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Chloe Zhao: In China, politics got in the way of celebrating the directors big Oscar win CNN 5/2/2021 By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN © Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S./Getty Images LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- APRIL 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Chloé Zhao attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images) The Academy Awards this year could ...

"Nomadland," the gritty yet life-affirming tale of wandering van-dwellers, scored a triple crown at the 93rd Oscars Sunday night, winning for best picture while Chloe Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director and Frances McDormand took home her third career-best actress prize.  

Chloe Zhao arrives for the 93rd annual Academy Awards - AAP 1 of 1 5370537724001 Chloe Zhao has made history at the 2021 Academy Awards, becoming the first woman of colour to win best director and just the second woman to win the award. Zhao won the directing Oscar for Nomadland, joining Kathryn Bigelow, who won in 2009 for The Hurt Locker. "Im extremely lucky to be able to do what I love for a living," she said backstage. "This win means more people get to live their dreams. Im extremely grat...

Chloé Zhao Becomes Second Woman in History to Win Oscar for Best Director Variety 2 hrs ago For the first time in more than a decade — and only the second time in history — a woman has won the Oscar for best director. Chloé Zhao on Sunday night took home the Academy Award for best director for “Nomadland,” a sweeping drama about a widow in her 60s (Frances McDormand) who travels the Western United States in a van after losing her job in the Great Recession. The film — which Zhao w...

Oscars 2021: Chloe Zhao, from outsider to Hollywood history-maker Published image captionChloe Zhao with her Oscar for best director Chloe Zhao has made history by becoming the first woman of colour - and only the second woman at all - to win the best director award at the Oscars. Chinese-born, British-educated, US-based Zhao is also up for best picture and editing for Nomadland. She is known for her quietly compelling portraits of people, often played by non-professional actors, in the margins...

The Oscars Embraced Diversity, but Not as Much as It Could Have Adam B. Vary, provided by April 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail After the humiliating back-to-back scandal of #OscarsSoWhite for the 2014 and 2015 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences set itself to aggressively increasing representation within its membership. By expanding the perspectives of its voters, the hope was that a greater diversity of voices could find recognition at the Oscars. Five years later a...

The Oscars is one of the most prestigious award ceremonies there is, taking place each year in April and celebrating the previous year in film. The 93rd Chloé Zhao's historic Oscar win makes her the first woman of colour and second woman ever to win a Best Director

Producers Peter Spears, from left, Frances McDormand, Chloé 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. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool) Nomadland wins Best Picture, Zhao makes history in COVID-altered Oscars By City News Service Los Angel...

Zhaos Oscar victory for directing "Nomadland" should be celebrated, a film critic told the Global Times, but the social issues it highlights may not capture Chinese moviegoers.