Oscar-winner Mia Neal hopes for a future where Black trans women winning awards is “normal”

O-T Fagbenle has seen his star power rise thanks to his long-standing role as Luke on and last year’s import,.

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.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hair department head Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, Viola Davis’ personal hairstylist, have become the first Black women to win an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling.Neal and Wilson won alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Davis’ personal makeup artist.

The stylists of made history at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera, hair department head Mia Neal, and Viola Davis' personal hairstylist, Jamika Wilson, took home the statue for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, with the latter pairing becoming the first-ever Black stylists to win in the category.

The makeup and hairstyling team for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson, and Sergio Lopez-Rivera — have taken the Oscar in the category, an historic win as Neal and Wilson are the first Black nominees, and winners, in the space.

Oscars don’t typically award bad acting performances. The worst of cinematic crime scenes feature talented stars trying to salvage what they can, from Viola Davis making the most out of The Help, to Colin Firth acting his royal socks off in The King’s Speech.

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.

Golden Globe and SAG Awards winner for his heartbreaking role — all but expected to grab the gold over Best Actor nominees Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”), Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”), Steven Yeun (“Minari”) and Gary Oldman (“Mank”).Meanwhile, his “Ma Rainey” co-star, SAG Award winner Viola Davis, is a front-runner for the other biggie — the Best Actress statue — alongside Andra Day (who won the Golden Globe for her role in “The United States vs.

Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger, will present the awards, and speeches are encouraged – though nominees have been asked to "read the room" when accepting awards.

Congratulations to ALL 2021 Nominees and Winners.

UPDATED, 12:00 PM: Steven Yeun is a surprise last-minute add the ensemble cast of Academy Award presenters, the Oscarcast producer said today. The Minari star is the first Asian-American Best Actor nominee in the Oscars’ 93-year history.

descend on Hollywood to see if they are going to win the famous little gold man that could prove the cherry on top to a successful season, or take their career to the next level. The women nominated in acting categories - Frances McDormand, Vanessa Kirby, Carey Mulligan, Andra Day, Viola Davis, Maria Bakalova, Glenn Close, Olivia Colman, Amanda Seyfried and Yuh-jung Youn - will surely be approaching this weekend with nerves and excitement.

same contenders overlapped this year, including “Minari,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Sound of Metal.”And “Nomadland” has been on a steady march to the Oscars. The film’s Spirit win follows others at the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, the producers guild and the directors guild.

Clayton Davis The final voting for the Academy Awards officially closed at 5 p.m. PT today.

hand out its little gold men this Sunday, April 25, months later than usual — due to the worldwide pandemic — and officially bringing 2021's never-ending awards season to an end.So, who will win? Here are ET's predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards in all 23 categories, from Best Picture right on down to the shorts. My guesses are based on who's been winning with the guilds and other precursor awards shows, as well as deciphering the ever-changing favor of Academy voters.

Internationally renowned actress Viola Davis has opened up about Hollywood’s treatment of people of colour, particularly Black artists in a recent interview with Variety. The star has expressed her thoughts about inclusivity in the film industry countless times in the past.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, shared her thoughts on inclusivity and casting in a new interview with Variety.“It’s so hard to get films made that don’t fit a certain box of how they see us,” Davis said on the publication’s Awards Circuit Podcast.“Inclusivity cannot be a hashtag.