Did you watch the ceremony this year?

The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony took place in Los Angeles, at  Union Station and the Dolby Theatre, on April 25, 2021. It happened two months later than planned because of the the COVID-19 pandemic. It honored the best films of 2020 and early 2021.

Watch the ceremony if you can to finally enjoy some special atmosphere. Or take it to the next level and buy a book at Barners&Noble:

We are going to tell you about our favorite award winners!

Nomadland

is a 2020 American drama film. It is based on the non-fiction book by Jessica Bruder: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. The film was directed by Chloé Zhao. It is about a vandwelling working nomad who leaves her hometown after her husband’s death to be “houseless” and travel around the US.

Mank

is a 2020 American biographical drama film . The film is about a screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). It is directed by David Fincher, based on a screenplay by his late father Jack Fincher. Gary Oldman plays the leading role.

The Father

is a 2020 French-British co-production drama film co-written and directed by Florian Zeller. The film stars Anthony Hopkins as the main character, who must deal with his progressing memory loss.

Soul

is a 2020 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Kemp Powers. The story tells about a school music teacher named Joe Gardner.

Docter started working on the film in 2016. The idea comes from the ideas on the origins of human personalities and the concept of determinism.

By the way check Mondoshop for great souvenirs for someone who is a movie fan!

Are you ready?

Have you thought about all the details? Time is running out, look here to know how many days, hours, minutes and seconds exactly are left:

Are you celebrating with your family? If yes, consider getting one of these cute Xmas costumes for your all members here at PatPat (or get one as a gift to your neighbors!):

Xmas has always been a family holiday, and whatever the COVID situation is in your country, you may want to spend the whole holiday season just with the people you live close to! Get some affordable decorations at DHGATE together with festive fun masks for your guests/neighbors (if you dare to invite them, of course!):

If you are going to a party somewhere else, think about a shiny costume, you may save it until New Year’s and wear it as well. They have huge discounts on costumes regularly here at Milanoo:

And now time to think about setting your mood to Xmas! Why not watching several holiday movies?

The Snowman

It’s classic, great to watch just before falling asleep:

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town

Another classic, everyone has to watch!

Four Christmases

A film of 2008 with our favorite Reese Witherspoon with her stage husband Vince Vaughn visit all of their divorced parents!

Love Actually

For many of us this movie is a must during every Xmas holiday season!

How else will you get ready?

There is only one success, to be able to spend your life in your own way.

~ Christopher Morley

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We are back here with our essential tips on how to live your life in a better way. Some of them, we are sure, are going to be useful. Some of them you are welcome to dismiss!

Here they are:

1. Eat, drink, and be merry. Cherish those moments of enjoying the incredible food, great company, and engrossing conversation and make them happen as frequently as possible.
2. Block out haters. Constructive criticism is one thing, but know that if you’re out there trying to accomplish great things, you will attract haters who want to criticize for the sake of criticism.
3. Accept constructive criticism. At the same times, haters can be good because sometimes they can be right. Haters show us our weakness. Accept that you might be in the wrong, and work to improve yourself so you don’t make the same mistake in the future.
4. Be the hero of your own movie. Does life feel shitty, joyless, hopeless? You already know how to get out – be the hero of your own movie. Pretend you’re the hero character in a hollywood blockbuster. Do you want them to see a hero who overcomes the odds, or a loser who plays the victim? Last time I checked, the hero doesn’t overcome the odds by watching TV 5 hours a day.  Do what needs to be done, no matter how hard it is.
5. Remember that you’re going to die one day. Do we live as though we will never die; then die never having lived? Enjoy, be nice to others and that is it