- Patricia Sulbaran
- BBC News Mundo correspondent in Los Angeles
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Chloe Zhao is the second woman in Oscar history to be honored for directing.
The Oscars ceremony this Sunday was one of the first.
Not only for those responsible for the personal celebration in the middle of the pandemic, but also for a number of nominees who went down in history by winning a gold statuette.
The most outstanding was Chinese director Chloe Zhao, who became the first Asian woman and only the second woman in the history of the award to be recognized for her directorial work.
He received this and the award for best film, which is considered the most important of the night, for Nomad, a portrait of nomadic life in America through Fern, the character he played Francis McDormandwho also won for his performance.
We will tell you about other first times that celebrated the celebration and will go down in the history of some awards that have been held for 93 years.
The famous Zhao
At age 39, Chloe Zhao has amassed a career in independent film and feature films Nomad launched her into stardom.
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Director Zhao’s film has accumulated awards since last year.
In 2020, the film garnered important awards at various film festivals, including Venice, one of the most recognized.
From there, he will become a big favorite during the awards season, where he again wins in deliveries such as Golden Globe and Bafta.
Jo dedicated her Oscar as a director to “anyone who had the faith and courage to keep the good in themselves and in others, no matter how hard it was.”
With this triumph, which took place 11 years after Catherine Bigelow became the first woman to be recognized as a director Locker for damage, Zhao has been noted as one of the most talented directors in recent years.
This year the director Emerald Fennel He was also nominated in the category in which only seven women were nominated for his story, including Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sophia Coppola and Greta Gerwig.
A favorite of the crowd
Yuh-Jung Yoon She triumphed over eight-time nominee Glenn Close and three other actresses, becoming the first South Korean to win an Oscar in the acting category.
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Yuh-Jung Yoon is the first South Korean to win an Oscar in the acting category.
The 73-year-old actress played the lovely grandmother Sonya in the drama Threat, which reflects the experience of a South Korean family who settled on a farm in Arkansas for the purpose of growing crops.
Her appearance on stage to receive the statuette “Best Supporting Actress” from Brad Pitt, became one of the most special and humorous moments of the ceremony.
“Mr. Brad Pitt, nice to meet you,” she said between nervous and mischievous.
Later, from the press room, he explained, “I saw him on stage and then he said my name and I can assure you that he trained a lot because he mispronounced. When I got up, I lost track of what he was going to say. … “
In his speech during the ceremony, he thanked his two sons, “who made him go to work. It’s a result because his mother worked so hard,” he added.
The triumph of Yuh Yoon Yoon was one of the favoritesl public who commented on the gala on social media.
The second for Hopkins
Although he was not present at the ceremony, the latest award went to the Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins for his pleasant role in Father (“Father”).
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Hopkins is the oldest Oscar-winning actor.
At age 83, Hopkins became the oldest actor to win an Oscar on Sunday.
Surprisingly, he only gets a second statuette. The previous one was in 1991 for his famous role in “The Silence of the Innocents.”
Awards experts suggested that the award would go to the late actor Chadwick Bosman, as had happened at previous ceremonies.
In the film “Father” Hopkins plays Anthony, an 80-year-old man who faces progressive memory loss.
The screenwriter of the feature film was also recognized for his work on adapting the play to the film.
“Someday it will be okay”
Mia Neal and Jamica Wilson went down in history this Sunday as the first black woman to win an Oscar in the hairstyles and makeup category for her work on Ma Rainey’s “Black Bottom” (“Mother of the Blues”).
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Neil and Wilson were recognized for their hairstyles from the film “Black Bottom” by Ma Rainey (“Mother of the Blues”), and Sergio Lopez-Rivera – for working with cosmetics.
In a powerful speech, Neil recalled his grandfather, who was a victim of discrimination in the United States, adding: “Together with Jamika, we broke this glass ceiling with great enthusiasm in the future.”
“Because I can imagine that there are black trans women here, as well as Asian sisters, and Latin American sisters, and native women, and I know that one day it won’t be unusual and unusual; it will just be normal.” .
Neil and Wilson were named hairstyles in the film, and Sergio Lopez-Rivera – for makeup.
For the first time, black women received nominations in this category.
Anne Roth, legendary designer
American costume designer Anne Roth, who was not present at the ceremony, won an Oscar in the costume category and thus became the oldest woman winner in the history of the award.
Introducing his work, actor Don Cheadle said that while reading the script of the film, Roth “thought about characters like,‘ When she goes to bed, where are the clothes? Do they fall to the floor? From there, Anne creates costumes that define character. ”
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Legendary costume designer Anne Roth has amassed more than a hundred credits in various productions.
Roth joined a select group of three Oscar nominees at the age of 89.
The other two applicants were previously screenwriters James Ivory (Call me by your first name) and directed by Agnes Ward. They were both 89 when they were recognized by the Academy, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Roth began his career in 1957 with a Broadway theatrical production and has already amassed more than a hundred credits in various productions.
In 1997, he won an Oscar for his work in The English Patient.
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