Oscars 2022

The Power of the Dog may have lead the pack when it came to nominations, but the big winner of the night was the understated CODA.

Making a political statement in support of Ukraine, Youn Yuh-Jung presented the dapper Troy Kotsur with his award whilst wearing a #withrefugees blue ribbon pinned to her Chanel dress. Hans Zimmer’s win for best original score for Dune further cements his place in the film scoring firmament. As a musical event, the ceremony itself left much to be desired. Kotsur acknowledged the heroes of signing in his own life, both at home and at work. He offers a run-of-the-mill portrayal as the earnest, slightly cracked but sincere hustling father of the Williams sisters. Everything he does is in his face – he tries to convince us with his eyes, with twitches of his cheeks, with stern or soft intonations of the voice, running through the gamut of expected mannerisms. In the Heights unfortunately missed out on any nominations even though it deserved some in the technical categories. But with best picture decided by preferential ballot (unlike the other awards), it makes sense that a sweet and inoffensive movie could sneak through. The standout exception remains moments where a speech takes us outside the expected norm. By contrast, the choreographed segments can be arranged so that audiences notice and recall them. Is it the best film from 2021? CODA is comfort cinema, firmly situated in the entertainment camp.

So that was Oscars 2022, or, as the Academy possibly refers to it: “The Oscars where absolutely nothing strange happened, and how was the play, Mrs Lincoln?

So maybe that’s the right opinion: it’s a weird time so it was a weird Oscars. That seemed like a nice gentle take to end the evening on. 3. No one in the auditorium knew at first whether this was all a joke or not, and nor, it seemed, did Smith. I watched his reaction to Rock’s joke and at first he laughed. But there was a mid-show “moment of silence” (and hashtag) for Ukraine, which, by a remarkable coincidence, lasted exactly the same amount of time as was needed for the stagehands to change the set. But you know, all this,” he said, gesturing around the party, “is pretty strange, and everyone’s feeling so riled up and strange, and everything’s kinda nuts. Just as I was about to give up and go home, I spotted Jesse Plemons, on whom I harbour a quiet and not entirely professional crush. So instead I went up to Mr Serena, AKA Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit. What Reddit threads was he expecting to see on tonight’s awards? It was shortly after the moment of silence that The Incident happened. Unlike that silly war, which no one knows about, because it’s, like, super far away and not even on the front of Variety. “I am not afraid to go there,” Schumer carried on bravely, “but it’s not me producing the Oscars.” Only a brain that has been severely corroded with too much Botox or narcissism would think that a politician in the middle of a literal actual war is waiting for a call from the Academy. “Oh please, Amy Schumer,” Zelenskiy is no doubt thinking right now, in between walking through bombed-out hospitals and asking for more foreign aid, “Please make me a star at the Oscars! Can I send in my audition tape?” It was the weirdest instance of gaslighting I had ever experienced – until half an hour later, when Smith won the best actor Oscar, and implied in his speech that his attack was all part of God’s plan and he had merely been “protecting” his family. “Too many awards” was never going to be the takeaway of the night. It’s almost enough to make you feel sorry for the Academy: it spends decades trying to find ways to make the Oscars interesting, only for them to become interesting in a way it really didn’t want them to be.

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I don’t think that was the place to be so violent. It was a place to celebrate. This is a beautiful moment and I’m not crying for winning an award. A member of the Academy told the BBC: “I woke up so bummed about what Will Smith did. To me, he stole the limelight. “Oh, wow!

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Jane Campion is seen as the frontrunner for Best Picture and Best Director for The Power of the Dog. Predicted to break The Power of the Dog's streak is Troy Kotsur in the Best Supporting actor category for CODA. Kotsur is the first deaf male actor to win a SAG award, a Bafta and a Critics' Choice award which puts him in good stead. - The Power of the Dog However this year, the 2,500 guests — including nominees — will be required to show proof of vaccination and at least two negative PCR tests. The Oscars 2022 are here: Here's how to watch them in Australia and who is hosting the event This year's Oscars are being held in person at the event's usual location: the Dolby Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.

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That probably won’t stop a lot of people from trying to draw conclusions anyway. It is not clear yet whether any effort to “fix” the Oscars telecast can really make a difference. Broadcast and cable viewership has fallen across the board decade as audiences move to on-demand options such as Netflix and Hulu. Save for live sporting events and Fox News prime time, Nielsen numbers for most titles are down 30 to 50 percent from five years ago.

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Right as the best picture nominees started to roll across the screen, Gaga leaned down to Minnelli and said, “I got you.” Minnelli replied, “I know.” It felt unscripted, but in a good way. Yet when the final award was given out — a triumphant best picture win for “CODA” — the ceremony had stretched to around three hours and 40 minutes. Then Kotsur took the stage and delivered such an emotional speech — with a heartbreaking dedication to his father, who lost his ability to sign after being paralyzed in an accident — that even his translator’s voice cracked with feeling. Just before 10 p.m., we did, in fact, talk about Bruno, in the first live performance of the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned TikTok bop that’s haunted the dreams of parents everywhere since the November release of “ Encanto.” The only problem? You knew you were in for the moment of the night when Youn announced Kotsur’s name in sign language she had learned for the moment. The triple-threat hosts Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes had the Dolby Theater buzzing with witty snipes, rapid-fire roasts and a “gay, gay, gay” nod to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill in their opening monologue. The singer’s opening performance of “Be Alive,” her Oscar-nominated song from “King Richard,” was a study in monochromatic extravagance, from dozens of key-lime-clad dancers, musicians and instruments to the setting itself, an equally bright tennis court in Compton, Calif., where Venus and Serena Williams got their start. In the end the telecast took a more low-key route: calling for a moment of silence via three cards of gold text on black backgrounds. Just minutes after he slapped Rock, Smith won his first Oscar, best actor, for playing the father of the tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in “King Richard.” Smith’s teary, heartfelt speech included apologies to the academy and his fellow nominees, though none directed at Chris Rock. “Art imitates life,” Smith said in his speech. The hint that maybe this wasn’t a red carpet just like it used to be started with Timothée Chalamet’s entrance — shirtless, in an embroidered Louis Vuitton tuxedo, trousers and zip-up ankle boots — sped up with Zendaya’s appearance in a cropped white shirt and sweeping silver-sequined skirt, and really took wing with Kristen Stewart in Chanel hot pants, white shirt unbuttoned to her navel and (after she walked the red carpet) flat loafers. “I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things.” Smith probably faces much more reckoning and reflection, but it was a start. And would the telecast be more entertaining — possibly even shorter — if several awards were moved to a preshow?