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Producers Frances McDormand, left, and Chloe Zhao, winners of the award for best picture for Nomadland, pose in the press room at the Oscars in Los Angeles Sunday, April 25, 2021. McDormand also won Best Actress for the film and Zhao won Best Director, making her the first Asian woman and only the second woman to take home the trophy. Chris Pizzello / Pool via REUTERS
LOS ANGELES, April 25 (Reuters) - Nomadland won best picture while its star Frances McDormand took home the lead actress Oscar on Sunday on a night of several firsts and a return to Hollywood glamour after a long pandemic shutdown.
The 93rd Academy Awards aired Sunday night on ABC, capping off a year in film that produced an impeccable class of nominees despite their relatively low penetration into the cultural consciousness. No film unambiguously swept the Awards, though the biggest winner of the night was “Nomadland,” taking home trophies for best picture, best director and best actress.
The ceremony, produced by Steven Soderbergh, was a smaller, more intimate celebration than usual, focusing on the nominees’ personal stories rather than on the work they produced this year. The show kicked off with an “Ocean’s Eleven”-esque tracking shot that saw Regina King walk through Los Angeles Union Station, where this year’s ceremony was held to accommodate COVID-19 safety measures. Arriving on stage, King introduced the show by explaining that this year’s ceremony will strive to present itself as a movie to aid in this effort, all nominees and presenters appeared maskless on camera, and the broadc
April 26, 2021 / 6:45 AM / CBS NEWS
The 93rd Academy Awards held Sunday offered a few historic moments, as Chloé Zhao became the first Chinese woman and the first woman of color to be awarded Best Director for her work on Nomadland, which also took Best Picture.
Zhao beat out Emerald Fennell, nominated for Promising Young Woman, marking the first time two women were nominated in the directing category. Nomadland was only the second film directed by a woman to be named Best Picture.
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.
Producers Peter Spears, from left, Frances McDormand, Chloé 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. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool) Nomadland wins Best Picture, Zhao makes history in COVID-altered Oscars By City News Service Los Angeles UPDATED 9:04 AM ET Apr. 26, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:15 AM ET Apr. 26, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:15 AM EDT Apr. 26, 2021
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) Nomadland, the gritty yet life-affirming tale of wandering van-dwellers, scored a triple crown at the 93rd Oscars Sunday evening, winning for best picture while Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director and Frances McDormand took home her thi