What a weird, wild night.
After the debacle that was Kevin Hart’s appointment as Oscar host last year and the straight-up refusal by everyone else to dare take the baton in the wake of his dismissal, The Academy chose right from the start to not have a host for their 92nd annual event. So what do they do after Janelle Monáe’s opening number (itself strange for representing more films that weren’t nominated than those that were)? They ask Steve Martin and Chris Rock—two former hosts—to go on-stage and deliver an opening monologue as dual hosts without the label. What does The Academy do before almost every presenter hits the microphone to announce a category? They have another celebrity present the presenter just like a host would. It’s like one step forward, two steps back. No host to speed things up, but add multiple hosts to make things even slower.
Then came the weird tone that made it seem like The Academy was willfully mocking itself for not being inclusive as if asking minority members to joke about the lack of diversity negated the fact that there was a lack of diversity. Jokes arrived that mocked craft categories as being “lesser than” and thus demeaned a wide swath of voters who were already threatened to be given their awards off-stage in 2019 before an eleventh hour change of heart. And for some reason the production chose to announce three of the four Best Song nominees’ performances with blink-and-miss-it background text. While that isn’t necessarily a major thing when two of the three are recognizable figures such as Randy Newman and Sir Elton John, the third was Chrissy Metz. Even if everyone watching is a “This Is Us” fan, that doesn’t excuse the lack of mentioning songwriter Diane Warren at all. Or Bernie Taupin and the other non-performer nominees like her.
The craziest moment of all, however, was the decision to put an overlong montage of movie songs in with the unexpected capper of Eminem performing “Lose Yourself” in the middle of a show that “didn’t have time” to give the honorary Oscar winners any screen time. It’s one thing to take that out of the live ceremony, but they didn’t even show clips. If not for Wes Studi and Geena Davis being there, none would have been shown at all. That Laura Dern won a statue of her own only makes matters worse since having David Lynch and Kyle MacLachlan (who presented the director his award) present would have made for a special “Twins Peaks” celebratory reunion.
Thankfully all this insanity will soon be forgotten since Parasite made history and became the first film in a foreign language to ever win Best Picture. Talk about a watershed moment for diversity. That seven of the eight nominees for the evening’s biggest prize won at least one Oscar (sorry, The Irishman) provides a welcome sense of parity too that ensures a lot of people go home happy even if they didn’t personally win anything themselves. What it also shows, however, is how fundamentally broken the nomination system is that all of Film Twitter would be shocked with joy at the outcome. Why? Because Parasite probably wouldn’t have come out on top without final voting being a preferential ballot. That’s where the initiatives post #OscarsSoWhite makes a difference because the influx of new members these last few years didn’t actually skew the overall Academy demographics that much. White men directors are still nominating white men directors. The old guard is still nominating mediocre titles. Only when voting is open to everyone does stuff like Parasite and Moonlight even get a fair shake. How many worthy films never got that chance, though, because they can’t reach that point where it opens?
All that is to say it’s great Bong Joon-ho now has four Oscars to his name and that many people will maybe take the time to watch his other films, those of other Korean artists, and those of other international artists on the whole. But nothing has really changed. Safe wins (Joaquin Phoenix and Renée Zellweger) still occurred when better choices were available (Antonio Banderas and Lupita Nyong’o amongst others). Career wins (Dern) still happened for roles that pale in comparison to better performances that gave those artists a loss years ago. I just hope the Academy doesn’t delude itself into thinking Parasite’s success equals “mission accomplished.” It doesn’t. Not by a long shot.
It’s time to put away the self-referential humor and actually step up to instill real change. Performative mention of issues in that way only marginalizes their importance. Parading POC performers around to do the job while not honoring them with a chance at gold only marginalizes their voices. Yes, it’s all just a marketing machine to increase box office by putting winners in theaters for another week or two, but it could be more than that. It should be more than that. You can’t win over the masses as far as showing them what good cinematic art is if Hollywood doesn’t know itself. Or, worse, doesn’t care.
Artistic Goodness
Revealing my #Oscars illustration of this year’s @TheAcademy Best Picture Nominees 2020! #Oscars2020 #1917Film #OnceUponATimeInHollywood #Parasite #Joker #TheIrishman #JojoRabbit #FordVFerrari #LittleWomen #MarriageStory pic.twitter.com/HreiLd8qnH
— Olly Gibbs (@OllyGibbs) February 4, 2020
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— Aaron Fullerton (@AaronFullerton) February 8, 2020
Pre-Show Red Carpet
A plane flying circles over Hollywood right now demanding a sequel to Alita: Battle Angel. pic.twitter.com/esEoWcn8ex
— Steven Santos (@stevensantos) February 9, 2020
Natalie in Dior with the names of women directors embroidered on her cape #Oscars pic.twitter.com/e30sNRT6LA
— Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) February 10, 2020
love natalie but she rarely makes films with women directors…
— jourdain searles (@jourdayen) February 10, 2020
Prince at the Oscars in 1985. Janelle Monáe at the 2020 Oscars. I suspect this was an intentional homage and I AM ALL ABOUT IT #Prince #JanelleMonae #Oscars pic.twitter.com/yytS7P0KVL
— Mark De Angelis (@DeAngelisMark) February 10, 2020
Here is the order of the awards for tonight’s #Oscars: pic.twitter.com/F9dRJIPaYV
— Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) February 10, 2020
Ready.
— NEON (@neonrated) February 9, 2020
Wait how can Parasite win the Oscars if there’s no host?
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) February 10, 2020
Weird concept but people who really know about the movies should be the ones doing the interviews
— Tiffany Vazquez 🇵🇷 (@filmiliarface) February 10, 2020
Diane Ladd & Laura Dern at the Oscars in 1975 and Today pic.twitter.com/ckzkkFaBWR
— Amanda (@DuganAmanda) February 9, 2020
Janelle Monaé hits the stage
starting out with a tribute to a good movie the Academy almost completely snubbed — very on brand for this year’s #Oscars.
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) February 10, 2020
Urgent question: Is there a dancing Hitler
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 10, 2020
they gave these dancers Midsommar outfits but no nominations for Midsommar
— brianna zigler (@briannazigs) February 10, 2020
There’s a lot of movies represented in this opening number that got zero nominations: Queen & Slim, Dolemite… #Oscars
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) February 10, 2020
Where are the dancing Richard Jewells
— R. Emmet Sweeney (@r_emmet) February 10, 2020
Is this opener supposed to make up for the fact that none of these movies, or specifically…..Black or brown people……got nominated? #Oscar2020
— Beatrice Loayza (@bealoayza) February 10, 2020
Janelle just said “it’s time to come alive, because the Oscars is so white.” pic.twitter.com/EJjW81iDcP
— Arlan 👊🏾 (@ArlanWasHere) February 10, 2020
Non-hosts delivering a host monologue
“We’re not doing a host, but here’s an opening monologue by two comics who’ve both hosted multiple times”
— Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey) February 10, 2020
Hello, hosts? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/DRATeGq8m5
— Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) February 10, 2020
So if they could get Steve Martin and Chris Rock…. Then why didn’t they just get Steve Martin and Chris Rock? #Oscars
— Robert Daniels (@812filmreviews) February 10, 2020
not all women have vaginas, this opening is so embarrassingly tone deaf
— Lauren Halvorsen (@halvorsen) February 10, 2020
The theme of this year’s #Oscars is “the Oscars are bad.”
— Kate Erbland (@katerbland) February 10, 2020
Maybe one day the Oscars will have more black nominees instead of jokes about how there are no black nominees
— Ira Madison III (@ira) February 10, 2020
Best Supporting Actor
Thank you for showing the clips, kinda #Oscars
— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) February 10, 2020
brad pitt takes the oscar for pretending he could beat up bruce lee
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 10, 2020
JOE KNEW HE SHOULD WIN, KNEW HE WASN’T GONNA WIN, AND DIDN’T EVEN COME
KING SHIT, ABSOLUTE KING SHIT
— Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey) February 10, 2020
Pitt shouting out stunt performers. Make that award happen, #Oscars.
— Jeremy Smith (@mrbeaks) February 10, 2020
I’d like to go back in time 15 years and tell John Bolton that one day Brad Pitt will mention him in an Oscar acceptance speech
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) February 10, 2020
I hope some normals just heard “This is Brad Pitt’s second Oscar—his first for acting” and are trying to figure out if he wrote a song or something. #Oscars
— Myles McNutt (@Memles) February 10, 2020
Best Animated Feature
Pixar are so good even their part fours win awards ^DC
— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) February 10, 2020
As predicted, the franchise fatigue we saw at the Globes, BAFTAs and Annies doesn’t extend to the Oscars: just too many alternatives. Not a terrible winner, but hard to get excited about anything with “4” tacked onto its title winning an award.
— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) February 10, 2020
Only two sequels have ever won Best Animated Feature. They are BOTH Toy Story sequels. #Oscars
— Dancin Dan on Film (@dancindanonfilm) February 10, 2020
Best Animated Short
And now he won it https://t.co/5jDKqg7Ibx
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) February 10, 2020
Matthew A. Cherry follows Kobe Bryant as the second former pro athlete to win the best animated short category.
— Christopher Campbell (@thefilmcynic) February 10, 2020
“Into The Unknown”
that is cold-blooded, bring Olaf out right after the category Frozen II wasn’t even nominated for. #Oscars
— é á (@moiseschiu) February 10, 2020
“Idina Menzel, pronounced exactly how it’s spelled” – Josh Gad #Oscars
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) February 10, 2020
I don’t remember this song from “Uncut Gems.” #Oscars
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) February 10, 2020
Special shoutout to the pregnant, danish Elsa for keeping that pitch. #Oscars
— Lindsay (@TheDailySampler) February 10, 2020
With this United Nations rendition of this Frozen song, it’s confirmed that the #Oscars are making a hard play for diversity…
WHEN THEY COULD’VE JUST NOMINATED MORE FOLKS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS! pic.twitter.com/nML5KG2t5E
— Tre’vell Anderson (@TrevellAnderson) February 10, 2020
Best Original Screenplay
So instead of having a host, are they having presenters present each presenter?
— Karen for President 2020 (@KarenMPeterson) February 10, 2020
did kelly marie tran just make a joke about pegging keanu reeves #Oscars
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) February 10, 2020
.@Diane_Keaton is the only person with Best Actress nominations in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 10, 2020
why is diane keaton dressed like the babadook
— Hannah Woodhead (@goodjobliz) February 10, 2020
SANDRA OH JUMPING UP AND DOWN FOR PARASITE’S WIN IS ALL OF USSSSSS
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 10, 2020
Sharon Choi, Bong Joon-ho’s translator, is the unsung hero of this awards season.
— Matt Jacobs (@tarantallegra) February 10, 2020
First Academy Award for a South Korean film. Ever.
— Brandon David Wilson (@Geniusbastard) February 10, 2020
TFW the rich people give you an award for a movie that’s a stirring indictment of the system of inequality that keeps their entrenched oligarchy in place #Oscars pic.twitter.com/J0r0vSshSe
— David Chen (@davechensky) February 10, 2020
Best Adapted Screenplay
I love Taika but man Little Women owned.
— Ben Mathewson (@Ben_Mathewson) February 10, 2020
TAIKA first indigenous filmmaker to win an Oscar!
— Jamie Righetti (@JamieRighetti) February 10, 2020
THE IRISHMAN and LITTLE WOMEN were right there!!!!! pic.twitter.com/sXuMHvktvM
— josh lewis (@thejoshl) February 10, 2020
Best Live Action Short
Zack Gottsagen starred in @TPBFalcon, the highest-grossing independent film of the year.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 10, 2020
Shia and Zack costarred in THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON and in real-life are like brothers. Shia says Zack saved his life.
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) February 10, 2020
Shia was offered to present an Oscar. He said he would do it if he can share that moment with his beloved co-star Zach Gottsagen who we all adore. It’s stressful up there… pic.twitter.com/F75aT1vURa
— Alma Har’el🌪 (@Almaharel) February 10, 2020
It’s a tiny thing but I really appreciate LeBouf not feeding Zack Gottsagen his lines even when he hesitates. That vote of confidence is more important than people know.
— Zack Budryk (@BudrykZack) February 10, 2020
Shia just spoiled #TheNeighborsWindow by messing up its title, but it’s all good – solid flick #Oscars
— John J Fink (@FinkJohnJ) February 10, 2020
Best Production Design
kristen wiig herself hunted and skinned a sea slug for this dress, show some respect
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) February 10, 2020
um Maya Rudolph is cosplaying as Dana/Gatekeeper from Ghostbusters pic.twitter.com/76D2mh62DZ
— britt hates (@MissBrittHayes) February 10, 2020
Wow they said that like being passionate about production design was a punchline
— Maddie Twittle (@maddiewhittle) February 10, 2020
great to see two women win this
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) February 10, 2020
Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh are the first female duo to win Production Design in #Oscars history.
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) February 10, 2020
Best Costume Design
Maya and Kristen straight-up doing the Billy Crystal song medley thing, JUST LET THEM HOST COWARDS
— Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey) February 10, 2020
Billie Eilish hasn’t heard any of these songs #Oscars
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) February 10, 2020
When I see myself on camera. pic.twitter.com/T6RPwF6yqK
— Gilbert Cruz (@gilbertcruz) February 10, 2020
I’m over Billie being annoyed by anything that’s not created by her or her brother.
— sam (@wordswithsam) February 10, 2020
Greta Gerwig is now a director of an Oscar-winning film. (LADY BIRD was shut out.)
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) February 10, 2020
“I’m Standing With You”
So… Nobody introduced that Chrissy Metz song, nor did they tell her how or when to leave the stage afterwards? That was… strange. #Oscars
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) February 10, 2020
#Oscars pic.twitter.com/HGcIq48oSO
— Doug Jamieson (@itsdougjam) February 10, 2020
Best Documentary
Give us a Bezos reaction shot for the American Factory win you cowards
— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) February 10, 2020
and the award goes to: obama’s factory
— Luke Hicks (@lou_kicks) February 10, 2020
Julia Reichert is a heroic figure – I’m in awe of her work
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) February 10, 2020
Best Documentary Short
Shout out to the women directors who are absolutely killing it in the world of documentary cinema! #oscars
— Kayleigh Donaldson (@Ceilidhann) February 10, 2020
Round of applause for Frank Capra? Anyone?
— Dana Stevens (@thehighsign) February 10, 2020
Best Supporting Actress
I liked the intercutting of the clips for Supporting Actor; though some Academy members reportedly found the timeline hard to follow.
— Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow) February 10, 2020
#Oscars pic.twitter.com/cft7fTYknW
— Barry Hertz (@HertzBarry) February 10, 2020
Laura Dern should have won for Little Women but we’ll accept this
— Film School Rejects (@rejectnation) February 10, 2020
It took a while, but the cow came through. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/cOdqlo2OoV
— North Park Theatre (@NorthParkTheatr) February 10, 2020
“They say ‘never meet your heroes’ but I think if you’re blessed, you get them as your parents.” – Laura Dern, lump in throat #Oscars
— A. Movies (@AssholeMovies) February 10, 2020
The song montage “loses” itself
Anthony Ramos didn’t get to go to the #Oscars for A STAR IS BORN? He just said this is his first time at the awards.
— Carlos Aguilar (@Carlos_Film) February 10, 2020
why are so many of these music-from-movie selections from the 80s
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 10, 2020
Please distinguish between songs written for movies, rather than songs that just appear in movies. Please? #Oscars
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) February 10, 2020
HOLY SHIT EMINEM??? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON??? #Oscars
— Kevin L. Lee (@Klee_FilmReview) February 10, 2020
Hahahahahaha what year is this
— Ella Kemp (@ella_kemp) February 10, 2020
Y’all could’ve brought back Three 6 Mafia….. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/amvU3563Qj
— Erica Jordan (@TheNYCFilmChick) February 10, 2020
billie eilish JUST discovered eminem
— Thomas Harlander 🚲 🚌 (@AndAlsoThomas) February 10, 2020
Well, he never did get to perform it on the telecast when he won.
— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) February 10, 2020
THE OSCAR GOES TO EMINEM’S PUBLICIST
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) February 10, 2020
Best Sound Editing
This is sex pic.twitter.com/UyB3oH0hdT
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) February 10, 2020
“I can now officially say I’ve held an Oscar on this stage,” Salma Hayek holding Oscar Isaac’s hand. #Latinos at the #Oscars
— Carlos Aguilar (@Carlos_Film) February 10, 2020
“Oscar not so white now”’
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) February 10, 2020
the first of tonight’s FORD V FERRARI sweep
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) February 10, 2020
“Probably the last film ever made by 20th Century Fox,” oof. #Oscars
— Val ‘Vote Parasite’ Ettenhofer (@aandeandval) February 10, 2020
“i want to thank my wife who gave up her career so i could have my career”
— rachel syme (@rachsyme) February 10, 2020
Best Sound Mixing
Dads all over the Sounds categories. Made and voted for by Dads, for Dads.
— Jessica Kiang (@jessicakiang) February 10, 2020
I hope Julia Butters is enjoying her turkey sandwich right now. #Oscars2020
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) February 10, 2020
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away”
Where the hell is #Forky???! I was hoping for people wearing disturbingly silly fork costumes jumping into trash cans. Missed opportunity Academy #Oscars #ToyStory4
— Carlos Aguilar (@Carlos_Film) February 10, 2020
The Utkarsh Ambudkar Recap
A year late, but BLINDSPOTTING is taking over the Oscars
— Keith Calder (@keithcalder) February 10, 2020
performative white guilt oscars is the most annoying oscars
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 10, 2020
is this the oscars wanting to skew young
— The Good Horseman (@MrNarci) February 10, 2020
We definitely don’t need a recap, what the hell? #Oscars
— Monica Castillo (@mcastimovies) February 10, 2020
Best Cinematography
FORCE MAJEURE is a very good movie! #Oscars
— Justin Chang (@JustinCChang) February 10, 2020
I hate these jokes where actors “don’t know” what other jobs on set are. They’re not funny and a little insulting to below the line crew. #Oscars
— 🏳️🌈Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 (@oldfilmsflicker) February 10, 2020
Legendary lenser Roger Deakins had to wait decades to win his first Oscar, but has now won two in three years: BLADE RUNNED 2049 and 1917!
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) February 10, 2020
Best Film Editing
what did I say
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) February 10, 2020
Tom Hanks housekeeping
Tom Hanks announces the Academy Museum will open its doors on DECEMBER 14! #Oscars
— Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) February 10, 2020
Tom Hanks’ glasses have more cultural significance than JOKER #Oscars2020
— Talk Film Society (@TalkFilmSoc) February 10, 2020
Tom Hanks is Spartacus, guys
— Jared “reasonable young person” Gilman (@realJaredGilman) February 10, 2020
“Stand Up”
I don’t know if Cynthia Erivo is winning an Oscar tonight, but she is going to win an Oscar. You can bank on that.
— AlanWCerny (@AlanWCerny) February 10, 2020
.@CynthiaErivo (“Stand Up” from @HarrietFilm) would become the 16th EGOT winner with an Oscar trophy.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 10, 2020
Best Visual Effects
I’m having PTSD all over again #Oscars #CATS #FilmTwitter pic.twitter.com/qOwYDLy9j0
— Matt Neglia (@NextBestPicture) February 10, 2020
It’s funny because it’s not funny
— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) February 10, 2020
Put the shade on the director not on the people who worked on the VFX for CATS #Oscars
— 🏳️🌈Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 (@oldfilmsflicker) February 10, 2020
You know what? Leaving their human hands is a solid joke pic.twitter.com/wJ02VJlGO0
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) February 10, 2020
#Cats2 pic.twitter.com/C6fqlYcSfy
— Variety (@Variety) February 10, 2020
Best Make-up & Hairstyling
RAY ROMANO F WORD!!
— The Good Horseman (@MrNarci) February 10, 2020
BOMBSHELL wins for making good looking people look like different good looking people and one reprehensible scumbag. #Oscars
— Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) February 10, 2020
Ok did we really need Eminem or that recap song? Now they’re cutting out speeches #oscars
— Rafael Motamayor (@RafaelMotamayor) February 10, 2020
So when is the “Glasgow” performance tonight at the #Oscars?
— Meowin’ Matt Donato (@DoNatoBomb) February 10, 2020
Best International Feature Film
this International Feature Film stinger is a powerful argument for eliminating the Oscars altogether
— Jaime N. Christley (@j_christley) February 10, 2020
LOOK AWAY SUBTITLEPHOBICS #Oscars
— Nguyen Le 🎞 (@nle318) February 10, 2020
International films are LIFE.
— Gary King (@grking) February 10, 2020
It’s increasingly clear that even if it doesn’t win the night’s final award, we’ll all remember this as the Oscars that belonged to PARASITE
— Jake Coyle (@jakecoyleAP) February 10, 2020
Now that’s how u call out ur cast and crew
— Jared “reasonable young person” Gilman (@realJaredGilman) February 10, 2020
Yes we stan Parasite but how dare the Oscars put Penelope up there so she could NOT give Almodóvar a statue
— Ira Madison III (@ira) February 10, 2020
bong joon-ho making everyone who worked on parasite stand up so people could applaud them.. UNSTOPPABLE DAD ENERGY
— jonny sun (@jonnysun) February 10, 2020
Bong Joon Ho’s translator, Sharon Choi, is a director. When awards season ends (i.e., tomorrow), she says she wants to start making a movie … about awards season.
— Steve Pond (@stevepond) February 10, 2020
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”
Is this Randy Newman’s tethered?
— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) February 10, 2020
*sigh* I wish Taron was dueting with Elton…
— Matthew St.Clair (@filmguy619) February 10, 2020
Taika Waititi is truly the best 😂! #oscars pic.twitter.com/BGz4SgUkTH
— Geeks of Color (@GeeksOfColor) February 10, 2020
Honorary Oscars
WOAHHH. WOOAHHH OH MY GOD. Recognition of the ancestoral lands that they are on. Wow
— The Guest “TWOPOINT0” (@TylerCobaugh) February 10, 2020
Lot of dumb things about this Academy Awards but a legitimate land recognition is not one of them
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) February 10, 2020
Lynch and Wertmuller stayed the fuck home. #Oscars
— Jeremy Smith (@mrbeaks) February 10, 2020
It’s just maddening that David Lynch has won an Oscar and we never got to see it. It does make it harder to remember.
— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) February 10, 2020
— ً (@Ienscap) February 10, 2020
We could’ve had Wes Studi, David Lynch, Geena Davis and Lina Wertmuller accepting awards onstage tonight.
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) February 10, 2020
Best Score
That’s a long time to go without a female conductor. It’s almost as if they’ve done it on purpose.
— Amy Saunders (@vocalfriar) February 10, 2020
For the first time in its 92 year history, a woman is conducting the orchestra performing the nominees for Best Original Score. pic.twitter.com/sgsP5VulP3
— UltraViolet (@UltraViolet) February 10, 2020
Counterpoint: not all women are superheroes. Just a fuckload more than were recognised by the Academy.
— Jessica Kiang (@jessicakiang) February 10, 2020
Just one away from the EGOT, Hildur! #oscars
— Kayleigh Donaldson (@Ceilidhann) February 10, 2020
The score for Us would like to have a word with these nominees
— Aisha Harris (@craftingmystyle) February 10, 2020
Best Song
“Why does that Elton John song sound so much like the Golden Girls theme?”–my husband
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 10, 2020
But wait – didn’t they hear the Cynthia Erivo song?
— The Finks (@kingisafink) February 10, 2020
I wanted Cynthia to win. But I am glad that Bernie Taupin, probably the greatest lyricist of his generation, has gotten his time to shine. #Oscars
— Robert Daniels (@812filmreviews) February 10, 2020
Best Director
Spike Lee reppin Kobe onstage to intro best director #Oscars2020
— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) February 10, 2020
— Kevin L. Lee (@Klee_FilmReview) February 10, 2020
Wow. Mendes wins DGA, BAFTA, and the Golden Globe. And loses the Oscar. That’s genuinely stunning. #Oscars
— Doug Jamieson (@itsdougjam) February 10, 2020
Bong quoting Scorsese in his speech is cinema
— 32 across (@aoscott) February 10, 2020
I’M CRYING IRL
— karen han (@karenyhan) February 10, 2020
Bong teaching us that cinema is a continuum… that all filmmakers are indebted to Scorsese and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
— Aaron Stewart-Ahn (@somebadideas) February 10, 2020
Winner of Most Charming Oscars Speech goes to Bong Joon-ho. pic.twitter.com/Y2Cbg8kPS2
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 10, 2020
Too bad that Bong Joon-ho and Sharon Choi can’t take tomorrow off. He has that director winner profile to do in @Variety now. #Oscars
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 10, 2020
In Memorium
I thought Billie Eilish was going to perform tonight at the #Oscars … what is she performing, I hope not “Bury a Friend” during the in memoriam segment… Eminem was already in poor taste…
— John J Fink (@FinkJohnJ) February 10, 2020
Who had to tell Billie Eilish who the Beatles are #Oscars
— Ira Madison III (@ira) February 10, 2020
they gave Kobe a quote in the In Memoriam montage. he was followed by Rip Torn, and the quotes stopped, because Torn’s would’ve been something like “THIS ISN’T DOUBLE MALT YOU COCKSUCKER”
— Russell “Board Man” Hainline (@RussellHFilm) February 10, 2020
I hate to bitch about the In Memoriam segment of the #Oscars every year so I’m not even going to. Just want to say RIP Sid Haig, an acting legend who will be forever missed by so many. Never forget Sid Haig. pic.twitter.com/nPMfYBu6zU
— John Squires (@FreddyInSpace) February 10, 2020
Best Lead Actor
Thank you George MacKay for finally acknowledging that, yes, this is weird #Oscars
— Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou) February 10, 2020
olivia colman talking calmly about absolutely railing her husband much more powerful than “all women are superheroes”
— rachel handler (@rachel_handler) February 10, 2020
lol they show Banderas saying that good actors don’t cry, and then they show three of the other nominees crying
— Russell “Board Man” Hainline (@RussellHFilm) February 10, 2020
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 CLOWN WINS!!! Congrats Joaquin Phoenix! #Joker #Oscars
— Matt Marshall (@MNM_reviews) February 10, 2020
Joaquin what issue do you want to talk about on stage?
Joaquin: Yes.
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) February 10, 2020
joaquin saw okja
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) February 10, 2020
“When my brother was 17, he wrote this lyric, ‘Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.’”
Joaquin Phoenix as he exits the stage #Oscars2020
— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) February 10, 2020
What the absolute fuck was that speech?
— Odie Henderson (@odienator) February 10, 2020
Best Lead Actress
Just a reminder this should have been in this montage. pic.twitter.com/MXnA8I4HNa
— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) February 10, 2020
you know what, Renee deserves this after all the years of people sneering at her about her face
— Constance Grady (@constancegrady) February 10, 2020
A miracle that Renee Zellweger disappeared for a decade, then came back and completely bulldozed her way to Best Actress.
— Robyn Bahr (@RobynBahr) February 10, 2020
With four losses, Saoirse Ronan is now officially overdue. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/l1R5RRHziv
— Doug Jamieson (@itsdougjam) February 10, 2020
I mean, cool, I love her, but why did Renee Zellweger get to talk for 18 several minutes? #Oscars
— Rebecca Shuri She Ready Carroll (@rebel19) February 10, 2020
Best Picture
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— karen han (@karenyhan) February 10, 2020
AND THE BEST PICTURE WINNER IS PARASITE!!!!
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) February 10, 2020
PARASITE, best picture, Illinois, Chicago #Oscars pic.twitter.com/rejTQN1seC
— Justin Chang (@JustinCChang) February 10, 2020
History has been made.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 10, 2020
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) February 10, 2020
The nature of systemic racism is that I don’t want PARASITE to also win Best Picture because I’m afraid of the racist backlash, the inevitable racist rule change to prevent something like this from happening again, and the way it will be used, Obama-like, as “proof” of inclusion.
— Walter Chaw 周瑜 (@mangiotto) February 10, 2020
FUCK OFF AMERICAN FILM WE’RE HERE TO STAY
— Ryan Swen (@swen_ryan) February 10, 2020
I BELIEVE that this means that Bong Joon-Ho ties Walt Disney by winning four Oscars in a single night.
— Libby Hill (@midwestspitfire) February 10, 2020
How many people are going to have a world of international cinema opened up to them for the first time because of what they saw on the Oscars tonight?
— MZS (@mattzollerseitz) February 10, 2020
CONGRATULATIONS TO LOCAL AWARD WINNER BONG JOON HO pic.twitter.com/m2qPD6i543
— E. Alex Jung (@e_alexjung) February 10, 2020
Parasite is the first best picture winner to not have any acting nominations since Slumdog Millionaire
Wonder what the connection is there🤔🤔🤔
— Ken Cheng (@kenchengcomedy) February 10, 2020
Bong Joon Ho apologizes to the engravers for having too many #Oscars https://t.co/hWATPNesC8 pic.twitter.com/u5XuaKBdki
— Variety (@Variety) February 10, 2020