Losers of Oscars 2019: The biggest snubs and disappointments
Monday 25 February 2019 17:09, UK
David Mercer, news reporter
The Oscars 2019 brought success for the likes of Olivia Colman and Rami Malek but for others it was a night to forget.
From serial losing nominees to actors who turned down the chance of an Academy Award-winning role, Sky News looks at the people left disappointed after Hollywood's biggest night of the year.
Glenn Close
After six nominations without a win, Close was widely expected to walk away with the best actress prize following her seventh Oscar nod for her role in The Wife.
With wins at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards, the odds of her picking up a long-awaited Academy Award looked good.
Instead, British star Colman took the gong for her role in The Favourite, extending Close's reign as the most nominated living actor without any Oscar wins.
The 71-year-old has now been nominated for four best actress Oscars (Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Albert Nobbs and The Wife) and three best supporting actress Academy Awards (The World According to Garp, The Big Chill and The Natural).
Sacha Baron Cohen
The Ali G star may be wondering what might have been after Rami Malek won the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.
Cohen was set to play the Queen frontman in a biopic and spent years working on the project.
However he revealed in a 2016 radio interview that he had walked away from the role after clashing with the surviving members of the band over his desire to present a "warts and all" view of Mercury's hedonistic lifestyle.
"They wanted to protect their legacy as a band," Cohen said.
Queen guitarist Brian May claimed afterwards that casting the Borat actor as Mercury would have been "a disaster".
Amy Adams
Hot on the heels of Glenn Close, Amy Adams is racking up Oscars nominations without any wins after missing out on the best supporting actress gong this year.
The Hollywood star was nominated for her role as Lynne Cheney, devoted wife of former US vice president Dick Cheney, in Vice.
The award instead went to Regina King for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk, meaning Adams now has six Oscar nods without a single victory.
Her Vice co-star, Christian Bale, was also overlooked as he missed out on best actor, with the film winning just one (best make-up and hair-styling) of its eight nominations.
Makers and stars of The Favourite (except Olivia Colman)
The Favourite went into the Oscars tied with Roma for the most nominations (10) but left with just one award - the best actress prize for Colman.
Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz missed out in the best supporting actress category, while director Yorgos Lanthimos lost the best director gong to Roma's Alfonso Cuaron.
The Favourite also missed out best picture, best original screenplay, best cinematographer, best costume design, best film editing and best production design.
Kevin Hart
The US comedian stepped down as this year's Oscars host after tweets resurfaced in which he used homophobic slurs.
Despite calls from TV star Ellen DeGeneres - a prominent gay rights campaigner - for him to be reinstated, the Academy went ahead without a host for the ceremony for the first time in 30 years.
And despite concerns, the show appeared to be a hit with viewers on social media and ran for a relatively brief three hours 15 minutes.
The ceremony opened with a performance from Queen and Adam Lambert before comediennes Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph took to the stage to poke fun at all the drama.
Meanwhile, a gold statue of Hart holding a rainbow flag was placed near Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, with the words: "Hollow Apology".