Oscars 2020 LIVE: Brad Pitt wins for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Can Parasite make Oscars history by defeating war drama 1917 for best picture? And will it be a golden night for Margot Robbie? Join us for all the action from the 92nd Academy Awards.

2.10pm

Stand up for Cynthia Erivo, people

By Karl Quinn

She's an outside chance for best actress for Harriet, but English actress Cynthia Erivo (a veteran of the New York and London stage) is a knock-out singer. The song she sings in the film, Stand Up, has a nice gospel kind of vibe and may just get her back up on that stage before the night's out. Oh, and while we're at it, check her out in The Outsider on Foxtel. She's great, and so is the show, which is based on a Stephen King novel.

2.03pm

Cut it out

By Karl Quinn

Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus continue the schtick with the editing award. "Oh they're the people who cut your scenes."

It was originally Ford v Ferrari v Ferrell, apparently. Julia was in 1917 until those pesky editors got their hands on it. "This award is terrible."

Ford v Ferrari wins, to absolutely no one's surprise. In case you're wondering, 1917 wasn't even nominated - a victim, arguably, of the successful campaign marketing it as a "one-shot" movie. Of course, as Australian editor Lee Smith told me, there are lots and lots of cuts in the film. But you knew that already, right?

1.58pm

A huge technical accomplishment

By Garry Maddox

Creating a war epic to seem as though it was shot in a single fluid take was a huge technical achievement for British cinematographer Roger Deakins. It was pivotal to immersing viewers alongside two soldiers heading deep into a battlefield to call off a scheduled attack in 1917.

1.57pm

What does a cinematographer do?

By Karl Quinn

Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus introduce the award for cinematography by displaying their great knowledge and appreciation of the craft. The cinematographer is the person who feeds you, who knocks on your door and tells you it's time to get to set, who drives you there, who ... oh, wait, that's not what they do?

Roger Deakins wins for 1917. "I'm a pretty good cook, actually," he jokes. It's his second win from 15 nominations; his first nomination was in 1995 for The Shawshank Redemption, but his first win was not until 2018 for Blade Runner 2049. Well deserved.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, left, and Will Ferrell present the award for best cinematography.Credit:AP

1.56pm

The Oscar goes to ...

Film Editing

Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland, Ford v Ferrari
Thelma Schoonmaker, The Irishman
Tom Eagles, Jojo Rabbit
Jeff Groth, Joker
Yang Jinmo, Parasite

Winner: Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland, Ford v Ferrari

1.52pm

The Oscar goes to ...

Cinematography

Rodrigo Prieto, The Irishman
Lawrence Sher, Joker
Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
Roger Deakins, 1917
Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Winner: Roger Deakins, 1917

1.44pm

The sound of victory

By Karl Quinn

Salma Hayek takes the hand of her co-presenter Oscar Isaac and says now she can honestly say she's held an Oscar in her hand. And, he retorts, "Oscar's not so white". Boom.

They're presenting best sound editing. From the selected clips it could be redesignated noisiest clash of sounds. Ford v Ferrari wins and sound editor Donald Sylvester notes that the film is probably the last one ever to be made by Fox (which has been taken over and subsumed by Disney). It's a sobering thought amid all this celebration of the achievements of, primarily, Hollywood studios, a reminder that even the biggest of them are far from safe in the rapidly shifting sands of modern showbusiness.

Oscar Isaac and Salma Hayek present the award for best sound editing.Credit:AP

1.41pm

The Oscar goes to ...

Sound Mixing

Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano, Ad Astra
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow, Ford v Ferrari
Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland, Joker
Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson, 1917
Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Winner: Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson, 1917

1.38pm

The Oscar goes to ...

Sound Editing

Donald Sylvester, Ford v Ferrari
Alan Robert Murray, Joker
Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, 1917
Wylie Stateman, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Matthew Wood and David Acord, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Winner: Donald Sylvester, Ford v Ferrari

1.38pm

If music be the food of ratings

By Karl Quinn

That montage of pre-existing songs being "transformed" by their use in movies was the most transparent attempt to throw the TV audience a bone. There's no award with which it correlates, but still it was fun to see Demi Moore on the clay wheel to the strains of Unchained Melody again.

But why exactly is Eminem performing? That certainly appears to be what's going through Idina Menzel's mind; the expression on her face as the camera catches her in the crowd is priceless.