California: Suited up in a black tuxedo, Brad Pitt on Sunday (local time) won the Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
This award is Pitt's first Oscar win for an acting category. He had previously won in 2012 as a producer of Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave.
After winning the award, Pitt thanked his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio and gave a special shout out to all the stuntmen.
Taking a jibe over US President Donald Trump's recently-concluded infamous impeachment trial, where no official was allowed to testify in Senate, Pitt said, "They told me I have 45 seconds this year, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week."
"It's a community I love and friends that I've made over 30 years that mean a lot to me, truly. And I feel a responsibility to that more than anything, more than like a victory lap. And so I think about like right now, I'm just looking -- I think it's time to go disappear for a little while now and, you know, get back to making things," Pitt said backstage at the Oscars.
Pitt's treated the previous wins with jokes and breezy speeches. He was more somber on Sunday, calling his win "incredible" as his peers cheered -- and throwing in a reference to the U.S. presidential impeachment trial.
"I was really disappointed with this week. And I think when gamesmanship trumps doing the right thing, it's a sad day. And I don't think we should let it slide. And I'm very serious about that," he said backstage.
Earlier this year, Pitt managed to win the Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes 2020, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2020 and BAFTA Awards 2020.
In the category, apart from Pitt, Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes), Al Pacino (The Irishman), Joe Pesci (The Irishman) were nominated.
Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker' leads the nomination list with 11 spots, while Netflix's drama The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood have received ten nominations each.
Sam Mendes's war drama 1917 has ten nominations while Noah Baumbach's divorce saga Marriage Story has seven nominations.
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South Korean film Parasite has gained six nominations--Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design, and Best Film Editing.
Hollywood's biggest awards are being held without a host for the second year in a row at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
From ANI inputs.
