Article 5H1ZW Oscars 2021 live: Nomadland wins best picture

Oscars 2021 live: Nomadland wins best picture

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Stuart Heritage, Hannah Marriott and Morwenna Ferr
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4.21am BST

I'm really not sure what to make of that ceremony at all. On one hand, the Oscars obviously needed to be shaken up, and this year presented a perfect opportunity. But on the other, all the changes were bad and I didn't enjoy any of it.

Briefly, I missed the suffocating heft of the Oscars proper. I missed presenters doing bits, instead of just genuflecting aimlessly at the nominees. I missed having best picture at the end. I missed clips of the films. I missed a lot. But, hey, at least it was relatively short. That's a big plus.

4.16am BST

For The Father. But he isn't there, so there's no speech and then it ends. Abruptly. A bit too abruptly? It's finished now, and it ended with no dramatic flourish whatsoever. What a weird, weird night this is.

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