Chloe Zhao wins 'Best Picture' & 'Best Director' for 'Nomadland' and makes Oscars history

In the Oscar winning film Frances McDormand stars as a woman who leaves her hometown after her husband dies and travels around the United States in her van.

Chloe Zhao's Oscar wins rounds off a stellar awards season for Zhao, who also won best director at the Globes, BAAFTAs and AACTAs.

She's also the first woman to win 'Best Director' since 2009 when Kathryn Bigelow won for 'The hurt locker'.

Chloe is also the first Asian woman to win in the category.

First winner of a major Oscar was Daniel Kaluuya for 'Best Supporting Actor' in 'Judas and the Black Messiah'.

How to watch the Oscars in Australia?

Try the link above to access 7PLUS Oscar stream | The 93rd Academy Awards started at 10:00am AEST today.

The Oscars ceremony will be broadcast live in Australia on free-to-air TV on Channel Seven and its streaming platform 7Plus.

Who is hosting the Oscars?

And the Oscar host goes to … no-one.

For the third year in a row, the ceremony will be host-less.

The last person to host the Oscars was late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel in 2018.

Kevin Hart was due to take up the mantle in 2019 but stepped down after homophobic tweets from 2009 resurfaced.

That year the ceremony rated well without a host, and given that the job is seen as somewhat of a "poisoned chalice", the chair remains vacant.

Instead an ensemble cast will present: Riz Ahmed, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Viola Davis, Bong Joon-ho, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Laura Dern, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Renee Zellweger and Zendaya.

Here's how this year will be different?

The show is being held at Los Angeles's iconic Union Station for the first time, in addition to the usual Dolby Theatre.

In a bid to have as many people attend in-person as possible, there will also be international locations included in the broadcast.

Here's the list of the most important nominations, the winners will be updated as they are announced.

Best supporting actor

Daniel Kaluuya — Judas and the Black Messiah - Winner!!

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 supporting actress

Olivia Colman — The Father

Amanda Seyfried — Mank

Glenn Close — Hillbilly Elegy

Yuh-Jung Youn — Minari - Winner !

Maria Bakalova — Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best actor

Chadwick Boseman — Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins — The Father

Riz Ahmed — Sound of Metal

Gary Oldman — Mank

Steven Yeun — Minari

Best actress

Carey Mulligan —Promising Young Woman

Frances McDormand — Nomadland

Vanessa Kirby — Pieces of a Woman

Viola Davis — Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day — The United States vs Billie Holiday

Best director

Chloe Zhao — Nomadland - Winner !

David Fincher — Mank

Emerald Fennell — Promising Young Woman

Lee Isaac Chung — Minari

Thomas Vinterberg — Another Round

Best picture

Nomadland - Winner !

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Mank

Promising Young Woman

Minari

The Father

Sound of Metal

Judas and the Black Messiah