FOG BLOG ENTERTAINMENT LOG: OSCAR NIGHT ROUND-UP- ANTHONY HOPKINS WINS FOR BEST ACTOR!

ANTHONY HOPKINS WINS BEST ACTOR AWARD , THE OLDEST ACTOR TO DO SO!.......The Oscars ceremony certainly looked different this year, and not just because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Academy Awards were handed out in a new venue: the open, airy Union Station, located in downtown Los Angeles. As with last year’s ceremony, there was no defined host, but instead a lineup of celebrities presenting and announcing awards.

The red carpet was back Sunday, minus the throngs of onlookers and with socially distanced interviews. Only a handful of media outlets were allowed on site, behind a velvet rope and some distance from the nominees.

Casual wear, the academy warned nominees early on, was a no-no. During the Oscar pre-show, nominees gathered at an outdoor set at Union Station that resembled an open-air lounge...Best Picture

The Father Judas and the Black Messiah Mank Minari ** WINNER: Nomadland Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ** WINNER: Anthony Hopkins, The Father Gary Oldman, Mank Steven Yeun, Actress in a Leading Role

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman ** WINNER: Frances McDormand, Nomadland Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago Seven ** WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami Paul Raci, Sound of Metal Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah

Actress in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy Olivia Colman, The Father Amanda Seyfried, Mank ** WINNER: Yuh-Jung Youn, Directing

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round David Fincher, Mank Lee Isaac Chung, Minari ** WINNER: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah ** WINNER: Mank News of the World Nomadland The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ** WINNER: The Father (Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller) Nomadland One Night in Miami The White Tiger

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Judas and the Black Messiah Minari ** WINNER: Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell) Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago Seven