On Sunday night, the 90th Academy Awards were held at Dolby Theater in Los Angles, California and was one of the most historical oscars to be held; which offered tons of first time nominees & sometimes first time winners. For the second year in a row, the show was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel – from his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! – who offered a lot of interesting activities going on and felt very lively – especially with all those actors in the audience.

The night started on the Red Carpet where many people were interviewed and offered some insight into their films, films they saw and loved, or simply saying who the thought would win. As the show was beginning to start, the Oscars first showed a four minute montage of some of the highest regarded films and a lot of Oscar winners sprinkled throughout; the montage was a definite highlight of the night. The shows first award broke history by itself with actor Sam Rockwell winning his first nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Three Billbords Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Throughout the night as the award ceremony continued to award the many filmmakers, costume designers, & editors, the ceremony was broken up with many musical performances that were nominated for Best Original Song. Between the first and last award there were many first timers such as Rachel Morrison, the first woman to be nominated for cinematography, Jordan Peele, becoming the first black screenwriter to win for Best Original Screenplay, & Christopher Plummer was the oldest actor to be nominated for a competitive award.

As the night was coming to a close, Jimmy Kimmel kept the 3 hour & 53 minute runtime entertaining and didn’t let up on the excitement. As the final three awards were being presented, it was coming to the part where those who were thought to win would; as Gary Oldman won for his role in Darkest Hour, Frances McDormand won her second Oscar for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, & The Shape of Water won Best Picture. While the ceremony was a little lackluster it really shows as only 26.5 million watched – the lowest it’s ever been.