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SCMP Reporters

Welcome to the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the 2018 Academy Awards in Hollywood.
The #MeToo movement played a prominent role throughout the evening, with last year’s best actor Casey Affleck yanked from the customary role of presenting the Oscar for best actress, after he was implicated in the sexual abuse scandal that swept Hollywood.
A monster night at the Oscars for ‘Shape of Water’
Here’s how the evening played out.




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Academy Awards

Oscars 2018: how Hollywood’s biggest night played out

The #MeToo movement was front and centre for much of the evening

Guillermo del Toro accepts the Oscar for Best Picture for "The Shape of Water" from presenter Warren Beatty. Photo: Reuters

Here’s why China has a lot staked on these two best-picture Oscar contenders

Gary Oldman in the Winston Churchill biopic “Darkest Hour”, which was bankrolled by Beijing-based Perfect World Co. Photo: Jack English / Focus Features

"Phantom Thread" stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a fashion designer named Reynolds Woodcock in post-war London. The costumes featured in the film were designed by Mark Bridges. MUST CREDIT: Laurie Sparham, Focus Features

Oscars red carpet – who wore what and which stars stole the show on Hollywood’s biggest night 

Nicole Kidman provided the glamour moment, Emma Stone wore the trousers, Jennifer Lawrence upped the ante with a metallic Dior gown, and Darrell Britt-Gibson and Daniel Kaluuya showed how it’s done

Allison Williams arrives for the 90th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California. Photo: AFP

Oscars: some fun facts about this year’s nominees

The statistical quirks that the annual event throws up can be as intriguing as tracking which movie wins the most statuettes

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Tom Hanks portrays Ben Bradlee, left, and Meryl Streep portrays Katharine Graham in a scene from "The Post." The film is nominated for an Oscar for best picture. The 90th Oscars will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 4. (Niko Tavernise/20th Century Fox via AP)

Saoirse Ronan, left, and Greta Gerwig attend the 17th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Frances McDormand in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Oscars 2018: how Hollywood’s biggest night played out

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The #MeToo movement was front and centre for much of the evening

The #MeToo movement was front and centre for much of the evening