'Avatar: Fire and Ash', 'Sinners' win big at 98th Academy Awards

'Avatar: Fire and Ash' won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 98th Academy Awards. Ryan Coogler's film 'Sinners' also bagged multiple awards, including Best Original Score for Ludwig Goransson and a historic Best Original Screenplay win for Coogler.

At the 98th Academy Awards, 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. This marked Richard Baneham's third nomination and win in this category. 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' is the third instalment in James Cameron's acclaimed science fiction-fantasy franchise.

'Sinners' Bags Multiple Honours

Many awards were presented that evening, and Sinners took home several honours. A while ago, Ludwig Goransson won the Oscar for Best Original Score for Sinners.

Historic Win for Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler's film 'Sinners' bagged the Best Original Screenplay award as well. He defeated Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme; Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value, and Robert Kaplow for Blue Moon to clinch the prestigious award. With this win, Ryan Coogler became only the second Black writer to receive the award, following Jordan Peele, who won in 2018 for Get Out. Prior to this, Coogler won the BAFTA award for Original Screenplay for his film 'Sinners', becoming the first Black winner in this category. (ANI)

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