By Marc Tracy Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best costume design Sunday. Honored for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation “Wicked,” Tazewell stepped to ...

Paul Tazewell just made Oscars history. For his work on "Wicked," Tazwell became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for costume design. Tazewell’s win, and what it represented, brought the ...

Paul Tazewell has made history at the 2025 Academy Awards. The costume designer who is responsible for the wardrobe for Wicked has won the Oscar for Best Costume Design. Tazwell is the first Black ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

The costume designer behind the hit musical film Wicked is the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Paul Tazewell, 60, brought the crowd to its feet in applause as he ...

"I'm the first Black man to receive the costume design award for my work on 'Wicked.' I'm so proud of this." Ahead of his Oscars victory, Tazewell was praised by "Wicked" star Bowen Yang ...

Ohio won Best Costume Design for his work on Wicked, becoming the first Black man to triumph in the category and only the second Black costume designer to ever do so. "This is absolutely ...

“Wicked’s” Paul Tazewell has made Oscars history by becoming the first Black man to win for best costume design. Tazewell, a previous nominee for “West Side Story,” already has an Emmy ...

Awarded a trophy for best costume design by presenter Bowen Yang ... at the top of his acceptance speech that he's the first Black man to win in the category at the Academy Awards although ...

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 ...