Podcast

Daily Podcast: The Highs And Lows Of The 2021 Academy Awards

By Ben Pearson

On the April 26, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the 93rd Academy Awards.

In The News:

  • The Setting/Format/Tone
  • Lack of Clips/Montages
  • Song Performances Happened During the Pre-Show
  • No Playing People Off, So the Speeches Were Long
  • Ask Chris about "watching" it via Twitter
  • Brad: 2021 Oscars Winners: 'Nomadland' Wins Best Picture in a Ceremony That Certainly Shook Things Up
  • Ben: Oscars 2021: ABC Executive Talks About the "Calculated Risk" of Ending with the Best Actor Category
  • Brad: Anthony Hopkins Gives a Belated Oscars Acceptance Speech, Pays Tribute to Chadwick Boseman
  • HT: China Censored Chloe Zhao's Historic Oscar Wins
  • Random Moments
  • Frances McDormand's howl (backstory)
  • Oscars Trivia segment, leading to Glenn Close's "Da Butt"
  • Brad: The Morning Watch: 2021 Oscars Highlights: New Format, Best Speeches, Glenn Close Loves "Da Butt", and More
  • History Made
  • Chloe Zhao is the first woman of color to ever win a directing Oscar.
  • Anthony Hopkins is now the oldest Oscar winner in any acting category at 83 years old.
  • Frances McDormand is now the second person to ever win Best Actress three times, joining Katharine Hepburn, who has four.
  • Yuh-jung Youn is the first Korean performer to win an Oscar in an acting category.
  • Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to win an Oscar in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
  • Emerald Fennell's win for Best Original Screenplay is the first time a woman has won that category since Diablo Cody won for Juno.
  • Big Takeaways
  • Even during a pandemic year, Netflix couldn't win Best Picture.

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