Theron chose an elegant pale blue backless Dior gown and completed the look with Bulgari jewellery and a sleek new brunette hairdo, while Noah looked dapper in a black Salvatore Ferragamo tux with bow tie and Burberry shoes.

Charlize Theron on the red carpet. Photo: Jaxon / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com 
Trevor Noah arrives at the 91st Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on 24 February 2019. Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA

Noah presented the eight Best Picture nominees while Theron took the stage with current James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, to present Best Supporting Actor.

This caused for some hilarity on Twitter as several users took to the social media platform to ‘declare’ their support for Charlize being cast as the next James Bond with Daniel Craig as her ‘Bond girl boy toy.’

Trevor caused an uproar for saying a phrase in his mother tongue, IsiXhosa, and told the audience it translated to, “In times like these we are stronger when we fight together than when we fight apart.”

What he actually said was “white people don’t know I’m lying.” Needless to say, that broke the Internet too and Twitter users had a field day.

"Green Book" capped a great awards season by taking home the Oscar for best picture.

The film, which won several awards this season - including a Golden Globe for best motion picture and best screenplay - came out on top at the Academy Awards.

"We made this film with love, we made it with respect, and we made it with tenderness," producer Jim Burke said.

Director Peter Farrelly heaped praise on star Viggo Mortensen, without whom he said the film would not have been made.

The film was also a boon for star Mahershala Ali, who won an Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA awards for best supporting actor.

"Green Book" also won an Oscar for best original screenplay.

As reported by AFP, the winners in key categories at the 91st Academy Awards are:

• Green Book took home the best picture Oscar, while Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma won for best director, best foreign film and best cinematography.
• Top acting honours were shared among four different films.
• Best picture: Green Book.
• Best director: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma.
• Best actor: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
• Best actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
• Best supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, Green Book
• Best supporting actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
• Best foreign language film: Roma (Mexico)
• Best cinematography: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
• Best animated feature: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Best documentary feature: Free Solo
• Best original screenplay: Green Book – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly
• Best adapted screenplay: BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott
• Best original score: Black Panther – Ludwig Goransson
• Best original song: Shallow from A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga

The South African/Additional reporting by AFP