Wicked' was nominated in 10 categories during the 97th Academy Awards this weekend Paul Tazewell is going down in Oscars history! The costume designer behind the fantastical wardrobe of Wicked won the Oscar for Best Costume Design on Sunday,

Paul Tazewell, an Akron, Ohio, native and former faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, made history Sunday night at the 97th Academy Awards when he became the first Black man to win an Oscar for best costume design for the theatrical adaptation of the Broadway musical "Wicked.