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The 94th Academy Awards was an eventful one as there was even a beating on stage!
The Oscar for Best Actor was won by Will Smith for "King Richard". Co-nominated were Javier Bardem ("Being the Ricardos"), Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Power of the Dog"), Andrew Garfield ("Tick, Tick...Boom!") and Denzel Washington ("The Tragedy of Macbeth"). Smith plays the father-coach of two tennis champions, Serena and Vince Williams.
"I want to apologize to the Academy" of American Cinema," said a tearful actor, who moments earlier stunned the entire audience by going on stage to slap humorist Chris Rock, who had just thrown out a joke about his wife's shaved head - Jada Pinker Smith has alopecia - causing him to fly into a rage.
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"Love compels you to do crazy things," Mr. Smith tried to justify accepting the statuette.
Sianne Hender's low-budget film "CODA," about the complicated lives of a deaf family and their hearing-impaired daughter, received a Best Picture Oscar, defying expert predictions and crushing several heavyweight contenders.
The triumph of this film, an English-language adaptation of the hit French film "La Famille Bélier," was also a win for Apple TV+, the first streaming platform to win a best picture Oscar. Director Sianne Hender also secured a best original screenplay award, while Troy Kochour, who is congenitally deaf, received a Best Supporting Actor award.
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Jessica Chastain won the Academy Award for Best Actress for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye." with fellow nominees Olivia Coleman ("The Lost Daughter"), Penelope Cruz ("Parallel Mothers"), Nicole Kidman ("Being the Ricardos"), Kristen Stewart ("Spencer").
New Zealand's Jane Campion received a directing award for her film "The Power of the Dog," becoming only the third woman to receive the gold statuette, just a year after Chloe Jao. The frontrunner in this category was Katherine Bigelow, who won for the war drama The Hurt Locker in 2010. Jane Campion had already received an Oscar for Original Screenplay for Piano Lessons in 1994.
American actor Troy Cottsur, congenitally deaf, received an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in CODA. The 53-year-old will go down in history as the first deaf actor to receive an award from the American Film Academy for his performance, with humour, but also subtlety and sensitivity, in the role of an insufferably grumpy father who nevertheless adores his family. Troy Kochour, who dedicated his victory to the "community of deaf and disabled people", was cheered in sign language by several guests on his way to receive the statuette.
American actress Ariana DeBose won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Anita in Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story.
The 31-year-old actress thus succeeded the legendary Rita Moreno, who like her hails from Puerto Rico and had won the same award in 1962 in the first version of the film. "I'm so grateful to you, Anita paved the way for thousands of Anites like me," the 30-year-old told the 90-year-old star, who cheered her on along with the rest of the audience in the hall. She had already secured a Golden Globe, an Actors' Guild award and one from the British Film Academy for her performance. DeBose, Afro-Latina and openly gay, declared in November 2021 that "I am America", "I am a member of almost every marginalized community" in the US. She prevailed over several strong nominations, that of Kirsten Dunst in "The Power of the Dog," Onduan Ellis in "King Richard," Judy Dench in "Belfast" and Jessie Buckley in "The Lost Daughter."
For the first time ever, the public has the right to vote via Twitter, as the Academy has given users of the platform the opportunity to be part of this unique experience. The surprises continue, as three lucky people who voted for their favourite film will watch live at the next glittering Oscars ceremony in 2023. Their "invitation" will cover all their expenses (transport and accommodation).
One-minute silence for Ukraine
During the 94th American Film Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, a minute's silence was observed as a tribute to Ukraine, which was invaded by the Russian army on 24 February.
During this brief interruption of the American film party, messages were projected on giant screens urging viewers to send humanitarian aid, listing the needs of Ukrainians for basic items, including "food", "medical care" and medicine, or even "blankets". "We ask you to help Ukraine in any way you can," another message read."
Here's the full list of awards
- Best Picture
Winner: CODA
Belfast
Don't Look Up
Drive my Car
Dune
King Richard
Pizza Sweetbreads
The Trail of Lost Souls
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
[*]Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Olivia Coleman "The Lost Daughter"
Penelope Cruz "Parallel Mothers"
Nicole Kidman "Being the Ricardos"
Kristen Stewart "Spencer"
The Lost Daughter | Official Trailer | Netflix
[*]First Male Role
Winner: Will Smith "King Richard"
Javier Bardem "Being the Ricardos"
Benedict Cumberbatch "The Power of the Dog"
Andrew Garfield "Tick Tick Boom!"
Denzel Washington "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
[*]Director
Winner: Jane Campion "Power of the Dog"
Kenneth Branagh "Belfast"
Ryuusuke Hamaguchi "Drive my Car"
Paul Thomas Anderson- "Pizza Sweetbreads"
Steven Spielberg "West Side Story"
[*]Original Screenplay
Winner: Belfast
Don't Look Up
King Richard
Pizza Sweetbreads
The Worst Person in the World
[*]Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ariana DeBozzi for "West Side Story"[BR][BR]Jessie Buckley for "The Lost Daughter"[BR]Judy Dench for "Belfast"[BR]Kristen Dunst for "The Power of the Dog"[BR]Aunzaniu Ellis for "King Richard"[BR][*]B Male Role[BR]Winner: Troy Catcher for "Coda"[BR/]Ciaran Hinds for "Belfast[BR/]Jesse Plemons for "The Power of the Dog"[BR/]J, K. Simmons for "Being the Ricardos"
Cody Schmidt McPhee for "Power of the Dog"
[*]International Film
Winner: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's three-hour film Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Film.
Inspired by three novels by author Haruki Murakami about "men without women," the film tells the story of an actor and theater director who is haunted by the loss of his wife.
Drive my car outpaced four other films that participated under the colours of Bhutan, Denmark, Italy and Norway.
- Sound
Winner: Greg Frazier for Dune[BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR][BR] Bruno DelBonnell for "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Janus Kaminski for "West Side Story" - Documentary Short
Winner: The Queen of Basketball
Audible
Lead me Home
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies - Visual Effects
Winner: Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man No Way Home - Animated Feature
Winner: Encanto / A Wizarding World
Flee
Luca
The Munchkins and the Rise of the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney Studios secured the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film yesterday, Sunday, with "Encanto, A Magical World," a film set in Colombia with references to its culture and traditions.
Encanto tells the adventures of an ordinary teenager, Mirabelle, the child of a family whose every member has magical powers, in the heart of the Colombian mountains. It prevailed over an epic adventure, also from Disney studios, "Raya and the Last Dragon", the drama "Flee", "Luca" from Pixar (a Disney subsidiary) and the film "The Mitchells and the Machine Rebellion", directed by Mike Ryada.
- Short Film Animation
Winner: The Windshield Wiper
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin - Costume Design
Winner: Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story - Adapted Screenplay
Winner: CODA
Drive my Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
"I want to thank all my colleagues in the deaf community, in the CODA community, who are my teachers," said CODA writer and director of the drama CODA, Sianne Hender, who accepted the award.
- Editing
Winner: Dune
Don't Look Up
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick Tick Boom! - Feature Documentary
Winner: Summer of Soul
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Riding with Fire
Riding with Fire
Hip-hop musician Amir "Questlove" Thompson's film Summer of Soul, about the memorable if largely forgotten 1969 Harlem concert, dubbed "the Black Woodstock," received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Already highly acclaimed since its release, especially at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival (Jury Prize, Audience Award), the spectacular and energetic film won "Flee", an animated documentary about the journey of an Afghan refugee.
- Hairstyles
Winner: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
[*]Makeup
Winner: Cruella
[*]Props
Winner: Dune
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
The Trail of Lost Souls
The Power of the Dog
[*]Best Song
Winner: "No Time to Die" ("No Time to Die"), Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell[BR]"Be Alive" ("King Richard"), Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson[BR]"Dos Oruguitas" ("Encanto"), Lin-Manuel Miranda[BR]"Down to Joy" ("Belfast"), Van Morrison[BR]"Somehow You Do" ("Four Good Days"), Diane Warren
[*]Music
Don't Look Up
Dune
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
[*]Short Film Live Action
Winner: The Long Goodbye
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
The Dress
On My Mind
Please Hold
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