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Oscars 2019 pictures: The best of the ceremony

This year's Oscars saw success for films including Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Panther and Green Book.

Here are the best pictures from some of the key moments at the ceremony in Los Angeles.

Reuters Green Book producer Charles Wessler on stage with cast and crewReuters
Green Book producer Charles Wessler spoke on stage alongside director Peter Farrelly (right) and cast and crew after the film won the top award, best picture
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Reuters Olivia Colman stands to accept the Best Actress awardReuters
Olivia Colman made headlines with her best actress win for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite
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AFP Olivia Colman holds her Oscar for Best ActressAFP
The British actress gave a heartfelt speech, saying: "It's genuinely quite stressful. This is hilarious. I got an Oscar!"
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Reuters Olivia Colman kisses fellow nominee Lady GagReuters
After accepting her award, Colman gave fellow nominee Lady Gaga a kiss
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Reuters Rami Malek kisses Lucy BoyntonReuters
Rami Malek also got a kiss from co-star Lucy Boynton when he won best actor for Bohemian Rhapsody
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Reuters Rami Malek accepts the Best Actor awardReuters
Malek won the award for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic
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Reuters Alfonso Cuaron hugs Yalitza AparicioReuters
Director Alfonso Cuaron gave Yalitza Aparicio, the star of his film Roma, a hug after winning the best director award
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Reuters Alfonso Cuaron receives the Foreign Language Film award from Angela Bassett and Javier Bardem.Reuters
Earlier in the evening, Cuaron also picked up the Oscar for best foreign language film, presented by Angela Bassett and Javier Bardem
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AFP Spike Lee jumps in the arms of Actor Samuel L. JacksonAFP
Spike Lee leapt into the arms of Samuel L Jackson after winning the best adapted screenplay award for BlacKkKlansman
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AFP Spike Lee accepts the award for Best Original ScreenplayAFP
Lee won the award alongside Charlie Wachtel (left), David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott
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AFP Ruth Carter accepts her OscarAFP
Black Panther won three Oscars during the evening, including the best costume design award, which went to Ruth Carter
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Reuters Ruth Carter and Spike LeeReuters
BlacKkKlansman writer and director Spike Lee gave Ruth Carter a congratulatory kiss
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Getty Images Hannah Beachler kissing her Oscar awardGetty Images
Hannah Beachler won an Oscar for best production design for Black Panther, saying: "I stand here stronger than I was yesterday." Like Carter, Beachler was the first black winner in her category
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Reuters Ludwig Goransson accepts the Best Original Score award for "Black Panther"Reuters
Ludwig Goransson won best original score for Black Panther
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Other winners from the evening included Regina King, who scooped the best supporting actress award for If Beale Street Could Talk
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Getty Images Mahershala Ali, Rami Malek, Olivia Colman and Regina KingGetty Images
Mahershala Ali (far right) won best supporting actor for his role in Green Book, seen here posing with fellow Oscar-winning actors (left to right) Rami Malek, Olivia Colman and Regina King
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AFP Lady Gaga on stageAFP
The film A Star is Born won best original song for the song Shallow, with Lady Gaga giving a heartfelt speech
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Getty Images Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon DillGetty Images
Free Solo won the best documentary award, with the film-makers posing in the press room (left to right): Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
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Getty Images Best Animated Short Film winners for 'Bao' Domee Shi (R) and Becky Neiman-CobbGetty Images
Becky Neiman-Cobb (left) and 'Bao' Domee Shi tasted their victory after winning best animated short film
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Getty Images Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, and Amy PoehlerGetty Images
The ceremony had no official hosts, but presenters included (left to right) Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
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Reuters Melissa McCarthyReuters
Melissa McCarthy appeared on stage dressed in an outfit inspired by Olivia Colman's character in The Favourite, complete with rabbits attached to her royal robes
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AFP Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree HenryAFP
Actor Brian Tyree Henry appeared alongside McCarthy, with his take on a historical costume
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Reuters Jason Momoa and Helen MirrenReuters
Helen Mirren presented alongside Aquaman star Jason Momoa
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AFP Keegan Michael Key comes down from the roof with an umbrellaAFP
Actor Keegan Michael Key made quite an entrance, flying down from the roof clutching an umbrella
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AFP Jennifer Hudson performsAFP
The evening's entertainment included Jennifer Hudson singing with a flowing cape
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AFP Bette Midler performsAFP
Bette Midler also sang for the audience
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AFP Lady Gaga and Bradley CooperAFP
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sang together, performing a romantic rendition of Shallow from their film A Star is Born
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Reuters Lady Gaga and Bradley CooperReuters
At the end of the song, Gaga and Cooper shared a microphone while a camera circled them

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