Africa-Press – Angola. The film “Coda” was elected the best film of the 94th edition of the Oscars, the highest awards given by the Hollywood Film Academy, whose gala took place on Sunday in Los Angeles, USA.
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion won the Oscar for best director for “The Power of the Dog”, a Netflix production, which was nominated for 12 categories of the contest, but only won one.
“Dune” won the Oscars for best cinematography, special effects, sound, original score, editing and art direction. The film directed by Denis Villeneuve thus won six Oscars, out of the ten for which it had been nominated.
The Oscars for best actors went to Will Smith, for the performance in the film “King Richard – Raising Champions”, and Jessica Chastain, for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”, while the distinctions for best supporting actors went to Ariana DeBose, for the performance in “West Side Story”, and Troy Kotsur, for their performance in “Coda”.
“Drive my Car”, the representative of Japan for this edition received the Oscar for best international film.
The Oscars for best original screenplay and adapted screenplay were, respectively, for Kenneth Branagh, for “Belfast”, and Sian Heder, for “Coda”.
Among the many winners are also the film “Encanto”, which won the Oscar for best animated feature. The Oscar for best wardrobe went to Jenny Beavan, for the film “Cruella”.
The Film Academy decided this year to announce eight awards before the televised broadcast, with the aim of speeding up the ceremony and improving ratings. During the ceremony, a minute’s silence was observed in support of the people of Ukraine.
controversies
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, during the Oscars ceremony, is the controversy of the moment on social networks and in the media, where the motives and blame for such an act are detailed.
During the ceremony, held at the Dolby Theater, Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved hair. Her husband, Will Smith, didn’t like it, got up from his chair and slapped, live, the comedian, who was on stage.
At first, the audience laughed, but seconds later, silence took over the concert hall. The actor didn’t like the joke, because the woman was suffering from alopecia, a disease that causes hair loss.
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