Oscars 2021: Shock Chadwick Boseman loss leads to worst ending ever
26 Apr, 2021 03:36 AM
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Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao were among the big winners at the 93rd Academy Awards, a second ceremony where the usual spectacle has been disrupted by pandemic considerations.
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Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao were among the big winners at the 93rd Academy Awards, a second ceremony where the usual spectacle has been disrupted by pandemic considerations.
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An unprecedented change in the 2021 Academy Awards running order has backfired spectacularly.
Usually, the Best Picture category ends the ceremony. This year, though, Best Actor came last - presumably because even the Oscars producers thought Chadwick Boseman was going to win posthumously for his role in Ma Rainey s Black Bottom.
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Hollywood legend, Anthony Hopkins beat the likes of late Chadwick Boseman, to win the Best Actor Oscar on Monday, for his performance in The Father .
Hopkins, 83, won the second Oscar of his storied career for a heart-wrenching performance as a man with dementia. With this win, he beat late Christopher Plummer to become the oldest actor ever to win an Academy Award.
The Hollywood veteran, however, did not attend the ceremony.
Boseman, best known for the superhero movie Black Panther , had been widely expected to claim the Best Actor award for his role as an ambitious trumpet player in 1920s jazz drama, Ma Rainey s Black Bottom after winning a slew of awards in the run-up to the Oscars.
Oscars 2021: Anthony Hopkins pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman in belated acceptance speech
26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao were among the big winners at the 93rd Academy Awards, a second ceremony where the usual spectacle has been disrupted by pandemic considerations.
Video / Getty / TVNZ
Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao were among the big winners at the 93rd Academy Awards, a second ceremony where the usual spectacle has been disrupted by pandemic considerations.
Video / Getty / TVNZ
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By: Lynn Elber
Three decades after Anthony Hopkins chilling portrayal of serial killer Hannibal Lecter earned a lead-actor Oscar, the role of a man fighting dementia brought him his second trophy.
Viola Davis addresses Chadwick Boseman’s popularity: ‘It feels right’
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Viola Davis addresses Chadwick Boseman’s popularity: ‘It feels right’
Hollywood star Viola Davis recently sat down for a chat and spilled the beans on Chadwick Boseman’s growing fame following his death.
The actor got candid about the love Boseman has been receiving during his interview with E News and as quoted saying, “He was authenticity on steroids. Sometimes people honor people who actually were not really nice or really the persona did not match the real person. This [love] it matches a person.”
“I m telling you, this person, this human being, this artist did not mistake his presence for the event, Viola went on. He absolutely honored the work. He entered it because he just wanted to be an artist.”
Viola Davis heaps praises on late ‘Ma Rainey’ costar Chadwick Boseman
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Tue, Apr 20, 2021
Acclaimed Hollywood A-lister Viola Davis is praising her late Ma Rainey s Black Bottom costar Chadwick Boseman s acting prowess in his final film.
The How to Get Away with Murder actor, 55, looked back at the late
Black Panther star’s final on-screen performance in the Oscar-nominated drama ahead of the Academy Awards.
Giving an interview for CBS News’
60 Minutes, The Help actor said: “First of all it s an extraordinary performance with an extraordinary role. I think it s the greatest role for a young African man ever. Only because it comes full circle.