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Chloe Zhaos “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman to win best director, and the first woman of colour.

The most ambitious award show held during the pandemic, the Oscars rolled out a red carpet and restored some glamour to the nearly century-old movie institution, but with a much transformed — and in some ways downsized — telecast. It was a year when, to paraphrase Norma Desmond, the pictures got smaller were overwhelmingly seen in the home, not in the big screen, during a pandemic year that forced theaters close and prompted radical change in Hollywood. It was also perhaps the diverse Acad...

27 Shares Chloe Zhao arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello, Pool, AP Photo) Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman to win best director, and the first woman of color. The “Nomadland” victory, while widely expected, nevertheless capped the extraor...

It was a socially distanced Oscars 2021: Nomadland, Chloe Zhao and a red carpet Toggle share menu Advertisement It was a socially distanced Oscars 2021: Nomadland, Chloe Zhao and a red carpet Chloe Zhao and team won big in what was perhaps the most diverse Academy Awards edition ever. Chloe Zhao, winner of the awards for best picture and director for "Nomadland," poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in ...

Nomadland wins Academy Award for Best Picture Share Updated: 1:04 AM EDT Apr 26, 2021 By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer Nomadland wins Academy Award for Best Picture Share Updated: 1:04 AM EDT Apr 26, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript You always Hell, yeah. Thank you, Michel. Thank you guys. Fuck out of the race. Yeah, Yeah. Yeah. It was the first one here. Mhm. Yeah, It was close. Hi. Yeah. My God. Right. So happy. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Right. That would be on ther...

Pixar’s “Soul” bagged the best animated feature award at this year’s Oscars. The contemplative comedy-drama beat other nominees “Onward,” “Over the Moon,” “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” and “Wolfwalkers.” “Soul” is close to the heart of Filipinos as two Pinoy crew members were part of the animated film project. American-Filipino Paul Abadilla is the animated film’s sets art director, while Canadian-Filipino Trevor Jimenez worked as the story supervisor. ...

Nomadland wins best picture, but Oscars had a twist ending In this video image provided by ABC, Chloe Zhao accepts the award for best director for "Nomadland" at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021. ABC via AP Daniel Kaluuya, winner of the award for best actor in a supporting role for "Judas and the Black Messiah," poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Associated Press Martin Desmond Roe, left, and Travon Free pose...

Actor Frances McDormand and director Chloe Zhao of ‘Nomadland’   In the biggest surprise of a socially distanced Oscar ceremony held during the pandemic, best actor went to Anthony Hopkins for his performance in the dementia drama ‘The Father’ Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director, and...

Chloe Zhaos "Nomadland," a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman to win best director, and the first woman of color. The "Nomadland" victory, while widely expected, nevertheless capped the extraordinary rise of Zhao, a lyrical filmmaker whose winning film is just her third, and which — with a budget less than $5 million (€4.1 million) and feat...

‘Nomadland’ wins best picture at a social-distanced Oscars Producers Peter Spears, from left, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, winners of the award for best picture for "Nomadland," pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Photo: AP AP AP Chloé Zhaos "Nomadland," a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China...