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"I'm the first Black man to receive the costume design award for my work on 'Wicked.' I'm so proud of this." Ahead of his Oscars victory, Tazewell was praised by "Wicked" star Bowen Yang ...
Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win an Oscar for costume design. "Wicked" costume designer Paul Tazewell is reflecting on his historic Oscar win. Tazewell, who became the first Black ...
Paul Tazewell is flying high and defying Academy Award records. The Wicked costume designer became the first Black man to win in the category after picking up the Oscar for Best Costume Design ...
Part 2 (officially titles Wicked: For Good) since long before the credits rolled on Elphaba's "Defying Gravity" in November ...
Paul Tazewell made history on Sunday night as the first Black man to win to an Oscar for costume design. After hugging presenter Bowen Yang, who was wearing one of his Wicked costumes on stage ...
Thank you, Academy, for this very significant honor. I’m the first Black man to receive a costume design award for my work on Wicked.” It’s not clear that others in the audience were aware ...