Entertainment Spotlight

Actor Tim Lounibos - Hopeful Opportunities Ahead for APA's in Hollywood Movies and Television

Posted by AC Team - on Tuesday, 08 October 2019

October 8, 2019 Hollywood Actor Tim Lounibos wrote on his Facebook page about the positive changes he is currently experiencing in Hollywood. We caught up with him to share his thoughts with us. Asian Americans have historically found limited opportunities as actors in movies and television in Hollywood, but fortunately for Tim he had a great start as a busy actor in the 1990s, but then his career went off a cliff - temporarily. We thank Tim for sharing his...

2021 Academy Awards - Chloe Zhao Makes History as the First Woman of Color to Win Best Director

Posted by Suzanne Kai on Sunday, 25 April 2021.

Hollywood

April 25, 2021

by Suzanne Joe Kai

"Nomadland" director Chloé Zhao made history at tonight's 2021 Academy Awards, becoming the first woman of color to win Best Director.

Her film "Nomadland" also won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Actress in a leading role.

Frances McDormand won the Oscar for Best Actress in "Nomadland."

She was also a Producer of the film.

Frances plays a woman in her 60's who loses everything in the Great Recession of 2008 and lives in a van as a nomad like other transient workers in the American West during the 2008 economic crisis.

Frances McDormand howled onstage during her acceptance speech in tribute to Michael Wolf "Nomadland's" production sound mixer who died at the age of 35.

Chloé Zhao is only the second woman ever to win the Directing award, tonight marking yet another milestone for the Oscars.

The only other woman to win an Oscar for Directing is Kathryn Bigelow^[5] in 2010,^[6] for The Hurt Locker.

Born in Beijing, China, Chloé moved with her parents to London when she was in high school, and attended Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.

She attended New York University's MFA graduate film program.

She currently lives in Ojai, California.

Sources:

Oscars.org

IMDB

RottenTomatoes.com

Variety.com April 25, 2021 Frances McDormand

Variety.com March 6, 2021 Wolf Snyder