As Oscar Voting Closes, Members Indicate ‘Father’ Upsets, Actress Race Down to Viola Davis and Frances McDormand

EXCLUSIVE: Though her highly-anticipated series The Underground Railroad doesn’t bow for another couple of weeks, Thuso Mbedu is lining up her next feature film as she has come on to TriStar Pictures’ The Woman King starring Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis. The pic will be directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who most recently directed the critically acclaimed blockbuster, The Old Guard.

The tradition of featuring the Academy Award winner for Best Director on Variety‘s post-Oscars cover continues with “Nomadland”‘s Chloe Zhao. On the morning after her historic award win that saw her become only the second woman to win the directing honour and the first woman of colour to do so, Zhao tells Variety all about the honour and “Nomadland”‘s Best Picture win.

Frances McDormand is an actress that has made a career out of going her own way. She has a passionate fan base and has cultivated a successful acting career of nearly four decades.

An award season like no other has finally come to a close with the 93rd Academy Awards rolling up the virtual red carpet on a year of movie-watching at home. Today, a new crop of winners — Daniel Kaluuya, Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand, Yuh-jung Youn — are basking in Oscar’s glow, getting ready to tackle their first post-win projects.

Frances McDormand won the award for best actress at the 93rd annual Academy Awardsfor her role in Nomadland. McDormand, having just thanked the Oscars audience for Nomadland's best picture win, offered a succinct but heartfelt speech.

Just like he did at the 2019 BET Awards and the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards, Tyler Perry delivered another rousing speech, this time at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday. “I would hope that we would refuse hate,” Perry said during his powerful address while receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in one of the highlights of the Academy Awards telecast on ABC.

's illustrious journey down the road ended on the Oscars stage, with Chloé Zhao's drama winning Best Picture during Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards. Taking the stage with team — including the real-life nomads cast in the film — Zhao paid thanks to «all the people we met on the road, thank you for teaching us the power of resilience and hope and reminding us what true kindness looks like.»The win makes Oscars history, as becomes only the second ever Best Picture winner directed by a woman.

Best Actress at this year’s Academy Awards for her role in Nomadland. The win represents McDormand’s third in the category, with the actor having previously won Best Actress for her roles in Fargo (in 1997) andThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (in 2018).

Frances McDormand is a three-time Best Actress winner! The star took home the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday for her work in the film, which she produced and starred in.

Frances McDormand is a big winner!

LOS ANGELES -- Frances McDormand has another Oscar.

Frances McDormand picked up her third Best Actress Oscar tonight for her performance in the Chloé Zhao-directed drama Nomadland. This ties McDormand with the now-retired Daniel Day Lewis for the highest amount of wins in the leading actor category.

All season long, the Best Actress in a Leading role category was nearly impossible to predict, but tonight at the 93rd Academy Awards, Frances McDormand took home the Oscar statue in the end, for the night’s frontrunner “Nomadland” which was likely a close race. The award was the third Oscar Best Actress prize for McDormand.

no clear front-runner for best leading lady with nominees neck-and-neck. Unlike “Nomadland,” which has been winning best picture awards all season, the starlets have each scooped up accolades along the way.

The Oscars may be a little different this year,thanks to the pandemic, but there is still a red carpet — and plenty of stars who walked it ahead of Sunday's show. Oscar nomineesCarey Mulligan, Riz Ahmed, Steven Yeun, Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Leslie Odom Jr., Chloé Zhao, Paul Raci, Glenn Close and Diane Warren were among those who hit the carpet for the 93rd annual Academy Awards.

Viola Davis looks so stunning alongside her hubby Julius Tennon at the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25) at Union Station in Los Angeles.