âNomadlandâ wins Best Picture, and other highlights from the 2021 Academy Awards
Catch up on the winners from this yearâs socially distant Oscars.
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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. [ AP ]
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The 93rd Academy Awards, the most ambitious award show held during the pandemic, rolled out a red carpet and restored some glamour to a movie institution, but with a radically transformed â and in some ways downsized â telecast.
The ceremony â fashioned as a movie of its own â kicked off with opening credits and a slinky Regina King entrance, as the camera followed the actress and
‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘The Father’ Win Screenplay Oscars Variety 2 hrs ago
“Promising Young Woman” writer and director Emerald Fennell won best original screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards, while “The Father’s” Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller earned a best adapted screenplay prize.
Denmark’s “Another Round,” the story of four friends who embark on an epic drinking binge in order to test a theory that maintaining a certain blood alcohol content level, won the prize for best international feature. Director Thomas Vinterberg dedicated his award to his 19-year old daughter, Ida, who was killed by a reckless driver four days into shooting.
Oscars Latest: âMy Octopus Teacherâ wins documentary Oscar
Craig Foster interacts with an octopus in a scene from the documentary My Octopus Teacher. (Netflix via AP) April 25, 2021 - 6:46 PM
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âMy Octopus Teacher,â the tale of an eight-limbed creature and her human companion, has won the Oscar for best documentary.
Ten years in the making, âMy Octopus Teacherâ began as a personal video project by South African filmmaker Craig Foster to rekindle his connection with nature by observing an inquisitive female mollusk while free-diving near Cape Town.
Foster said his relationship with the octopus taught him about lifeâs fragility and our connection with nature, and even helped him become a better father.
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Latest on the Oscars (all times local): 8:20 p.m. Anthony Hopkins has won his first Oscar since he was victorious for playing Hannibal Lecter.
Oscars Latest: Anthony Hopkins takes the top acting trophy
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1of14FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Anthony Hopkins smiles while posing for photos prior to the premiere of his new film The Rite in Mexico City. “Nomadland” has won four prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, April 11, 2021. The film’s director, Chloe Zhao, became only the second woman to win the best director trophy, and star Frances McDormand was named best actress. “Nomadland” also took the cinematography prize on Sunday. Emerald Fennell’s revenge comedy “Promising Young Woman” was named best British film, while the best actor trophy went to 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins for playing a man grappling with dementia in “The Father.” An event that was criticized in the recent past with the label #BAFTAsSoWhite rewarded a diverse group of talents, during a pandemic-curbed ceremony at London’s Roya