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By Steven McIntosh
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Most awards ceremonies have gone without a red carpet in the last year, for the quite understandable reason that there would be no guests to walk down it.
But then came Sunday s Oscars - the pinnacle of awards season; the biggest night in the entertainment calendar - where nominees were encouraged to turn up in person if they could, rather than dial in virtually.
The resulting red carpet gave us elegance, flamboyance, and an explosion of colour. Here are 13 of the biggest and best looks from the 93rd Academy Awards.
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Pete Docter Sets Animated Feature Category Record With Soul Nomination
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Docter earned his fourth animated feature category nom as a director for the jazz-infused movie, while Wolfwalkers helmer Tomm Moore collected his third nom.
Soul director Pete Docter earned his fourth nomination for best animated feature, a record for the category, which was first awarded in 2002.
He won the category twice, for
Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015), and was additionally nominated for 2001 s
Monsters, Inc. in the category s debut year. Docter has nine Oscar nominations in total, also having earned screenplay noms for
Toy Story, Wall-E, Up and
Inside Out. He was nominated in the animated short category for
Pete Docter Sets Animated Feature Category Record With ‘Soul’ Nomination Carolyn Giardina Soul
Soul director Pete Docter earned his fourth nomination for best animated feature, a record for the category, which was first awarded in 2002.
He won the category twice, for
Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015), and was additionally nominated for 2001’s
Monsters, Inc. in the category’s debut year. Docter has nine Oscar nominations in total, also having earned screenplay noms for
Toy Story, Wall-E, Up and
Inside Out. He was nominated in the animated short category for
Mike’s New Car.
This is the second Oscars nomination for
Soul producer Dana Murray, who was previously nominated for the 2017 animated short
Transition Game
NBA players are moving easily from the court to the set, landing TV production deals in many genres.
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Over his 10 years in the NBA and more than 700 games Kenny Smith showcased an incredible knack for what he likes to call court vision.
Whatever happened in the heat of the action, he could observe it, process it and then execute whatever move it took to come out on top. As it turns out, that skill remained valuable after the final buzzer sounded for his career. In my playing days, I used to take shows and movies I liked and write different endings to them, says Smith, who retired in 1997 after spending most of his career with the Houston Rockets. He s spent the past 23 years as an in-studio analyst for the Emmy-winning NBA TV series
Renee Montgomery Retires from WNBA After 11 Seasons, Hangin Up My Kobes Renee Montgomery Retires from WNBA After 11 Seasons . Hangin Up My Kobes
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WNBA superstar
Renee Montgomery a 2-time champ who sat out the 2020 season to focus on social justice work is retiring from pro basketball, she confirms to TMZ Sports. This is my Dear Basketball moment, 34-year-old Montgomery said on the
TMZ Sports TV Show (which she co-hosts nightly on FS1) . I m gonna hang up my Kobes! Play video content TIME TO MOVE ON TMZSports.com
When asked why she s stepping away now, Montgomery explained, I just feel like there s so much momentum that I’ve created just with the things going on here in Atlanta … and I don t want to stop it.