It’s the night Hollywood celebrates Hollywood! Strap yourself in for several hours of Oscar happenings as the 94th Academy Awards looks to reward the best movies and performances of 2021. And we’ll have your winners list live as it all unfolds right here!
After record-low viewership for the 2021 Oscars (coming off a year when hardly anyone went outside to watch movies), the Academy decided to switch things up this go around, with eight award categories being pre-recorded at the Dolby Theatre and edited into the live broadcast, in hopes of creating a show that is more “vital, kinetic, and relevant” (per Academy President David Rubin).
FYI: The Oscars for Documentary (Short Subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Short Film (Animated), Short Film (Live Action), and Sound have already been handed out pre-live broadcast so the winners are all listed down at the bottom of the pageant in case you wand to avoid spoilers.Best Reviewed Movies of 2022
On top of this, the Academy teamed up with Twitter to host an “Oscars Fan Favorite” award, which can include films not nominated for Best Picture. Many feel this prize could go to Spider-Man: No Way Home, which some (including Kevin Smith) felt should have been nominated in the top category since the 10th Best Picture spot wasn’t utilized.
The hosts for tonight are Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands‘ Wanda Sykes as Dune dukes it out with The Power of the Dog, Nightmare Alley, Drive My Car, CODA, Licorice Pizza, and more. Plus, will Will Smith take home his first-ever Oscar for King Richard or will the prize go to No Way Home star Andrew Garfield? Will Jessica Chastain win for her portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker or will Penélope Cruz take home the award for her performance in Parallel Mothers? Either way, it’d be a big “W” for The 355. Can beloved Tinseltown couple Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons bring both supporting acting statues home? Let’s find out!
Best Picture Nominees
- 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
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Best Actress Nominees
- 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
Best Actor Nominees
- Will Smith, King Richard – WINNER
- Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
- Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick … Boom!
Best Director Nominees
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
- Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
- Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog – WINNER
- Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Best Production Design
- Dune – WINNER
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
Best Documentary Feature
- Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
- Flee
- Attica
- Ascension
- Writing With Fire
Best Film Editing
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune – (Joe Walker, WINNER)
- King Richard
- tick, tick … BOOM!
- The Power of the Dog
Best Music (Original Score)
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune – WINNER
- Encanto
- Parallel Mothers
- The Power of the Dog
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Power of the Dog
- The Lost Daughter
- CODA – (Sian Heder, WINNER)
- Dune
- Drive My Car
Best Original Screenplay Nominees
- Licorice Pizza
- Belfast – WINNER
- Don’t Look Up
- King Richard
- The Worst Person in the World
Best Supporting Actress
- Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
- Ariana DeBose, West Side Story – WINNER
- Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
- Judi Dench, Belfast
Best Supporting Actor
- Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
- Troy Kotsur, CODA – WINNER
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
- Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
- J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Best Costume Design
- Cruella – (Jenny Beavan, WINNER)
- Cyrano
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- West Side Story
Best Live Action Short
- Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
- The Dress
- The Long Goodbye – WINNER
- On My Mind
- Please Hold
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Best International Film
- Drive My Car, Japan – WINNER
- Flee, Denmark
- The Hand of God, Italy
- The Worst Person in the World, Norway
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, Bhutan
Best Best Animated Short Film
- Affairs of the Art
- Bestia
- Boxballet
- Robin Robin
- The Windshield Wiper – WINNER
Best Animated Feature
- Encanto – WINNER
- Flee
- Luca
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines
- Raya and the Last Dragon
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Best Visual Effects
- Dune – WINNER
- Free Guy
- No Time to Die
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Audible
- Lead Me Home
- The Queen of Basketball – WINNER
- Three Songs for Benazir
- When We Were Bullies
Best Cinematography
- Dune – (Greig Fraser, WINNER)
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
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Best Sound
- Belfast
- Dune – WINNER
- No Time to Die
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
Best Original Song
- “Be Alive” from King Richard, music and lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
- “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto, music and lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- “Down to Joy” from Belfast, music and lyric by Van Morrison
- “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die, music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell – WINNER
- “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days, music and lyric by Diane Warren
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Coming 2 America
- Cruella
- Dune
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER
- House of Gucci
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