Academy Awards: Wins for Saldaña and Tazewell, Tributes to Icons

At the 97th Academy Awards, Zoe Saldaña took home Best Supporting Actress honors while Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win Best Costume Design. The Dolby Theatre hosted moving tributes as Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey saluted Quincy Jones, and Morgan Freeman honored Gene Hackman. A night of record-setting victories and emotional farewells, the ceremony broadcast from Los Angeles captured both the glitz of Hollywood and the depth of its cultural roots.