‘Minari’ Star Yuh-Jung Youn Thanks ‘Snobbish’ Brits In Hilarious BAFTAs Speech

Yuh-jung Youn can see through Brad Pitt’s tricks.

Yuh-Jung Youn told a red carpet reporter "she's not a dog" when asked what Brad Pitt smelled like at the Oscars. The 'Minari' star won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role prize at Sunday (26.

Home Alone.The eight-year-old Minari star, who won the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer for the film last month, spoke to NME about his wishes for future projects.“I’d like to do a movie like Home Alone,” he said, before imparting some young wisdom about acting.

Minari star Yuh-Jung Youn made history at the Oscars by becoming the first Korean to win an acting Academy Award and delivered another endearing acceptance speech. The 73-year-old actress from South Korea has a career in film and television that spans over five decades but only recently rose to prominence in the US thanks to her role in Minari.

Minari, for which she has also won a BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award. "Mr Brad Pitt, finally," Youn joked as she received her award on stage to laughter from the audience.

The Oscars 2021 has come to an end and brought with it an exhilarating set of winners. In a stark contrast to the annual award show, this year the scaled-down Oscars 2021 stood out on many levels.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korean media were quick to celebrate the Oscar win, as best supporting actress in “Minari,” for veteran Yuh-jung Youn. It was a first ever acting win for a Korean actor.

Yuh-JungYoun has made history at the 2021 Oscars. The Minari star won best supporting actress at the annual awards ceremony on Sunday night and, in doing so, became the first Korean actor or actress to win an Oscar in the show's 93-year history.

Brad Pitt shared a special moment with South Korean film veteran, Yuh-Jung Youn. The actor stepped onstage at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday to present the award for Best Supporting Actress, which went to Youn for her role in The actor, who rocked a ponytail, looked dashing in a classic suit and bow tie from Brioni and jewelry from David Yurman.

Let’s face it — Brad Pitt is one of the best looking men on the planet and he is, likely, well used to having women fawn over him wherever he goes.

was backstage celebrating her history-making Oscars win for Best Supporting Actress, which Pitt presented to her.According to a tweet from journalist Kevin Polowy, Youn was asked by a reporter what the “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” star smelled like during her backstage interview with the press. She responded, “I didn’t smell him.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRaise a glass of Mountain Dew to Yuh-Jung Youn.The celebrated Korean actress won an Oscar on Sunday night for her supporting role in “Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical drama about a family that relocates to rural Arkansas in the 1980s to start a farm.

Veteran actress Yuh-Jung Youn made history when she became the first South Korean actress ever to receive an Oscar nomination in the supporting actress category, and again made history tonight as the first Korean ever to win an acting Oscar for her portrayal as the feisty grandma in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.

Youn Yuh-Jung is joined by her on-screen daughter on the 2021 Academy Awards red carpet!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen “Minari’s” Steven Yeun first saw Lee Issac Chung’s script for the film, the words deeply resonated with him. “It spoke very confidently and it didn’t need anything outside of it to justify the story,” he tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast.

Prince Harry is said to have met with The Queen at least twice following the funeral of Prince Philip, a friend has claimed.The Duke of Sussex, 36, is said to have met with the monarch, who turned 95 on Wednesday 21 April, after flying to the UK to mourn his late grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh. Harry, who’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has received more than 6,000 Ofcom complaints, is said to also have spoken with his father Prince Charles and Prince William after the funeral, too.

Kate Middleton is reportedly set to act as a peacemaker between Prince Harry and Prince William following their rift.The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, is understood to be helping brothers Harry, 36, and 38 year old William put on a “unified” front for the Queen following Prince Philip’s death. Duchess of Sussex Harry returned to the UK from the US earlier this week, while his pregnant wife Meghan Markle remains in the US following physician’s advice.

BAFTA Awards. The 73-year-old South Korean actress won the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the annual British awards, accepting her win virtually with a speech that left the crowd in stitches. «I'm just very honored to be nominated, no not nominated.