Other films of director Alfonso Cuaron have won Academy Awards, but “Roma” now becomes the first film from Mexico to win the Oscar for best foreign language film. Most of Hollywood’s big names ignored the exhortations, mingling in the lobby or on the red carpet until the last minute. The afternoon’s second biggest applause for Regina King, who hurried down the red carpet with a companion holding her train. — Beth Harris (@bethharrisap) on the Oscars red carpet. But if the script this Oscar season has been constantly rewritten, the film academy is hoping on Sunday for a Hollywood ending.

Source: National Post February 24, 2019 22:26 UTC