New Delhi, Apr 26 : Cinema’s biggest night, the 93rd Academy Awards, started off with actor-director Regina King grabbing an Oscar statuette outside Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and walking it inside while credits rolled featuring the show’s presenters.
The prestigious award ceremony saw Chloé Zhao set history yet again! Taking home the award for best director for ‘Nomadland’, Chloé Zhao emerged as the first woman of color and the second woman to win the prestigious award. Korean actress Yuh-Jung Youn picked up the trophy for Best Actress in a supporting role and floored everyone with her acceptance speech.
Celebrated veteran actor Anthony Hopkins took home his second Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in ‘The Father’. He had previously won the trophy for his performance in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’. Anthony Hopkins personally didn’t pick up his trophy at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Frances McDormand bagged the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in ‘Nomadland’ at the 93 rd Academy Awards. Interestingly, this is Frances McDormand’s third Best Actress Oscar! She has previously won the golden statuette in 2018 for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ and for ‘Fargo’ in 1997.
Here is the full list of winners of Oscars 2021:
Best Picture
Nomadland
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Actor in a Supporting
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minnari
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Production Design
Mank
Best Cinematography
Mank
Best Animated Feature Film
Soul
Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You
Best Live-Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher
Best Sound
Sound of Metal
Best Visual Effects
Tenet
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father
Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman
Best Original Score
Soul
Best Original Song
Fight for You
Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal
The 93rd Academy Awards were held at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station. The ceremony was delayed due to the pandemic and took place two months after the originally planned date. Interestingly, this year the Academy Awards changed their tradition and Best Picture first, post which the last award for the evening, Best Actor was announced. The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were unveiled on March 15 by Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. All nominees and guests attending the prestigious ceremony had undergone a minimum of two COVID-19 tests and were not required to wear a face mask while the cameras are rolling. (TOI)
