Multimedia Journalist With trademark cool, Bruce Dern gave the best summation of the Oscars experience when he received his second nod - 35 years on from his first - for Nebraska in 2014. Being nominated, Dern contended, was like being selected for an all-star team - it just meant people thought you could play. The 2020/21 all-star team played a blinder in helping us escape from the worst of years, however temporarily, and it's fitting that so many of the films and performances celebrated the human spirit. Really, there are more winners than the ones that will be announced on Sunday night at Union Station in Los Angeles.