An evening that highlighted inclusion, from the diversity of presenters to the multiple victories by the Spanish-language “Roma,” ended with one of the most divisive best picture winners in recent memory.
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A winter of discontent for the Academy Awards will culminate Sunday in an Oscar ceremony that may lacka host but isn’t missing intrigue.
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” breathed some fire into a slumping box office with afranchise-best $55.5 million debut during the Oscar weekend.
In 1989, the last time the Oscars went without a host, the ceremony kicked off with Merv Griffin crooning “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts,” Cyd Charisse dancing the tango and Rob Lowe singing a version of “Proud Mary” with a helium-voiced Snow White.
The Oscar-nominated interracial road trip movie “Green Book” has spurred interest in the real guidebook that helped black travelers navigate segregated America.
The sci-fi fantasy “Alita: Battle Angel” has topped the charts in its first weekend in theaters, but it is leadingone of the slowest Presidents Day weekends at the box office in years and has a ways to go to make up its costly productionbudget.
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