Oscars Latest: âMy Octopus Teacherâ wins documentary Oscar
Craig Foster interacts with an octopus in a scene from the documentary My Octopus Teacher. (Netflix via AP) April 25, 2021 - 6:46 PM
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âMy Octopus Teacher,â the tale of an eight-limbed creature and her human companion, has won the Oscar for best documentary.
Ten years in the making, âMy Octopus Teacherâ began as a personal video project by South African filmmaker Craig Foster to rekindle his connection with nature by observing an inquisitive female mollusk while free-diving near Cape Town.
Foster said his relationship with the octopus taught him about lifeâs fragility and our connection with nature, and even helped him become a better father.
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Latest on the Oscars (all times local): 8:20 p.m. Anthony Hopkins has won his first Oscar since he was victorious for playing Hannibal Lecter.
Oscars Latest: Anthony Hopkins takes the top acting trophy
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1of14FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Anthony Hopkins smiles while posing for photos prior to the premiere of his new film The Rite in Mexico City. “Nomadland” has won four prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, April 11, 2021. The film’s director, Chloe Zhao, became only the second woman to win the best director trophy, and star Frances McDormand was named best actress. “Nomadland” also took the cinematography prize on Sunday. Emerald Fennell’s revenge comedy “Promising Young Woman” was named best British film, while the best actor trophy went to 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins for playing a man grappling with dementia in “The Father.” An event that was criticized in the recent past with the label #BAFTAsSoWhite rewarded a diverse group of talents, during a pandemic-curbed ceremony at London’s Roya
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Yuh-Jung Youn has become the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award.
She claimed the Oscar for best supporting actress Sunday night for her performance in “Minari” as a grandmother who moves from South Korea to live with her daughter’s farming family in Arkansas.
It was the first Oscar nomination in a career that spans five decades for the 73-year-old Youn, long a star in South Korea. Youn Yuh-jung arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. | Chris Pizzello/Associated Press
Oscars Latest: Anthony Hopkins wins best actor in a surprise
By The Associated PressApril 26, 2021 GMT
8:20 p.m.
Anthony Hopkins has won his first Oscar since he was victorious for playing Hannibal Lecter.
Despite his pedigree, Hopkins was a surprise as the winner of the Academy Award for best actor for his work on “The Father.”
The late Chadwick Boseman was expected to win the award, which, in a very rare move from the academy, was the last to be handed out this year instead of best picture.
It was also an anti-climax on a show where Hopkins wasn’t present to accept the trophy. Joaquin Phoenix’s reading of his name was the last dramatic moment of a most unusual ceremony.