Oscars 2021 highlights: Anthony Hopkins wins Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role; 'Nomadland' takes home Best Picture award

The 93rd Academy Awards brought together Hollywood's biggest stars amid a raging pandemic to honour the best of cinema over the last year, with Anthony Hopkins winning the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in 'The Father', while Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' took home the coveted Best Picture award. Thank you for tuning into DH.

Big winners at the 93rd Oscars

Nomadland won three Oscars - Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role

Judas and the Black Messiah won two Oscars - Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actor

Sound of Metal won two Oscars - Best Film Editing and Best Sound

Soul won two Oscars - Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score

Mank won two Oscars - Best Production Design and Best Cinematography

The Father won two Oscars - Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Adapted Screenplay

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom won two Oscars - Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Anthony Hopkins wins Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Joaquin Phoenix on stage to present award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Frances McDormand wins Best Actress Oscar for 'Nomadland'

Renee Zellweger on stage to present Oscar for Best Actress

'Nomadland' wins Oscar for Best Picture

Oscars honours accomplished filmmakers and artists who are no longer; names include Irrfan Khan, Sean Connery and Chadwick Boseman

'Fight for You' from 'Judas and the Black Messiah' wins Oscar for Best Original Song

'Soul' scores second Oscar with Best Original Score win

Tyler Perry awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

'Sound of Metal' wins second Oscar with best Film Editing award

'Mank' scores second Oscar with Best Cinematography win

'Mank' wins Oscar for Best Production Design

Youn Yuh-jung wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for 'Minari'

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Riz Ahmed on stage to present the award for achievement in sound

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"I'd like to thank my mom. You gave me everything. You gave me your factory settings. So I could stand at my fullest height": Daniel Kaluuya

"I also stand here, as Jamika and I break the glass ceiling, with so much excitement for the future": Mia Neal, 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

"(The Black Panther Party) showed me how to love myself": Daniel Kaluuya

French novelist Florian Zeller smiles as he holds his Oscars statuette after winning the Best Adapted Screenplay for the "The Father" at a screening of the Oscars. Credit: AFP photo

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Laura Dern on stage to present the award for Best International Feature

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US actress Laura Dern arrives at the Oscars on April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Credit: AFP photo

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Vanessa Kirby arrives to the Oscars red carpet for the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Reuters photo

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US actress Regina King (L) and US actor Aldis Hodge arrive at the Oscars on April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Credit: AFP Photo

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