PremiumOscar 2022: The 94th Academy Awards are underway in Hollywood. Will Smith has won the Oscar for best actor for portarying Venus and Serena Williams' father Richard in the tennis biopic “King Richard".
Smith sparked controversy during the ceremony after he struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife.
Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith's tightly cropped hair to Demi Moore's appearance in the film "G.I. Jane" and suggesting she appear in a sequel.
In a moment that triggered awkward silence and confusion in the Dolby Theatre, Smith strode up to Rock and slapped him, before returning to his seat alongside Jada and shouting profanities.
"Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth," yelled Smith.
Here's all you need to know about Oscars 2022:
BEST PICTURE
"CODA" (Apple Original Films)
BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE
Will Smith in "King Richard"
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Troy Kotsur in "CODA"
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ariana DeBose in "West Side Story"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Encanto"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Dune" — Greig Fraser
BEST DIRECTING
"The Power of the Dog" — Jane Campion
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
"The Queen of Basketball"-Ben Proudfoot
BEST FILM EDITING
"Dune" — Joe Walker
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
"Drive My Car"--Japan
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
"Dune" — Hans Zimmer
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"No Time To Die" from "No Time to Die"
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
BEST SOUND
"Dune" — Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Dune" — Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer
BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
"Belfast" — Written by Kenneth Branagh
Jessica Chastain has won the 'Best Actress' Oscar award in a leading role for the film The Eye of Tammy Faye.
American actor Will Smith punched comedian Chris Rock after he got miffed at the latter's joke directed at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith during the 94th Academy Awards.
After slapping Rock, Smith walked back and used expletives, saying: "Keep my wife's name out of your *** mouth".
Film Dune has bagged its seventh award so far. The film has won the Oscars in the category of ‘Best Production Design’.
Will Smith, who has been nominated for best actor at the Oscars thrice, has finally bagged 'The Award' on Monday. The actor has won the award for his film 'King Richard', a biographical sports drama film. The film follows the life of Richard Williams, the father and coach of famed tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. "I hope the Academy invites me back," said Will Smith in his Oscar's speech.
Netflix Inc.’s “The Power of the Dog" won the best 'Directing' Oscar award on Monday. The Power of Dog is directed by Jane Campion.
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Film Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has bagged the Oscars for the 'Best Documentary Feature'. India's Writing With Fire was also nominated for the same category. Directed by Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, Writing With Fire is about the journalists running the Dalit women-led newspaper Khabar Lahariya.
Film Dune has bagged its 7th Oscars on Monday. Joe Walker won the Oscars for 'Fim editing'.
Watch Joe walk's speech at the Oscars 2022
Sian Heder wins the 'Best adapted screenplay' Oscar for film CODA.
Kenneth Branagh has won the Oscar for Belfast in the 'original screenplay' category.
Film Cruella has bagged the Oscar award for 'Best costume design'. The film is about the rebellious early days of cinema's most fashionable villains--the legendary Cruella de Vil.
Drive My Car is a 2021 Japanese film, primarily based on Haruki Murakami's short story of the same name from his 2014 collection Men Without Women.
Drive My Car earned four nominations at the 94th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay while winning the Best International Feature Film.
Film CODA's Troy Kotsur has begged the Oscars for the Best Actor in a supporting role. Kotsur, who spent much of his career working in theater, is the second deaf actor to win an Oscar, after Marlee Matlin’s 1987 win. Matlin played Kotsur’s wife in “CODA."
Encanto wins the best-animated feature award. Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studio, Encanto is the tale of an extraordinary family.
-Best Visual Effects
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Score
- Best Production Design
- Best Sound
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer have won the academy award for 'Best Visual Effects' for the film Dune.
Film Dune's Greig Fraser has won the Oscar for Best Cinematographer.
Actress Ariana DeBose has won the Oscar 2022 in the 'Best Supporting Actress' category for her role in the West Side Story.
DeBose played Anita in the new adaptation of the musical directed by Steven Spielberg. Rita Moreno won an Oscar for the same role in 1962. This is the first time actresses have won Oscars for playing the same part.
Dune wins the best achievement in sound, best production design, film editing, and best score. Dune is nominated for 10 awards.
Riz Ahmed, the British actor, and musician, has won his first Oscar for Aneil Karia’s live-action short film The Long Goodbye.
Spanish-American short film, The Windshield Wiper wins the Oscar award on Sunday.
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