Oscars 2019: Live Updates
Full list of winners
Los Angeles, Feb 25: In a surprise win, Peter Farrelly's biographical comedy-drama "Green Book", received the Best Picture honour at the 91st Academy Awards upstaging award season favourite "Roma".
Alfonso Cuaron bagged two awards Best Cinematography and Best Director for "Roma", which also ended Mexico's dry run at the Academy Awards with Best Foreign Language win.
Rami Malek won the Best Actor trophy for his performance in "Bohemian Rhapsody", while British actor Olivia Colman upstaged Glenn Close to win the Best Actress award for her role in Yorgos Lanthimos-directed "The Favourite".
Marvel Studios produced "Black Panther" became the first superhero film to Best Original Score, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
The full list of winners are:
Best Picture: "Green Book"
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron for "Roma"
Best Actress: Olivia Colman for "The Favourite"
Best Actor: Rami Malek for "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King for "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali for "Green Book"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Roma" (Mexico)
Best Animated Feature Film: "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse"
Best Original Screenplay: "Green Book"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "BlacK Klansman"
Best Original Score: "Black Panther"
Best Original Song: "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born"
Best Documentary Feature: "Free Solo"
Best Documentary Short: "Period. End Of Sentence"
Best Live Action Short: "Skin"
Best Animated Short: "Bao"
Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuaron for "Roma"
Best Production Design: "Black Panther"
Best Costume Design: "Black Panther"
Best Hair And Makeup: "Vice"
Best Sound Editing: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Best Sound Mixing: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Best Visual Effects: "First Man"
Best Editing: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
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SC asks Centre to consider amending law on terminating pregnancy of rape survivors
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to a plea by AIIMS seeking to set aside its order allowing a 15-year-old girl to medically terminate her 30-week pregnancy, and asked the Centre to consider amending the law to permit rape survivors to terminate unwanted pregnancies even beyond 20 weeks.
The top court said when there is pregnancy due to rape, there should not be a time limit.
Law needs to be organic and in sync with evolving time, it stressed.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said this is a case of child rape and the survivor will have a lifelong scar and trauma if termination is not allowed.
The top court said if the mother does not have permanent disability then it should be carried out.
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It asked AIIMS to counsel parents of the survivor over the issue and said the decision has to be of the person concerned.
"There are children for adoption. In this country we have lot of sympathies...There are deserted, abandoned children on the streets and even mafias on it. We have to look at them. This is an unwanted pregnancy of a 15-year-old child.
"This is a curative petition. Unwanted pregnancy cannot be thrusted on a person. Imagine she is a child. She should be studying now. But we want to make her a mother. Imagine the pain, the humiliation the child has suffered in this," the bench said.
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for AIIMS, mentioned the curative plea, and said the termination of pregnancy is not possible.
"It will be a live baby with severe deformities. Minor mother will have lifelong health issues and cannot reproduce. Minor mother will have lifelong health issues. This child can be given for adoption. It has been 30 weeks now. It is a viable life now," she said.
The top court said the decision on termination has to choice of the survivor and her parents and AIIMS may help them take an informed decision.
On April 24, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan had allowed the girl to medically terminate her pregnancy of 30 weeks.
