Five Oscar moments

GOLD: 'ONE BATTLE' FINISHES ANOTHER AWARDS BATTLE ON A HIGH

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IN FRAME. From left, Vicky Krieps, Violeta Kreimer, filmmaker Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata and Valentina Meril.

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This year's Oscars saw One Battle After Another cap its outstanding awards season by taking home the night's top prize for best picture, as Sinners also won big.

It was a particularly competitive night rife with impressive performances, quippy one-liners, high fashion on the red carpet and teary acceptance speeches.

Here is a highlight rundown:

The night's first musical number recreated an extraordinary scene from vampire horror flick Sinners, a montage that traces the history of black music from West Africa to the Delta Blues to hip-hop.

Actor Miles Caton led other castmates in the rendition of I Lied to You, joined by other A-list performers such as ballerina Misty Copeland who danced despite recently undergoing a hip replacement.

er on, the three singers from the fictional girl group HUNTR/X featured in KPop Demon Hunters belted out a rendition of Golden. The smash hit then got its flowers, taking home the prize for best original song and becoming the first K-pop song to win the category.