HAD
HAD MANY
HAD MANY EXCITING MOMENTS...
MOMENTS... SOME OF THE BIG WINS OF THE
NIGHT INCLUDE BRAD PITT WON HIS FIRST OSCAR FOR BEST
SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR HIS
ROLE IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN
HOLLYWOOD.
JAUQIN PHOENIX TOOK HOME BEST
ACTOR FOR HIS
POTRAYAL OF THE JOKER.
U-T ALUM RENE ZELLEWEGGER WON
FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR
JUDY.. WHERE SHE PLAYED JUDY
GARLAND.
AND THE BIGGEST WINNER OF THE
NIGHT PARASITE,
WINNING BEST ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY.
DIRECTOR BONG JOON HO WON FOR
BEST DIRECTOR AND
THE MOVIE TOOK HOME BEST
PICTURE.
PARASITE IS THE FIRST NON-
ENGLISH FILM TO WIN BEST
PICTURE.
PICTURE.
PICTURE. THE AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY HELD A
WATCH PARTY TONIGHT.. KVUE'S BRITTANY FLOWERS WAS
THERE -- TO SEE
HOW FILM BUFFS CELEBRATED
TONIGHT..
TONIGHT..
TONIGHT.. NOW THAT THE OSCARS ARE OVER,
PEOPLE ARE CLEARING OUT OF THE THEATER.
THE ACTION STARTED AT 6PM WITH A
RED CARPET, PEOPLE FILLING OUT THEIR BALLOTS, AND
GETTING THEIR SEATS. IN
COMMERCIAL BREAKS THERE WERE
TRIVIA QUESTIONS, AND
THERE WAS A COSTUME CONTEST
WHERE PEOPLE
DRESSED LIKE THEIR FAVORITE
NOMINATED FILMS. AND
WHILE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME,
THIS IS ALL A
FUNDRAISER FOR THE AUSTIN FILM
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. 7:18:04 "THESE PROCEEDS WILL
HELP TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT FILMMAKERS HERE IN
AUSTIN AND THROUGHOUT THE
STATE, ACTUALLY. SO IT'S ABOUT
BRINGING ARTS PROGRAMMING
INTO OUR CITY AND SUPPORTING THE
FILM CULTURE THAT IS HERE AS
WELL."
WELL."
I
I REALLY
I REALLY ENJOYED THIS EXPERIENCE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. FIRST, WATCHING THE
OSCARS IN A
THEATER MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
ARE ACTUALLY
THERE. AND SECOND.. THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE OUT
TONIGHT ARE FILMMAKERS
THEMSELVES. THEY REALLY
CARE ABOUT THESE FILMS AND
AWARDS.
AWARDS.
AWARDS. THIS WAS FUN. REPORTING LIVE
FROM THE AFS CINEMA..
BRITTANY
BRITTANY FLOWERS. KVUE NEWS. THE 92ND ACADEMY AWARDS WASN'T
WITHOUT ITS CONTROVERSY.
JUST LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO - THE
OSCARS WERE ONCE
AGAIN CRITICIZED FOR NOT
NOMINATING ENOUGH
MINORITIES OR WOMEN EVEN THOUGH
THERE WERE PLENTY
OF OPTIONS.
OF OPTIONS. ONLY ONE PERFORMER OF COLOR,
CYNTHIA ERIVO, WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS AND
BEST ORIGINAL SONG.
THIS, DESPITE INDUSTRY INSIDERS
SAYING THERE
WERE PLENTY OF OPTIONS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE DIRECTING
CATEGORY.
HOLLY HERRICK IS THE HEAD OF
FILM AND CREATIVE MEDIA
WITH THE AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY.
"IT WAS QUITE SURPRISING TO ME
TO SEE AN ALL MALE DIRECTING CATEGORY. I THINK YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE
SNUB OF GRETA GERWIG IN THAT
CATEGORY. YOU KNOW, LITTLE
WOMEN NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE
NOT FOR BEST DIRECTOR. THAT'S
ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A TRICKY
THING TO SORT OUT HOW TO HOW
TO HAVE YOU KNOW, 12 FILMS IN
THE BEST PICTURE AND AND YOU
KNOW, FEWER AND THE BEST
DIRECTOR CATEGORY. "
HERRICK
HERRICK SAYS IN ORDER FOR THAT CHANGE TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT FEMALE FILM
MAKERS AND
FILM MAKERS OF COLOR AT AN
EARLIER POINT IN THEIR
CAREERS.
CAREERS.
CAREERS. THAT WAY, THEY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE THE BIG BUDGETS
AND HAVE ACCESS TO
A LIST CAST.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE PATH TO
GETTING NOMINATED.
FROM CONTROVERSY TO THE MOST
TALKED ABOUT
MOMENTS OF THE SHOW...MY
COLLEAGUE PATTRIK PEREZ
JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT TRENDED
AT THE OSCARS...
JENNI --
JENNI --
JENNI -- THERE WERE A LOT OF TALKED- ABOUT MOMENTS AT
THE OSCARS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TONIGHT.
I'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE
OF THE BIG ONES.
FIRST -- A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
CONFUSED AS TO WHY RAPPER "EMINEM" PERFORMED
AN 18-YEAR-OLD
SONG AT TONIGHT'S OSCARS. IT
TURNS OUT -- HE WON THE "BEST
ORIGINAL
ORIGINAL SONG" AWARD FOR "LOSE YOURSELF" AT THE 2003 OSCARS. THE SONG WAS FEATURED IN THE
SOUNDTRACK TO
"8 MILE."
"8 MILE."
"8 MILE." HE DIDN'T ATTEND THE AWARD SHOW
THEN -- SO HE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO PERFORM
IT.
TONIGHT ON TWITTER -- THE RAPPER
WROTE
, "LOOK, IF YOU HAD ANOTHER
SHOT, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY...
THANKS FOR HAVING ME. SORRY IT
TOOK ME 18 YEARS TO
GET HERE."
GET HERE." SECONDLY ... EVERYONE WAS
TALKING ABOUT THIS TOUCHING MOMENT BY THE DIRECTOR AND
WRITER OF "PARASITE" --
BONG
JOON HO.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY -- YOU CAN
SEE THE WAY HE STARES
AT HIS TROPHY AND SMILES ...
THE SOUTH KOREAN FILMMAKER WOULD
GO ON
TO WIN SEVERAL MORE OSCARS
TONIGHT -- INCLUDING FOR
"BEST DIRECTOR" AND "BEST
PICTURE."
PICTURE."
PICTURE." AND FINALLY -- YOU MAY REMEMBER
THE NAME "DE'ANDRE ARNOLD."
HE'S THE TEXAS TEEN WHO WAS TOLD
HE COULDN'T
ATTEND GRADUATION UNLESS HE CUT
HIS
DREADLOCKS.
HIS DREADLOCKS. TONIGHT -- HE ATTENDED THE
OSCARS WITH THE TEAM
BEHIND "HAIR LOVE."
IT WON "BEST ANIMATED SHORT
FILM."
THE DIRECTOR -- MATTHEW CHERRY
-- ALSO DEDICATED HIS
OSCAR TO KOBE BRYANT.