Oscars, the biggest honours in cinema, have been announced. Will Smith is Best Actor for King Richard, Jessica Chastain wins for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Jane Campion has won Best Director for The Power of the Dog.
Will Smith sparked a huge controversy by slapping presenter Chris Rock for making fun of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Meanwhile, Apple's CODA , a moving portrait of a teenager and her deaf family, emerged as the first streaming film to win Best Picture.
Its surprise win at Oscars 2022 is a big moment for disability rights. The Academy chooses a heartful, sentimental story over the nuanced, complex storytelling of The Power of the Dog, which was considered a frontrunner.
CODA actor Troy Kotsur has scripted history as the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar today. He won Best Supporting Actor.
Ariana DeBose took home the Best Supporting Actress award for West Side Story. She is the first openly-queer woman of colour to bag an Oscar.
Sci-fi epic Dune won cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Film editing, Best Sound , Best Production Design and Best Visual effects. The Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling has gone to The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Encanto is Best Animated Feature. It has won wide praise for representing Hispanic culture accurately. Drive My Car from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is Best International Feature Film.
India's Writing With Fire missed out on an Oscar in Best Documentary, losing to Summer of Soul.
"LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another," the LAPD continued. "The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report."
"The Academy does not condone violence of any form. Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world."
Oscars 2022: Readthe complete list of winners.
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Jessica Chastain is hilariously entertaining as a tele-evangelist in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. In her serious, emotional, politically-correct acceptance speech she madea plea for LGBTQ rights, and to live lives without violence The best speech of the ceremony so far.
Apple Original Films’ “CODA” marks the first time a streaming service has won the best picture Oscar. “CODA” took the top prize over Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” from director Jane Campion.
With this, CODA has won all the three categories it was nominated for -- Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The Best Actress isJessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Will Smith has become somewhat of a biopic star. His portrayal of Richard Williams, father of tennis's superstar sisters Serena and Venus Williams, gets him the Best Actor award. This is his third win in the category. His speech, tearful and emotional, was about discrimination against people of colour. He thanks the Williams family in his freewheeling speech. "I want to be a vehicle for love". He says an apology for hitting out against a comment by Chris Rock about his wife Jade Pinkett Smith. "Love will make you do crazy things," he says
The Best actor isWill Smith for King Richard!
At 67,Jane Campion is second time lucky in this category. Her speech was brief, without any superfluous dedications. Netflix gets her gratitude. The Power of the Dog isCampion's eighth feature film and the first in which she delves deep into masculinity and male sexuality. It is her first Oscar win in the Best Directorcategory. She is the third woman to win in this category. Campion, who is from New Zealand, is known for her psychological exploration of her characters and has always been somewhat of a Hollywood outsider.
Jane Campion is best director(The Power of the Dog)
