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.

Paul Tazewell, the costume designer behind the stunning wardrobe of ‘Wicked’, made history at the 97th Academy Awards. He won the Oscar for the Best Costume Design on Sunday, thereby becoming the ...

Paul Tazewell has been dominating this awards season, and now he can add one more accolade to his name – an Oscar. The costume designer bagged the coveted golden statue for Wicked, beating out fellow ...

Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Costume Design at the 97th Academy Awards. He has previously won an Emmy for 'The Wiz Live' and a Tony for 'Hamilton,' and ...

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 ...

Earlier, Variety named him one of their 10 artisans to watch in costume design, and he was honoured with the Variety Artisan Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. For the big-screen adaptation ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The costumes featured in the blockbuster "Wicked" just earned costume designer Paul Tazewell an Oscar, and the products of his hard work are on display right here in North Texas.

The celebrated costume designer took home the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Wicked making him the first Black man in history to ever win the category. “This is absolutely astounding.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Paul Tazewell has won the Academy Award for best costume design for the movie-musical sensation “Wicked,” becoming the first Black man to win the award. He received a ...

Paul Tazewell made history at the Oscars, becoming the first Black man to win best costume design. Tazewell won for his masterful design work in “Wicked” at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday.

The film took home two statuettes, one for costume designer Paul Tazewell and a production design award for Lee Sandeles and Nathan Crowley.