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| Oscars 2017: Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali Win Supporting Acting Awards | |
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| • Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Academy Awards on ABC. His opening monologue took gentle swings at President Trump and Hollywood. We’re following the show live. | • Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Academy Awards on ABC. His opening monologue took gentle swings at President Trump and Hollywood. We’re following the show live. |
| • Viola Davis wins best supporting actress for “Fences.” “O.J. Made in America” wins the best documentary feature Oscar. Mahershala Ali wins best supporting actor for his role in “Moonlight.” | |
| • Here were some of the best looks on the red carpet. Several celebrities are wearing A.C.L.U. ribbons. | • Here were some of the best looks on the red carpet. Several celebrities are wearing A.C.L.U. ribbons. |
| • “La La Land” leads all movies with 14 nominations, tied for the most ever. | • “La La Land” leads all movies with 14 nominations, tied for the most ever. |
| LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Kimmel, his Everyman schtick carefully in place, opened the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday with a plea for viewers to bridge divides, followed by a jab at President Trump. It promised to be a whipsawing night, with Mr. Kimmel determined to deliver an effervescent, ratings-lifting show and Hollywood in a sour political mood and itching to tell the world about it. | LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Kimmel, his Everyman schtick carefully in place, opened the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday with a plea for viewers to bridge divides, followed by a jab at President Trump. It promised to be a whipsawing night, with Mr. Kimmel determined to deliver an effervescent, ratings-lifting show and Hollywood in a sour political mood and itching to tell the world about it. |
| As he opened his monologue, Mr. Kimmel asked viewers, both conservative and liberal, to come together in a calm conversation. “If we could all do that we could make America great again, we really could,” he said, to applause. | As he opened his monologue, Mr. Kimmel asked viewers, both conservative and liberal, to come together in a calm conversation. “If we could all do that we could make America great again, we really could,” he said, to applause. |
| But Mr. Kimmel, appearing confident and calm — and with the audience now on his side — soon took sharper aim. In a reference to President Trump, Mr. Kimmel said, “Remember last year, when it seemed like the Oscars were racist?” | But Mr. Kimmel, appearing confident and calm — and with the audience now on his side — soon took sharper aim. In a reference to President Trump, Mr. Kimmel said, “Remember last year, when it seemed like the Oscars were racist?” |
| The night’s first award, best supporting actor, went to Mahershala Ali for his portrayal of a tender drug dealer in “Moonlight.” A tearful Mr. Ali thanked the film’s cast, crew and his own family. “Peace and blessings,” he said, avoiding a repeat of the pointed comments he made at previous awards shows about the Trump administration’s travel ban. | The night’s first award, best supporting actor, went to Mahershala Ali for his portrayal of a tender drug dealer in “Moonlight.” A tearful Mr. Ali thanked the film’s cast, crew and his own family. “Peace and blessings,” he said, avoiding a repeat of the pointed comments he made at previous awards shows about the Trump administration’s travel ban. |
| In an abrupt turn from a highbrow art film to mass-appeal blockbusters, the night’s next Oscar, for makeup and hairstyling, was given to “Suicide Squad,” followed by a win by “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” for costume design. | In an abrupt turn from a highbrow art film to mass-appeal blockbusters, the night’s next Oscar, for makeup and hairstyling, was given to “Suicide Squad,” followed by a win by “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” for costume design. |
| Here were other notable moments from the show: | |
| After two years when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was attacked as racist for overlooking black actors and films about African-American experiences, the current nominee list is remarkably diverse. But if films with black leads (“Hidden Figures”) are ignored in favor of ones with white stars (“Manchester by the Sea”), a new #OscarsSoWhite fire may ignite. | After two years when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was attacked as racist for overlooking black actors and films about African-American experiences, the current nominee list is remarkably diverse. But if films with black leads (“Hidden Figures”) are ignored in favor of ones with white stars (“Manchester by the Sea”), a new #OscarsSoWhite fire may ignite. |
| Ahead of the ceremony, the favorite to win best picture is “La La Land,” which received 14 nominations, a tie with “All About Eve” and “Titanic” for the most in academy history. Hollywood never tires of gazing in a mirror: “La La Land,” a musical love letter to the entertainment industry, would become the fourth show-business story in six years to win best picture, joining “The Artist,” “Argo” and “Birdman.” | Ahead of the ceremony, the favorite to win best picture is “La La Land,” which received 14 nominations, a tie with “All About Eve” and “Titanic” for the most in academy history. Hollywood never tires of gazing in a mirror: “La La Land,” a musical love letter to the entertainment industry, would become the fourth show-business story in six years to win best picture, joining “The Artist,” “Argo” and “Birdman.” |
| But “Hidden Figures,” a more conventional studio film with an uplifting story about overlooked NASA heroines in the 1960s, could pull off an upset win, as could the critical darling “Moonlight,” an art-house film about a young, black, gay man growing up poor in Miami. | But “Hidden Figures,” a more conventional studio film with an uplifting story about overlooked NASA heroines in the 1960s, could pull off an upset win, as could the critical darling “Moonlight,” an art-house film about a young, black, gay man growing up poor in Miami. |
| Some contests were seen as no contest at all, including supporting actress, where Viola Davis won the Oscar — her first — for playing a world-weary housewife in “Fences.” (She won best actress at the 2010 Tony Awards for playing the same role onstage. She was the one who decided to drop to the supporting category for the Oscars.) | |
| An intense, nearly overcome Ms. Davis touched on her family, her industry “cheerleaders,” the film’s director (Denzel Washington), graveyards, dashed dreams and the late playwright August Wilson, who adapted his “Fences” for the screen and who Ms. Viola praised as someone who “exhumed and exalted the ordinary people.” | |
| The best actor race is extremely tight. Will the Oscar go to Mr. Washington, a seasoned, two-time Oscar winner who brought a passion project to the big screen? Or Casey Affleck, a 41-year-old comeback kid? | |
| Mr. Affleck, at long last seeming to leave behind his lamentable 2010 film, “I’m Still Here,” was once seen as a lock. His nuanced performance in “Manchester by the Sea” was widely hailed as a triumph and won him trophies at stops including the Golden Globes. But Mr. Affleck was dogged by the fact that in 2010 he settled sexual harassment complaints tied to “I’m Still Here.” In late January, Mr. Washington, the director and star of “Fences,” staged an upset win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. | Mr. Affleck, at long last seeming to leave behind his lamentable 2010 film, “I’m Still Here,” was once seen as a lock. His nuanced performance in “Manchester by the Sea” was widely hailed as a triumph and won him trophies at stops including the Golden Globes. But Mr. Affleck was dogged by the fact that in 2010 he settled sexual harassment complaints tied to “I’m Still Here.” In late January, Mr. Washington, the director and star of “Fences,” staged an upset win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. |
| It’s rare for an actor to collect a Screen Actors Guild award and not go on to land an Oscar. But it is also rare for an actor to win three Oscars or more. Awards prognosticators are giving Mr. Washington the edge, but it remains anyone’s guess. | It’s rare for an actor to collect a Screen Actors Guild award and not go on to land an Oscar. But it is also rare for an actor to win three Oscars or more. Awards prognosticators are giving Mr. Washington the edge, but it remains anyone’s guess. |
| Anger about Mr. Trump’s administration has been palpable in the movie capital in recent days. On Friday, a fired-up Jodie Foster helped lead an anti-Trump rally hosted by the United Talent Agency, just as the directors of the five foreign film nominees voiced their “emphatic disapproval of the climate of fanaticism and nationalism we see today in the U.S.” in a joint statement. | Anger about Mr. Trump’s administration has been palpable in the movie capital in recent days. On Friday, a fired-up Jodie Foster helped lead an anti-Trump rally hosted by the United Talent Agency, just as the directors of the five foreign film nominees voiced their “emphatic disapproval of the climate of fanaticism and nationalism we see today in the U.S.” in a joint statement. |
| On the red carpet (where some stars were shivering in the mid-50s weather), nominees like Ruth Negga, a best actress honoree for “Loving,” and Lin-Manuel Miranda, nominated for his “Moana” song, wore blue ribbons signaling support for the American Civil Liberties Union. But most celebrities seemed to avoid political barbs. | On the red carpet (where some stars were shivering in the mid-50s weather), nominees like Ruth Negga, a best actress honoree for “Loving,” and Lin-Manuel Miranda, nominated for his “Moana” song, wore blue ribbons signaling support for the American Civil Liberties Union. But most celebrities seemed to avoid political barbs. |
| Some political allusions, whether pointed or cryptic, are inevitable — not least because Hollywood believes in the power of storytelling, and its own power to reshape America’s sense of itself. But there is also a chance that Oscar attendees could roll back their criticism on Sunday. Adding more voices of opposition might only increase the sense that it has all become predictable white noise. As Jimmy Kimmel, this year’s Oscar host, told Vanity Fair of all the political barbs, “It can be a little much after a while.” | Some political allusions, whether pointed or cryptic, are inevitable — not least because Hollywood believes in the power of storytelling, and its own power to reshape America’s sense of itself. But there is also a chance that Oscar attendees could roll back their criticism on Sunday. Adding more voices of opposition might only increase the sense that it has all become predictable white noise. As Jimmy Kimmel, this year’s Oscar host, told Vanity Fair of all the political barbs, “It can be a little much after a while.” |
| Now that the Oscar campaigns are over, some stars might also be thinking about red-state ticket buyers instead of liberal academy voters. | Now that the Oscar campaigns are over, some stars might also be thinking about red-state ticket buyers instead of liberal academy voters. |
| On Sunday, some supporters of Mr. Trump used Twitter to advocate for ignoring the Oscar telecast. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas wrote: | On Sunday, some supporters of Mr. Trump used Twitter to advocate for ignoring the Oscar telecast. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas wrote: |
| (A White House spokeswoman said in an email that Mr. Trump was spending Sunday night hosting the National Governors Association’s annual dinner in Washington.) | (A White House spokeswoman said in an email that Mr. Trump was spending Sunday night hosting the National Governors Association’s annual dinner in Washington.) |
| The foreign film and documentary races were notably relevant this year. | |
| Among foreign films, the German satire “Toni Erdmann” initially had the momentum. But Mr. Trump’s travel ban put the spotlight on Iran’s entry, “The Salesman,” whose director, Asghar Farhadi, said that he would boycott the ceremony in protest — a decision that may have ultimately helped his film win. | |
| Anousheh Ansari, an American-Iranian businesswoman, accepted the award for “The Salesman” and read a written message from Mr. Farhadi. The note said he was not attending in solidarity with immigrants “who have been disrespected by the inhumane law,” a reference to the Trump administration’s travel ban. | |
| Among nonfiction films, Ava DuVernay’s much-esteemed look at mass incarceration, “13th,” was campaigned for aggressively by Netflix and the civil rights-themed “I Am Not Your Negro” surged late in the season. But the nearly eight-hour, is-it-a-mini-series-or-is-it-a-film “O. J.: Made in America” was named best documentary. In accepting the award, Ezra Edelman, the film’s director dedicated the award to Nicole Simpson, Ron Goldman and “the victims of police violence, police brutality, racially motivated violence and criminal injustice.” | |
| Left to bridge the gap between people watching from their sofas in Kansas City and the theater filled with coastal elites, Mr. Kimmel spent little time trying to pretend the Oscars were anything but a liberal affair. When popping up after the first few statuettes were presented, he made a reference to the box-office success of “Doctor Strange,” the Marvel comics movie. Mr. Kimmel then joked that the character “was also named secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.” | Left to bridge the gap between people watching from their sofas in Kansas City and the theater filled with coastal elites, Mr. Kimmel spent little time trying to pretend the Oscars were anything but a liberal affair. When popping up after the first few statuettes were presented, he made a reference to the box-office success of “Doctor Strange,” the Marvel comics movie. Mr. Kimmel then joked that the character “was also named secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.” |
| The Oscars represent a big moment for Mr. Kimmel, whose late-night show trails those hosted by Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon in the ratings and who has been put forward by ABC for years as a possible M.C. only to lose out on the gig. But Mr. Kimmel has a few things going in his favor. Last year’s ceremony, hosted by Chris Rock, drew some of the worst ratings in Academy Awards history; there is probably nowhere to go but up. Ratings for the recent Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Grammy Awards all increased. | The Oscars represent a big moment for Mr. Kimmel, whose late-night show trails those hosted by Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon in the ratings and who has been put forward by ABC for years as a possible M.C. only to lose out on the gig. But Mr. Kimmel has a few things going in his favor. Last year’s ceremony, hosted by Chris Rock, drew some of the worst ratings in Academy Awards history; there is probably nowhere to go but up. Ratings for the recent Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Grammy Awards all increased. |
| And his rival Mr. Fallon set a low bar when he hosted the Globes, becoming a deer in headlights when a teleprompter malfunctioned at the start of that show. | And his rival Mr. Fallon set a low bar when he hosted the Globes, becoming a deer in headlights when a teleprompter malfunctioned at the start of that show. |
| For viewers, the seemingly interminable Oscars show — Mr. Kimmel has warned this one will be “significantly longer” than three hours — really starts to drag in the middle, which is usually stuffed with awards for more technical achievements. But those categories (production design, sound editing, sound mixing, film editing) can hold important clues about the winner of the night’s biggest prize. The loss by “La La Land” in the costume design category, for instance, may have exposed some weakness among voters. | For viewers, the seemingly interminable Oscars show — Mr. Kimmel has warned this one will be “significantly longer” than three hours — really starts to drag in the middle, which is usually stuffed with awards for more technical achievements. But those categories (production design, sound editing, sound mixing, film editing) can hold important clues about the winner of the night’s biggest prize. The loss by “La La Land” in the costume design category, for instance, may have exposed some weakness among voters. |
| Halfway through the telecast, “La La Land” seemed to lose steam, with the sound editing Oscar going to the science-fiction drama “Arrival” and the sound mixing award to “Hacksaw Ridge.” (The winning “Hacksaw Ridge” sound team included an ebullient Kevin O’Connell, who had held the record for the most Academy Award nominations — 21 — with no victories. He thanked his mother.) | |
| Of course, last year, “Mad Max: Fury Road” did an almost clean sweep through these “below the line” categories, as the movie industry refers to them, and then stalled when it came to the money races. | |