Writers with Connecticut ties take home Oscars

Spike Lee, foreground center, Charlie Wachtel, from left, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott accept the award for best adapted screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) less Spike Lee, foreground center, Charlie Wachtel, from left, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott accept the award for best adapted screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the ... more Photo: Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Photo: Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Image 1 of / 51 Caption Close Writers with Connecticut ties take home Oscars 1 / 51 Back to Gallery

A pair of writers with Connecticut ties were among the winners at Sunday night's 91st Academy Awards.

Hamden-raised musician and songwriter Anthony Rossomando won an Oscar for Best Original Song for "Shallow," the tune he co-wrote with Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. The song, performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, was featured in "A Star is Born."

And David Rabinowitz, who graduated from Quinnipiac University in 2009, won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman." Rabinowitz co-wrote the screenplay with Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee.

The wins are not the first of this awards season for either writer.

Rossomando took home a Golden Globe for Best Original Song - Motion Picture, and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for his work on "Shallow."

Rabinowitz previously won a BAFTA for Best Screenplay (Adapted) for "BlacKkKlansman."