It was an Academy Awards with more drama than even the organisers expected but the beautiful film CODA finally got its moment in the sun winning Best Picture while Dune took out six awards.
The biggest night in Hollywood had many highs and lows, with Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer coming together to host the event, joined by an incredible cast of presenters that as always had awkward moments as some struggled with the teleprompter and timing.
The glitz and glam of the red carpet carried over into the show with incredible live performances of the songs nominated for best original song, such as the soft folk song fromEncanto,Dos Oruguitas.
Of course, there were the lows, with eight awards being announced in the hour prior to the show starting, however, there was an attempt to make up for it with brief announcements followed by even shorter speeches so that the Academy rightfully acknowledged some of the most technical awards on offer.
That was whereDunecleaned up winning four of the eight awards that had received a snub by ABC and The Academy executives, including Best Editing and Best Score.
The other major low of the night, and the most talked-about moment of the entire ceremony was the altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock, debate raged on for close to an hour between the altercation occurring and Smith winning the Oscar for Best Actorabout whether the incident was staged or genuine or if Smith should be removed from the venue but considering Smith's speech it's safe to say the incident was real.
CODAgoing three from three was the biggest high of the night, starting with Troy Kostur's Best Supporting Actor win, becoming the second deaf actor to win an Academy Award. From his beautiful speech in ASL to the heartwarming moment between Kostur and presenter Youn Yuh-jung it was a moment that overshadowed much of the early show.
The second win for Best Adapted Screenplay, putCODAin an excellent position to win Best Picture just asDune's technical wins and Jane Campion's win for Best Director forThe Power of the Dogconfirmed the final award would be a three-horse race.
Then there was Jessica Chastain who took out the Best Actress award for her role as Tammy Faye Bakker in the filmIn the Eyes of Tammy Faye. Chastain gave a powerful speech sending out a message of love, especially to the LGBT+ community.
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94th Academy Award Nominees and Winners
Best Picture
CODA – Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger
Belfast – Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas
Don't Look Up – Adam McKay and Kevin Messick
Drive My Car – Teruhisa Yamamoto
Dune – Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter
King Richard – Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith
Licorice Pizza – Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson
Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier
West Side Story – Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger
Best Director
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Best Actor
Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick... Boom! as Jonathan Larson
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers as Janis Martínez Moreno
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball
Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales
Best Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog as George Burbank
J. K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos as William Frawley
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter as Young Leda Caruso
Judi Dench – Belfast as Granny
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price
Best Original Screenplay
Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
Don't Look Up – Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay and David Sirota
King Richard – Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person in the World – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Best Adapted Screenplay
CODA – Sian Heder; based on the original motion picture screenplay La Famille Bélier written by Victoria Bedos, Thomas Bidegain, Stanislas Carré de Malberg and Éric Lartigau
Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe; based on the short story by Haruki Murakami
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal; based on the novel by Elena Ferrante
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage
Best Animated Feature Film
Encanto – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte de la Gournerie
Luca – Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon – Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Best International Feature Film
Drive My Car (Japan) in Japanese – directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Flee (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
The Hand of God (Italy) in Italian – directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan) in Dzongkha – directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
The Worst Person in the World (Norway) in Norwegian – directed by Joachim Trier
Best Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
Ascension – Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
Attica – Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte de la Gournerie
Writing with Fire – Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Queen of Basketball – Ben Proudfoot
Audible – Matthew Ogens and Geoff McLean
Lead Me Home – Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
Three Songs for Benazir – Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
When We Were Bullies – Jay Rosenblatt
Best Live Action Short Film
The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run – Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
The Dress – Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
On My Mind – Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
Please Hold – K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
Best Animated Short Film
The Windshield Wiper – Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Affairs of the Art – Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
Bestia – Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
Boxballet – Anton Dyako
Robin Robin – Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
Best Original Score
Dune – Hans Zimmer
Don't Look Up – Nicholas Britell
Encanto – Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
Best Original Song
"No Time to Die" from No Time to Die – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
"Be Alive" from King Richard – Music and lyrics by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
"Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto – Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
"Down to Joy" from Belfast – Music and lyrics by Van Morrison
"Somehow You Do" from Four Good Days – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
Best Sound
Dune – Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
Belfast – Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
No Time to Die – Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
The Power of the Dog – Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
West Side Story – Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy
Best Production Design
Dune – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Nightmare Alley – Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
The Power of the Dog – Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
West Side Story – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo
Best Cinematography
Dune – Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley – Dan Laustsen
The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
Coming 2 America – Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
Cruella – Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
Dune – Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
House of Gucci – Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras
Best Costume Design
Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
Dune – Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan
Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira
West Side Story – Paul Tazewell
Best Film Editing
Dune – Joe Walker
Don't Look Up – Hank Corwin
King Richard – Pamela Martin
The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras
Tick, Tick... Boom! – Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
Best Visual Effects
Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
No Time to Die – Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
Spider-Man: No Way Home – Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick