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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – This year’s Oscars audience plummeted by more than half to a record low 9.85 million viewers, broadcaster ABC said Monday — a staggering if widely expected drop for a ceremony that many viewers found short on humor and star power.

So the 93rd Oscars is done and dusted, with the trend for ethnic diversity and gender inclusion playing major roles in what this Oscars was all about.

HOLLYWOOD (AFP) – US road movie “Nomadland” emerged as the big winner at the Oscars on Sunday with three major prizes, including a history-making award for director Chloe Zhao, as Hollywood celebrated its most glamorous night with a unique pandemic-era gala.

Hollywood, United States – Here are the winners in key categories at the 93rd Academy Awards, which were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday.

HOLLYWOOD (AFP) – Chloe Zhao, the Beijing-born filmmaker whose indie movies chronicle life in the US heartland, on Sunday became only the second woman ever to win best director in the Oscars’ 93-year history.

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -The US road movie “Nomadland” triumphed at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards on Sunday, with Chinese director Chloe Zhao’s intimate portrayal of marginalized Americans winning in four categories, including the best film, the best actress and best director.

“Nomadland,” written, edited, produced, and directed by Chloé Zhao, dominated the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards during a broadcast around the world over the weekend.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Chloe Zhao’s US road movie “Nomadland” has stoked controversy in China, but it will be “another few years” before the Beijing-born director will dare tackle her childhood roots on screen, she told the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Tuesday.

It’s March, Women’s History Month, and three of the choices here today have strong Women themes. One is Frances McDormand in Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland (Best Director & Best Motion Picture – Drama at the Golden Globes), and there’s Amy Poehler’s Moxie, set in High School USA. The Assistant is a thinly disguised take on Miramax and Harvey. And there’s a wonderful documentary about forgeries in the world of Art.