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Guillermo del Toro

After nabbing his first Oscar for best director, del Toro became only the third Mexican to win the best director prize for his film \"The Shape of Water,\" joining his buddies, affectionately referred to as the \"three amigos,\" Alfonso Cuarón, who won for \"Gravity,\" and Alejandro González Iñárritu, who won for \"The Revenant\" and \"Birdman.\"

His win also meant the fourth time in five years that a Mexican director has won for best director.

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PHOTO: Guillermo del Toro, winner of the award for best director for "The Shape of Water" celebrates in the audience at the Oscars, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Accepting the best picture Oscar, del Toro said from the stage, \"I was a kid enamored with movies growing up in Mexico. I never thought this could happen and it happens.\"

He concluded. \"Everyone that is dreaming of using fantasy to tell the stories about things that are real in the world today, you can do it. This is a door. Kick it open and come in.\"

Daniela Vega

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PHOTO: Daniela Vega speaks during the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Daniela Vega, the lead actress in Chile's \"A Fantastic Woman,\" made history as the first transgender actor to present at the Academy Awards.

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PHOTO: Chilean director Sebastian Lelio delivers a speech after he won the Oscar for best foreign language film for "A Fantastic Woman" during the Academy Awards show on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, Calif.
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Earlier, \"A Fantastic Woman\" earned the Oscar for best foreign language film, giving Chile its first win. The film follows a transgender woman trying to gain acceptance from the family of her deceased boyfriend.

Congratulations @danivega and @Slelio for a well-deserved #Oscars win for A Fantastic Woman! pic.twitter.com/Qt8nRoSsmD

— LA LGBT Center (@LALGBTCenter) March 5, 2018

James Ivory

Legendary writer-producer James Ivory became the oldest Oscar winner ever at the age of 89.

Wearing a shirt with \"Call Me by Your Name\" star Timothée Chalamet's face on it, Ivory took the stage to accept his first Oscar for best adapted screenplay.

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PHOTO: James Ivory accepts best adapted screenplay award for "Call Me by Your Name" during the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, Calif.
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\"A story familiar to most of us,\" Ivory said, accepting his award, \"whether we're straight, or gay, or somewhere in between, we've all gone through first love, I hope -- and come out the other side mostly intact.\"

Robert Lopez

Robert Lopez, who won a second Oscar with wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez on Sunday, is already part of a rare group of entertainers to achieve the EGOT -- an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. But with the songwriting team's Oscar win for best song for \"Remember Me\" from the animated film \"Coco,\" Lopez became the first person to earn the EGOT twice.

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PHOTO: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez accept best original song award for "Remember Me" from "Coco" during the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Lopez, 43, who won his first Oscar in 2014 for the smash hit \"Let It Go\" from \"Frozen,\" now has two Emmys, three Tonys, three Grammys and two Oscars. It took less than a decade for him to earn all those accolades -- also a record.

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