Everything You Need To Know About Oscar 2021

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JAKARTA - The highest awards ceremony in the field of film, Academy Awards or Oscars will be held soon. This event is one of the most awaited by the audience, especially with the many nominees who have colored this year's event.

Various preparations were made, starting from announcing the nominations, the concept of the program, to expectations regarding the audience's response.

Date and Place

The 2021 Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25 US time. For the first time, they chose Union Station over the Dolby Theater which had been the venue for the past few years.

Unlike other events, the Oscars will not be held virtually but directly. Therefore, producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher, and Jesse Collins announced that the nominees could attend the event.

They made sure Oscar prioritized the comfort and health of invited guests. "We treat the event like a film set where there is a COVID health test at the venue."

Pre-show

A pre-show event is an event that highlights previous year's event highlights, the red carpet session, and more outside of the top event. Especially for this year, Oscar will present a pre-show event featuring the Best Songs nominee who will sing live.

"Our plan for this year's event is to make it look like a film not a television show," Collins, Sher and Soderbergh said in a statement.

After the top event is over, Oscar: After Dark or the after show show. After Dark has a number of behind-the-scenes interviews and Oscar 2021's best moments.

Invited guests

Apart from the nominees, every year Oscar always invites the previous year's winner to read out the winner of this year. It is known that a number of well-known film activists have been confirmed, such as Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern, director Bong Joon Ho, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Reese Witherspoon, and Zendaya.

Performer

Oscar awards often add an element of surprise to their shows. In 2020, rapper Eminem sang the song Lose Yourself, which won Best Original Song at the 2003 Oscars.

In addition, Oscar has not disclosed which musicians will appear at the peak event.

Nominations

At the 2021 Oscars, David Fincher's Mank film won the most nominations with a total of 10 nominations. Following Mank, there are the films The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

The full list of Oscar 2021 nominations can be seen here.

The intense competition of filmmakers has also made a new history, including Riz Ahmed being the first Muslim actor to be nominated and Youn Yuh Jung being the first Korean in the ranks of Best Supporting Actress.