The Oscars in 5 points

Last year I watched the Oscars in real time, because they were in February and I was in New York. Especially because of the latter, I found the Oscars a lot more fun that year, you understand. It also helped that the ceremony wasn't a corona-proof variant back then, and if you have to watch it live with such a time difference, I'm just a bit less motivated to watch the whole show.

While it was quite a fun show, with many highlights and premieres for this award ceremony. But I can totally imagine that you’re not really jumping to watch everything back. You just want to know what the highlights were, right? I get it. Here they come.

1. The big winner of the night
That was the film Nomadland. Where last year the award went to Parasite, which had a premiere (as the first non-English language film), this also happened with this film. Only in a different category: director Chloé Zhao became the second woman ever to win in this category. But there was another award for this film, namely for best actress, which went to Frances McDormand. By the way, if you want to see this film, check Disney+, it will be available there from April 30.

2. The Oscars completely corona-proof
Well, that was quite different than usual. Because pre-corona (and hopefully post-corona again), the Oscars took place in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. But due to corona, that location was changed to Union Station in downtown LA.

3. More records
Besides the fact that (finally) more female winners were added, actor Anthony Hopkins also set a record: at 83 years old, he became the oldest winner ever in the Best Actor category. He won that Oscar for his role in the film The Father.

4. The outfits
The venue may have been quite sober thanks to corona, but the outfits were no less impressive. Zendaya in a yellow dress by Valentino (and diamonds worth six million dollars, not an unimportant detail), Amanda Seyfried in red by Armani, Margot Robbie in a classic dress by Chanel, Leslie Odom Jr. in all gold by Cartier… And of course Viola Davis in Alexander McQueen in white — it was clear that no less effort was put in. Wonderful.

5. Once again, there was no host this year
For the third year in a row, the Oscars went without a host. And honestly: I think that's a perfectly fine new tradition. The awards are presented by various guests, and I think it says enough that I didn't even really notice in previous years that there was no permanent host.

Well, and that was it again, the Oscars. I must honestly say that it meant a bit less to me this year, because I haven't been to the cinema at all. Thanks, corona. That does mean that there are still a lot of films I want to see now, so that's a plus.