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

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.

All the other stuff you need to know:

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