Oscars 2021: Netflix and Disney dominate in streaming’s biggest year

Netflix and Walt Disney Co. dominated the entertainment industry conversation in a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic and streaming. The 93rd Academy Awards represented a strong night for Netflix, which, despite losing best picture to Disney-owned Searchlight’s “Nomadland,” won seven prizes for movies including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mank” and multiple smaller films. The streaming giant came into the ceremony with an industry-leading 36 nominations, including two best picture nominees: “Mank” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” David Fincher’s “Mank,” the most nominated film with 10 nods, ended the ceremony with two awards — production design and cinematography — thanks to the film’s re-creation of old Hollywood and San Simeon. In a significant upset, the late “Ma Rainey” star Chadwick Boseman lost the lead actor prize to Anthony Hopkins, who won for Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Father.” Movies Here’s the complete list of 2021 Oscar winners “Nomadland” takes home the best picture, director and lead actress awards at the 2021 Oscars. Movies Why Chloé Zhao’s historic best director Oscar win matters With her directing win for “Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao is in the Oscar history books as one of cinema’s great boundary breakers.