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Terrence J’s Oscar winning celebration inside…
It s an Oscar winning night for several executive producers, cast and crew.
Netflix’s
Two Distant Strangers, which stars actor/rapper
Joey Bada$$, won the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Joey Bada$$ stars as the lead star in the socially conscious film, directed by
Travon Free and
Martin Desmond Roe. It’s about a young Black man who gets killed by a white police officer, but he wakes up every single day reliving the moment he was killed as he tries to make it out alive each time.
Brad Pitt and Youn Yuh-jung at Oscars 2021. (Image courtesy: AFP)
Highlights
Chloe Zhao became the second female director and first of color to win
McDormand became the fourth woman to win at least three acting Oscars
United States:
An Oscars like no other crowned
Nomadland best picture, experimented with the ceremony s traditional format and shone a spotlight on diversity while also honoring more established stars.
Here are five takeaways from Hollywood s biggest night on Sunday:
- Train wreck? -
Shifting the Oscars from Hollywood s Dolby Theatre to a train station in downtown Los Angeles provided for more social distancing and outdoor space but also gave the whole ceremony an odd cabaret lounge vibe.
Film drama
Nomadland has scooped three Oscars including best picture, while British stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Kaluuya have won acting awards.
Nomadland s Chloe Zhao made history as the first woman of colour and second woman to win best director.
Sir Anthony, 83, is the oldest winner of best actor, while Kaluuya is the first black British actor to win an Oscar - for the best supporting award.
British actress-turned-writer/director Emerald Fennell won a screenplay award.
She won best original screenplay for
Promising Young Woman, which she also directed.
Frances McDormand won best actress for her role in
Nomadland, while veteran South Korean actress Yuh-Jung Youn won best supporting actress for