Frances McDormand, Anthony Hopkins win top acting trophies
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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.
Oscar bravo. Updated on 26 April 2021
This year s Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) has gone to Colette, a 25-minute film released as part of Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.
It s the first Academy Award win for part of a video game, as well as the first win for programming funded by Facebook and Electronic Arts, by way of Respawn.
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond was released in December last year for Oculus and Steam VR. Developed by Titanfall and Apex Legends studio Respawn, it also included a trove of background material to delve into, such as Colette.
Monday, April 26, 2021
The video games industry is celebrating yet another breakthrough: it’s very first Oscar win. Credit goes to developer Respawn Entertainment for its
Colette, which wooed critics over.
We’re over the moon about Colette’s Best Documentary (Short Subject) #Oscars win tonight! From Vince, Peter, and all of us at Respawn, we are humbled and honored. Thank you.
And if you haven’t seen the film, you can watch it for free here: https://t.co/CxwNGWMOXv
“I want to thank our amazing E.P., Peter Hirschmann, at Electronic Arts, everyone at Electronic Arts and Respawn, and Oculus, especially Vince, Dusty and Mara,” director Anthony Giacchino said in his acceptance speech.
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