Parasite, Brad Pitt pick up Oscars – get the full winners list as it happens

Brad Pitt picks up the best supporting actor award at the 2020 Oscars. (Photo: AFP / Frederic J Brown)

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Terrifying clown or ageing mobsters? Nostalgia for Tinseltown or the muddy trenches of a century-old war? Or a leftfield cult film from South Korea?

Hollywood hands out its highest honours on Sunday (Feb 9) – Monday morning (Feb 10) Singapore time – at an Oscars ceremony that could see a number of historic firsts and an all-white actor winner podium that has revived the #OscarsSoWhite debate.

Brad Pitt, Elton John, Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson and Martin Scorsese are among the A-List nominees, alongside the little-known cast of Korean-language drama Parasite, which threatens to steal the thunder from Hollywood's biggest names.

All eyes are on the coveted best picture prize, which awards watchers believe is a three-way race between independent social satire Parasite, British director Sam Mendes' immersive World War One movie 1917 from Universal Pictures, and Quentin Tarantino's love letter to show business, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, from Sony Pictures.

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho picks up an award for best original screenplay. (Photo: AFP / Mark Ralston)

Parasite, from best director nominee Bong Joon-ho, looks certain to win the newly named best international film category and is seeking to enter the history books as the first film in a foreign language to win a best picture Oscar.

Bong won his first Oscar of the night for Best Original Screenplay. In his acceptance speech, he called it a "win for South Korea".

Dark comic book movie Joker from Warner Bros, which has a leading 11 nominations, Netflix divorce drama Marriage Story and the streaming service's mob epic The Irishman, race-car drama Ford v Ferrari from 20th Century Studios, and novel adaptation Little Women from Sony Pictures, round out the competition for the top prize.

Jonas Rivera, Mark Nielsen and Josh Cooley with the award for Best Animated Feature Film for Toy Story 4 during the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. (Photo: AFP / Frederic J Brown)

The winners are chosen by the 8,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the show has no host for a second year.

Netflix boosted its Hollywood credentials by getting a leading 24 nominations this year, including for drama The Two Popes, animated movie Klaus, and documentary American Factory. Yet the coveted best picture Oscar may elude it yet again on Sunday, awards watchers say.

American Factory, a film from Barack and Michelle Obama's nascent production house chronicling what happened to a group of Ohio autoworkers laid off during the 2008 recession, won the Oscar for best documentary feature.

The documentary, directed by filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, was the first release from Higher Ground Productions, a company the former US president and first lady formed in 2018 in a multi-year collaboration with the Netflix streaming service.

Winner of Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit New Zealand director Taika Waititi poses in the press room with US-Israeli actress Natalie Portman and US-French actor Timothee Chalamet during the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. (Photo: AFP/ Frederic J Brown)

A poor year for diversity, with Cynthia Erivo the only actor of colour in the race and an all-male director field, has revived the #OscarsSoWhite debate of four years ago.

The first presenters of the evening, Steve Martin and Chris Rock, poked fun at this lack of diversity. Martin quipped that something was missing from the best directors list this year, to which Rock replied, "Vaginas?"

Pitt has stormed back as a leading Hollywood man after a period out of the public eye during his bitter divorce from Angelina Jolie.

He won the first award of the night with a best supporting actor Oscar for his laid-back stuntman role in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

It was the first acting Oscar for Pitt, 56, after three decades in the movie industry. He previously won an Academy Award as a producer in 2014 for best picture 12 Years A Slave.

Pitt said he was "gobsmacked" at the win during his acceptance speech. He also dedicated the award to his kids, saying, "This is for my kids who colour everything I do. I adore you."

Scarlett Johansson (L) greets US actress Laura Dern (C) after winning the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Marriage Story during the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. (Photo: AFP / Mark Ralston)

Laura Dern picked up her first Oscar for best supporting actress for her role as a divorce lawyer in Netflix's Marriage Story. She dedicated the award to her parents and "acting heroes" Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern.

Joaquin Phoenix is the favourite to win his first Oscar for a disturbing performance as a loner clown who turns to violence in Joker, while Scarlett Johansson is nominated for her roles in both Jojo Rabbit and Marriage Story. No actor has won two Oscars on the same night.

Catch the live broadcast of the Oscars on Channel 5 or MeWatch from 7.30am to 9am (red carpet) and from 9am to noon (actual awards show), with a repeat telecast at 10.45pm later in the day.

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LIST OF AWARDS

Best Picture

Ford v Ferrari

Jojo Rabbit

Little Women

1917

Marriage Story

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Parasite

Joker

Best Director

Martin Scorsese, The Irishman

Todd Philips, Joker

Sam Mendes, 1917

Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Bong Joon Ho, Parasite

Leading Actress

Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

Charlize Theron, Bombshell

Renee Zellweger, Judy

Leading Actor

Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Adam Driver, Marriage Story

Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell

Laura Dern, Marriage Story (WINNER)

Scarlett Johannson, Jojo Rabbit

Florence Pugh, Little Women

Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Supporting Actor

Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood

Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

Al Pacino, The Irishman

Joe Pesci, The Irishman

Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (WINNER)

Best Original Screenplay

Knives Out

Marriage Story

1917

Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Parasite (WINNER)

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit (WINNER)

Joker

Little Women

The Two Popes

Live Action Short Film

Brotherhood

Nefta Football Club

The Neighbors’ Window (WINNER)

Saria

A Sister

Animated Short Film

Dcera

Hair Love (WINNER)

Kitbull

Memorable

Sister

Original Score

Joker

Little Women

Marriage Story

1917

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best International Feature Film Award

Corpus Christi

Honeyland

Les Miserables

Pain and Glory

Parasite

Sound Mixing

Ad Astra

Ford V Ferrari

Joker

1917 (WINNER)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Sound Editing

Ford V Ferrari (WINNER)

Joker

1917

Once upon A Time... In Hollywood

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Costume Design

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit

Joker

Little Women (WINNER)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Documentary Short

In the Absence

Learning to Skateboard In A Warzone (WINNER)

Life Overtakes Me

St Louis Superman

Walk Run Cha-Cha

Documentary Feature

American Factory (WINNER)

The Cave

The Edge of Democracy

For Sama

Honeyland

Achievements in Production Design

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit

1917

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (WINNER)

Parasite

Achievements in Film Editing

Ford v Ferrari

The Irishman

Jojo Rabbit

Joker

Parasite

Achievements in Cinematography

The Irishman

Joker

The Lighthouse

1917

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Achievements in Visual Effects

1917

Avengers: Endgame

The Irishman

The Lion King

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Achievements in Make-up and Hairstyling

Bombshell

Joker

Judy

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 1917

Best Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

I Lost My Body

Klaus

Missing Link

Toy Story 4 (WINNER)

Best Original Song

I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away, Toy Story

I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman

I’m Standing With You, Breakthrough

Into the Unknown, Frozen II

Stand Up, Harriet