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Regina King opens the Oscars 2021 ceremony with a powerful prop to the stage
By Marianne Garvey
What an openness.
After a walk that appeared to be a runway model, Regina King opened the Oscars with a hopeful monologue.
If things had been different at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, she says, he probably would have been marching instead of showing up.
"As the mother of a black child, I know the fear that many live with and that no amount of fame or fortune changes that," she said.
He mentioned that the ceremony was not masked because everyone there has been examined, re-examined, vaccinated.
"When we take off our masks and when we are not filming, we put on the masks," he assured the crowd.
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Laura Pausini will thank this person if she wins the Oscar for "best original song"
Laura Pausini is nominated for her first Oscar award.
An unimaginable nomination, he says.
The Italian singer arrives at the 93rd edition of the Academy Awards with a song in her language, from a foreign film that premiered on Netflix, a platform that until recently was seen out of the corner of the eye at the Oscars.
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What to know about the Oscars 2021
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These are some of the most important data in the history of the Academy Awards for the best of cinema.