By The Related Press
“CODA” has gained greatest image on the Oscars.
The small, coming-of-age movie about the one listening to member in a household of deaf adults written and directed by Siân Heder took the highest prize over bigger-budget contenders on the Academy Awards on Sunday evening.
The win may need been thought-about a serious upset when the nominations had been introduced on Feb. 22, however “CODA” gained momentum and buzz all through awards season, and took prime awards on the Display Actors Guild and Producers Guild awards.
The Oscar can also be a giant victory for Apple, which turns into the primary streaming service to win the most effective image crown after a number of years of vying for the prize alongside Netflix and Amazon.
“CODA” beat out larger nominees that included “Belfast,” “Dune,” “The Energy of the Canine” and “West Aspect Story.”
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THE BACK-TO-NORMAL ACADEMY AWARDS
— Troy Kotsur, Ariana DeBose make historical past at Academy Awards
— Jessica Chastain, Saniyya Sidney beam on Oscars purple carpet
— Winners on the Oscars embody ‘Tammy Faye,’ ‘Dune’
— Troy Kotsur wins greatest supporting actor Oscar for ‘CODA’
— Shaq, Curry win Oscars for ‘Queen of Basketball’ documentary
— Billie Eilish and Finneas bond and win Oscar for greatest tune
— ‘Drive My Automobile’ wins Oscar award for greatest worldwide movie
— At Oscars, Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Homosexual’ invoice goal of joke
For full protection of this yr’s Oscars, go to: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards
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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
8:25 p.m.
The Oscars appeared kindly on Jessica Chastain.
Chastain gained the Academy Award for greatest actress on Sunday evening for enjoying televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”
It’s the primary Oscar for Chastain in three nominations. She was beforehand nominated for “Zero Darkish Thirty” in 2013 and “The Assist” in 2012.
She beat out fellow nominees Olivia Colman, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Kristen Stewart. Chastain thanked every of her nominees, her co-tsar Andrew Garfield and her make-up staff.
Chastain famous that suicide was a number one reason for demise for the LGBTQ group and violence towards minorities, saying she was impressed by Bakker’s compassion.
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8:15 p.m.
The Contemporary Prince turned a king and at last gained his first Oscar.
Will Smith took house his first Academy Award on Sunday evening for enjoying Richard Williams — father and tennis mentor to Venus and Serena Williams — in “King Richard.”
Smith spoke shortly after an onstage confrontation with comic Chris Rock, who made a crack at his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith famous, in tears, that Richard Williams was additionally fiercely protecting of his household. “I wish to be a vessel for love,” he stated.
He additionally apologized to the academy and his fellow nominees. “It is a lovely second,” he stated. “Artwork imitates life. I seem like the loopy father. However love will make you do loopy issues.”
The win comes for his third nomination. He was beforehand nominated for “Ali” in 2002 and “The Pursuit of Happyness” in 2007.
Smith beat out fellow nominees Javier Bardem, Andrew Garfield, Benedict Cumberbatch and Denzel Washington, who trumped Smith for the 2002 greatest actor Oscar along with his win for “Coaching Day.”
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8:00 p.m.
Jane Campion has gained the most effective director Oscar for “The Energy of the Canine.”
The 67-year-old filmmaker gained the Academy Award on Sunday evening for the unconventional Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch that was shot in her native New Zealand.
It’s her first greatest director Oscar. She gained a greatest authentic screenplay Oscar in 1994 for her movie “The Piano,” which additionally earned her a directing nomination.
Campion, the primary girls ever nominated twice for greatest director, beat out fellow nominees Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenneth Branagh, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Steven Spielberg.
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7:50 p.m.
Billie Eilish has an Oscar.
The 20-year-old pop star and her 24-year-old producer brother, Finneas O’Connell, gained the Academy Award for greatest authentic tune for writing “No Time to Die” from the James Bond movie of the identical title.
Eilish additionally performs the tune, and her brother co-produced it. She is slated to sing it reside earlier within the present.
Two different songs from Bond movies have gained the most effective authentic tune Oscar, Adele’s “Skyfall” from the 2012 movie of the identical title, and Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall” from 2015’s “Spectre.”
Eilish and O’Connell gained over a gaggle of nominees that included Beyoncé, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Van Morrison.
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7:45 p.m.
The Oscars had been a reunion for “The Godfather.”
Three of the movie’s principals — director Francis Ford Coppola and actors Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro — took the stage on the Academy Awards on Sunday evening, doing so nearly precisely 50 years to the day after the primary film within the trilogy was launched.
They had been launched by rapper Sean Combs.
“I really feel moments like this needs to be honest and transient, and I’m so grateful to my two fantastic buddies, to come back right here to assist me have a good time with you this mission that we started 50 years in the past with actually probably the most extraordinary collaborators,” Coppola stated.
He thanked Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola, and Robert Evans — with whom he famously clashed on selections relating to the making of the film.
“The Godfather” — which gained greatest image — was launched March 24, 1972. The opposite motion pictures within the trilogy had been launched in 1974 and 1990.
— Related Press’ Tim Reynolds
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7:30 p.m.
“Summer time of Soul” has gained greatest documentary on the Oscars.
Director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s chronicle of the music of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Competition took the trophy as anticipated at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
“I’m so joyful proper now, I might cry,” he stated.
Questlove, drummer and bandleader of the Roots, crafted the movie from new interviews and unseen footage of the broadly forgotten competition that featured Stevie Marvel, Sly and the Household Stone, Nina Simone and lots of different greats of gospel, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and soul music.
He teared up when considering of his dad, Lee Andrews, who handed in 2016.
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7:10 p.m.
Siân Heder has gained the most effective tailored screenplay Oscar for her script for “CODA.”
It’s the primary Oscar for Heder, who tailored the script from the 2014 French movie “La Famille Bélier.”
Heder additionally directed the small coming-of-age movie about the one listening to member in a household of deaf adults.
It’s additionally nominated for greatest image.
For tailored screenplay, “CODA” beat out “The Energy of the Canine,” “The Misplaced Daughter,” “Dune” and “Drive My Automobile.”
Greatest-film nominee “CODA” is having an influence backstage on the Oscars.
Winners who go to the interview room to speak to the worldwide media are having their feedback interpreted in American Signal Language.
A person and girl are alternating signing the feedback whereas standing subsequent to the winners clutching their golden statues.
“CODA,” which stands for little one of deaf grownup, earned Troy Kotsur an Oscar win as supporting actor.
— Related Press’ Beth Harris
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7:00 p.m.
Kenneth Branagh has gained the most effective authentic screenplay Oscar for writing “Belfast.”
It’s the primary profession Oscar for the 61-year-old, who can also be nominated Sunday for greatest director and, as a producer, for greatest image.
Branagh’s script a couple of working class household in Nineteen Seventies Northern Eire relies partially on his personal youth in Belfast.
“This is a gigantic honor for my household and a fantastic tribute to an incredible metropolis and incredible folks,” stated Branagh. “That is the seek for pleasure and hope within the face of violence and loss.”
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6:20p.m.
Troy Kotsur has gained the most effective supporting actor Oscar for his function in “CODA.”
Kotsur on Sunday evening turned the second actor who's deaf to win an Academy Award. His “CODA” co-star Marlee Matlin was the primary when she gained greatest actress for “Kids of a Lesser God” in 1987.
He devoted the movie to the Deaf group. “That is our second.”
Kotsur was barely referred to as an actor earlier than “CODA,” however was thought-about a heavy favourite for the Oscar after the acclaimed efficiency and wins earlier in awards season.
He beat out fellow nominees Ciarán Hinds, Jesse Plemons, J.Okay. Simmons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. He thanked his dad, paralyzed in a automobile accident: “You're my hero.”
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6:10 p.m.
“Encanto” has gained the Oscar for greatest animated characteristic.
The movie a couple of magical household within the mountains of Colombia gained the Academy Award for Walt Disney Animation Studios on Sunday evening.
Not counting movies from its Pixar subsidiary, Disney has gained the animation Oscar 4 instances because it was first handed out in 2002.
Disney beforehand gained the award for 2013’s “Frozen,” 2014’s “Huge Hero 6” and 2016’s “Zootopia.”
The movie beat out fellow animated nominees “Flee,” “Luca,” “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” and “Raya and the Final Dragon.”
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6:00 p.m.
In sports activities, GOAT is an acronym that’s quick for “Best Of All-Time.”
And the Oscars introduced three such athletes collectively to assist pay tribute to 60 years of James Bond movies.
Browsing’s Kelly Slater, snowboarding’s Shaun White and skateboarding’s Tony Hawk — all broadly thought-about as the most effective within the historical past of their numerous sports activities — took the stage in Los Angeles on Sunday.
“In fact, over time, we’ve all had our favourite Bonds,” White stated.
Added Hawk: “Some persons are Sean Connery followers, others Roger Moore.”
Continued Slater: “Or Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig.”
White then picked up the place they left off: “As nice as all of them are, it’s not possible to ever make certain that only one star was clearly the GOAT.”
However when Hawk disagreed with that sentiment — “actually, dude?” White requested — the gang broke up into laughter. And extra laughs got here when Hawk stated he meant to say Slater and White are the most effective of their sports activities.
“A minimum of, you was once,” Hawk stated.
— Related Press’ Tim Reynolds
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5:25p.m.
The Oscar for greatest supporting actress goes to Ariana DeBose for “West Aspect Story.”
DeBose gained the Academy Award on Sunday evening for her performing, singing and dancing as Anita in her breakthrough function within the Steven Spielberg reimagining of the basic musical.
She turns into the primary Afro-Latina and brazenly LGBTQ actor win within the class. “To anyone who has ever questioned your id,” she stated, “I promise you there's a place for us.”
Largely unknown in movie circles earlier than touchdown the coveted function, the 31-year-old North Carolina native turned the clear Oscar favourite after an awards season filled with victories.
She was beforehand primarily referred to as a stage actress, with Broadway roles in “Convey It On: The Musical,” “Motown: The Musical” and “Hamilton.” She glided off stage gazing at her Oscar, which she then pulled near her coronary heart for a hug.
DeBose beat out fellow nominees Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench, Kirsten Dunst and Aunjanue Ellis. She thanked Rita Moreno, who starred in each 1961 and 2021 movie diversifications.
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5:15 p.m.
Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Corridor welcomed the Oscars again to the Dolby Theatre — a trio that Schumer joked was there “as a result of it’s cheaper than hiring one man.”
The three appeared on stage following a short intro from Serena and Venus Williams, together with a musical quantity from Beyoncé filmed in Compton.
“We're right here on the Oscars” started Corridor.
“The place film lovers unite to observe TV,” added Sykes.
They ran by a brief monologue that included jabs at “Being the Ricardos” nominee J.Okay. Simmons, “Home of Gucci” stars Woman Gaga and Jared Leto — or “Home of Random Accents,” as Sykes known as it — and U.S. Senate Republican chief Mitch McConnell.
Among the many jokes that landed greatest was one geared toward one other awards present:
“ what’s within the In Memoriam this yr?” Schumer requested. “The Golden Globes.”
— Related Press’ Jake Seiner
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5:10 p.m.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams opened the Oscars by paying tribute to their hometown — and introducing Beyoncé.
It was the beginning of what is likely to be a really large evening for the Williams household.
“King Richard” — the story of how the Williams sisters father, Richard Williams, devised a plan that noticed his daughters rise from Compton, California, to the highest of the tennis world — was nominated for six Academy Awards.
Amongst these: Will Smith was nominated for greatest actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams.
Beyoncé carried out “Be Alive” — additionally Oscar-nominated — from tennis courts in Compton, a most becoming tribute to the place the Williams sisters started their tribute to stardom.
“I would like you to inform these folks the place we're,” Beyoncé requested the performers together with her.
“Metropolis of Compton,” they responded.
Serena Williams is the highest-earning girls’s tennis participant of all time, successful greater than $94 million on the court docket. Venus Williams is second on that listing, at round $42 million.
And among the many lyrics: “The trail was by no means paved with gold. We fought and constructed this on our personal.”
— Related Press’ Tim Reynolds
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4:40p.m.
Jessica Chastain acquired to the Oscars early, for good motive. And she or he acquired to have a good time a win.
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” — the story of Tammy Faye Bakker — gained the Oscar for greatest hair and make-up, one of many eight awards given through the pre-show whereas many prime celebrities had been nonetheless making their manner down the purple carpet.
Chastain, although, was a notable exception by taking her seat for the pre-show. And she or he acquired to present congratulatory and celebratory big to the three winners — Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh — as they took the stage.
“It was an unimaginable hair, make-up, prosthetic staff that helped me,” Chastain later stated on the ABC broadcast, showing there after the Oscar was awarded. “Tammy Faye in our movie goes by three totally different a long time and she or he modified quite a bit all through these a long time, in order that they actually helped me with that.”
Chastain is a greatest actress nominee for her portrayal of Bakker.
— Related Press’ Tim Reynolds
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4:25 p.m.
Hans Zimmer has gained his second Oscar, almost 30 years after his first.
Zimmer gained the Academy Award for greatest authentic rating on Sunday evening for his music from “Dune.”
He gained his first Oscar in 1995 for the rating of “The Lion King.”
The 64-year-old German had been nominated and not using a win 9 instances since.
He was not on the awards on Sunday. “Dune” has additionally gained for greatest modifying and sound.
The modifying award went to Joe Walker, who joked about his children and the way it’s generally exhausting for them along with his work. “You might not know this however the phrase ’Oscar nominated’ can be utilized by a talented 17 yr outdated as an insult,” he stated.
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4 p.m.
“Dune” has gained the primary Oscar of this yr’s ceremony, taking house the sound award in a pre-telecast ceremony.
Contained in the Dolby Theatre the ceremony is unfolding nearly indistinguishable from the reside broadcast. The winners of eight Oscars bestowed within the first hour shall be weaved into the principle broadcast that begins at 8 p.m. Japanese on ABC.
However the unedited ceremony is just seen to these contained in the theater. Not even reporters in a close-by media heart are in a position to watch the early Oscars being handed out.
Josh Brolin and Jason Momoa joked concerning the early winners not getting Billy Crystal or Chris Rock as hosts. “They’re getting us.”
Brolin walked out onto the stage and exclaimed “It’s full!” to start out the present.
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3:40 p.m.
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” nominee Jessica Chastain arrived early to Sunday’s Oscars to make sure she didn’t miss the presentation of some less-celebrated award.
The academy is experimenting with a staggered begin this yr, naming victors in eight classes through the hour earlier than the present formally begins at 5 p.m. These shows will then be edited down and woven into the published, an effort to maintain the present tight and enhance declining rankings.
The brand new method is rubbing many the flawed manner. Some stars, together with Chastain, have stated they gained’t do purple carpet interviews if it means lacking the presentation of awards like greatest hair and make-up, for which the artists of “Tammy Faye” are nominated.
“I’m right here to see all of the early classes as a result of so usually lots of consideration goes to the actors as a result of folks see our faces on display,” Chastain stated on the purple carpet. “However the actuality is there’s so many individuals which can be concerned in making a efficiency and creating a movie, and I have to acknowledge and admire every one in all them.”
The opposite pre-show classes are: movie modifying, sound, authentic rating, manufacturing design, live-action quick, animated quick and documentary quick.
— Related Press’ Jake Seiner
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3:30 p.m.
“West Aspect Story” was representing. Supporting actress entrance runner Ariana DeBose walked the carpet shortly in her vivid purple Valentino gown. “I’m coming again!” She advised reporters and blew kisses to the followers within the bleachers.
Not far behind her was “West Aspect Story” director Steven Spielberg holding palms with with Kate Capshaw. Spielberg shook palms with Oscar present director Glenn Weiss, wishing him luck.
Rita Moreno, who starred in each 1961 and 2021 movie diversifications, arrived in black one shoulder Carolina Herrera and a feather hat, that she wore earlier than on the duvet of City and Nation. Followers within the bleacher shouted “Rita! Rita! Rita!”
— Movie Author Lindsay Bahr
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3 p.m.
The younger star of “Belfast” introduced a particular date to the Oscars — his mother.
Eleven-year-old Jude Hill arrived along with his mother Shauneen, posing for pictures earlier than the ceremony. He flashed two thumbs up as his mom, her arm round him, checked out him.
Hill performs Buddy in “Belfast,” a semi-autobiographical movie by Kenneth Branagh. It tells the story of 1969 Belfast from Buddy’s perspective throughout The Troubles, when neighborhoods had been become warfare zones and youngsters needed to navigate how they had been supposed to inform whether or not somebody was Catholic or Protestant.
“Belfast” has earned seven Oscar nominations, together with for Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds, who play Buddy’s grandparents.
— Movie Author Lindsay Bahr
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2:30 p.m.
The producer of the Academy Awards says Sunday’s present will strike a steadiness between being upbeat and enjoyable, whereas additionally acknowledging the warfare in Ukraine.
Producer Will Packer says it’s troublesome to placed on a present whereas severe world occasions are unfolding, however he’s additionally making an attempt to present folks a diversion.
“Within the midst of the revelry and the enjoyable, we are going to acknowledge it after which we’re going to attempt to make it possible for we give people who find themselves in robust conditions there and all over the world one thing to have a look at, a launch, one thing that’s upbeat and enjoyable,” Packer advised The Related Press forward of Sunday’s ceremony.
Packer additionally addressed the movie academy’s controversial determination to award eight Oscars forward of the reside telecast and weave them into the published.
“We’re going to deal with all of the honorees with an incredible quantity of respect. That’s what we do,” Packer stated.
Dozens of nominees are already on the Oscars purple carpet forward of the ceremony, which begins at 4 p.m. Pacific with an hourlong ceremony bestowing eight awards.
Greatest authentic tune nominee Diane Warren wore a ribbon supporting Ukrainian refugees as a part of her outfit.
— Related Press’ Amanda Lee Myers
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3 a.m.
For the primary time in two years, the Academy Awards are rolling out the purple carpet at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre for what the movie academy hopes shall be a back-to-normal Oscars. Apart from all of the stuff that’s modified.
The telecast for the 94th Academy Awards will start, as ordinary, at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC. However little else about how this yr’s Oscars will get underway is conventional. An hour earlier than the published begins, attendees will assemble within the Dolby for the presentation of eight awards and acceptance speeches that shall be edited right into a broadcast that producer Will Packer has promised shall be a good three hours.
It’s one in all many shifts, each slight and tectonic, round this yr’s ceremony. After two years of pandemic — and a socially distanced 2021 version with record-low rankings — the Academy Awards will attempt to recapture their exalted place in popular culture with a revamped telecast that’s anticipated to see a streaming service win greatest image for the primary time.