The suspense! The drama! The A-list rivalries!
No doubt about it, the 2022 Oscars had it all.
And they even found time to hand out some awards!
Yes, Will Smith’s assault on Chris Rock might be all that anyone is talking about today, but it was a memorable night in other ways, as well!
CODA pulled off an upset to become the first Best Picture winner featuring a mostly deaf cast.
Actors Jessica Chastain, Ariana De Bose, and Tony Kotsur all became first-time Oscar winners.
Will Smith did too, but maybe the less said about that the better!
It’s time for us to shift the focus back to where it belongs with a list of the night’s big winners.
Sadly, Chris didn’t receive an honorary trophy for his ability to withstand a slap!
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
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
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
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
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
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
CODA (WINNER)
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Belfast (WINNER)
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World
Dune (WINNER)
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Encanto (WINNER)
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Dune (WINNER)
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Dune (WINNER)
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Drive My Car (WINNER)
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
Dune, Hans Zimmer (WINNER)
Encanto, Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers, Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood
“Be Alive” from King Richard, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto, Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy” from Belfast, Van Morrison
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell (WINNER)
“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days, Diane Warren