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Page 6 The Skanner Portland & Seattle February 27, 2019 News by Kam Williams For The Skanner News “G reen Book” upset “Roma” to take home the Academy Award for best picture on an historic night featuring a record num- ber of wins for Black- themed films. “Green Book” also won in the supporting actor (Ma- hershala Ali) and orig- inal screenplay catego- ries. Meanwhile, Spike Lee landed the Oscar for adapted screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” and “ The festivities flowed smoothly despite the ab- sence of an emcee, and the show was about an hour shorter than usual. The emphasis on diver- sity was pretty obvious, with White presenters being outnumbered by Black, Latino and Asian presenters. After jumping into the arms of Samuel L. Jack- son on his way to the po- dium, a euphoric Spike Lee delivered a politi- cally-tinged acceptance speech in which he ap- pealed to folks to vote in the 2020 election. Although Spike never Although Spike never re- ferred to Trump by name, the president subsequently saw fit to tweet about the Oscar-winner’s supposed “racist hit” against him Regina King garnered the supporting actress award for inspired per- formance in “If Beale Street Could Talk.” And Peter Ramsey won for co-directing the best animated feature, “Spi- der-Man: Into The Spi- der-Verse.” “Black Panther” pre- vailed in a trio of cate- gories: original score, costume design and pro- duction design. In the process, Ruth E. Carter made history as the first African American fe- male to win for costume design, and Hannah Beachler did so, too, as the first African Amer- ican to win for produc- tion design. referred to Trump by name, the president subsequently saw fit to tweet about the Os- car-winner’s supposed “racist hit” against him. As far as my Oscar picks, I only got half right, my worst showing ever. Complete List of Academy Award Winners BEST PICTURE: “Green Book” BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”) BEST ACTRESS: Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”) BEST ACTOR: Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) BEST FOREIGN FILM: “Roma” BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “Green Book” BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “BlacKkKlansman” BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: “Black Panther” BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “Shallow” (from “A Star Is Born”) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Free Solo” BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: “Period. End Of Sentence” BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: “Skin” BEST ANIMATED SHORT: “Bao” BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: “Roma” BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: “Black Panther” BEST COSTUME DESIGN: “Black Panther” BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP: “Vice” BEST SOUND EDITING: “Bohemian Rhapsody” BEST SOUND MIXING: “Bohemian Rhapsody” BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: “FIRST MAN” BEST EDITING: “Bohemian Rhapsody” World News Briefs Anticipation Mounts as Trump, Kim Close in on Second Summit AP PHOTO/ EVAN VUCCI OSCAR RECAP: ‘Green Book’ Is the Surprise Best Picture Winner HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Presi- dent Donald Trump enthusiastically waved a tiny Vietnamese flag Wednes- day as he sought to convince North Ko- President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader rea’s Kim Jong Un that his nation could Kim Jong Un, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. thrive economically like Vietnam if he Ri Su Yong, vice chairman of the par- would end his pursuit of nuclear weap- ty’s central committee, taking a cruise ons. along the bay and visiting factories in “We’ll see what happens, but he wants the port city of Hai Phong. to do something great,” Trump said, adding that Kim could use Vietnam as a model for economic revitalization. “If Cohen Says Trump Knew you look at what you’ve done in a short About WikiLeaks Email time, he can do it in a very, very rapid time — make North Korea into a great Dump Beforehand economic power.” WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump expressed a similar senti- Donald Trump’s former personal law- ment in a tweet earlier Wednesday. yer is planning to tell a House commit- “Vietnam is thriving like few places on tee that Trump knew ahead of time that earth. 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