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Can Roma or Black Panther make history by winning best picture? Join us for all the action from the 91st Academy Awards.

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Sound Editing

Black Panther - Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
Bohemian Rhapsody - John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
First Man - Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A Quiet Place - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Roma - Sergio Diaz and Skip Lievsay

Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody - John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone

Serena's pre-match routine

By Melissa Singer

Serena Williams, who just presented the Best Picture nomination for A Star is Born, took to Instagram this morning showing her having a hit of tennis, with the caption "Pre-Oscars beauty routine". Nice.

Regina King pays tribute

By Michael Idato

Speaking backstage, actress in a supporting role winner Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) said her win was made particularly poignant by having her mother in the audience.

"It's hard to put it into words, but I feel like it's one of those full circle moments," King said. "So much of the character was inspired by my mother and grandmother."

King also acknowledged groundbreaking winners such as Hattie McDaniel, who won best supporting actress in 1940 for her work on Gone with the Wind. "It means so much for me personally," King said. "The love, the support and the lifting up I have received on my journey as an actor ... it's a reminder of when Hattie McDaniel won, she didn't win because black people voted for her, she won because she gave an amazing performance."

Cuaron’s first win of the awards

By Garry Maddox

The multi-talented Alfonso Cuaron has won his first award of the night. He is also in contention for best picture, best director, best foreign-language film and best original screenplay for Roma.

Roma has the aroma of success

By Karl Quinn

The first win of the night for Roma, for Alfonso Cuaron's cinematography. That augurs well for the rest of the evening, you'd have to think.

Australia misses out on gold

By Karl Quinn

Fiona Crombie's superb production design work on The Favourite is snubbed, sadly, for Black Panther – and this is a pretty strong indication that the superhero movie is shaping up to sweep the technical categories tonight.

Hannah Beachley reads her speech off her phone, with a refrain of "I'm stronger because…" "When you think it’s impossible remember this piece of advice … I did my best, and my best is good enough." Teary, inspirational, but most importantly, finished just before the conductor lifts his baton.

There's one other Australian nominee: screenwriter Tony McNamara, up for his work on The Favourite.

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Cinematography

Cold War - Lukasz Zal
The Favourite - Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away - Caleb Deschanel
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron
A Star Is Born - Matthew Libatique

Winner: Roma - Alfonso Cuaron

She's gotta have it!

By Karl Quinn

Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry are onstage in the most outrageously over-the-top faux Favourite outfits, to tell us how much the subtle art of costuming brings to a movie. She's stroking a tiny toy rabbit all the while. Very funny.

It doesn's help the film though: the awards for best costume design goes to Black Panther. Ruth Carter has been nominated twice before, the first time in 1993 for Malcolm X, the second for Amistad in 1998. Carter takes the stage, and thanks Spike Lee for giving her her start in the business (she worked on his School Daze in 1988).

She calls Black Panther director Ryan Coogler a genius, and notes that "adding Vibranium to costumes is very expensive." "This is for my 96-year-old Mom watching in Massachusetts," she adds."You are the original superhero."

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Production Design

Black Panther - Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Jay Hart (Set Decoration)
The Favourite - Fiona Crombie (Production Design); Alice Felton (Set Decoration)
First Man - Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decoration)
Mary Poppins Returns - John Myhre (Production Design); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)
Roma - Eugenio Caballero (Production Design); Bárbara Enríquez (Set Decoration)

Winner: Black Panther - Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Jay Hart (Set Decoration)

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By Karl Quinn

Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Mary Zophres
Black Panther - Ruth Carter
The Favourite - Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns - Sandy Powell
Mary Queen of Scots - Alexandra Byrne

Winner: Black Panther - Ruth Carter