2019 Oscars - Rami Malek wins best actor Academy Award

• Hollywood News
• Updated:February 25, 2019 09:22 IST

• Authors: Staff
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the 91st Academy Awards, which are being presented Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles (all times local):

7:45 p.m.

Rami Malek is the winner of the Academy Award for best actor for his performance in "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Malek wins his first Oscar in his role as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody." He was the only first-time nominee in the category.

The actor thanked his mother, who was in the audience Sunday, and also paid tribute to his later father, who he said didn't get to see him become a film star.