The Shape of Water, Frances McDormand, Gary OIdman win at 90th Academy Awards

Gary Oldman.
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The Shape of Water was named best picture Sunday night at the 2018 Academy Awards, with Guillermo del Toro winning best director.

Gary Oldman, who portrayed Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, won the best actor award, while Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri's Frances McDormand took home the best actress statue and Sam Rockwell won best actor in a supporting role. In her acceptance speech, McDormand asked every woman in the audience who had been nominated for an award to stand, and urged Hollywood producers to finance more movies written by and for women.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.