Regina King opens the Oscars 2021 with moving speech about George Floyd and police brutality

George Floyd, and three other ex-officers on civil rights charges.The federal indictment accuses Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, the three fired officers who are awaiting trial on state charges of aiding and abetting in Floyd's death, of depriving Floyd of his civil rights under color of law, meaning while acting in their capacity as police officers.

LOS ANGELES -- Actor and director Regina King acknowledged the hardships of the past year during an opening straight out of the movies for the 2021 Oscars.“It has been quite a year and we are still smack dab in the middle of it," King said.

TheOscar producers had promised a joyous and different kind of show this year. So, to kick off the annual awards ceremony, Regina King starred in the 2021 Oscars opening title sequence.

During the opening of the Oscarson Sunday, Regina King made mention of the recentDerek Chauvin verdict. "It has been quite a year, and we are still smack-dab in the middle of it," King began.

The 93rd Academy Awards are finally here and after a strange year that saw the world grappling with the coronavirus, the awards ceremony this year has also undergone a host of changes. The Oscars 2021 ceremony was much different this year with celebrities getting tested at the event and also wearing masks when the camera is not rolling.

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There’s no host at the 2021 Academy Awards, but Regina King kicked things off by welcoming the audience to the show at this year’s event!

Regina King kicked off this year's Oscars with an eye-catching opening and a powerful message. Deciding to go without a host yet again, the awards show began with a movie-like opening, akin to the films the Oscars celebrates.Viewers were welcomed to the show with a shot of King picking up a trophy.

2021 Oscars! Hollywood's biggest names stepped out on the red carpet to attend the 93rd Academy Awards at Union Station in Los Angeles on Sunday.Our favorite movie stars brought the glitz and glamour in stunning designer fashion for Hollywood's biggest night. No doubt everyone looked fabulous, but there were certain stars who especially caught our attention and made their way to our best dressed list.Zendaya was an absolute vision at the Oscars.

Regina King kicked off her Oscars opening monologue by addressing Derek Chauvin’s verdict in George Floyd’s murder, telling the in-person crowd that she would’ve been there protesting had the jury’s decision been different. “We are mourning the loss of so many and I have to be honest, if things had gone differently in Minneapolis, I may have traded in my heels for marching boots,” she said.

Actress and Oscar-nominated director Regina King opened tonight’s 93rd Academy Awards with a reference to this week’s guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd: “I have to be honest,” King said, “if things had gone differently this past week in Minneapolis, I might have traded my heels for marching boots.”

Regina King kicked off this year's Oscars with an eye-catching opening and a powerful message. Deciding to go without a host yet again, the awards show began with a movie-like opening, akin to the films the Oscars celebrates.Viewers were welcomed to the show with a shot of King picking up a trophy.

Regina King is a show-stopper! The actress and director was a stunner at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday. King, 50, stepped out in an icy sky blue custom Louis Vuitton creation.

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Regina King arrives in style for a dinner out with friends in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (April 21).

Gayle King was finally able to sleep at night after the Derek Chauvin trial verdict came out on Tuesday.The  co-host tells ET's Kevin Frazier that she was so anxious before they announced the verdict that she couldn't sleep or eat because «there was so much at stake.»The former Minneapolis police officer, who was seen in videos kneeling on the late George Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He was

George Floyd murder verdict as they continue their own fight for justice. Sheku, 31, died in police custody on May 3 2015 after officers were called to reports of a 'man with a knife' in Kirkcaldy.

Derek Chauvin who was found guilty of killing Floyd in Minneapolis last year, the SNP Justice Secretary said this country needs to "confront institutional and structural racism". The former police officer convicted with killing George Floyd could be sent to prison for decades, with the guilty verdicts being met with jubilation and sorrow across the US.