Academy Awards

The 94th Academy Awards were presented Sunday and the event did not go without controversy. While the focus should have been on the award winners an unfortunate altercation erupted on stage.

Will Smith won best actor for his portrayal of Richard William, father of legendary tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, in King Richard. Smith won the award not 30 minutes after charging the stage and slapping presenter Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The joke was about Jada’s shaved head, Jada has been open about her struggles with alopecia and not being able to grow hair so the joke was not well received by the Smiths. After Smith returned to his seat he continued to yell at Rock which prompted the broadcast team to mute the program for viewers at home. The win should have been much bigger for Will as it was his first Oscar win 23 years after his first nomination but it was overshadowed by the incident with Rock.

The Academy Awards released a statement shortly after the incident occurred.


But, as the Hollywood saying goes the show must go on, and it did thankfully without any more outbursts.

Here are the nominees and winners for 2022.

Best Picture

  • CODA — Winner
  • Belfast
  • Don’t Look Up
  • Drive My Car
  • Dune
  • King Richard
  • Licorice Pizza
  • Nightmare Alley
  • The Power of the Dog
  • West Side Story

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Will Smith, King Richard— Winner
  • Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
  • Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!
  • Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye — Winner
  • Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
  • Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
  • Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
  • Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Animated Feature Film

  • Encanto — Winner
  • Flee
  • Luca
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  • Raya and the Last Dragon

Cinematography

  • Dune, Greig Fraser — Winner
  • Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
  • The Power of the Dog, Ari Wegner
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth,  Bruno Delbonnel
  • West Side Story, Janusz Kaminski

Directing

  • Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog — Winner
  • Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
  • Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
  • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
  • Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Documentary Feature

  • Summer of Soul  — Winner
  • Ascension (Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell)
  • Attica
  • Flee
  • Writing With Fire

Documentary Short Subject

  • The Queen of Basketball — Winner
  • Audible
  • Lead Me Home
  • Three Songs for Benazir
  • When We Were Bullies

International Feature Film

  • Drive My Car (Japan) — Winner
  • Flee (Denmark)
  • The Hand of God (Italy)
  • Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
  • The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Original Song

  • No Time To Die”  (No Time To Die)— Winner
  • “Be Alive” (King Richard)
  • “Dos Oruguitas”  (Encanto)
  • “Down To Joy” (Belfast)
  • “Somehow You Do” (Four Good Days)

Production Design

  • Dune, Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos — Winner
  • Nightmare Alley, Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
  • The Power of the Dog, Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth, Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
  • West Side Story, Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Visual Effects

  • Dune, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer — Winner
  • Free Guy, Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
  • No Time to Die, Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home, Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh — Winner
  • Coming 2 America, Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
  • Cruella, Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
  • Dune, Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
  • House of Gucci, Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Film Editing

  • Dune, Joe Walker — Winner
  • Don’t Look Up, Hank Corwin
  • King Richard, Pamela Martin
  • The Power of the Dog, Peter Sciberras
  • tick, tick…BOOM! Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Troy Kotsur, CODA — Winner
  • Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
  • Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
  • J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Ariana DeBose, West Side Story — Winner
  • Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
  • Judi Dench, Belfast
  • Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
  • Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Live-Action Short Film

  • The Long Goodbye — Winner
  • Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
  • The Dress
  • On My Mind
  • Please Hold

Animated Short Film

  • The Windshield Wiper— Winner
  • Affairs of the Art
  • Bestia
  • Boxballet
  • Robin Robin

Original Screenplay

  • Belfast (Kenneth Branagh) — Winner
  • Don’t Look Up (Screenplay by Adam McKay and story by Adam McKay and David Sirota)
  • King Richard (Zach Baylin)
  • Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  • The Worst Person in the World (Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier)

Adapted Screenplay

  • Siân Heder, CODA — Winner
  • Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
  • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
  • Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Original Score

  • Dune Hans Zimmer — Winner
  • Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
  • Encanto, Germaine Franco
  • Parallel Mothers, Alberto Iglesias
  • The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood

Sound

  • Dune, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett — Winner
  • Belfast, Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
  • No Time to Die, Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
  • The Power of the Dog, Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
  • West Side Story, Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Costume Design

  • Cruella, Jenny Beavan — Winner
  • Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
  • Dune, Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
  • Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira
  • West Side Story, Paul Tazewell

The event was hosted by Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall. It makes the first time the award show has had multiple hosts since 2011. It was a historic night for the Coda team as the film took home all three awards it was nominated for including best picture. Troy Kotsure won best supporting actor for his role in the film. Kotsure is the first Deaf male actor to win an Oscar.

This was the first ‘normal’ Academy Awards show post-pandemic with only a few protocols remaining in place. Presenters only had to be tested but were not required to show proof of vaccination. Attending guests were required to show either proof of vaccination or a medical exemption form.

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