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Michelle Yeoh Makes Oscars History

https://twitter.com/allatoncemovie/status/1635125002818453504

Ruth E. Carter Makes History

Congratulations to Ruth E. Carter for her Academy Award win for Best Costume Design for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: #WakandaForever! #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/S7u2Gp4eLt

— Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (@theblackpanther) March 13, 2023

Ruth E. Carter has also made history, becoming the first Black woman to ever receive two Oscars. This year she won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design in Marvel‘s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever after first winning in 2018 for Black Panther.

Guillermo del Toro Makes History

https://twitter.com/NetflixKE/status/1635158755179413504

Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley received the Academy Award for Best Animated Film for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. This makes Guillermo del Toro the first person to win best animated film as well as best picture and best director (his two wins for The Shape of Water in 2017).

Avatar 2 Wins Academy Award

Congratulations to Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett for their Academy Award win for Best Visual Effects for #AvatarTheWayofWater! #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/WM9rK2auxw

— Avatar (@officialavatar) March 13, 2023

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett have won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Avatar: The Way of Water. There is no further news about the Avatar franchise at this time.

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