Following is a list of major
milestones this year. The winners will be
announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on
Sunday.
CHLOE ZHAO - First Asian woman and first woman
of color to be nominated for best director ("Nomadland").
EMERALD FENNELL - First woman to be nominated
best director for her feature film debut
("Promising Young Woman").
DIRECTORS - This is the first time two women
have been nominated for directing in the same
year.
WOMEN received a record 76 nominations across
all categories.
RIZ AHMED - First Muslim to be nominated best
actor ("Sound of Metal").
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(Mahershala Ali was the first Muslim actor to
win for his supporting roles in "Moonlight"
(2016) and "Green Book" (2018)).
CHADWICK BOSEMAN - First Oscar nomination for
Boseman, who died of cancer in August 2020,
before the release of his final film ("Ma
Rainey's Black Bottom").
"JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH" - First best
picture nominee made by an all-Black production
team.
YOUN YUH-JUNG - First South Korean actor or
actress to land an Oscar nomination ("Minari").
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2021/Apr/23/images/ads/current/heartland_lda_041921.png) STEVEN YEUN - First Asian
American to receive a best actor nomination ("Minari").
VIOLA DAVIS - Her fourth acting nomination makes
Davis the most nominated Black actress in Oscar
history. ("Ma Rainey's Black Bottom") She has
won once.
ANTHONY HOPKINS - At age 83, Hopkins is the
oldest best actor nominee ever.
TUNISIA - First nomination for the North African
country ("The Man Who Sold His Skin").
ROMANIA - First nomination for Romania
("Collective"), which is competing in both the
international film field and best documentary
categories.
MARIA BAKALOVA - First Bulgarian actress to be
Oscar nominated ("Borat Subsequent Moviefilm").
DIVERSITY - A record nine of the 20 acting
nominees are people of color: Andra Day,
Chadwick Boseman, Leslie Odom Jr., LaKeith
Stanfield, Riz Ahmed, Daniel Kaluuya, Viola
Davis, Steven Yeun, Youn Yuh-jung.
ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY - Will be held on April
25 at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for
the first time, as well as at the Dolby Theatre
in Hollywood.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Jonathan
Oatis)
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