.@ReginaKing (If @BealeStreet Could Talk) is the first person to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Miniseries/TV Movie in the same year. #Oscars
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@ReginaKing is the first person named Regina to win an Oscar.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Free Solo is the 5th Documentary nominee with the word “Free,” and the first winner.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
-Little Isles of Freedom (1942)
-Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965 (1987)
-Freedom on My Mind (1994)
-Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)
This is Greg Cannom’s (@ViceMovie) 4th makeup win, following Dracula (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and Benjamin Button (2008). He moves into sole possession of second place behind @TheRickBaker’s 7 wins. #Oscars
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@IAMRuthECarter (@TheBlackPanther) wins her first Costume Design Oscar 26 years after her first nomination for Malcolm X (1992). That’s the longest wait between first costume nomination and first win in #Oscars history.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@TheBlackPanther is the third film to win Best Production Design for bringing a comic book to the silver screen, following Batman (1989) and Dick Tracy (1990).
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@AlfonsoCuaron (@RomaCuaron) is the first person in #Oscars history to have wins for both directing and cinematography in his career.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Nina Hartsone (@NHartsone, @BoRhapMovie) is the second female sound editor in the last two decades to win an Oscar, joining Karen Baker Landers (Bourne Ultimatum, Skyfall).
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Nina Hartsone (@NHartsone, @BoRhapMovie) is the first person named Nina to win an Oscar.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@BoRhapMovie is the 6th film with a focus on music to win Best Sound Mixing this century. Others:
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
-Chicago (2002)
-Ray (2004)
-Dreamgirls (2006)
-Les Miserables (2012)
-Whiplash (2014)
.@RomaCuaron wins Mexico its first Foreign Language Film Oscar on its 9th nomination. Mexico was one shy of Israel’s leading 10 nominations without an Oscar.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@RomaCuaron wins Mexico its first Foreign Language Film Oscar on its 9th nomination. Mexico was one shy of Israel’s leading 10 nominations without an Oscar.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
John Ottman (@BoRhapMovie) is the first person to win Best Film Editing for a movie that he also wrote the score for. #Oscars
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Mahershala Ali (@GreenBookMovie), who also won for Moonlight (2016), is the 8th multi-time Best Supporting Actor winner. Others:
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
-Walter Brennan (3 wins)
-@TheMichaelCaine
-Melvyn Douglas
-Anthony Quinn
-Jason Robards
-Peter Ustinov
-Christoph Waltz
Though genre is subjective, Spider-Man: Into the @SpiderVerse is the third superhero movie to win Best Animated Feature at the #Oscars. The first two were The Incredibles (2004) and Big Hero 6 (2014).
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Spider-Man: Into the @SpiderVerse producer @RodneyRothman is the first person named Rodney to win an Oscar.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Bao is the 5th @DisneyPixar film to win Best Animated Short, joining Tin Toy (1988), Geri’s Game (1997), For the Birds (2001), and Piper (2016). #Oscars
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Period. End of Sentence. is the second Oscar-winning Documentary Short set in India this century, along with Smile Pinki (2008).
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Paul Lambert (Blade Runner 2049, @FirstManMovie) wins back-to-back VFX #Oscars, something only 7 others have accomplished:
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Jim Rygiel, Randall Cook, Joe Letteri, Alex Funke: Lord of the Rings
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop: I Wanted Wings/Reap the Wild Wind
Paul Lambert (Blade Runner 2049, @FirstManMovie) wins back-to-back VFX #Oscars, something only 7 others have accomplished:
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Jim Rygiel, Randall Cook, Joe Letteri, Alex Funke: Lord of the Rings
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop: I Wanted Wings/Reap the Wild Wind
With @JaimeRayNewman’s Live-Action Short win for Skin, this marks the second year in a row that an actor produced the winning film in this category. Last year, actors Chris @Overton54 and @RachelShenton won for The Silent Child.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@GreenBookMovie is the first film to win Best Original Screenplay for multiple screenwriters who are all nominated as producers for Best Picture (Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly).
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Spike Lee’s Oscar for writing @BlacKkKlansman comes 29 years after his 1st nomination for Do the Right Thing. Among screenwriters, this is the 2nd-longest gap between 1st nomination and 1st win, behind Larry McMurtry’s 34 years between The Last Picture Show & Brokeback Mountain.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Spike Lee’s Oscar for writing @BlacKkKlansman comes 29 years after his 1st nomination for Do the Right Thing. Among screenwriters, this is the 2nd-longest gap between 1st nomination and 1st win, behind Larry McMurtry’s 34 years between The Last Picture Show & Brokeback Mountain.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@TheBlackPanther is the first superhero film to win Best Original Score. #Oscars
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@LadyGaga wins Best Song for “Shallow” (@StarIsBornMovie), becoming the 4th person to win Best Song while also nominated in a non-musical category.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
-Irving Berlin 1942: Story
-Alan Jay Lerner 1958: Adapted Screenplay
-Fran Walsh 2003: Picture, Adapted Screenplay
Both the 1976 and 2018 versions of @StarIsBornMovie won Best Original Song. This is the 5th time two films of the same name have won a category. Others:
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
-Cinematography: Cleopatra (34, 63)
-Costume: Moulin Rouge (52, 01)
-Costume: Great Gatsby (74, 13)
-PD: Moulin Rouge (52, 01)
.@ItsRamiMalek (@BoRhapMovie) is the first person ever to have won for the Oscar for Best Actor and the Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Drama. He won the Emmy two years ago for @WhoIsMrRobot.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@BoRhapMovie is the first film in #Oscars history to win Best Actor, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@GreenBookMovie is the 6th film to win Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay. The first 5:
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
-Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
-The Usual Suspects (1995)
-Good Will Hunting (1997)
-Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
-Django Unchained (2012)
None of these won Best Picture.
Olivia Colman wins Best Actress for @The_Favourite! And once again, Glenn Close is left off the podium -- she is now the only living actor or actress with 7 nominations and no wins. #Oscars
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@AlfonsoCuaron (@RomaCuaron) is the first person to win Best Director for directing a foreign-language film. Directors nominated for foreign-language films were previously 0/30.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@AlfonsoCuaron, Best Director winner for Gravity (2013) and @RomaCuaron, joins Frank Borzage (7th Heaven in 1928, Bad Girl in 1932) as the only multi-time director winners without a loss. #Oscars
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
.@GreenBookMovie wins Best Picture! It's the first movie in #Oscars history to win Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Supporting Actor.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019