The 94th Academy Awards was held today (on March 28, 2022, IST) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Las Vegas. Hollywood actor Will Smith received the 'Best Actor' award for his film 'King Richard, while Jessica Chastain became the 'Best Actress' for 'The Eyes Of Tammy Faye'. 'CODA' became 2022's 'Best Picture' and Jane Campion won the 'Best Director' award for the movie 'The Power Of The Dog'. And as per the tradition, all the stars celebrated their win at the Governor's Ball - an official post-Oscars celebration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Every year, the Governor's Ball merge food, fashion, music, art and design, making it a one-of-a-kind affair of the year.
Oscars - 2022
Like every year, celebrated chef Wolfgang Puck and his Wolfgang Puck Catering returned to set up an exquisite menu for the attendees at the after-party. But this year, they were not alone. Chef Wolfgang collaborated with Bronx-based culinary collective Ghetto Gastro for the Oscars 2022
Oscars 2022 was held on March 28, 2022.
Academy Awards is followed by a post Oscars party - Governor's Ball.
- 2022 Oscar for 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. 2022 Oscar for Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog — WINNER, Kenneth Branagh, Belfast, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car, Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza, Steven Spielberg, West Side Story .
- 2022 Oscar for Best Actor: 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. 2022 Oscar for Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye — WINNER, Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter, Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers, Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos, Kristen Stewart, Spencer. 2022 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor: 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. 2022 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress: 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.
- 2022 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay: Belfast, Kenneth Branagh — WINNER, Don't Look Up, Adam McKay, King Richard, Zack Baylin, Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Worst Person in the World, Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, 2022 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay: CODA, Sian Heder — WINNER, Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Dune, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth, The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion, 2022 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film: Encanto — WINNER, Flee, Luca, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Raya and the Last Dragon, 2022 Oscar for Best 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)
- 2022 Oscar for Best Documentary – Feature: Summer of Soul — WINNER, Ascension, Attica, Flee, Writing with Fire, 2022 Oscar for Best Documentary – Short Subject: The Queen of Basketball — WINNER, Audible, Lead Me Home, Three Songs for Benazir, When We Were Bullies, 2022 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film: The Long Goodbye — WINNER, Ala Kachuu – Take and Run, The Dress, On My Mind, Please Hold, 2022 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film: The Windshield Wiper — WINNER, Affairs of the Art, Bestia, Boxballet, Robin Robin, 2022 Oscar for Best Original Score: Dune — WINNER, Don't Look Up, Encanto, Parallel Mothers, The Power of the Dog.
- 2022 Oscar for Best 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, 2022 Oscar for Best Sound: Dune — WINNER, Belfast, No Time to Die, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, 2022 Oscar for Best Production Design: Dune — WINNER, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The Tragedy of Macbeth, West Side Story, 2022 Oscar for Best Cinematography: Dune — WINNER, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The Tragedy of Macbeth, West Side Story, 2022 Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling: The Eyes of Tammy Faye — WINNER, Coming 2 America, Cruella, Dune, House of Gucci, 2022 Oscar for Best Costume Design: Cruella — WINNER, Cyrano, Dune, Nightmare Alley, West Side Story, 2022 Oscar for Best Film Editing: Dune — WINNER, Don't Look Up,King Richard, The Power of the Dog, tick, tick...BOOM!, 2022 Oscar for Best Visual Effects: Dune — WINNER, Free Guy, No Time to Die, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home.
The 94th Academy Awards will be remembered for the wins by Coda in the best picture, best adapted screenplay, and best supporting actor categories, making it the second best picture winner in a row to be directed by a woman, and the first to be ... oh, who am I kidding? Sunday night's Oscars ceremony could be remembered for those things. Let's hope it is. But, most of all, it will be remembered for the almost unbelievable moment when Will Smith strode onto the stage, slapped Chris Rock in the face, and bellowed, "Keep my wife's name out of your [expletive] mouth!"
