Nomadland s Frances McDormand howls like a wolf in emotional acceptance speech
Actress Frances McDormand took centre stage at the 2021 Oscars, after she unexpectedly howled at the moon during her acceptance speech. However, the star later explained the emotional reason behind it all
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice If you’re looking for unexpected and often surprising acceptance speeches, then the Oscars is where you need to be, as this year’s 93rd Academy Awards did not fail to disappoint.
Who was Michael Wolf Snyder? Sound mixer behind Oscar 2021 Best Picture ‘Nomadland’
The cast of
Nomadland gathered on stage to pick up Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards, with lead actress France McDormand dedicating her speech to ‘Our Wolf’. Meet Michael Wolf Snyder, the ‘wolf’.
Nomadland has been sweeping this years film awards season, with numerous awards at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, the SAG awards and the Oscars. In total, the film has scooped up Best Film four times, including the Oscars and BAFTAs.
The films follows Frances McDormand playing the role of a woman who leaves her home to travel around the American West, a vandweller.
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While audiences watched a host of stars collect their coveted prizes and put on memorable performances at the 93rd Academy Awards, there was also plenty of action going on away from the glare of TV cameras.
Backstage at the show, which this year was held at Downtown Los Angeles Union Station amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a host of celebrities were seen letting their hair down in candid fashion as they stepped offstage.
Reese Witherspoon was seen beaming broadly as she posed for a series of selfies before a large cabinet of shiny golden Oscar statuettes, after presenting one of the awards on the night.
Road movie Nomadland won the top prize at the Oscars, where director Chloe Zhao made history. The ceremony also saw Sir Anthony Hopkins win the best actor Oscar, defeating the late Chadwick Boseman, while Daniel Kaluuya won the best supporting actor prize. Zhao, who was born in China, is the first woman of colour to win the award for directing, and the second woman in history.The only other woman to win the directing prize is Kathryn Bigelow, who was honoured for The Hurt Locker in 2010. Nomadland, which tells the story about a woman travelling through the American West, also scooped a best actress prize for its star Frances McDormand.
mtv Star Frances McDormand lets out a proper howl, saying, We give this one to our wolf
Last year at the Academy Awards, few could ve predicted that Bong Joon-ho s
Parasite would take the night s top honor of Best Picture. It s the kind of unexpected twist that makes the 2021 Oscars anyone s game â especially when you add in its rescheduled date due to the pandemic, increased social distancing on the red carpet and during the show, and everything else that s changed since the last time the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles hosted this ceremony.
That said, tonight s show
was uniquely its own. And as the third to last award of the night â purposely switched up from its typical spot at the very end, as co-orchestrated by executive producer Steven Soderbergh for a surprising effect â Best Picture was awarded to