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The screen star will be hoping to pick up an award tonight for her role in Pieces of a Woman.
The Crown actress starred alongside Shia LaBeouf in the gripping drama, with the pair playing a married couple who are set to become parents.
Wow: The Pieces of a Woman actress, 33, looked incredible in the strapless number which featured a plunging sweetheart neckline and cut-out design
Stunning: Vanessa accessorised her backless floor-length gown which boasted a dramatic train with a diamond necklace
However the duo s home birth ends with the loss of their baby and Vanessa had been highly praised for her performance.
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 colour.
An Oscars ceremony unlike any other got under way Sunday night, with history on the line in major categories and a telecast that was completely retooled
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The 2021 Academy Awards was always going to be an odd year for the Oscars considering how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the film industry. Blockbusters were pushed back, more movies went to streaming than ever, and a majority of award ceremonies leading up to the industryâs biggest night largly took place over Zoom. The 93rd Academy Awards became the first major event during the season to happen in person, and while it wasnât the most flashy of shows in the event s long history, it definitely had its share of moments to remember.
The award show will likely be remembered for Glenn Close getting down, more diversity in winners, and calls of social justice from Hollywood favorites. Letâs break down the most memorable parts of the 2021 Oscars:
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 Academy Awards ever, with more women and more actors of color nominated than ever before and Sunday brought a litany of records and firsts across many categories, spanning everything from hairstyling to composing to acting. It was, some observers said, a sea change for an awards harshly criticized as “OscarsSoWhite” in recent years, leading the film academy to greatly expand membership.