Monday, March 5, 2018

Filipino American wins his second Oscar

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Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez accepted the Oscar for Best Song.

“REMEMBER ME,” a song from Disney-Pixar’s “Coco,” won the Best Song Oscar for songwriters Robert Lopez and his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez.

When Lopez won an Oscar for "Let It Go" from Frozen as Best Song in 2014, he was the first person of Filipino descent to win an Academy Award.

When Lopez won his second Oscar Sunday (March 4) for the song "Remember Me" from the animated feature Coco, he is STILL the only Filipino to win an Oscar.

There was a conspicuous absence of Asian/Americans at the annual glamorfest and celebration of movies.
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Kazuhiro Tsuji, who accepted the award for Makeup and Hairstyling for his work in The Darkest Hour, was the only other Asian given an Oscar.

In addition, Ren Klyce won an Oscar for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Kumail Nanjiani didn't win. He was nominated for Best Original Screenplay with his wife Emily V. Gordon for their work on The Big Sick. The Oscar in this category went to Get Out writer and director Jordan Peele.

The film on a Chinese/American banking family in Abacus was nominated for Best Documentary but lost to Icarus.

Also nominated in their categories were: Ru Kuwahata for Negative Space in Best Animated short and producer Ramsay Naito for Boss Baby in Best Animated Feature.

Lopez's “Remember Me” was widely favored to win, as the song plays a key role in the narrative about a Mexican boy who travels to the Land of the Dead to learn the truth about a famous musician who may be his ancestor.

Upon accepting the award Kristen Anderson-Lopez pointed out that the Best Song category had almost equal representation between men and women and that all the categories should have the same gender representation.

For a complete list of Oscar winners, click here.
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