Here is our official Oscars Open Post for 2021, the Academy Awards ceremony no one wanted and everyone forgot about. This year’s Oscars kept getting pushed back because of the pandemic, and it’s some kind of cruel irony that in the pandemic year, the Oscar nominations are some of the most diverse and inclusive in history. We’ll likely see a Chinese woman win Best Director, and there are a historic number of Black and Asian nominees. You can see the list of this year’s nominees here.
We’re doing things a little bit differently this year on this site. This Open Post will be updated throughout the evening when the major award winners are announced, as opposed to doing stand-alone posts for the major winners (which is how we usually do it for the Oscars). While you guys are free to talk about Oscar fashion in the comments, our full Oscar fashion coverage begins bright and early Monday morning. You can follow me on Twitter here at KaiseratCB, follow CB at Celebitchy, follow Hecate at HecateAtCB and follow Oya at Tanisha_Ev.
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and Black Messiah.
Daniel had won several of the big awards before this so his won wasn’t a big shock. Still, I think he was suprised by the emotion he felt in the moment. In his speech, he honored his family, his coworkers, his co-nominees and the man he played in the film, Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton, who found a way to feed children, inspire generations of Black leaders and more. He also embarrassed his mum by saying “My mom, my dad, they had sex, that’s amazing.” He was fighting back tears but he managed to admit that he was going to party tonight and Monday and then the work would continue on Tuesday. (by Kaiser)
#Oscars Moment: Daniel Kaluuya wins Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah (@JATBMFilm). pic.twitter.com/rKRvKxWdGr
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) April 26, 2021
Best Director: Chloe Zhao for Nomadland.
The category was announced by last year’s winner, Bong Joon-Ho, very early in the night. Chloe is only the second woman to win Best Director in history, after Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) in 2009, and she’s the first woman of color to win. This was also the first year that two women were nominated in this category. Chloe was widely expected to win this year, having taken home the Golden Globe, BAFTA and Director’s Guild awards. In her acceptance speech Chloe thanked the other nominees and her company. She dedicated her Oscar to her dad and recited a line from a Chinese poem about how “people at birth are inherently good,” saying she believes in the good in people. Congratulations to Chloe! (By Celebitchy)
#Oscars Moment: Chloé Zhao accepts the Oscar for Best Directing for @nomadlandfilm. pic.twitter.com/1W1zPSxEWS
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) April 26, 2021
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung for Minari.
South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung has won Best Supporting actress for her performance as grandmother Soonja in Minari. Yuh-jung was expected to win this category, having won the Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA. This is her first Academy Award nomination and first win. Her speech was so charming and funny. She joked that she was happy to meet Brad Pitt, who presented this category, and said that people often mispronounce her name. She also thanked her co-stars, said that they became a family and thanked her director, Lee Isaac Chung. She asked “how can I win over Glenn Close?” and said she didn’t believe in competition because they were all playing different roles. She then attributed her win to luck and thanked her boys for making her go out to work. I love her! (By Celebitchy)
Best Picture: Nomadland
Nomadland has won Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards. The awards were wildly out of order this year, with Best Picture coming before the lead acting categories. Chloe Zhao’s also won Best Director much earlier in the night. Nomadland was a triumph of quiet filmmaking, and had the feel of a documentary as Chloe used real people who lived as nomads in secondary roles. Two of those actresses, Charlene Swankie and Linda May, were on stage as she accepted the award. She thanked them, Bob Wells, and the nomadic community. Frances McDormand came on and encouraged everyone to watch the nominated movies in a theater. She ended with “we give this one to our wolf,” howling loudly. She was referring to sound mixer Michael Wolf Snyder, who passed in March.
Best Actress. Frances McDormand for Nomadland.
Frances literally seemed disgruntled that she won her THIRD Best Actress Oscar. It wasn’t some big surprise – her performance was widely praised and well-loved, and she suggested that she and the other actress nominees should have just done karaoke. She kept her speech pithy too. Love her. (by Kaiser)
Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Father
Anthony Hopkins has won Best Actor for his work as man suffering from dementia in The Father. This category was expected to go to Chadwick Boseman as he swept this awards season. Hopkins gave an incredible and moving performance. He wasn’t in LA or at any of the hubs and so presenter Joaquin Phoenix accepted on his behalf. This is Hopkins’ second Oscar and sixth nomination and he is the oldest Best Actor winner and nominee at 83. Note by Kaiser: Chadwick Boseman was the odds-on favorite, but Hopkins made a late surge, winning the BAFTA and doing a couple of promotional interviews to support the Oscar campaign for the studio. It feels like a vote-splitting issue, honestly.
Photos courtesy of IMDB, Netflix.
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