Paul Tazewell, who graduated from UNCSA in 1986, is the first Black man to receive the award for costume design ...

Early Oscar winners included Kieran Culkin and “Anora” screenwriter and editor Sean Baker. LOS ANGELES — Kieran Culkin won ...

Akron native Paul Tazewell, 60, won the Oscar for costume design and made Academy Awards history in the process.

Paul Tazewell, an Akron, Ohio, native and former faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, made history Sunday night at ...

Fans are rejoicifying about Wicked winning two Academy Awards — including the film's costume designer, Paul Tazewell, who's now entered the Oscars history book.

Zoe Saldana ("“Emilia Pérez”) and Paul Tazewell ("Wicked") made historic victories among the full list of 2025 Academy Award Winners ...

The costume designer behind 'Wicked' made history as the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

Paul Tazewell, who graduated from UNCSA in 1986, is the first Black man to receive the award for costume design ...

"Wicked" costume designer Paul Tazewell is reflecting on his historic Oscar win. Tazewell, who became the first Black man to win an Oscar for costume design on Sunday night, took to Instagram on ...

In a historic moment at the 97th Academy Awards, Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the Oscar® for Best Costume Design, honored for his exceptional work on the film adaptation of Wicked.

Tazewell’s history-making work as a costume designer is a major inspiration for Black queer creatives across fashion, Broadway and Hollywood.

"We kind of knew he had talent, but we didn't have an idea of the level of genius," says Linda Brown, Tazewell's aunt.