Taika Waititi Dedicates ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Win To “Indigenous Kids” As Film Takes Best Adapted Screenplay At Oscars

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Continuing on with a recurring weekly series I’m doing…we’re talking the top 25 Oscar winners in just about every single one of the Academy Award categories. Aside from the shorts and something like Best Sound Mixing like I mentioned previously, I’ll be hitting them all over the coming weeks and months, including of course the big eight categories.

The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.

The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.

Sunday night's (Feb. 9) Oscars was notable for a number of firsts: Parasite became the first non-English-language feature to win best picture, Brad Pitt snagged his first Oscar for acting and a woman (Eimear Noone) conducted the Oscars orchestra for the first time.

Taika Waititi dedicated his Oscars win to “Indigenous kids all over the world” as he became the first Maori filmmaker to nab the prize for Adapted Screenplay.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Bong Joon Ho and Jin Won Han have won the best original screenplay Oscar for “Parasite” — becoming not only the first South Korean film to win an Oscar, but a relatively rare win for a foreign language screenplay.

Taika Waititi has won best adapted screenplay at the 2020 Academy Awards for “Jojo Rabbit.” Taking the stage, the actor, director and writer joked about his statue, “This is really light! It’s supposed to be heavy.”

Parasite won best original screenplay at the 2020 Oscars on Sunday, picking up itsfirst win of the evening and making history by being the first South Korean film to win an Oscar in any category.In claiming the top prize, the South Korean satirebeat out Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns' 1917, Rian Johnson's Knives Out, Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.The category was presented by Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves.As Bong Joon Ho and Han

We want the world for Taika Waititi — and an Oscar of his own is a good start.

By Dade Hayes

The world needs more of Archie Yates and Roman Griffin Davis.

Upon accepting their best first screenplay award at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards, See You Yesterday writers Stefon Bristol and Ferdrica Bailey thanked Jesus Christ, their families and Spike Lee.The Do the Right Thing director, upon hearing his name, cheered for the two writers and gave them a standing ovation."This is fantastic I was not expecting this.

Adam Sandler continues to joke about his Academy Awards snub.

“Look at me,” Taika Waititi exclaimed during an early afternoon interview at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, “it’s like asking you to play Adolf Hitler.”