Journalist denies confusing Daniel Kaluuya for Leslie Odom Jr minutes after Oscar win

Daniel Kaluuya for a different Black actor minutes after he won an Oscar. Margaret Gardiner, a South African journalist and member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, confirmed on Monday (26 April) that she had been involved in the interaction with Kaluuya in the Academy Awards press room the night before.

Oscars ceremony.After winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah, Kaluuya was asked by a reporter about being directed by Regina King.Regina King directed Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke in her directorial debut, One Night in Miami.

Actor Daniel Kaluuya won Oscar night in more ways than one. He took home the Academy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting role for Judas and the Black Messiah, and then he threw an ultra exclusive A-list after party with two of the biggest names in music in attendance.

HFPA and South African journalist Margaret Gardiner has apologized on Twitter for mistakenly asking Judas and the Black Messiah Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya what it was like working with director Regina King.  The Warner Bros. movie, which won two Oscars last night, was directed by Shaka King. One Night in Miami, another Oscar contender last night, was directed by Regina King.

When Daniel Kaluuya said he was «going up» after winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at Sunday's Academy Awards for his performance in , he meant it.«I'm so happy to be alive, so I'm going to celebrate that tonight,» he said during his acceptance speech. «I'm going to get back to work Tuesday morning, because tonight I'm going up.

Daniel Kaluuya had an uncomfortable moment in the Oscars press room when a journalist mistook him for fellow nominee Leslie Odom Jr. “I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina [King, and] what this means for you at this time, with the world in the state that it's in?” asked an unnamed journalist in the 93rd Academy Awards press room.

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.

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Minari. British star Daniel Kaluuya, who was previously Oscar-nominated for his role in 2017's Get Out, won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Black Panther chair Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Daniel Kaluuya took home the 2021 Oscar for best supporting actor and received an abundance of laughs from audience members for what he said during his acceptance speech. "I'd like to thank my mom.Thank you so much for pouring into me.

DanielKaluuya took home the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah during Sunday night's 2021 Oscars. The actor beat out fellow nomineesSacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Leslie Odom Jr.

When Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Neal and Wilson became the first Black women to win the honor. When Neal took the stage at Union Station to accept the award she used this opportunity to give shine to other Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, queer, trans and everyone in the margins and said of her monumental win: “One day it won’t be unusual or groundbreaking, it’ll just be normal.”

Daniel Kaluuya won big at the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25) at Union Station in Los Angeles.

He might be an Oscar winner now but that doesn’t mean that Daniel Kaluuya isn’t too big to get a slap from his mother for making inappropriate comments.

Daniel Kaluuya took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at Sunday's Academy Awards for his performance in The 32-year-old British actor beat out Sacha Baron Cohen, Leslie Odom Jr., Paul Raci and his co-star, Lakeith Stanfield, for the win. Kaluuya gave a powerful performance as Black Panther party chairman Fred Hampton in the film, and on Sunday, he thanked God and his mother. «You give me everything, you give me your factory settings,» he quipped, to laughs from the audience.

Academy Awards:Original screenplay: “Promising Young Woman,” Emerald FennellAdapted screenplay: Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, “The Father”International film: “Another Round,” DenmarkBest supporting actor: Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”Makeup and hairstyling: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”Costume design: Ann Roth, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”———For complete coverage of this year’s Oscars, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards