Michael B. Jordan wins his first Oscar in a tight race

Michael B Jordan won the best actor Oscar for Sinners at the 98th Academy Awards.

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00:00And the Oscar goes to Michael B. Joy.

00:14This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Michael B. Joy.

00:42Uh, uh, uh, whoo, man, y'all.

00:50I stand here because of the people that came before me.

00:55Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Holly Berry, Jamie Foxx, Forrest Whitaker.

01:00Will Smith.

01:01And to be up, uh, amongst those giants, amongst those greats, amongst my ancestors, amongst my guys.

01:07Thank you, everybody in this room and everybody at home for supporting me over my career.

01:11I feel it.

01:12I know you guys want me to do well, and I want to do that because you guys bet on

01:17me.

01:17So thank you for keeping, for keep betting on me.

01:21And I'm going to keep stepping up, and I'm going to keep being the best version of myself I could

01:25be.

01:25So I just want to say thank you for everybody in this room that has something to do with my

01:28success.

01:28I love you guys, and everybody at home who supported Sinners, who went to go see the movie once, twice,

01:33three, four, five times.

01:34Thank you, because you guys made this movie what it is.

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