Published 18:14 IST, February 10th 2020

Oscars 2020: From Billie Eilish's reaction to Scorsese dozing off, memes storm Twitter

Oscars 2020 celebrated the best in the Hollywood film fraternity in Los Angeles, and the night saw some historic wins and achievements of the year.

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Oscars 2020 celebrated best in Hollywood film fraternity in Los Angeles, and night saw some historic wins and achievements of year. While Br Pitt won his first Acemy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, South Korean film PARASITE became first n-English-langu film to win Best Picture Award. 

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However, while several viewers were busy binge-watching glamour night, netizens back home were generating memes out of it for everyone! From Billie Ellish's reaction to Kristen Wiig's impromptu musical medley to Martin Scorsese falling asleep during Eminem's performance, thing seemed to have missed ir eye. Here are some of best ones! 

Oscars 2020 gripped by meme fever 

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What happened at Oscars 2020?

Dark South Korean social satire PARASITE won Oscar for best picture making history as first film t in English langu to win movie industry's highest hour. It was a remarkable outcome for a film that played with subtitles in United States, beating movies by major studios and Hollywood veterans such as Martin Scorsese and Quentin Taranti. win also came at end of an awards season that h been criticised for a lack of diversity.

Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for Joker, and Renee Zellweger was named best actress for her performance as an ing Judy Garland in musical biopic Judy.

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Phoenix, a strict vegan, gave a long, impassioned acceptance speech about climate change and animal rights but concluded on a personal te."I've been a scoundrel in my life. I've been selfish, cruel at times and hard to work with, and I'm grateful that so many people in this room have given me a second chance," he said.

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Music played a large part in ceremony, with a surprise performance by rapper Eminem of his 2003 Oscar-winning song "Lose Yourself" from movie "8 Mile." Elton John won Best Original Song for "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from his biopic "Rocketman," which he performed at Sunday night's ceremony. And American teen Billie Eilish, who won five Grammys last month, sang "Yesterday" for in memoriam segment.

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(Inputs from ncies) 

18:14 IST, February 10th 2020