best Actress last year for La La Land, was given the honor of presenting the Best Director award won by Guillermo del Toro.

 

 

8. Eddie Vedder’s In Memoriam tribute

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder took to the Oscars stage to honor some of Hollywood’s luminaries who died in the past year, with his rendition of “Room at the Top.”

 

 

9. Frances McDormand’s powerful speech

Frances McDormand scored her second Oscar for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. In her acceptance speech, she asked all female nominees in the auditorium to stand up.

“We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed,” she said, pointing to the women in the audience who were standing. 

“Don’t talk to us about it at the parties. Invite us into your office in a couple days or you can come to ours, whichever suits you best, and we’ll tell you all about them.”

 

10. A second chance for Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway

Last year, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway presented the award for Best Picture and found themselves in the middle of envelopegate. This year, the two returned to present the same award and got it right, with The Shape of Water winning Best Picture. Of course, there were some jabs inserted in their spiel about last year’s mistake.

SECOND TIME. Actors Faye Dunaway (L) and Warren Beatty present the Best Picture during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP

 

 

What was your favorite Oscars moment this year? Let us know in the comments section! – with reports from Agence France-Presse / Rappler.com

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