The Highs and Lows of the 2021 Academy Awards

<p>On the April 26, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the 93rd Academy Awards.</p> <p> </p> <p>In The News:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">The Setting/Format/Tone<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Lack of Clips/Montages</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Song Performances Happened During the Pre-Show</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">No Playing People Off, So the Speeches Were Long</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ask Chris about “watching” it via Twitter</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Brad: <a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/2021-oscars-winners-full-list/'>2021 Oscars Winners: ‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Picture in a Ceremony That Certainly Shook Things Up</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ben: <a href='http://slashfilm.com/oscars-2021-ending'>Oscars 2021: ABC Executive Talks About the “Calculated Risk” of Ending with the Best Actor Category</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Brad: <a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/anthony-hopkins-oscars-acceptance-speech/'>Anthony Hopkins Gives a Belated Oscars Acceptance Speech, Pays Tribute to Chadwick Boseman</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">HT: <a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/china-censored-chloe-zhao-oscar-wins/'>China Censored Chloe Zhao’s Historic Oscar Wins</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Random Moments<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Frances McDormand’s howl (backstory)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Oscars Trivia segment, leading to Glenn Close’s “Da Butt”<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Brad: <a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/the-morning-watch-2021-oscars-highlights/'>The Morning Watch: 2021 Oscars Highlights: New Format, Best Speeches, Glenn Close Loves “Da Butt”, and More</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">History Made<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Chloe Zhao is the first woman of color to ever win a directing