Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27 returned for the 94th edition as the top films from the last year were honoured by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The award ceremony for the first time since 2018 had a host. Actresses Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes hosted the award ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night, March 27.
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Among other firsts, it was the first time the show was hosted by multiple personalities since Anne Hathaway and James Franco co-hosted the 83rd edition in 2011.
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Deaf family drama, Child Of Deaf Adults better known as “CODA” made history by becoming the first movie from a major streaming service, Apple TV+ to win an Oscar for best picture.
“CODA”, which centers on the only hearing member of a deaf family’s relationship with her parents and brother, has been heralded for its sensitive depiction of the disabled community and its use of deaf actors.
The movie ran the table, converting all three of its nominations into wins, nabbing a best supporting actor prize for Troy Kotsur and a best adapted screenplay honor for Sian Heder, who also directed the movie.
Also, Kotsur made history, becoming just the second deaf actor to win an Oscar. “Children of a Lesser God’s” Marlee Matlin, the only other deaf performer to win an Oscar and the actress who played his wife in “CODA,” looked on from the audience.
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“This is dedicated to the deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community,” Kotsur said. “This is our moment.”
Although streaming services like Apple TV+ and Netflix drew the most nominations, old-fashioned theatrical movies dominated much of the ceremony.
The big-budget, science-fiction blockbuster “Dune” won six Oscars, including one for Greig Fraser’s cinematography.
“Encanto,” released exclusively in theaters before moving to Disney+, was named best animated film.
“Dune,” a remake from Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment, pushed aside the Netflix western “The Power of the Dog.” “Dune,” an ambitious adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sprawling sci-fi novel, that had a leading six wins. All of its victories came in technical categories such as sound, score and editing.
Also, Will Smith won his first ever Oscars after being previously nominated for best actor in 2007 for “The Pursuit of Happyness” and in 2002 for “Ali.”
He was named best actor for his performance as Richard Williams, the hard-driving father of tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams, in “King Richard.”
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Unfortunately, his big night was overshadowed by a bizarre moment after Smith strode onstage from his seat and slapped comedian Chris Rock, who had just cracked a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
“Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait.” Rock said, a reference to her shaved head. She revealed her alopecia diagnosis in 2018. Demi Moore famously shaved her head to star in the 1997 film “G.I. Jane.”
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After the altercation, Smith returned to his seat and angrily shouted twice at Rock to “keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth”, using the expletive that was bleeped by ABC.
Rock tried to regain his composure, and a stunned audience, both in the theater and at home, tried to figure out what had happened.
The comedian recovered enough to present the best documentary award to “Summer of Soul.”
After winning his prize, Smith apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the non-profit behind the Oscars, and his fellow nominees, but also sought to explain his outburst.
He said;
Love will make you do crazy things. To do what we do, you got to be able to take abuse. You got to be able to have people talk crazy about you. In this business you got to be able to have people disrespecting you. And you got to smile, you got to pretend like that’s okay.
Moving on, Jessica Chastain earned best actress for her chameleonic turn as televangelist ‘Tammy Faye Bakker’ in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”
Best supporting actress went to Ariana DeBose for playing the passionate Anita in “West Side Story.” DeBose made history, becoming the first queer Afro-Latina actress to win an Oscar. She acknowledged that milestone in her speech, noting that her journey to the podium was an example of a person “..who found her strength in life through art.”
Meanwhile, Netflix had a leading 27 nominations going into the ceremony. It left with one win, for Jane Campion’s direction of “The Power of the Dog.”
She became only the third woman to earn the prize, joining a tiny club that also includes Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”).
Here is the full list of films, cast and crew that have taken home Oscars.
BEST PICTURE: CODA – Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger
The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman
Belfast – Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas
Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay, Kevin Messick
Dune – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve
Licorice Pizza – Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner
Drive My Car – Teruhisa Yamamoto
King Richard – Tim White, Trevor White, Will Smith
Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Toro, J Miles Dale, Bradley Cooper
West Side Story – Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Will Smith – King Richard
Javier Bardem – Being The Ricardos
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Troy Kotsur – CODA
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
JK Simmons – Being The Ricardos
Jesse Plemons – The Power Of The Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Dame Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
DIRECTING: Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
ANIMATED SHORT FILM: The Windshield Wiper – Alberto Mielgo, Leo Sanchez
Affairs Of The Art – Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
Bestia – Hugo Covarrubias, Tevo Díaz
BoxBallet – Anton Dyakov
Robin Robin – Dan Ojari, Mikey Please
COSTUME DESIGN: Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini, Jacqueline Durran
Dune – Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan
Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira
West Side Story – Paul Tazewell
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia, Riz Ahmed
Ala Kachuu (Take And Run) – Maria Brendle, Nadine Lüchinger
The Dress – Tadeusz Łysiak, Maciej Ślesicki
On My Mind – Martin Strange-Hansen, Kim Magnusson
Please Hold – KD Dávila, Levin Menekse
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE): Dune – Hans Zimmer
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, Ron Bartlett
Belfast – Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather, Niv Adiri
No Time To Die – Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey, Mark Taylor
The Power Of The Dog – Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie, Tara Webb
West Side Story – Tod A Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson, Shawn Murphy
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): CODA – Siân Heder
Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up – Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay, David Sirota
King Richard – Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person In The World – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Encanto – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström
Luca – Enrico Casarosa, Andrea Warren
The Mitchells Vs The Machines – Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Raya And The Last Dragon – Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Osnat Shurer, Peter Del Vecho
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dune – Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley – Dan Laustsen
The Power Of The Dog – Ari Wegner
The Tragedy Of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story – Janusz Kaminski
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Summer Of Soul – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
Ascension – Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell
Attica – Stanley Nelson, Traci A Curry
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie
Writing With Fire – Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: The Queen Of Basketball – Ben Proudfoot
Audible – Matt Ogens, Geoff McLean
Lead Me Home – Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk
Three Songs For Benazir – Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei
When We Were Bullies – Jay Rosenblatt
FILM EDITING: Dune – Joe Walker
Don’t Look Up – Hank Corwin
King Richard – Pamela Martin
The Power Of The Dog – Peter Sciberras
tick tick…BOOM! – Myron Kerstein, Andrew Weisblum
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
The Hand Of God (Italy)
Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom (Bhutan)
The Worst Person In The World (Norway)
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: The Eyes Of Tammy Faye – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
Coming 2 America – Mike Marino, Stacey Morris, Carla Farmer
Cruella – Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne, Julia Vernon
Dune – Donald Mowat, Love Larson, Eva von Bahr
House Of Gucci – Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock, Frederic Aspiras
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG): No Time To Die (No Time To Die) – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Be Alive (King Richard) – DIXSON, Beyonce Knowles
Dos Oruguitas (Encanto) – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Down To Joy (Belfast) – Van Morrison
Somehow You Do (Four Good Days) – Diane Warren
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Dune – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration; Zsuzsanna Sipos
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, Gerd Nefzer
Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Dan Sudick
No Time To Die – Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner, Chris Corbould
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings – Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker, Dan Oliver
Spider-Man: No Way Home – Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, Dan Sudick
