Frances McDormand wins Best Actress Oscar 2018

Mar 5, 2018byFastnews

While Guillermo Del Toro’s dark fantasy The Shape of Water is leading the pack with 13 nominations, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and Frances McDormand starrer Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri are also strong contenders with eight and seven nominations, respectively.

Hollywood biggies, who will be handing out the awards during Oscars 2018, include names like Emily Blunt, Sandra Bullock, Dave Chappelle, Eugenio Derbez, Ansel Elgort, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Eiza González, Ashley Judd, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Lupita Nyong’o and Christopher Walken. Of course, the big awards will be presented by previous Oscar nominees and winners.

Held in Los Angeles, this year’s Oscars is hosted by popular talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

Frances McDormand cheers all the female nominees at Oscars 2018

Frances McDormand requests all the female nominees in the audience to stand up and honours them all. She requests Meryl Streep to stand first and says “Meryl if you do it, everybody else will”. Meryl Streep happily gets up and soon all the female nominees share this proud, historic moment.