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“Green Book” Wins Best Picture, Academy Sends a Message to Netflix Rebuking “Roma”

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“Green Book,” directed by Peter Farrelly, won best Picture tonight at the 91st Academy Awards.

The win was earned. But the Academy also sent a message to Netflix, which spent 25 million on a campaign for “Roma.” The movie industry still resists films from streaming platforms.

Netflix nevertheless deserves credit for being aggressive trying to get Best Picture for a foreign film. “Roma” nevertheless earned Best Director and Foreign Film for Alfonso Cuaron as well as best cinematography.

But “Green Book”‘s early wins for Mahershala Ali for supporting actor, and for original screenplay were key.

The other big shock of the night was Glenn Close losing Best Actress to Olivia Colman. No one saw that coming.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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