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Pixar’s “Soul” bagged the best animated feature award at this year’s Oscars. The contemplative comedy-drama beat other nominees “Onward,” “Over the Moon,” “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” and “Wolfwalkers.” “Soul” is close to the heart of Filipinos as two Pinoy crew members were part of the animated film project. American-Filipino Paul Abadilla is the animated film’s sets art director, while Canadian-Filipino Trevor Jimenez worked as the story supervisor. “Soul,” directed by Peter Docter, tells the story of Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx), a middle school...

'Nomadland' wins best picture, but Oscars had a twist ending In this video image provided by ABC, Chloe Zhao accepts the award for best director for "Nomadland" at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021. ABC via AP Daniel Kaluuya, winner of the award for best actor in a supporting role for "Judas and the Black Messiah," poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Associated Press Martin Desmond Roe, left, and Travon Free pose with award for best live action short film for "Two Distant Strangers" in the press room at the O...

Actor Frances McDormand and director Chloe Zhao of ‘Nomadland’   In the biggest surprise of a socially distanced Oscar ceremony held during the pandemic, best actor went to Anthony Hopkins for his performance in the dementia drama ‘The Father’ 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 became the first woman of color to win best director, and a historically diverse group of winners took home awards. Also Read In the biggest surprise of a so...

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 color. The "Nomadland" victory, while widely expected, nevertheless capped the extraordinary rise of Zhao, a lyrical filmmaker whose winning film is just her third, and which — with a budget less than $5 million (€4.1 million) and featuring a cast populated by non-professional actors — ranks as one of the most modest-sized movies ...

‘Nomadland’ wins best picture at a social-distanced Oscars Producers Peter Spears, from left, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, winners of the award for best picture for "Nomadland," pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Photo: AP AP AP Chloé 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 became the first woman of color to win best director and a historically diverse group of...