Perspective | Emma Stones upset win was for acting at its purest The Washington Post
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News Summary
- Emma Stone won the Academy Award for best actress, upending expectations that the honor would go to Lily Gladstone
- The strength of this year’s crop of actress nominees reflected an uncommonly potent year for women in the movies
- Although women might have been triumphing on screen, behind the scenes, they weren’t doing nearly as well
The only major upset at the Oscars on Sunday night occurred late in the proceedings, when Emma Stone won the Academy Award for best actress, upending expectations that the honor would go to Lily Glad [+6097 chars]