Oscars 2018: 9 Ups & 8 Downs

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9. Netflix Wins Its First Major Oscar

Oscars 2018 Icarus
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Netflix won its first ever Oscar last year in the Best Documentary Short category for The White Helmets, and this year it scooped up its first major Oscar in a feature film category.

The streaming giant won the Best Documentary Feature award for its excellent sports doping doc Icarus, and though Netflix's more "serious" nominations for Mudbound didn't translate into wins, it was still a hugely encouraging step forward for the platform being taken seriously in awards fare.

Could 2019 be the first year where Netflix wins an award in one of the more "competitive" categories, namely an acting field? We'll see...

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