2021 Oscars: ‘Nomadland’ takes best picture, director; diversity reigns; see complete winners list
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By Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
LOS ANGELES — The 93rd Academy Awards closed out an unusual awards season Sunday with an attempt to restore a little glamour to a pandemic-weary industry.
Although Los Angeles’ historic Union Station served as the primary venue, the red carpet arrivals were socially distanced and largely staggered to accommodate COVID-19 restrictions. In addition, only nominees, their guests and presenters were in attendances, following several rounds of testing and a required quarantine period.
David Fincher’s “Citizen Kane” origin story, “Mank” led the field with 10 nominations, with 10 other films scoring six nods each, including Shaka King’s historical thriller “Judas and the Black Messiah,” Florian Zeller’s dementia tale “The Father,” Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Lee Isaac Chung’s Korean American Dream story “Minari,” Chloé Zhao’s road-trip drama “Nomadland” and Darius Marder’s deaf-culture study “Sound of Metal,” USA Today reported.
Several firsts occurred during Sunday’s festivities, including actress Yuh-Jung Youn being the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award, claiming the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in “Minari.”
Meanwhile, Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color, the first Chinese woman and only the second woman in Oscar history to win the Academy Award for best director for “Nomadland,” which also won best picture.
See the complete list of winners (noted in bold and italics) below.
Best actor
• Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
• Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” - WINNER
• Gary Oldman, “Mank”
• Steven Yeun, “Minari”
Best actress
• Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
• Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”
• Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” - WINNER
• Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”
Best picture
• “The Father”
• “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• “Mank”
• “Minari”
• “Nomadland” - WINNER
• “Promising Young Woman”
• “Sound of Metal”
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best director
• Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
• Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
• David Fincher, “Mank”
• Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”
• Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” - WINNER
Best supporting actor
• Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
• Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” - WINNER
• Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”
• Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
• Lakeith Stanfield, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Best supporting actress
• Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
• Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
• Olivia Colman, “The Father”
• Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
• Yuh-jung Youn, “Minari” - WINNER
Adapted screenplay
• “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman and Lee Kern
• “The Father,” Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller - WINNER
• “Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao
• “One Night in Miami,” Kemp Powers
• “The White Tiger,” Ramin Bahran
Original screenplay
• “Judas and the Black Messiah,” Shaka King and Will Berson
• “Minari” Lee Isaac Chung
• “Promising Young Woman,” Emerald Fennell - WINNER
• “Sound of Metal,” Darius Marder and Abraham Marder
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Aaron Sorkin
Cinematography
• “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• “Mank” - WINNER
• “News of the World”
• “Nomadland”
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
International film
• “Another Round,” Denmark - WINNER
• “Better Days,” Hong Kong
• “Collective,” Romania
• “The Man Who Sold His Skin, Tunisia
• “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Bosnia and Herzegovina
Animated feature
• “Onward”
• “Over the Moon”
• “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”
• “Soul” - WINNER
• “Wolfwalkers”
Original song
• “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
• “Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah” - WINNER
• “Io 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 7”
Original score
• “Da 5 Bloods,” Terence Blanchard
• “Mank,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• “Minari,” Emile Mosseri
• “News of the World,” James Newton Howard
• “Soul,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste - WINNER