Oscars

After more than a year of pandemic lockdowns that upended movie making, Hollywood celebrated the best films of the past year at The event was maskless, but abided by all the same Covid-19 safety protocols that Hollywood film sets follow, including vaccinations, testing, distancing and masks when the cameras are off. Producers Peter Spears, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, winners of the award for best picture for "Nomadland," pose in the press room at the Oscars, in Los Angeles on Sunday. Chris Pizzello / Pool via Reuters The producers of the 93rd Academy Awards were handed an They were tasked with putting on a lively show that resurrected both the rarefied glamor of vintage Hollywood and the comforting normalcy of life before the pandemic — all while abiding by a laundry list of Covid-19 safety protocols. If they succeeded, the thinking went, they just might be able to stave off a record-low It remains too early to say whether the crew behind the Oscars entirely succeeded in their head-spinning marching orders. But for viewers at home, the ceremony might have felt strangely half-formed, like an unfinished screenplay. Ethan Sacks The 2021 best actor Oscars competition will be remembered as much for a loss as for a win. Chadwick Boseman, who died in August after a four-year battle with colon cancer, was widely expected to win the Academy Award for his turn in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Instead, the statuette went to Anthony Hopkins in an upset. B...

Contents • 1 Winners and nominees • 1.1 Awards • 1.2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award • 1.3 Film awards and nominations • 2 Presenters and performers • 3 Ceremony • 3.1 Eligibility and other rule changes • 3.2 Best Actor announcement ending • 3.3 Critical reviews • 3.4 Ratings and reception • 3.5 Censorship in China and Hong Kong • 4 "In Memoriam" • 5 See also • 6 Notes • 7 References • 8 External links • • Jack Jason (interpreter) Presented the awards for Presented the award for Presented the award for Presented the awards for Presented the award for Presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Presented the awards for Presented the "In Memoriam" tribute Presented the award for Presented the award for Presented the award for Performers Name Role Work Performer " Performers " Performer "Hear My Voice" from Performer "Speak Now" from Performer " In April 2017, the Academy scheduled the 93rd ceremony for February 28, 2021. In December 2020, the Academy hired television producer Jesse Collins, film producer The tagline for the ceremony, "Bring Your Movie Love", was intended to reflect "our global appreciation for the power of film to foster connection, to educate, and to inspire us to tell our own stories." As a result of concerns stemming from the pandemic, AMPAS announced that the main ceremony would be held for the first time at Oscars: After Dark, a program airing immediately after the ceremony interviewing winners and nominees. The ceremony offered accommodations fo...