Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel, Asghar Farhadi And 10 Other Politically Charged Comments

The 89th Academy Awards, airing tonight, February 26, 5:30 pm (PST), features more films with black and brown people than in previous years, but being nominated certainly isn’t the same as winning. “This is a hard but important conversation, and it’s time for big changes”, she said, promising “dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership”. “This is for all the immigrants” – Alessandro Bertolazzi, accepting Academy Award for makeup and hairstyling for “Suicide Squad”.

We’re sure to see some angry Trump tweets at some point (most likely in the wee hours of the morning) tomorrow, in response.

There will be a lot of people in this year’s “in memoriam” montage (we are betting on the Carrie Fisher tribute being the biggest) because, after this past year, how could there not?

So let’s turn the spotlight to the actual ceremony. Last year, Affleck, 44, got involved once more when he snuck Damon into JKL during one of his appearances.

For a Best Supporting Actress victor, however, the Academy Award can be a previously inaccessible gateway to stability and opportunity, and some of the most memorable speeches come from bit players like Mercedes Ruehl or Melissa Leo, who worked for decades without recognition. This year, Moonlight’s Joi McMillon is the first black woman to be Oscar-nominated for Best Editing, and Arrival’s Bradford Young is the second black nominee for Best Cinematography. Amazon, on the other hand, scored its first best-picture nomination with “Manchester by the Sea”.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2017 Academy Awards Sunday.

Ali won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his groundbreaking role in Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight. Do you really want to know how George Clooney is cuffing the trousers of his tuxedo this year or what pair of black shoes Bradley Cooper chose? It was, somehow, a work of art. Tears flowed not as a sign of weakness, but as a sign of pride and strength.

Oh, to be lucky enough to go to the Oscars! Host Jimmy Kimmel had a tall order ahead of him in making this year’s show better than this in the past but also weathering a political storm that formed over the Dolby Theater like the ominous rain clouds earlier in the day.

But according to an approximate measurement by Nielsen, which captures about 70 percent of all viewership over the top 56 markets, Hollywood’s biggest night garnered a 22.4 overnight rating, which is almost 4 percent smaller than 2016’s 23.4 overnight score, Deadline reports.

Kimmel: It’s very different from hosting my own show but it’s nearly the same as preparing to host the Emmys.

Jimmy Kimmel lifted adorable Lion star Sunny Pawar in the air to recreate the iconic Lion King scene. The eventual victory of Moonlight, a progressive and intimate movie about truly walking a mile in the shoes of someone unlike yourself, clashed with Kimmel’s terrible, clueless white guy schtick.

With all that said, here are a few incredible milestones that happened last night. She has to look awesome, right? However, two performers stand out above the rest.

Shortly after, during the performance of the theme song from Moana, “How Far I’ll Go”, the singing actress Auli’i Cravalho, who is just 16, showed remarkable composure when she was hit in the head by one of the spinning dancers’ fabric sheets behind her, barely pausing. This kid’s got a future, folks.

Of the nine films nominated (in a category that can field as many as 10), Hidden Figures and Moonlight are La La Land’s biggest competition, with Manchester by the Sea a fading dark horse.