Kimmel trashes Trump: Host launches merciless attack on the President, tweets at him live on stage and leads standing ovation for 'overrated' Streep in the most political Oscars ever Jimmy Kimmel said the Oscars were being watched in more than 225 countries that now hated the U.S.THE OSCAR WINNERS WHO TOOK A SHOT AT TRUMPMoonlight director Barry Jenkins said in accepting the Oscar for adapted screenplay that people who don't feel like they have support can look to the American Civil Liberties Union and artists over the next four years.
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won the Academy Award for best foreign film for his drama The Salesman. The director had previously said he was not attending the Oscars in revolt against Trump's immigration ban.
'I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight. My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and the other six nations whom have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S,' he said in a statement.
Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, who presented the award for Best Animated Feature Film alongside Hailee Steinfeld, said: 'I'm against any form of wall that wants to separate us.'
Warren Beatty presented the Oscar for best picture alongside Faye Dunaway, former co-star of the 1967 classic Bonnie and Clyde.
'Our goal in politics is the same in our goal in art, and that's to get to the truth,' Beatty said on stage.
Makeup artist Alessandro Bertolazzi was the first Oscar winner to mention politics in his acceptance speech. The Italian dedicated his win in the makeup and hair-styling category to 'all the immigrants'.
Rich Moore, co-director of Zootopia, which won Best Animated Feature Film, said: 'We are so grateful to audiences to audiences all over the world who embraced this film with this story of tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other.'
After the comments about racism in his monologue, Kimmel was serious for a moment when he addressed how divided the country was. He said everyone could make America great again if people reached out to someone they disagreed with to have a positive conversation.
But that moment quickly passed as he began roasting Trump again.
He later called on the crowd to give a 'highly overrated' Meryl Streep a standing ovation for her 20 Oscar nominations throughout her career.
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