Netflix Wins Seven Oscars, Biggest Haul Among All Studios This Year

Netflix had a big night at the Oscars, bringing home a total of seven total trophies — leading all studios — although the streamer failed to grab the prize in the best picture category and came up empty in the acting categories.Netflix had come into Sunday night with 36 nominations, far more than any other studio.The company’s wins at the 93rd Academy Awards included two Oscars for “Mank,” the most-nominated film this year with 10 nods, for cinematography (for Erik Messerschmidt) and production design (for Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale).“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from the play by August Wilson, also picked up two Oscars: for makeup and hairstyling (with Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson the first Black women to win in the category alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera) and costume design (Ann Roth).After Netflix, Disney overall had the most wins at this year’s Oscars with five: Its Searchlight

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