Did Last Night’s Oscars Work As A TV Show?
We’ve talked about the ratings and who won what — but did the Oscars telecast work as good TV? Oscars producers made some unusual choices this year. We break down the good, the bad and the ugly.
Academy Awards Were Handed Out Despite Pandemic Theater Closures
The Academy Award made history Sunday night: The first woman of color won an Oscar for best director, and the first Korean won an Oscar for best supporting actress. Nomadland won best picture.
‘Nomadland’ Brings Home The Oscar For Best Picture
The epic odyssey of a woman who loses her job and her home — and joins the growing number of Americans living out of vans as they search for work — is the big winner at the 2021 Academy Awards.
2021 Oscars: Tyler Perry Accepts The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Viola Davis presented the award to the filmmaker at the Academy Awards on Sunday — she worked with Perry on the 2009 film Madea Goes to Jail.
It’s Now Possible: Performers Of Color Could Win All Four Acting Oscars
With wins for Youn Yuh-jung as Best Supporting Actress, and Daniel Kaluuya for Best Supporting Actor, there is a real possibility that performers of color will sweep all four Oscars for acting.
Youn Yuh-jung Is First Korean To Win Oscar For Best Supporting Actress
In the celebrated film Minari, Youn Yuh-jung plays Soon-ja, the grandmother of a young boy whose family has relocated to rural Arkansas. “I really understood this script deeply,” she told NPR.
Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Wins Best Animated Feature — The Film Never Played In U.S. Theaters
Last fall, with most theaters closed due to COVID-19, Disney announced it would release Soul exclusively on its streaming service Disney+. Soul is the first Pixar film to feature a Black protagonist.
Chloé Zhao Is The First Woman Of Color To Win Oscar For Best Director
The Nomadland director was also the first woman to receive four Oscar nominations in a single year, in the Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture categories.
Regina King Opens Oscars As Emerald Fennell Wins Best Original Screenplay
Los Angeles’ Union Station is the new backdrop for this year’s Academy Awards, as Promising Young Woman writer Emerald Fennell wins Best Original Screenplay.
Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) is the first woman of color to win the Oscar for best director. Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand won Best Actor and Best Actress. Nomadland received the Best Picture prize.
2021 Is Oscar’s Most Diverse Year — And Now We Know Why
A new study from UCLA shows Hollywood made big progress last year in terms of including women and people of color, both behind and in front of the camera — and that diversity is what audiences want.
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