He is the first Black male costume designer to win the award in this category. “Winning the Oscar for Wicked is the highest point of my life – my North Star. It is my privilege to be the ...

Akron native Paul Tazewell, nominated for an Academy Award for his costume design work for the blockbuster film "Wicked," won his first his Oscar Sunday in his second nomination in the category. He ...

“ Wicked’s ” Paul Tazewell has made Oscars history by becoming the first Black man to win for best costume design.

Tazewell’s groundbreaking win represents an important step forward for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood’s technical categories ... to receive the costume design award for my work ...

Unlike other Oscar categories that have been awarded since 1929, the Academy Award for best costume design was not declared an official category until 1949. Tazewell now stands alongside icons ...

Awarded a trophy for best costume design by presenter Bowen ... speech that he's the first Black man to win in the category at the Academy Awards although, as Variety points out, his was an ...

Akron native Paul Tazewell, nominated for an Academy Award for his costume design work for the blockbuster film "Wicked," won his first Oscar Sunday in his second nomination in the category.

"I'm the first Black man to receive the costume design award for my work on 'Wicked ... who helped introduce the costume design category. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword ...