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    Here’s who won big at the Oscars 2018

    From Gary Oldman to Allison Janney, here's who won big on the night...

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    From Gary Oldman to Allison Janney, here's who won big on the night...

    The Oscars 2018 took place just hours ago, held this year in LA’s Dolby Theatre and hosted by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

    Jimmy’s opening monologue set the tone of the night, addressing the #MeToo movement and calling for change, with A-list award-winners then following suit, using their acceptance speeches to call out gender inequality, with Best Actress winner Frances McDormand asking all of the women in the room to stand with her.

    But who won big? And which wins made history?

    From Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking nomination making her the fifth woman ever to be nominated for a Best Director gong to a very surprising Best Picture win from The Shape of Water, here’s everything you need to know…

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    Here’s who won big at the Oscars 2018…

    Actress in a Leading Role Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri***WINNER Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Meryl Streep, The Post

    Actor in a Leading Role Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour***WINNER Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

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    Actress in a Supporting Role Mary J. Blige, Mudbound Allison Janney, I, Tonya***WINNER Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

    Actor in a Supporting Role Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ***WINNER

    Best Picture Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water***WINNER Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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    Makeup and Hairstyling Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard, Victoria & Abdul Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick, Darkest Hour***WINNER Arjen Tuiten, Wonder

    Frances McDormand winning Best Actress for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'. Credit: Rex
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    Costume Design Jacqueline Durran, Beauty and the Beast Jacqueline Durran, Darkest Hour Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread***WINNER Luis Sequeira, The Shape of Water Consolata Boyle, Victoria & Abdul

    Documentary Feature Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Faces Places Icarus***WINNER Last Men in Aleppo Strong Island

    Sound Editing Julian Slater, Baby Driver Mark Mangini and Theo Green, Blade Runner 2049 Richard King and Alex Gibson, Dunkirk***WINNER Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira, The Shape of Water Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Sound Mixing Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, and Mary H. Ellis, Baby Driver Ron Bartlett, Dough Hemphill, and Mac Ruth, Blade Runner 2049 Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landarker, and Gary A. Rizzo, Dunkirk***WINNER Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, and Glen Gauthier, The Shape of Water David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, and Stuart Wilson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Production Design Beauty and the Beast (Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer) Blade Runner: 2049 (Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola) Darkest Hour (Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer) Dunkirk (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis) The Shape of Water (Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin)***WINNER

    Foreign Language Film A Fantastic Woman (Chile)***WINNER The Insult (Lebanon) Loveless (Russia) Body and Soul (Hungary) The Square (Sweden)

    Jordan Peele winning for Best Original Screenplay for Get Out. Credit: Rex

    Animated Short Film Dear Basketball***WINNER Garden Party Lou Negative Space Revolting Rhymes

    Animated Feature Film The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco***WINNER Ferdinand Loving Vincent

    Visual Effects Blade Runner 2049 (John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover)***WINNER Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick) Kong: Skull Island (Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, and Mike Meinardus) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould) War for the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, and Joel Whist)

    Film Editing Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver Lee Smith, Dunkirk ***WINNER Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape of Water Jon Gregory, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Documentary Short Subject Edith and Eddie Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405**WINNER Heroin(e) Knife Skills Traffic Stop

    Live Action Short Film DeKalb Elementary The Eleven O’Clock My Nephew Emmett The Silent Child***WINNER Watu Wote: All of Us

    Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren presented the Best Actor Oscar. Credit: Rex
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    Adapted Screenplay James Ivory, Call Me by Your Name***WINNER Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green, Logan Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, Mudbound

    Original Screenplay Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick Jordan Peele, Get Out***WINNER Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Cinematography Roger A. Deakins, Blade Runner: 2049***WINNER Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk Rachel Morrison, Mudbound Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water

    Original Score Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water***WINNER John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Original Song “Mighty River,” Mudbound “Mystery of Love,” Call Me by Your Name “Remember Me,” Coco***WINNER “Stand Up for Something,” Marshall “This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman

    Directing Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Jordan Peele, Get Out Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread Guillermo del Toro, Shape of Water***WINNER

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