Oscars 2020: Joaquin Phoenix gives lengthy, emotional best actor acceptance speech about the state of humanity

© Getty Getty Joaquin Phoenix has liberated a cow and her newborn calf from a slaughterhouse.

Joaquin Phoenix is standing up for what he believes in. Less than two days after accepting his Best Actor Oscar with a speech that was largely about animal rights, the 45-year-old actor helped to liberate a cow and her newborn calf from a Los Angeles slaughterhouse.

One day after Joaquin Phoenix criticized the dairy industry in his best actor Oscars acceptance speech, the Joker star and his collaborators rescued a cow and her newborn calf from a slaughterhouse in Pico Rivera, California.

One day after Joaquin Phoenix criticized the dairy industry in his best actor Oscars acceptance speech, the Joker star and his collaborators rescued a cow and her newborn calf from a slaughterhouse in Pico Rivera, California.

Joaquin Phoenix honored his late brother River Phoenix during his acceptance speech at the Academy Awards on Sunday night (Feb. 9).While accepting the best actor Oscar for his performance in Joker, Phoenix touched on a number of issues including cancel culture, animal activism, racism and gender equality before quoting a song lyric written by his brother, who passed away from a drug overdose outside Los Angeles' famed Viper Room in 1993 at the age of 23.

Check back here for more details on the 2020 best-dressed celebrities and the Oscars 2020 .There's no shortage of , but one theme that ran throughout the night was sustainability. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars re-wore or recycled old red carpet gowns and suits in an effort to be more eco-friendly—turning the red carpet green.Take in her custom black and lavender Gucci dress.

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.

To say that it was a monumental night, in Oscars' history, would be an understatement! And, we have Bong Joon-ho to thank for that! With his brilliant film Parasite, the filmmaker made history at Oscars 2020 as not just the first South Korean movie but the first non-English language film to ever take home the coveted Oscar for Best Picture. Parasite also won the Academy Award for Directing for Bong, International Feature Film and Original Screenplay for Bong and Kwak Sin-ae.

By Patrick Hipes

Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix championed a string of progressive causes as he used his best actor acceptance speech to rally against the dairy industry.

It may have seemed like the 2020 Oscars were over.

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.