Angela Bassett, earing and fashion detail, attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
This year, with shrinking audiences and pandemic restrictions, there was a bitter irony in the fact women won more Oscars, across new and highly visible categories, than ever before.
The intimate Oscars ceremony (with only 170 VIP guests at LA’s Union Station) meant a reduced red carpet, where attendees made up for the lack of numbers by bringing colour, glamour and scale in what they wore.
Here, 5 experts comment on the most remarkable moments from the 2021 Oscars ceremony.
I will not lie. There was an audible gasp of surprise heard inside the virtual pressroom when it was clear that Mr. Boseman did not win for his mesmerizing performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.” Boseman did win the SAG Award, the Critic’s Choice Award, and a Golden Globe, to name a few.
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While many Oscars viewers felt blindsided by Chadwick Boseman’s loss in the lead actor category Sunday night to Anthony Hopkins (including Hopkins himself), the late actor’s “Black Panther” co-star and friend Michael B. Jordan is looking on the bright side.
“I was excited for all of the nominees and the wins,” Jordan told The Times in an interview in promotion of his latest film, “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse.” “It was good to see a lot of my friends be nominated and recognized for their work, including Chadwick. In hindsight, that performance he gave, realizing that it’s one of the last things we’re going to get a chance to see him in is truly special. I’ve said it before, win or lose, when it comes to that, he won.”