Oscars 2020 highlights
Hollywood’s biggest night is always full of highs and lows.
Here are this year’s best and worst Oscar moments.
The bit as a whole was a much-needed reset after the bizarre opening number.

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“I’m thinking maybe Quentin does a movie about it.
In the end, the adults do the right thing.”
“The view’s fantastic.”

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WORST: A recap halfway through the show?
Utkarsh Ambudkarcame out somewhere around the halfway mark to deliver a rap recap of the ceremony so far.
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BEST: All the montages
Any dyed-in-the-wool Oscar lover is HERE for the montages.

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This year the producers indulged that love.
It felt like a blast to the best of Oscars past, and we could not love it more.
Not the cat’s meow by any stretch of the imagination.

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It was a powerful, emotional moment made all the more so by Erivo’s powerhouse vocals and songwriting.
“I’m ready to drink tonight,” he said as he left the stage.
But wait, maybe don’t hit the booze just yet!

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That quote is from our great Martin Scorsese."
We’re hard-pressed to name one.
“This form of expression has given me the most extraordinary life,” he said.

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The most affecting moment, however, came at the end of his time onstage.

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