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It appears the academy has been listening: this year's awards featured record numbers of winners who weren't white and male Best Supporting Actress winner for "If Beale Street Could Talk" Regina King attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball  Diversity has been a talking point in Hollywood ever since April Reign coined the #OscarSoWhite hashtag more than four years ago. This year, with the Academy Awards voting panel extended to include a higher number of minority and female voters, the Oscars has finally delivered on some of its promises of inclusivity. Three out of four ain’t bad Three of this year’s acting awards went to non-white actors, with Egyptian-American Rami Malek picking up the Best Actor prize for his role as Freddie Mercury in  Bohemian Rhapsody , the first actor of Arab origin to lift the prize, Mahershala Ali taking the Best Supporting Actor statue for  Green Book  and Regina King taking home the sp...

Excellence in Contemporary Film Crazy Rich Asians –  Mary E. Vogt Excellence in Period Film The Favourite –  Sandy Powell Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Black Panther –  Ruth E. Carter Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television RuPaul’s Drag Race –  Zaldy Goco Excellence in Period Television The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel –  Donna Zakowska Excellence in Contemporary Television The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story –  Lou Eyrich  &  Allison Leach Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television Westworld –  Sharen Davis Excellence in Short Form Design Childish Gambino: “This is America”, music video –  Natasha Newman-Thomas Spotlight Award Glenn Close Distinguished Service Award Betty Pecha Madden Distinguished Collaborator Award Ryan Murphy Career Achievement Award Ruth E. Carter Kate Walsh welcomes everyone to the 21st Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards! R...

“Green Book,” about a white chauffeur and his black client in segregation-era America, won best picture and two other trophies at the 91st Academy Awards, overcoming a series of awards-season setbacks and mixed critical notices. In honoring “Green Book,” voters slowed the rise of Netflix, which had aggressively pushed “Roma” in the best-picture race. Netflix made significant inroads, however, with “Roma,” about a domestic worker in 1970s-era Mexico City, winning three Oscars, including best director and cinematographer for Alfonso Cuarón In many ways, the ceremony — the first without a host in 30 years — played out like the more populist and less prestigious Golden Globes: veering in multiple directions as voters sprinkled their attention among a dozen pictures, with no film walking away with a commanding sweep. Best Picture Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book   **WINNER** Roma A Star Is Born Vice...