Oscars 2023: 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Wins Oscar for Best Costume Design

Oscars 2023: 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Wins Oscar for Best Costume Design

  • Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever scooped the Oscar Award for Best Costume Design at the just-ended Oscars
  • The costume designer Ruth Carter scooped the top award for the second time in a role after previously winning for the 2018 movie, Black Panther
  • Carter dedicated the award to her mother, who passed away last week, and the late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever bagged the Best Costume Design award at the 2023 Oscars. The Marvel sequel's talented costume designer, Ruth Carter, made history by becoming the first black woman to win the award twice.

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' wins Oscar Award
'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' won the award for best Costume Design at the 2023 Oscar Awards. Image: @FilmUpdates
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The Marvel superhero movie was nominated against Elvis, Mrs Harris Goes To Paris, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Babylon.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever costume designer Ruth Carter makes history at 2023 Oscars

According to The Wall Street Journal, Wakanda Forever costume designer Ruth Carter made history by becoming the first black woman to win the award twice.

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Carter took home the top award in 2019 for the first offering of the movie Black Panther.

Ruth Carter dedicates award to late mom and Chadwick Boseman

The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ruth Carter dedicated the statute to her mother, Mabel Carter, who she said died last week and became "an ancestor". She also dedicated the special moment to the late Black Panther lead actor Chadwick Boseman who passed away in 2020. She said:

"This film prepared me for that moment. Chadwick, please take care of mom."

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Angela Bassett wins Best Supporting Actress Award at Golden Globes for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

In more entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Angela Bassett scooped the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress as Queen Ramonda in the Marvel film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The actress was nominated alongside Kerry Condon for The Banshees of Inisherin, Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Dolly de Leon for Triangle of Sadness and Carey Mulligan for her role in She Said.

According to Glamour, Bassett made history by becoming the first actor to scoop a Golden Globe in an acting category for a role in a Marvel film. It is also the first time a role in a Marvel film earned its star a Globe nomination.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.

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