It’s the biggest night in Hollywood as celebrities fill the Dolby Theater in Hollywood to welcome the newest inductees into the Academy Award Family and the stakes are high as to who will take the prized Oscar.
At 5:30 p.s.t, the show kicked off with Justin Timberlake singing the opening number dedicated to his Oscar nominated song, “Can’t Stop The Feeling”.
Jimmy Kimmel took the stage after lightening the moment with jokes after jokes about stars as well as politics, as Kimmel introduced various oscar nominees, including the first Amazon Film, Manchester By The Sea and Casey Afflict, Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Denzel Washington for Fences.
- Mahershala Ali took the Oscar for best supporting actor in Moonlight.
- Suicide Squad took the Oscar for hair and makeup, while best costume design went to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
- O.J: Made In America won the Oscar for Best documentary feature, presented by the actresses from Hidden Figures as well as the real life hero, Katherine Johnson.
- Auli’i Cravalho performed her Oscar nominated song, from Moana, “How Far I’ll Go” with a stunning flag routine depicting waves and the island.
- Arrival received its first Oscar for sound editing and Hacksaw Ridge took the Oscar for sound mixing.
- Viola Davis took home the Oscar for Best Actress in a supporting role for the film Fences.
- Shirley MacLaine and Charlize Theron presented the best foreign language film to Iran’s film, The Salesman.
- Sting performed his song, The Empty Chair which is up for best original song.
- Piper took home the Oscar for Best Animated short film and the Oscar for best animated feature film went to Zootopia.
- La La Land took its first Oscar for production design.
- The Oscar for Visual Effects goes to the Jungle Book and the Oscar for Film Editing goes to Hacksaw Ridge for its second win.
- The White Helmets took the Oscar for documentary short subject and the Oscar for live action feature film goes to Sing.
- The Oscar for Cinematography goes to La La Land for its second Oscar.
- John Legend performs the last two songs from La La Land up for best original song, “City of Stars” and “Audition”.
- The Best original music score goes to Justin Hurwitz for La La Land and the best original song goes to “City of Stars” for La La Land’s fourth win and the second win for Justin Hurwitz.
- Jennifer Aniston introduced the ‘In Memoriam’ to those lost in the 2016 year, including, Gene Wilder, Patty Duke, Gerry Marshall, Mary Tyler Moore John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Nancy Reagan, Ken Howard, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Debbie Reynolds, and Carrie Fisher, including a special shout out to Bill Paxton who just passed away one day before the Oscars.
- Kenny Lonergan took the Oscar for Best original screenplay for Manchester By The Sea in its first Oscar for an Amazon film.
- The Best adapted screenplay Berry Jenkins and Terrell Alvin McCraney for Moonlight giving the film its second Oscar Win for the night.
- Damien Chazelle takes the Oscar for best director, becoming the youngest director to date at just 32 years old.
- Casey Afflict takes the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the Amazon film Manchester By The Sea making its second win for the night.
- Emma Stone takes the Oscar for best actress in a leading role in the film La La Land, making its 6th win out of 14 nominations.
- And finally, the best picture for the 89th Academy Awards is Moonlight, despite the error. This makes Moonlight’s third Oscar, for best picture. Congratulations.
The 89th Academy Awards aired exclusively on ABC from 5:30 PST til 9 on February 26, 2017. The winners are chosen by a collection of former actors and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.