Is Oscar Best Picture Winner’s Record Low B.O. A Harbinger For Future Contenders?

Arguably the most memorable moment to take place at the Academy Awards during the past decade was the Best Picture mixup that caused the 2017 Oscars to end in chaos.

Alessandra Ambrosio has a new boyfriend and they are not afraid to show off some affection in public!

Nomadland on Sunday night became the lowest-grossing film at the domestic box office to walk away with Oscars'top prize — best picture. The history-making statistic wasn't a surprise, considering that theaters across the North America were closed for more than a year, including during the heart of awards season, forcing distributors to rely on hybrid theatrical and in-home releases.

An interesting- though not completely surprising statistic – from the 2021 Academy Awards is about the best picture winner, Nomadland.

Road movie Nomadland won the top prize at the Oscars, where director Chloe Zhao made history as the first woman of colour to win the award. The ceremony also saw Sir Anthony Hopkins win the best actor Oscar, defeating the late Chadwick Boseman, while Daniel Kaluuya won the best supporting actor prize.

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Nomadland was named best picture at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday. "We thank the Academy, and we thank our brilliant fellow nominees," said director and producer Chloé Zhao as she stepped up to the podium with producersMollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand and Peter Spears.

'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.

Nomadland, directed by the Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, is part of a long lineage of non-American American art, from Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas to Andrea Arnold’s American Honey. It grapples with grief, the betrayals of capitalism, and the lure of the open road.

Academy Awards fulfilled many expectations but threw in a couple of surprise wins in an unusual ceremony on Sunday evening. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Oscars moved out of their usual venue, the Dolby Theatre, and were based out of Los Angeles’s Union Station instead.

“Nomadland” has wandered straight into the Academy Award for best picture.

Frances McDormand is a big winner!

Oscar viewers are reacting to the reveal that the 2021 Oscars ceremony is presenting Best Picture ahead of Best Actor and Best Actress.

“Nomadland” and now, Chloé Zhao’s film has scored Oscar gold.“We thank all of the hearts and hands that come together to make this movie,” Zhao, 39, said Sunday from LA’s Union Station.She also thanks “all the people we met on the road” … “for reminding us what true kindness looks like.”Predicted to be the favorite of the night, “Nomadland” beat out eight other films for the evening’s top honors.

Amazon Studios’ Sound of Metal won the Oscar on Sunday for Best Sound, an award that was revealed by the film’s star Riz Ahmed during the Oscarcast on ABC.

One of the major changes made to the pandemic-impacted 2021 Academy Awards was pre-recording all Original Song nominees and moving them to the 90-minute official pre-show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight on ABC.

Nomadland might appear to have Oscar best picture trophy all wrapped up. With Chloé Zhao’s nominations for directing, writing and editing, plus top honors from the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild and a host of others, the final Academy Awards category seems like a foregone conclusion.