The 93rd annual Academy Awards aka the Oscars premiered last night on ABC. After being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the award show was able to host an intimate in-person show. It’s main location was in Union Station, LA. According to reports, the Oscars had its lowest viewership ever, after making great strides to make exceptions to qualifications and diversifying its nominations.
Diversity was the big winner this year on the Oscar stage, from talks of the Chauvin trial to Tyler Perry asking the world to, “Refuse hate.” Following through on its, “Stories very much like yours,” promotion, diversity showed up loud and proud! Taking lead with a big win was, Chloé Zhao, Director of Nomadland, and also the first woman of color to win in Best Director category. There were so many other amazing and diversified wins. See all of the wins below.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
ANTHONY HOPKINS
The Father
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
DANIEL KALUUYA
Judas and the Black Messiah
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
FRANCES MCDORMAND
Nomadland
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
YUH-JUNG YOUN
Minari
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER
SOUL
Pete Docter and Dana Murray
CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
MANK
Erik Messerschmidt
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Ann Roth
DIRECTING
WINNER
NOMADLAND
Chloé Zhao
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
WINNER
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
WINNER
COLETTE
Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
FILM EDITING
WINNER
SOUND OF METAL
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
WINNER
ANOTHER ROUND
Denmark
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
WINNER
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
WINNER
SOUL
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
WINNER
FIGHT FOR YOU
from Judas and the Black Messiah; Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
BEST PICTURE
WINNER
NOMADLAND
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER
MANK
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
WINNER
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WINNER
TWO DISTANT STRANGERS
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
SOUND
WINNER
SOUND OF METAL
Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michellee Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER
TENET
Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
WINNER
THE FATHER
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
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