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Yuh-jung Youn reveals Jordan Peele’s heartwarming gift message after historic Oscars win
Jordan Peele congratulated Yuh-jung Youn on her Oscars win by sending her a bottle of champagne and a sweet accompanying note.
Yuh-jung took home an Academy Award for best supporting actress at Sunday’s ceremony for her role in Minari, making history in the process as the first Korean woman to pick up the gong.
Revealing Jordan’s kind gesture the following morning during an interview with CBS This Morning, the actress began by stating she didn’t go to any after parties because she was ‘exhausted’.
‘There was very honour, I think, he’s a very famous comedian who became a director,’ she said. ‘What’s his lat name? Jordan Peele.’ (sic)
‘He sent me the bottle of champagne, Dom Pérignon, and the card said, “I see you”,’Yuh-jung continued. ‘That was very sweet of him to do that.’
She added: ‘This is honour because my son likes him. He’s a huge fan of him.’
What a babe!
Road movie Nomadland won the top prize at the Oscars, where director Chloe Zhao, who was born in China, also made history as the first woman of colour to win the award for directing and the second woman.
The ceremony also saw Sir Anthony Hopkins win the best actor Oscar, defeating the late Chadwick Boseman, while Daniel Kaluuya won the best supporting actor prize.
Nomadland, which tells the story about a woman travelling through the American West, also scooped a best actress prize for its star Frances McDormand.
This year’s event was far from standard, with a completely pared-down audience and strict coronavirus restrictions in place.
Oscars 2021 winners
Best picture: Nomadland
Best actor: Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Best supporting actor: Daniel Kaluuya (Judas And The Black Messiah)
Best actress: Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Best supporting actress: Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)
Best director: Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best animated feature film: Soul
Best cinematography: Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
Best film editing: Mikkel EG Nielsen (Sound Of Metal)
Best costume design: Ann Roth (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Best original score: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (Soul)
Best original song: Fight For You (Judas And The Black Messiah)
Adapted screenplay: The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Original screenplay: Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
Best production design: Mank
Best make-up and hairstyling: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best sound: Sound Of Metal
Best live-action short film: Two Distant Strangers
Best visual effects: Tenet
Best documentary feature: My Octopus Teacher
Best international feature: Another Round (Denmark)
Best animated short: If Anything Happens I Love You
Best documentary short: Colette
Attendees were not required to wear masks on camera but were asked to cover their faces when not on screen.
International nominees who did not travel to the US accepted their prizes from remote hubs, with many of the British nominees gathering at the BFI in London’s Southbank.
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