Oscars 2023 – Everything You Need To Know

Oscars always succeed in exciting the world and the film industry across the globe every year. The ceremony is full of fun with pieces of trouble, spells of emotion, and a bag of winners. So now, sit back to learn all about the Oscar ceremony.

The Oscars are the Academy Awards for the film industry’s artists, makers, and technicians. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents awards once a year in recognition of the achievements of the artists and technicians. The decision is made by voting by the members of the association. The Oscar awards are regarded highly by the American film industry and others worldwide. Interestingly the Oscar Statuette depicts a knight holding a crusader’s sword.

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Usually, the awards ceremony is conducted during Feb and March and is the oldest award function for entertainment. The first Oscar Award ceremony was held in 1929 and was telecasted on television for the first time in 1953. The other equivalent award ceremonies in America are Emmy Awards for television series and programs, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy awards for music.

History of Oscars

The Academy award ceremony was first held in 1929 on May 16 at a private dinner party at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with just 270 people as audience. The cost of the guest ticket for the 15-minute show then was $5. Fifteen artists, including directors and technicians, were awarded for their work released in 1927-28. The winners were announced to the media three months before the first ceremony. Later, from the second year and for almost ten years, the announcement was made precisely at 11:00 pm on the night of the ceremony.

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In 1940, the Los Angeles Times revealed the winners’ names before the ceremony began, becoming the reason for announcing the winners from a sealed envelope. History does have its crazy part. Interestingly, the name Oscar was registered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Yet, in Italy, the word Oscar refers to awards in any field.

How are the winners decided?

The AMPAS consists of more than 10,000 members from all 17 departments. These members of the relevant department decide the nominations. As the nominations are decided, the members of different departments, such as directors, producers, etc., cast their votes through the ballot system. The members are added every year due to the criticism of all-white acting nominees. The voting will begin a few days before the ceremony.

How The Oscars Work: From Nominations to Best Picture Voting

The voting for the 2023 Oscars opened on March 2 and closed on March 7, five days before the grand ceremony. So, once the votes are cast, the nominee who gets the most votes wins. After that, the nominees are ranked by preference by the voters. With more than 50% of the first-place votes in the first round, the film wins. Still, if none of the films receives that many votes, the one with the fewest first-place votes is removed, and those voters’ votes will be transferred to their second choices. The cycle continues until a movie receives a majority.

What is the Statuette of the Oscars?

The AMPAS held a dinner party at the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles shortly after it was founded in 1927 to lay out its objectives. One of the themes explored that evening was how to recognize exceptional filmmaking accomplishments and promote excellence in all phases of motion picture production. After deciding to start an annual award, the group focused on designing an appropriately regal trophy. MGM art director Cedric Gibbons created a figurine of a knight with a crusader’s sword standing on a film reel. The world-famous sculpture was created when the Academy brought in Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to bring the idea to life in three dimensions.

How the Oscars statuette is made

The Prestigious Knight

More than 3,000 statuettes have been given out since the first awards banquet on May 16, 1929, held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. In the Hudson Valley of New York, the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry casts new golden statuettes every January. Oscar stands 13½ inches tall and weighs around 8½ pounds. The five spokes on the film reel stand for the five founding branches of the Academy:

Authors
Producers
Technicians
Directors
Actors

Although the statuette still reflects the original design, the base size kept changing until the current standard was set in 1945.

Oscar is a more popular nickname for the statuette, also known as the Academy Award of Merit. Although the origins of the name Oscar are unclear, a well-known myth claims that Margaret Herrick, an Academy librarian who would later become executive director, remarked that the trophy reminded her of her uncle, Oscar, when she saw them the first time. But the name wasn’t adopted by the Academy until 1939. However, the name was widely known in due course, and Sidney Skolsky, a Hollywood columnist, used it in a story about Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress victory in 1934.

What are the statuettes made of?

The statuettes have a 24-karat gold finish over solid bronze construction. For three years, Oscars were fashioned of painted plaster due to a lack of metal during World War II. The Academy offered recipients the opportunity to exchange their plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones after the war.

Quick Facts about the Statuette

Official Name: Academy Award of Merit
Height: 13 .5 inches
Weight: 8.5 pounds
Material: Bronze coated with 24-karat gold
Number of Awards Presented: 3,140
First Recipient: Emil Jannings named Best Actor for “ The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh” in 1929.
Design: A knight holding a crusader’s sword on a film reel with five spokes that signifies the five branches of the Academy, such as actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers. The statuette was designed without any reference to any model.

Oscar 2023

The 95th Academy Awards was held at Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on March 12, 2023, honoring the movies released in 2022.

Winners and Nominees 2023

Category	Winner	Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role	Brenden Fraser- The Whale	Austin Butler –Elvis Colin Farrell- The Banshees of Inisherin Paul Mescal- Aftersun Bill Nighy – Living
Actress in a Leading Role	Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once	Angela Bassett –Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hong Chau –The Whale Kerry Condon –The Banshees of Inisherin Stephanie Hsu– Everything Everywhere All at Once
Actor in a Supporting Role	Ke Huy Quan- Everything Everywhere All at Once	Brendan Gleeson-The Banshees of Inisherin Brian Tyree Henry-Causeway Judd Hirsch-The Fabelmans Barry Keoghan-The Banshees of Inisherin
Actress in a Supporting Role	Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once	Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hong Chau – The Whale Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Animated Feature film	Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio– Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley	Marcel The Shell With the Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, and Paul Mezey Puss In The Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift The Sea Beast – Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger Turning Red – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
Best Cinematography	All Quiet On the Western Front – James Friend	Bardo, False Chronicle Of a Handful Of Truths – Darius Khondji Elvis – Mandy Walker Empire Of Light – Roger Deakins Tar – Florian Hoffmeister
Costume Design	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter	Babylon– Mary Zophres Elvis – Catherine Martin Everything Everywhere All At Once – Shirley Kurata Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris – Jenny Beavan
Directing	Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert	The Banshees of Inisherin– Martin McDonagh The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg Tar – Todd Field Triangle of Sadness -Ruben Östlund
Documentary Feature Film	Navalny – Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris	All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer All The Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov Fire Of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman A House Made Of Splinters – Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellstrom
Documentary Short Film	The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga	Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev How Do You Measure A Year? – Jay Rosenblatt The Martha Mitchell effect – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison Stranger at the Gate – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Film Editing	Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers	The Banshees of Inisherin– Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Elvis – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond Tar – Monika Willi Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton
International Feature Film	All Quiet On The Western Front – Germany	Argentina, 1985 – Argentina Close – Belgium EO – Poland The Quiet Girl – Ireland
Makeup And Hairstyling	The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Annemarie Bradley	All Quiet On The Western Front – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow Elvis – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti
Music (Original Score)	All Quiet On the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann	Babylon – Justin Hurwitz The Banshees Of Inisherin – Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All At Once – Son Lux The Fabelmans – John Williams
Music (Original Song)	Naatu Naatu – RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose	Applause – Tell It like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren Hold My Hand – Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop Lift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler This Is A Life – Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
Best Picture	Everything Everyone All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang, Producers	All Quiet On The Western Front – Malte Grunert, Producer Avatar: The Way Of Water – James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers The Banshees Of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, Producers Elvis – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, Producers The Fabelmans – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers Tár – Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers Top Gun: Maverick – Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers Triangle Of Sadness – Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers Women Talking – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand, Producers
Production Design	All Quiet On The Western Front – Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper	Avatar: The Way Of Water – Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole Babylon – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino Elvis – Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn The Fabelmans – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Short Film (Animated)	The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, And The Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud	The Flying Sailor – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano My Year Of Dicks – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon
Short Film (Live-Action)	An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White	Ivalu – Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan Le Pupille – Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón Night Ride – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen The Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad
Sound	Top Gun: Maverick – Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor	All Quiet On The Western Front – Viktor Prasil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte Avatar: The Way Of Water – Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges The Batman – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson Elvis – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller
Visual Effects	Avatar: The Way Of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett	All Quiet On The Western Front – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)	Women Talking – Screenplay by Sarah Polley	All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson Living – Kazuo Ishiguro Top Gun: Maverick – Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
Writing (Original Screenplay)	Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert	The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner Tar – Todd Field Triangle Of Sadness – Ruben Ostlund
Academy Honorary Awards	Euzhan Palcy Diane Warren Peter Weir
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award	Michael J. Fox

Presenters

Name	Role
Sylvia Villagran	Announcer for the 95th Academy Awards.
Emily Blunt Dwayne Johnson	Presented the award for Best Animated Feature.
Ariana DeBose Troy Kotsur	Presented the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
Cara Delevingne	Introduced the performance of “Applause.”
Riz Ahmed Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson	Presented the award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Live Action Short Film.
Halle Bailey Melissa McCarthy	Presented preview for The Little Mermaid.
Michael B. Jordan Jonathan Majors	Presented the award for Best Cinematography.
Donnie Yen	Introduced the performance of “This Is a Life.“
Jennifer Connelly Samuel L. Jackson	Presented the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Morgan Freeman Margot Robbie	Presented the Warner Bros. 100 Years Tribute.
Paul Dano Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Presented the award for Best Costume Design.
Deepika Padukone	Introduced the performance of “Naatu Naatu.“
Eva Longoria Janet Yang	Presented at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Antonio Banderas Salma Hayek Pinault	Presented the award for Best International Feature Film.
Elizabeth Olsen Pedro Pascal	Presented the awards for Best Documentary Short Film and Best Animated Short Film.
Lady Gaga	Introduced the performance of Hold My Hand.
Hugh Grant Andie MacDowell	Presented the award for Best Production Design.
John Cho Mindy Kaling	Presented the award for Best Original Score.
Elizabeth Banks	Presented the award for Best Visual Effects.
Danai Gurira	Introduced the performance of Lift Me Up.
Andrew Garfield Florence Pugh	Presented the awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Kate Hudson Janelle Monae	Presented the award for Best Sound and Best Original Song.
John Travolta	Presented the “In Memoriam” segment.
Zoe Saldana Sigourney Weaver	Presented the award for Best Film Editing.
Idris Elba Nicole Kidman	Presented the award for Best Director.
Halle Berry Jessica Chastain	Presented the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.
Harrison Ford	Presented the award for Best Picture.

Performers

Name	Role	Performance
Rickey Minor	Music director	Orchestral
Sofia Carson Diane Warren	Performers	“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman
David Byrne Stephanie Hsu Son Lux	Performers	“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kaala Bhairava Rahul Sipligunj	Performers	“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
Lady Gaga	Performer	“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
Rihanna	Performer	“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Lenny Kravitz	Performer	“Calling All Angels” during the annual “In Memoriam” tribute

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Oscar 2023 Highlights

Everything Everywhere All At Once won seven Awards at the Oscars, including Best Picture.
Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian to win the Best Actress for “ The Whale”.
The Daniels are the third duo to win the Oscars in direction.
The nominees wore blue ribbons to support the refugees who fled war, persecution, and conflict.
Brendon Fraser wins the Best actor award.
Oscars paid tribute to the artists who passed away in the past year.
The song Naatu Naatu from RRR won Best Original Song.
Rihanna took the stage and performed “Lift me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Lady Gaga impressed the audience with “Hold My Hand”.
Jamie Lee won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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Oscar 2022

Category	Winner	Nominees
Actor In a Leading Role	Will Smith- King Richard	Javier Bardem- Being the Ricardos Benedict Cumberbatch-The Power of the Dog Andrew Garfeild-tick, tick…BOOM! Denzel Washington-The Tragedy of Macbeth
Actor In a Supporting Role	Troy Kotsur – Coda	Ciaran Hinds – Belfast Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog J.K. Simmons –Being the Ricardos Kodi Smit-Mcphee – The Power of the Dog
Actress In a Leading Role	Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Actress In a Supporting Role	Ariana Debose- West Side Story	Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter Judi Dench – Belfast Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Animated Feature Film	Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, and Clark Spencer – Encanto	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
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 Kaminski
Costume Design	Cruella– Jenny Beavan	Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran Dune – Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan Nightmare Alley – Luís Sequeira West Side Story– Paul Tazewell
Directing	The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion	Belfast – Kenneth Branagh Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson West Side Story – Steven Spielberg
Documentary (Feature)	Summer Of Soul – 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
Documentary (Short Subject)	The Queen Of Basketball – Ben Proudfoot	Audible – Matt 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
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
International Feature Film	Drive My Car – Japan	Flee – Denmark The Hand Of God – Italy Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom – Bhutan The Worst Person In The World – Norway
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 – Goran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock, and Frederic Aspiras
Music (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
Music (Original Song)	No Time To Die – No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell	Be Alive – King Richard; Music and Lyric by Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Dos Oruguitas – Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda Down to Joy – Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison Somehow You Do – Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Best Picture	Coda – Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers	Belfast – Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas, Producers Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers Drive My Car – Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer Dune – Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers King Richard – Tim White, Trevor White, and Will Smith, Producers Licorice Pizza – Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Roger Frappier, Producers West Side Story – Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
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
Short Film (Animated)	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 Dyakov Robin Robin – Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
Short Film (Live Action)	The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed	Ala Kachuu – Take And Run – Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger The Dress – Tadeusz Lysiak and Maciej Slesicki On My Mind – Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson Please Hold – K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
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
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
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)	Coda – Sian Heder	Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe Dune – Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion
Writing (Original Screenplay)	Belfast – Kenneth Branagh	Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota King Richard – Zach Baylin Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson The Worst Person In The World – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Presenters and Performers

Name(s)	Role
Janora McDuffie	Announced the 94th Academy Awards.
Serena Williams Venus Williams	Introduced the performance “Be Alive.“
DJ Khaled	Introduced hosts Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes.
Daniel Kaluuya H.E.R.	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actress.
Josh Brolin Jason Momoa	Presented the following awards filmed before the telecast: Best Animated Short Film Best Documentary Short Subject Best Film Editing Best Live Action Short Film Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Original Score Best Production Design Best Sound
Woody Harrelson Rosie Perez Wesley Snipes	Presented the award for Best Cinematography.
Jacob Elordi Rachel Zegler	Presented the award for Best Visual Effects.
Tony Hawk Kelly Slater Shaun White	Presented the 60th-anniversary tribute to the James Bond series.
Stephanie Beatriz	Introduced the performance of “Dos Oruguitas.“
Halle Bailey Lily James Naomi Scott	Presented the award for Best Animated Feature.
Youn Yuh-Jung	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor.
Tiffany Haddish Simu Liu	Presented the award for Best International Feature Film.
Mila Kunis	Introduced the performance of “Somehow You Do.“
Ruth E. Carter Lupita Nyong’o	Presented the award for Best Costume Design.
John Leguizamo	Introduced the performance of “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.“
Jennifer Garner Elliot Page J. K. Simmons	Presented the award for Best Original Screenplay.
Shawn Mendes Tracee Ellis Ross	Presented the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Rami Malek	Introduced the performance of “No Time to Die.“
Chris Rock	Presented the award for Best Documentary Feature.
Sean Combs	Presented the 50th-anniversary tribute to The Godfather trilogy.
Tyler Perry Bill Murray Jamie Lee Curtis	Presented eulogies to Sidney Poitier, Ivan Reitman, and Betty White during the “In Memoriam” segment.
Jake Gyllenhaal Zoë Kravitz	Presented the award for Best Original Song.
Kevin Costner	Presented the award for Best Director.
John Travolta Samuel L. Jackson Uma Thurman	Presented the award for Best Actor.
Anthony Hopkins	Presented the award for Best Actress.
Lady Gaga Liza Minnelli	Presented the award for Best Picture.

Performers

Name	Role	Performance
Adam Blackstone	Musical arrangers	Orchestral
Beyoncé	Performer	“Be Alive” by King Richard
Sebastián Yatra	Performer	“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto
Reba McEntire	Performer	“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days
Adassa Stephanie Beatriz Mauro Castillo Carolina Gaitán Diane Guerrero Becky G Luis Fonsi Megan Thee Stallion	Performers	“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto
Billie Eilish Finneas O’Connell	Performers	“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die
The Samples Jill Scott	Performers	“I Will Remember You”, “Spirit in the Sky”, and “Thank You for Being a Friend” during the annual “In Memoriam” tribute.

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Highlights of Oscar 2022

Will Smith won the best actor award for the movie King Richard. He accepted the award with tears and later apologized for crying on the stage.
Will Smith lost his temper and slapped the actor Chris Rock when he joked about his wife’s appearance.
The academy honored the people of Ukraine by holding a moment of silence.
Steven Speilberg broke the record by becoming the first director nominated across six decades.
Dune got ten nominations and won for best score, production design, sound, and film editing.
Jane Campion won three awards and became the first woman to be nominated twice in the director category.
The AMPAC was criticized for announcing eight awards before the live telecast began.
The Academy revered the land owners on whose land the Dolby Theatre stands now.
Ariana DeBose became the first woman of color to win the best supporting actress award.
The Netflix-released motion picture, “The Power of the Dog”, was nominated for Best Picture.