• Best Picture: 'Nomadland' cast and producers, from left: Peter Spears, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
    Best Picture: 'Nomadland' cast and producers, from left: Peter Spears, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
  • Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand for 'Nomadland' and Youn Yuh-jung for 'Minari' respectively, pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AFP
    Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand for 'Nomadland' and Youn Yuh-jung for 'Minari' respectively, pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AFP
  • Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, for 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. EPA
    Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, for 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. EPA
  • Best Director: Chloe Zhao, for 'Nomadland,' poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. EPA
    Best Director: Chloe Zhao, for 'Nomadland,' poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. EPA
  • Best Original Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, for 'Promising Young Woman', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
    Best Original Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, for 'Promising Young Woman', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: Florian Zeller, for 'The Father', poses with his award during the screening for the 93rd annual Academy Awards in Paris, France on Monday, April 26, 2021. EPA
    Best Adapted Screenplay: Florian Zeller, for 'The Father', poses with his award during the screening for the 93rd annual Academy Awards in Paris, France on Monday, April 26, 2021. EPA
  • Best Animated Feature: Dana Murray and Pete Docter, for 'Soul', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. EPA
    Best Animated Feature: Dana Murray and Pete Docter, for 'Soul', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. EPA
  • International Feature Film: Thomas Vinterberg, for 'Another Round', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
    International Feature Film: Thomas Vinterberg, for 'Another Round', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
  • Best Original Song: Tiara Thomas, HER and Dernst Emile II, for 'Fight For You' from 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
    Best Original Song: Tiara Thomas, HER and Dernst Emile II, for 'Fight For You' from 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
  • Best Original Score: Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, for 'Soul', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
    Best Original Score: Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, for 'Soul', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
  • Live Action Short Film: Martin Desmond Roe and Travon Free, for Two Distant Strangers', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
    Live Action Short Film: Martin Desmond Roe and Travon Free, for Two Distant Strangers', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
  • Best Documentary Feature: Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, for 'My Octopus Teacher', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
    Best Documentary Feature: Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, for 'My Octopus Teacher', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
  • Best Sound Mixing: Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortes, Michellee Couttolenc and Jaime Baksht, for 'Sound of Metal', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
    Best Sound Mixing: Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortes, Michellee Couttolenc and Jaime Baksht, for 'Sound of Metal', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
  • Best Make-up and Styling: Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera, for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. The film's Ann Roth also won for Best Costume Design. Reuters
    Best Make-up and Styling: Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera, for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. The film's Ann Roth also won for Best Costume Design. Reuters
  • Best Cinematography: Erik Messerschmidt, for 'Mank', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
    Best Cinematography: Erik Messerschmidt, for 'Mank', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
  • Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale, for 'Mank', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
    Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale, for 'Mank', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. AP Photo
  • Best Film Editing: Mikkel EG Nielsen, for 'Sound of Metal', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
    Best Film Editing: Mikkel EG Nielsen, for 'Sound of Metal', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
  • Best Visual Effects: Scott R Fisher, for 'Tenet', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
    Best Visual Effects: Scott R Fisher, for 'Tenet', poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
  • Best Animated Short Film: Michael Govier and Will McCormack, for 'If Anything Happens I Love You', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
    Best Animated Short Film: Michael Govier and Will McCormack, for 'If Anything Happens I Love You', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
  • Best Documentary Short: Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino, for 'Colette', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters
    Best Documentary Short: Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino, for 'Colette', pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Reuters

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Oscars 2021: all of the winners at the 93rd Academy Awards

'Nomadland', 'Judas and the Black Messiah', 'Soul' and 'The Father' all took home a number of gongs on the night

Farah Andrews
Farah Andrews
Dubai

May 05, 2021

  • English
  • Arabic

The 93rd Academy Awards have wrapped for the night.

An Oscars like no other in recent history, the ceremony took place at Los Angeles's Union Station, with no musical performances or montages to break up the show, and no host to tie the event together.

With three awards, the evening belonged to Nomadland, much like the rest of the awards season. The film won Best Picture, as well as Best Director for Chloe Zhao and Best Actress for Frances McDormand.

Mank, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Sound of Metal, Soul, Judas and the Black Messiah and The Father all won two awards apiece.

British actor Sir Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor Oscar, but was not at the ceremony, or the London screening, to pick up his award. The Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards went to Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah and Youn Yuh-jung for Minari, respectively.

2021 Oscar winners in full: 

Best Picture

WINNER: Nomadland

The Father

Mank

Minari

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Sound of Metal

Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Director

WINNER: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

David Fincher, Mank

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round

Chloe Zhao accepts the Oscar for Best Director during the 93rd Academy Awards. EPA
Chloe Zhao accepts the Oscar for Best Director during the 93rd Academy Awards. EPA

Best Actress

WINNER: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor

WINNER: Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Riz Ahmed, The Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Gary Oldman, Mank

Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman, The Father

Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Youn Yuh-jung, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the 93rd Academy Awards. EPA
Youn Yuh-jung, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the 93rd Academy Awards. EPA

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Leslie Odom Jr, One Night in Miami

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER: The Father

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Nomadland

One Night in Miami ...

The White Tiger

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER: Promising Young Woman

Minari

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Animated Feature

WINNER: Soul

Onward

Over the Moon

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Wolfwalkers

International Feature Film

WINNER: Another Round (Denmark)

Better Days (Hong Kong)

Collective (Romania)

The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)

Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Best Original Song

WINNER: Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah

Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Io si (Seen) from The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a se)

Speak Now from One Night in Miami ...

Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7

HER, winner of Best Original Song for 'Fight For You' from 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' at the 93rd Academy Awards. Reuters
HER, winner of Best Original Song for 'Fight For You' from 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' at the 93rd Academy Awards. Reuters

Best Original Score

WINNER: Soul

Da 5 Bloods

Mank

Minari

News of the World

Live Action Short Film

WINNER: Two Distant Strangers

Feeling Through

The Letter Room

The Present

White Eye

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER: My Octopus Teacher

Collective

Crip Camp

The Mole Agent

Time

Best Sound Mixing

WINNER: Sound of Metal

Greyhound

Mank

News of the World

Soul

Best Make-up and Styling

WINNER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Emma

Hillbilly Elegy

Mank

Pinocchio

Best Cinematography

WINNER: Mank

Judas and the Black Messiah

News of the World

Nomadland

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Production Design

WINNER: Mank

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

News of the World

Tenet

The Father

Best Film Editing

WINNER: Sound of Metal

The Father

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Visual Effects

WINNER: Tenet

Love and Monsters

The Midnight Sky

Mulan

The One and Only Ivan

Best Costume Design

WINNER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Emma

Mank

Pinocchio

Mulan

Best Animated Short Film

WINNER: If Anything Happens I Love You

Burrow

Genius Loci

Opera

Yes-People

Best Documentary Short

WINNER: Colette

A Concerto Is a Conversation

Do Not Split

Hunger Ward

A Love Song for Latasha

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Ten tax points to be aware of in 2026

1. Domestic VAT refund amendments: request your refund within five years

If a business does not apply for the refund on time, they lose their credit.

2. E-invoicing in the UAE

Businesses should continue preparing for the implementation of e-invoicing in the UAE, with 2026 a preparation and transition period ahead of phased mandatory adoption. 

3. More tax audits

Tax authorities are increasingly using data already available across multiple filings to identify audit risks. 

4. More beneficial VAT and excise tax penalty regime

Tax disputes are expected to become more frequent and more structured, with clearer administrative objection and appeal processes. The UAE has adopted a new penalty regime for VAT and excise disputes, which now mirrors the penalty regime for corporate tax.

5. Greater emphasis on statutory audit

There is a greater need for the accuracy of financial statements. The International Financial Reporting Standards standards need to be strictly adhered to and, as a result, the quality of the audits will need to increase.

6. Further transfer pricing enforcement

Transfer pricing enforcement, which refers to the practice of establishing prices for internal transactions between related entities, is expected to broaden in scope. The UAE will shortly open the possibility to negotiate advance pricing agreements, or essentially rulings for transfer pricing purposes. 

7. Limited time periods for audits

Recent amendments also introduce a default five-year limitation period for tax audits and assessments, subject to specific statutory exceptions. While the standard audit and assessment period is five years, this may be extended to up to 15 years in cases involving fraud or tax evasion. 

8. Pillar 2 implementation 

Many multinational groups will begin to feel the practical effect of the Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (DMTT), the UAE's implementation of the OECD’s global minimum tax under Pillar 2. While the rules apply for financial years starting on or after January 1, 2025, it is 2026 that marks the transition to an operational phase.

9. Reduced compliance obligations for imported goods and services

Businesses that apply the reverse-charge mechanism for VAT purposes in the UAE may benefit from reduced compliance obligations. 

10. Substance and CbC reporting focus

Tax authorities are expected to continue strengthening the enforcement of economic substance and Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting frameworks. In the UAE, these regimes are increasingly being used as risk-assessment tools, providing tax authorities with a comprehensive view of multinational groups’ global footprints and enabling them to assess whether profits are aligned with real economic activity. 

Contributed by Thomas Vanhee and Hend Rashwan, Aurifer

The specs

Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo

Power: 268hp at 5,600rpm

Torque: 380Nm at 4,800rpm

Transmission: CVT auto

Fuel consumption: 9.5L/100km

On sale: now

Price: from Dh195,000 

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Towering concerns
The specs

Engine: 4.0-litre V8

Power: 503hp at 6,000rpm

Torque: 685Nm at 2,000rpm

Transmission: 8-speed auto

Price: from Dh850,000

On sale: now

Company profile

Company: Rent Your Wardrobe 

Date started: May 2021 

Founder: Mamta Arora 

Based: Dubai 

Sector: Clothes rental subscription 

Stage: Bootstrapped, self-funded 

Specs

Engine: Dual-motor all-wheel-drive electric

Range: Up to 610km

Power: 905hp

Torque: 985Nm

Price: From Dh439,000

Available: Now

The burning issue

The internal combustion engine is facing a watershed moment – major manufacturer Volvo is to stop producing petroleum-powered vehicles by 2021 and countries in Europe, including the UK, have vowed to ban their sale before 2040. The National takes a look at the story of one of the most successful technologies of the last 100 years and how it has impacted life in the UAE. 

Read part four: an affection for classic cars lives on

Read part three: the age of the electric vehicle begins

Read part two: how climate change drove the race for an alternative 

Conflict, drought, famine

Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.

Band Aid

Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.

Match info

Uefa Champions League Group H

Manchester United v Young Boys, Tuesday, midnight (UAE)

The specs

Engine: 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8

Power: 611bhp

Torque: 620Nm

Transmission: seven-speed automatic

Price: upon application

On sale: now

Profile

Company: Justmop.com

Date started: December 2015

Founders: Kerem Kuyucu and Cagatay Ozcan

Sector: Technology and home services

Based: Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai

Size: 55 employees and 100,000 cleaning requests a month

Funding:  The company’s investors include Collective Spark, Faith Capital Holding, Oak Capital, VentureFriends, and 500 Startups. 

 

 

Result

6.30pm: Al Maktoum Challenge Round-3 – Group 1 (PA) $65,000 (Dirt) 2,000m; Winner: Brraq, Ryan Curatolo (jockey), Jean-Claude Pecout (trainer)

7.05pm: Handicap (TB) $65,000 (Turf) 1,800m; Winner: Bright Melody, James Doyle, Charlie Appleby

7.40pm: Meydan Classic – Listed (TB) $88,000 (T) 1,600m; Winner: Naval Crown, Mickael Barzalona, Charlie Appleby

8.15pm: Nad Al Sheba Trophy – Group 3 (TB) $195,000 (T) 2,810m; Winner: Volcanic Sky, Frankie Dettori, Saeed bin Suroor

8.50pm: Dubai Millennium Stakes – Group 3 (TB) $130,000 (T) 2,000m; Winner: Star Safari, William Buick, Charlie Appleby

9.25pm: Meydan Challenge – Listed Handicap (TB) $88,000 (T) 1,400m; Winner: Zainhom, Dane O’Neill, Musabah Al Muhairi

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