The 2022 Oscars made history on Sunday after Ariana Debose became the first openly queer actor to win one of the major four acting awards, a streaming service picked up Best Picture, and for the first time in the Academy's 94-year history, a women won Best Director for the second year in a row.
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But the night was sullied when Will Smith appeared to attack Chris Rock live on stage after a comment about Will's wife Jada; he apologized during a tearful acceptance speech as he won his first acting Oscar just moments later.
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Ariana, the star of West Side Story, was the first winner of the night and she spoke of her identity as a queer Puerto Rican women. "Now you see why Anita sings 'I want to be in America,' because even in this world we live in, dreams do come true and that is a heartening thing right now,' she said.
"You see an openly queer woman of color who found her stregth in life through art," she concluded.
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Jane Campion picked up Best Director for The Power of the Dog, making her the third female winner ever and making 2022 the first year women have won back-to-back.
Troy Kotsur was considered a sure thing to become the second deaf actor ever to win an Academy Award for his performance in CODA - his co-star Marlee Matlin was the first deaf winner at the Oscars for 1986's Children of a Lesser God - and he gave a moving speech, thamking his father.
Ariana Debose became the first openly queer actor to win one of the major four awards
Apple TV+ distributed the film, making it the first time a streaming service has conquered Hollywood's most coveted film prize.
Elsewhere, Kenneth Branagh broke the record for being the first individual nominated in seven different categories throughout his career, and he finally took home a statue, winning Best Original Screenplay for Belfast.
CODA wins Best Picture
Oscar winners 2022:
Best Picture
Belfast
CODA - WINNER
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake was up for Best Picture
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) - WINNER
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick...BOOM!)
Will Smith (King Richard) - WINNER
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Will Smith won for his performance in King Richard
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) - WINNER
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (CODA) - WINNER
Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
J.K Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) - WINNER
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
West Side Story's Ariana DeBose also won for Best Supporting Actress
International Feature Film
Drive My Car - WINNER
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
Animated Feature Film
Encanto - WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Encanto won Best Animinated Feature
Original Screenplay
Belfast - WINNER
Don’t Look Up
The Worst Person in the World
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Adapted Screenplay
Coda - WINNER
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
The Lost Daughter was up for Best Adapted Screenplay but lost to CODA
Costume Design
Cruella - WINNER
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Cruella received a nod - and won - for Best Costume Design
Original Score
Don’t Look Up
Dune - WINNER
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Film Editing
Don’t Look Up
Dune - WINNER
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick…BOOM!
Makeup and Hairstyling
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye - WINNER
House of Gucci
House of Gucci missed out on any major categories but was nominated for Makeup and Hairstyling
Cinematography
Dune - WINNER
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Documentary Feature
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - WINNER
Writing with Fire
Best Documentary Short Subject
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball - WINNER
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Visual Effects
Dune - WINNER
Free Guy
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Dune picked up almost every technical win possible
Production Design
Dune - WINNER
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Sound
Belfast
Dune - WINNER
No Time To Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Original Song
Be Alive by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (King Richard)
No Time To Die by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (No Time To Die) WINNER
Dos Oruguitas by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
Down to Joy by Van Morrison (Belfast)
Somehow You Do by Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
Animated Short Film
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper - WINNER
Live Action Short Film
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye - WINNER
On My Mind
Please Hold
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