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Kobe Bryant's "Dear Basketball" wins Oscar for the Best Short animation film

Kobe Bryant's "Dear Basketball" wins Oscar for the Best Short animation film

By Lena Reece
05/03/2018
Kobe Bryant's 'Dear Basketball'

Kobe Bryant’s animation about basketball called “Dear Basketball” has won the Oscar for the Best Short animation film while the movie Coco bagged the Oscar for Best feature animated film at the 90th Academy Awards in the last hour.

Allison Janney has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the movie I Tonya while Sam Rockwell has won the Oscars for Best Supporting Actor for the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

The first of the original song performances at the 90th Academy awards was by double nominee Mary J Blige singing her track from Mudbound.

She was also up for Best Supporting Actress and is the first person to ever be up for both awards in the same year.

Meanwhile, Dunkirk has bagged two Oscars for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.

Best Production Design was awarded to the movie Shape of Water.

The 2018 Oscar winners are currently being announced.

Stay with us for updates.

Source: oscar.go.

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