Emma to take home top honors and make long-overdue history. I wanted to say thank you to our ancestors who put the work in, were denied, but never gave up, Neal said upon accepting the award, telling the audience about her Tuskeegee Airman grandfather, James Holland. And I also stand here as Jamika and I break this glass ceiling with so much excitement for the future. Because I can picture Black trans women standing up here, and Asian sisters, and our Latina sisters, and Indigenous women. And I know that one day it won’t be unusual or groundbreaking it will just be normal.
April 26, 2021
After a year in which hardly anyone went to the movies, the Oscars made a perplexing decision to not show off its nominated films and performers. It was the award show’s biggest blunder in recent memory (and there have been many.)
The 93rd Academy Awards aired on ABC in the US last night.
Nomadland, a drama about itinerant workers traveling the American West, won best picture. Its director, Chloe Zhao, became the first Asian woman to win the top directing prize. Welsh legend Anthony Hopkins won his second Oscar for his performance of an elderly man with dementia in
Apr 11, 2021
Actress Cynthia Erivo poses for photographers upon arrival at the Bafta Film Awards, in central London, Sunday, April 11 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Alberto Pezzali
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, left, and her husband singer Nick Jonas pose for photographers upon arrival at the Bafta Film Awards, in central London, Sunday, April 11 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Alberto Pezzali
Actress Phoebe Dynevor poses for photographers upon arrival at the Bafta Film Awards, in central London, Sunday, April 11 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Alberto Pezzali
Actress Sophie Cookson poses for photographers upon arrival at the Bafta Film Awards, in central London, Sunday, April 11 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)