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тАЬNomadlandтАЭ has wandered straight into the Academy Award for best picture.
ItтАЩs an unprecedented triumph in the award showтАЩs most prestigious category for a film with a woman as both director and lead.
BREAKING: “Nomadland” wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. https://t.co/sdgeoBK7lX #Oscars pic.twitter.com/zO4eu2lK81
тАФ ABC News (@ABC) April 26, 2021
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ItтАЩs just the second film directed by a woman to win a best picture Oscar. The first was the Kathryn Bigelow-directed тАЬThe Hurt LockerтАЭ in 2009.
It beat out fellow nominees тАЬJudas and the Black Messiah,тАЭ тАЬMinari,тАЭ тАЬSound of Metal,тАЭ тАЬThe Father,тАЭ тАЬThe Trial of the Chicago 7,тАЭ тАЬMankтАЭ and тАЬPromising Young Woman.тАЭ
“We should have had a karaoke bar.”
“My voice is in my sword.”
Here’s Frances McDormand’s acceptance speech for Best Actress. https://t.co/sdgeoBK7lX #Oscars pic.twitter.com/7Yzsueqp8R
тАФ ABC News (@ABC) April 26, 2021
Meanwhile, McDormand nabbed another Best Actress Oscar thanks to her performance in the movie.
“And the Oscar for best Actress goes toтАжFrances McDormand.” https://t.co/sdgeoBK7lX #Oscars pic.twitter.com/AzJ5mdhKhj
тАФ ABC News (@ABC) April 26, 2021
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ItтАЩs the second best actress Oscar for McDormand, who also won in 2018 for тАЬThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.тАЭ That Oscar statuette was stolen at the post-show Governors Ball, though it was recovered before the night was over.
Bet you didn’t have Frances McDormand howling like a wolf in her Best Picture acceptance speech on your #Oscars bingo card.https://t.co/sdgeoBK7lX pic.twitter.com/O0CWmjhLfP
тАФ ABC News (@ABC) April 26, 2021
She plays a woman who leaves her small town to join a group of wanderers in the American West.
Check out Chlo├й Zhao’s reaction to Frances McDormand’s Best Actress win. https://t.co/sdgeoBK7lX #Oscars pic.twitter.com/oliM64gGEV
тАФ ABC News (@ABC) April 26, 2021
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McDormand beat out fellow nominees Viola Davis, Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Kirby and Andra Day.
