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Believe it or not, Viola Davis just won her first Academy Award. The fact that Davis won for her tour-de-force performance in Fences is far from surprising, but the fact that it took Academy voters this long — the woman’s been working for 21 years and has been nominated three times — to give her the award that’s long had her name on it is pretty shocking.

Katy Perry was among the millions of viewers reacting in shock as Warren Beatty revealed he'd announced the wrong Best Picture winner, and 'Moonlight' had won.

Well, that was insane!

Emma Stone took home the Oscar for Best Actress at the 2017 Academy Awards for her role in 'La La Land.'

The actor won for his acclaimed performance in Manchester by the Sea.

If you’re a tourist in Hollywood and desperate to catch some celebrity sightings, you’re probably going to hop on a tour bus. If you’re on one of those on Oscar night you likely won’t see anyone famous walking the streets, unless, of course, you’re a part of a Jimmy Kimmel prank.

Deadpool. Mercenary. Superhero. Weapon X survivor. And Writer’s Guild of America nominee for Best Adapted freaking Screenplay.

With all due respect to the major acting and directing categories, I’ve come to really appreciate the Academy Awards’ technical categories in recent years. Whereas the performances and movies at the top of the program are often culled from a predictable pool of art films and auteur projects, the VFX Oscars tend to be a bit more egalitarian in nature, honoring whatever movies are the most impressive regardless of overall quality. This is often how populist film genres not typically noticed by the Academy  —  action, science-fiction, fantasy  —  slip into Oscar contention.

There’s no such thing as certainty in awards season, and yet something tells me that at last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards, Margot Robbie won what will be her only decoration for assaying the role of Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.

"Do you do this every year? I wouldn't know."

Chris Rock spent most of his big night highlighting the need for diversity, but at one point he used three Asian children to make a joke. Did you have an issue with that segment?

You didn't see this happen during the live telecast.