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10.02.2020 - 07:21 / variety.com
Hildur Guðnadóttir became only the fourth woman to win an Academy Award for score as she walked away with honors for her “Joker” music Sunday night.
“To the girls, to the women, to the mothers, to the daughters, who hear the music bubbling within, please speak up. We need to hear your voices,” she said in accepting the award.
Guðnadóttir prevailed in the voting over four more veteran composers, three of whom already had Academy Awards. John Williams, who celebrated his 77th birthday the day
Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order.
Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order.Subscribe to Songs You Need In Your Life on Spotify.
By Michael Cieply
Hildur Guðnadóttir has been busy making history. The composer of the Joker soundtrack took home the 2020 Oscar for Best Original Score this week, making her the fourth woman composer to win overall and the first to win for a dramatic score.
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Sunday night Oscar win completed her clean sweep of top show-biz awards over the past five months.
Twenty-five years after winning his first Oscar, Elton John picked up his second at Sunday night's (Feb. 9) 2020 Academy Awards, where Joker composer Hildur Guðnadóttir marked a historic night for female musicians.
The 92nd Academy Awards show ended on a high note. Parasite was undeniably the star of the awards show this year as it bagged four major awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (presented to Bong Joon Ho.) While the South Korean drama brought the Dolby Theatre down with their wins, Oscar 2020 played witness to some powerful speeches.
Unlike many actors this year, Brad Pitt has mostly stayed away from political statements in his awards speeches (of which there have been quite a few), choosing instead to go with self-deprecating jokes. That all changed during Sunday night's Oscars when he took the stage to accept his trophy for Best Supporting Actor in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — a role that's gotten him quite a lot of attention this year.
Joker's Hildur Gudnadóttir won the Oscar for best original score at Sunday night's Academy Awards. The Icelandic musician and composer is the first woman to win for a dramatic composition.Rachel Portman and Anne Dudley previously won for best original musical or comedy score.
Elton John’s end-titles theme for his own biopic, “Rocketman,” won the best original song award at Sunday’s Academy Awards, his first Oscar since he won for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” from “The Lion King” at the 1995 ceremony.
By Geoff Boucher
Hildur Guðnadóttir has won the 2020 Oscar for Best Original Score. The Icelandic composer took home the trophy for her work Joker, which previously netted her the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. She won the Academy Award over John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Randy Newman (Marriage Story), and Thomas Newman (1917).
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 winning a BAFTA, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award for her performance as divorce lawyer Nora Fanshaw in, Laura Dern capped off a season of accolades with the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Brad Pitt wants his kids to forge their own paths.
Brad Pitt completed his awards season sweep on Sunday at the Oscars, winning Best Supporting Actor for his role as stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's
Brad Pitt took a swipe at the Senate and thanked his children as he won his first acting Oscar.