Oscars 2021 in pictures A spotlight falls on Kilkenny as Chloé Zhao makes history

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The red carpet at the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony, at Union Station in Los Angeles, California. This year’s Oscars happened two months later than originally planned because of the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Mark Terrill/Pool/EPA




Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher at an Oscars screening in Sydney. Photograph: Rick Rycroft/Pool/Getty




Regina King and best-actress nominee Andra Day arrive at the Oscars, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/AFP via Getty




Olivia Colman, nominated for best supporting actress for The Father, at an Oscars screening in London. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/Pool/EPA 




Halle Berry arrives at the Oscars, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/AFP via Getty




Nominees, including Yorgos Lamprinos (front, centre) and Florian Zeller (top, second left), attend an Oscars screening in Paris. Photograph: Lewis Joly/Pool/EPA




Paul Young, Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart of Cartoon Saloon watch a live link of the Oscars in Kilkenny as the winner of the best-animated-feature category is announced. Photograph: Peter Morrison/Pool/AP Photo




Cartoon Saloon cofounder and film-maker Tomm Moore at an Oscars screening in Kilkenny. Photograph: Peter Morrison/Pool/AFP via Getty




Molly Sandén sings Husavik (My Hometown), from the Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, in Iceland for ABC as part of its lead-in to the Oscars. Photograph: Orly Orlyson/Ampas via Getty 




Glenn Close dances to EU’s Da Butt in the audience at the Oscars. Photograph: ABC via AP




Frances McDormand accepts the best-picture award for Nomadland as director Chloé Zhao looks on. Photograph: ABC via AP




Chloé Zhao accepts the best-director Oscar for Nomadland, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Photograph: Todd Wawrychuk/Ampas/AFP via Getty




Emerald Fennell, winner of the Oscar for best original screenplay for Promising Young Woman, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/AP Photo




French novelist Florian Zeller is interviewed after winning the best-adapted-screenplay Oscar for The Father at an Oscars screening in Paris. Photograph: Lewis Joly/Pool/AFP via Getty




Daniel Kaluuya, winner of best-supporting-actor Oscar for Judas and the Black Messiah, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/EPA




Yuh-Jung Youn with her best-supporting-actress Oscar, for Minari. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/AFP via Getty




Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, winners of the Oscar for best original score for Soul. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/AP Photo




Tiara Thomas, HER and Dernst Emile II, winners of the best-original-song Oscar for Fight for You, from Judas and the Black Messiah. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/AFP via Getty




Frances McDormand and Chloé Zhao with the best-film Oscars for Nomadland. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Pool/AP Photo




People attend the Sunset Strip Late Night Drive-In Oscars Watch Party in West Hollywood. Photograph: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty

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