Fennell said she didn’t prepare a speech “because I didn’t expect this to happen”. “He’s very heavy and very cold,” Fennell said of her Oscar. .“I’m trying very hard not to cry which is difficult as an English person because we don’t cry ever.”She also thanked “LuckyChap Entertainment” but didn’t mention Robbie specifically.The film, Promising Young Woman, stars Carey Mulligan as a grieving university dropout who gets her revenge by exposing a litany of sexual predators she meets at bars. The film is up for five Oscars in total: Best Picture (won by Nomadland), Best Director (for Emerald Fennell), Best Actress (for Mulligan), Best Original Screenplay (won by for Fennell) and Best Fim Editing.Mulligan is tipped to go close in the Best Actress category but it’s a tight race. Perennial awards favourite Frances McDormand, who has won every other major award this season, could take home her third Best Actress Oscar, for the quiet strength of her heartbreaking performance as an itinerant worker in Nomadland.NED-3426-Oscar-nominations-2021ZHAO MAKES HISTORYChloe Zhao has made history as the first Asian woman and the first woman of colour to win Best Director for Nomadland.Zhao beat out Emerald Fennell, David Fincher, Lee Isaac Chung and Thomas Vinterberg to win the Oscar.“To my Nomadland family – to Frances McDormand – what a crazy once in a lifetime journey we’ve been on together.”“I’ve been thinking about how I keep going when things get hard and I try to hold onto the good in people,” she said.“This is for anyone who has had the courage to hold onto the goodness in themselves and the goodness in other people,” Zhao said in a brief but moving speech.Nomadland tells the story of an itinerant worker (Frances McDormand) who travels the US in her car, just trying to make ends meet. It has won every major gong of the awards season.‘IT’S BEEN A YEAR’Regina King has used the opening monologue of the 93rd Oscars to talk about Black Lives Matter.King opened the show by striding down the blue carpet of Los Angeles’ art deco Union Station, Oscar in hand.More closely resembling a cocktail party vibe of the Oscars of the 1920s to more recent stuffy affairs, the 93rd Oscars are fun again.“Jesus, I made it. It’s been a year,” she laughed.“If things had gone differently last week in Minneapolis I’d have swapped my heels for marching boots,” King said alluding to the Derek Chauvin trialBut King said the Oscars were a “time to celebrate”, saying the past year, cinema made us feel “less isolated, connected us when we were apart”.YOUN YUH-JUNG WINS SUPPORTING AWARDGlenn Close has lost out at the Oscars for a record eighth time, after Youn Yuh-jung won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in Minari, the story of an immigrant Korean family trying to make a life in the US.The award was presented by Brad Pitt who provided a bit of real star-power to the at-times flat ceremony.“Mr Brad Pitt, finally! Nice to meet you. Very honoured to meet you,” Youn said to laughs throughout the room.”The actress also took the time to address the luckless Close who still hasn’t taken home an Academy Award despite her eight nominations.“How can I win over Glenn Close? I’ve watched all her performances,” the charming Youn said. “I had a little bit of luck – I’m luckier than you. It’s American hospitality for the Korean actor,” the charming Youn said.She also had the room in stitches when she thanked her two sons.“I’d like to thank my two boys who made me go out and work. This is the result because mummy worked so hard.”KALUUYA WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTORDaniel Kaluuya has won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah, which tells the story of assassinated Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.The British star was up against co-star LaKeith Stanfield, Leslie Odom Jr for his performance as the legendry Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami, Paul Raci in Sound of Metal and Sacha Baron Cohen – who appeared alongside wife Isla Fisher from Sydney – in The Chicago Seven.Kaluuya, who was nominated in 2018 for his star-making performance in the Jordan Peele horror Get Out, thanked his mum and sister “for giving me everything”.“So hard to make a film like this about a man like this but we did it.”“There’s so much work to do, you guys. This isn’t a single man job. We’ve got to work and I’m going back to work on Tuesday but I’m celebrating tonight because I’m walking and breathing. We’re going to celebrate tonight.”NED-3451-Memorable-Oscars-MomentsOSCARS ‘SUPERHEROES’ HONOUREDBryan Cranston has spoken from an empty Dolby Theatre, the usual home of the Oscars. “Time has called for a pause,” Cranston said, adding the Academy Awards will be back “home” next year.He presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to the Motion Picture and Television Fund on its 100th anniversary. The MPTF cares for members of the entertainment industry in front of or behind the camera who have fallen on hard times or those who have aged and need medical care, housing or food. During thew pandemic, they’ve been needed more than ever before.“They are our superheroes.”AWARDS MAKE HISTORYMia Neal and Jamika Wilson have won the Oscar for make-up and hairstyling fortheir work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The film, about blues legend Ma Rainey, also scored a gong for Anne Roth for her Costume Design. Neal and Wilson made history as the first women of colour to ever win in the category. Sound of Metal also secured a win, taking home the Achievement in Sound award. The film is about a rock drummer (played Riz Ahmed) losing his hearing and learning to recover and reenter the world. The film is nominated acros several categories, including Best Actor for Ahmed. The Best Live Action Short film Oscar has been won by hot favourite Two Distant Strangers with director Travon Free making history as the first Black filmmaker to win the Academy Award for live-action short film.Free also wrote the screenplay about a Black graphic artist (rapper Joey Badass) who gets stuck in a “Groundhog Day”-esque time loop that always ends in his killing by a white police officer (Andrew Howard).SOUL WINS ANIMATION AWARDThe Best Animated Feature Film has gone to hot favourite, Soul, the story of a jazz pianist who has a near-death experience and gets stuck in the afterlife, contemplating his choices and regretting the existence that he mostly took for granted.The film, which is voiced by Tina Fey and Jamie Foxx, was one of the year’s big hits. “It started as a love letter to jazz,” co-director Peter Docter said. “But I never knew how much jazz would teach us about life.”The Pixar film beat out Onward, Over The Moon, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Wolfwalkers.The Best Animated Short Film category was won by If Anything Happens I Love You.In the Best Actor group, all eyes are on the late Chadwick Boseman, who is tipped to take home a posthumous Oscar for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Heath Ledger did for his legendary performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight in 2009. But Anthony Hopkins’ titanic performance as an elderly man grappling with dementia in The Father remains a sneaky chance. Olivia Colman (who beat Close to Best Actress in 2019) has scored a nod for the quiet desperation of a daughter dealing with a parent with dementia in The Father. Amanda Seyfried (Mank) and Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm are also nominated in the category.The Best Documentary Oscar has been won by the tearjerker, My Octopus Teacher. This utterly gorgeous film told the story of an unlikely friendship between producer-narrator Craig Foster and an octopus he encountered while diving off of South Africa’s Cape of Storms.“A tiny personal story that played out at the tip of Africa but showed a different kind of relationship between humans and the natural world,” said co-director director Pippa Erlich.“If a man can form a friendship with an octopus, it makes you wonder what else is possible,” added co-director James Reed.Oscars: Best movie voteElsewhere the truly lovely Soul is a shoe-in to take out Best Animated Feature, My Octopus Teacher should take out Best Documentary and original Hamilton star Leslie Odom’s “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami will take out this year’s Best Song. OSCAR NOMINATIONSBEST PICTUREThe FatherJudas and the Black MessiahMankMinariNomadlandPromising Young WomanSound of MetalThe Trial of the Chicago 7BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLERiz Ahmed, Sound of MetalChadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black BottomAnthony Hopkins, The FatherGary Oldman, MankSteven Yeun, MinariBEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLEViola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black BottomAndra Day, The United States vs. Billie HolidayVanessa Kirby, Pieces of a WomanFrances McDormand, NomadlandCarey Mulligan, Promising Young WomanBEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLEMaria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent MoviefilmGlenn Close, Hillbilly ElegyOlivia Colman, The FatherAmanda Seyfried, MankYuh-Jung Youn, Minari – WINNERBEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLESacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNERLeslie Odom, Jr., One Night in MiamiPaul Raci, Sound of MetalLaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black MessiahBEST DIRECTORThomas Vinterberg, Another RoundEmerald Fennell, Promising Young WomanDavid Fincher, MankLee Isaac Chung, MinariChloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNERBEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILMOnwardOver the MoonA Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonSoul – WINNERWolfwalkersBEST ANIMATED SHORT FILMBurrowGenius LociIf Anything Happens I Love You -WINNEROperaYes-PeopleBEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURECollectiveCrip CampThe Mole AgentMy Octopus Teacher – WINNERTimeBEST CINEMATOGRAPHYJudas and the Black MessiahMankNews of the WorldNomadlandThe Trial of the Chicago 7BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYBorat Subsequent Moviefilm Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja & Dan SwimerThe Father Christopher Hampton & Florian ZellerNomadland Chloé ZhaoOne Night in Miami Kemp PowersThe White Tiger Ramin BahraniBEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYJudas and the Black Messiah Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny LucasMinari Lee Isaac ChungPromising Young Woman Emerald Fennell – WINNER Sound of Metal Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius MarderThe Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron SorkinBEST COSTUME DESIGNEmmaMankMa Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNERMulanPinocchioBEST ORIGINAL SONG“Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga“Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah“lo Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)“Speak Now” from One Night in Miami“Hear My Voice” from The Trial of the Chicago 7BEST ORIGINAL SCOREDa 5 BloodsMankMinariNews of the WorldSoul
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