Opinion: Oscars couldn't have failed harder if it tried 26 Apr, 2021 06:59 AM 4 minutes to read Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao were among the big winners at the 93rd Academy Awards, a second ceremony where the usual spectacle has been disrupted by pandemic considerations. Video / Getty / TVNZ Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao were among the big winners at the 93rd Academy Awards, a second ceremony where the usual spectacle has been disrupted by pandemic considerations. Video / Getty / TVNZ news.com.au The Oscars could not have stuffed up that final moment more if they tried. Honestly. For once, the post-Oscars recriminations wash-up isn't on some baffling decision made by the voters – or by Faye Dunaway – but by the people who were running the ceremony.