Bong Joon Ho Becomes First South Korean Filmmaker to Win Best Director Oscar — Variety

Bong Joon Ho made history on Sunday night, becoming the first South Korean filmmaker to win the best director Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards for “Parasite.” It’s the latest awards glass ceiling “Parasite,” a twisty thriller about a poor family infiltrating a wealthy household, has broken. 10 more words

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Eminem Makes Surprise Appearance at Oscars, Finally Gets to Perform ‘Lose Yourself’ — Variety

Eminem made a surprise performance on the Academy Awards Sunday night, at the end of the montage celebrating Best Soundtrack, coming out for a rousing rendition of “Lose Yourself,” his Oscar-winning hit from the 2002 film “Eight Mile.” His appearance was a tightly kept secret: Sources say the Dolby Theater was put on lockdown during…

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Laura Dern Just Won Netflix Its First Acting Oscar — Variety

Laura Dern won best supporting actress at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday night for her role in Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story.” It’s the first Oscar win for Dern, and also the first time an actor has won an Oscar for a role in a movie distributed by a streaming service — Netflix. After taking…

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Janelle Monae Opens Oscars in Song, Celebrates Being ‘a Black Queer Artist Telling Stories’ (Watch) — Variety

Janelle Monae kicked off the Academy Awards with a song-and-dance production number based on her 2010 song “Come Alive,” lyrically rewritten to reference the Oscars and some of the year’s top films — with spoken asides about the lack of female directors represented among the nominees, and what she personally represented as the show opener.…

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