OSCARS. The Oscars crowned “Coda” Best Picture and Jane Campion Best Director on March 27, 2022. The ceremony was marred by Will Smith’s slap in the face of Chris Rock. Awards and highlights of the 2022 evening.
09:03 – What you need to know about Coda, big winner of the evening
Coda created the surprise by winning the Oscar for best film against The Power of the Dog, Dune Where West Side Story, favorites. This feature film is a Franco-American production adapted from The Aries family. It thus tells the daily life of a young hearing girl within a family of deaf-mutes, all played by concerned actors. The feature film can be streamed on AppleTV+. Troy Kotsur, who plays the father of the family, also won the Oscar for best actor in a supporting role.
08:44 – Oscars 2022 snubs
Each year, the Oscars reward the best of American cinema. And like every year, many films do not win the expected statuettes. The quality of the selection this year was hailed by many observers, so we knew that the winners were going to be disappointed. Whereas Coda won the Best Picture Oscar, The Power of the Dog left almost empty-handed. Out of 12 nominations, Jane Campion’s film won “only” the Oscar for best director. West Side Story only had one performance award for Ariana DeBose, while Belfast walked away with the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Duneswho was nominated 10 times without having a citation for the Oscar for best achievement, however left with six awards, making it one of the big winners of the evening. The Williams Method also had only one prize, that of the best actor for Will Smith.
08:32 – “Drive my car” unsurprisingly wins the Oscar for best foreign film
Also nominated in the Best Film and Best Direction categories, it’s no surprise that the Japanese film drive my car won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. However, he did not achieve the same combo as Parasite in 2020, since the South Korean film had also won the Oscar for best film and best direction.
08:20 – Encanto crowned best animated film
Among the prizes awarded during the evening, the animated film Encanto won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It was facing other Disney Studios movies, like Luke (Pixar) or Raya and the last dragon. Were also competing in this category Flee and The Mitchells vs. the Machines.
08:05 – Who is Troy Kotsur, Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor?
Troy Kotsur won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Coda. He is an American actor and director, himself deaf. In the past, we could see him in a few roles, such as the film The number 23 or series Scrubs, The Manhattan Experts Where Criminal minds. He also appeared in an episode of The Mandalorian. Coda is the film that should really open the doors of the cinema to him since his interpretation of a deaf father in the feature film has earned him numerous awards.
07:45 – Relive the highlights of the Oscars ceremony in pictures
Each year, the Oscars offer a real show that makes it an unmissable event for moviegoers. In our slideshow below, we offer you a summary of the evening and its highlights, including the winners, in pictures.
07:32 – Portrait of Ariana DeBose, Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Anita in the remake West Side Story by Steven Spielberg. Previously, we had been able to see this 31-year-old American actress and singer in the musical hamilton and in the movie The Prom on Netflix.
07:17 – Why did Will Smith get mad at Chris Rock?
Chris Rock’s joke to Jada Pinkett-Smith didn’t amuse Will Smith at all, who got up to punch the comedian in response. Indeed, his wife suffers from alopecia, which forced her to shave her head, and he did not appreciate that Chris Rock compared her to Demi Moore, bald in the film On equal terms.
07:00 – Video of Will Smith banging Chris Rock on stage
It was certainly the moment that will be remembered to talk about the 2022 Oscars. Will Smith got up to punch Chris Rock in the middle of the ceremony, while the comedian made a joke about his wife. Below, BFM TV invites you to review the sequence which is sure to cause controversy:
06:45 – Chris Rock will not press charges against Will Smith
According to information from Variety, citing the LAPD, Chris Rock “refused to press charges” against Will Smith after he punched him during the 2022 Oscars. became aware of an incident between two individuals during the evening of the Oscars, one of them having slapped the other. The latter has refused to file a complaint for the moment.
06:31 – What happened between Will Smith and Chris Rock?
The 2022 Oscars were disrupted by Will Smith’s intervention… And not in a good way! As Chris Rock jokes about the shaved head of the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, the Oscar-winning comedian for The Williams Method gets up and punches the comedian in the face without further warning. He then shouts, “Leave my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!” The sequence caused unease in the assembly. Later, when he received the Oscar for best actor, Will Smith apologized to the Academy and the other nominees, before recalling his role as protector and father of the family. He had tears in his eyes.
06:19 – Why Ariana DeBose’s Oscar is historic?
In all respects, the Oscar for best actress in a supporting role received by Ariana DeBose for her role in West Side Story is historic. First, he crowns an openly queer actress for the first time, since the young woman has clarified in the past that she is part of the LGBTQ+ community. Above all, she won the Oscar for best actress for her role as Anita, exactly 60 years after Rita Moreno won this award… for the same role!
06:17 – Dune won six Oscars
Dune is perhaps the big winner of the 2022 Oscars: if it did not win any statuettes in the queen categories, it is the film which won the most prizes since it left with six Oscars: Oscar de Best cinematography, best editing, best sound, best sets, best original music and best special effects.
06:08 – Where to see Coda, Best Picture Oscar?
Coda was crowned Best Film at the 2022 Oscars, creating general surprise since it beat the favorite, The Power of the Dog. The feature film is already visible to subscribers of the AppleTV + streaming platform, since the film has not been released in cinemas in France.
Each year, the Oscars reward the best of American cinema. The 94th ceremony took place on Sunday, March 27, 2022 live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Coda was crowned best picture, while Will Smith and Jessica Chastain won the Oscars for best actor and best actress. Jane Campion won the Oscar for Best Director. Below, discover the complete winners of the Oscars 2022:
Usually, the Oscars are broadcast live and unencrypted on Canal+. This is also the case for the 2022 ceremony, which is broadcast on the night of March 27 to 28, 2022 between 11:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. If you missed the ceremony and want to watch it in replay, know that it is available for streaming on the MyCanal site as soon as it ends. All you have to do is subscribe to the platform and the Canal channel package to have access to it.