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Apple TV Plus is first streaming service to win Best Picture at the Oscars
Coda’s stars after winning big at the awards. | Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images
CODA has become the first film from a streaming service to win best picture at the Oscars, in a sign of the growing dominance of streamers like Apple, Netflix, and Amazon at Hollywood’s most prestigious awards ceremony. The Apple TV Plus film follows the struggles of Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), the only hearing member in a deaf family, as she tries to explore a life away from her family. Apple acquired the rides to CODAfor $25 million in a bidding war after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last year.
As well as winning best picture, CODA’s Troy Kotsurwon best supporting actor for his role in the film, and its writer-director Siân Heder also took away the award for best adapted screenplay. Kotsur is the first Deaf actor to have...