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    Hollywood Celebrates Its Best at the Academy Awards

    Favorites Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win top acting awards

    Social issues stole the show at the Academy Awards, with celebrities such as Guillermo del Toro, Lupita Nyong'o and Frances McDormand talking politics at the podium. Photo: ABC
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    “The Shape of Water” won best picture at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, a night that featured a wide array of winners but few surprises.

    Guillermo del Toro also won best director for the movie, a fantastical love story about a mute woman and an amphibious creature. Other big winners included best-picture nominees “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Get Out,” “Call Me by Your Name” and “Darkest Hour.”

    Gary...