The directors of Zootopia proudly accepted the Best Animated Feature Fil...

The directors of Zootopia proudly accepted the Best Animated Feature Film gong

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It is already tied for most-nominations of all time.

And La La Land has already received multiple gongs and the biggest awards of the night have not even been handed out yet.

The musical has won four so far at the at the 89th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday.





It swept the original music categories as well as Best Production Design and Cinematography at the event held at the Dolby Theater.



Before that Viola Davis took home her first ever Oscar was crowned Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fences.

The 51-year-old actress gave an impassioned speech about being an actress at the event held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Sunday night.

Viola had tears in her eyes as she said: 'I became an artist, and thank God I did, because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life.'

It was also a crowning achievement as she became the first black actor to ever receive an Oscar, Emmy, and a Tony.

Earlier in the night, Mahershala Ali took home the gong for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moonlight .

The 43-year-old Oakland, California-native made sure to button up his tuxedo as he said his grandmother would tell him to do so.

Ali had a very poignant moment during his speech as he talked about being an actor by explaining: 'It's not about you, it's about these characters, you are a servant.'



The directors of Zootopia proudly accepted the Best Animated Feature Film gong.

One even got political during the acceptance speech as they talked about the theme of the movie as they said: 'Zootopia is a story of tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other.'

It was kicked off by an entertaining performance by Justin Timberlake as he did his Trolls hit Can't Stop The Feeling.

Then came out host Jimmy Kimmel and starts immediately joking about the state of the US before poking fun at Mel Gibson and saying he's going to bury the hatchet with Matt Damon.

The women of Hidden Figures - Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, and Octavia Spencer - presented Best Documentary Feature as director Ezra Edelman dedicated the win to Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

Best Foreign Language Film was won by The Salesman but director Asghar Farhadi chose not to come due to the 'travel ban' but had a statement delivered on his behalf.