Oscars 2021 recap: Winners, speeches and top moments

The Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was presented Sunday to Tyler Perry in recognition of his charity efforts.

As Perry stood on stage, he recalled a story of when he offered money to a homeless woman. She, however, asked for a pair of shoes.

The woman, staring down, said, “Thank you, Jesus, my feet are off the ground,” Perry recalled.

The woman said to Perry that she thought he’d hate her. Perry said he responded: “How can I hate you when I used to be you?”

Perry said he dedicates his award “to anyone who wants to stand in the middle no matter what’s around the walls” because “that’s where healing happens” and where “change happens.”

“So anyone who wants to meet me in the middle to refuse hate… to help lift someone’s feet off the ground, this one is for you, too,” he said.

Chloe Zhao won best director for "Nomadland,” becoming the first Asian woman -- and woman of color -- to win the award.

Zhao also is only the second woman ever to win best director.

Another Oscar barrier was broken for Asian women this year -- Yuh-Jung Youn, who won best supporting actress for her role in "Minari," is the first actress of Korean descent to win the award.

As Mia Neal, one of the makeup and hairstyling winners for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,” accepted her Oscar, she used her moment to share the spotlight with other minority women.

Neal and Jamika Wilson, who won alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera, were the first Black women nominated in the category.

“As Jamika and I break this glass ceiling,” she said, she was filled with “so much excitement for the future.”

“I can picture Black trans women standing up here, and Asian sisters. And our Latina sisters, and indigenous women. And I know that one day it won't be unusual or groundbreaking -- it will just be normal,” she said.

Daniel Kaluuya, who won the best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” thanked the slain Black Panther leader in his speech.

“What a man. What a man. How blessed we are that we lived in a lifetime where he existed,” Kaluuya said.

“Thank you for your light,” he said, noting that Hampton was alive for just 21 years.

“He found a way to feed kids breakfast, educate kids, give free medical care -- against all the odds," Kaluuya said.

“There’s so much work to do, guys -- and that’s on everyone in this room,” Kaluuya said.