Black Man Fucks White Doggy Woman in Dress
Will Smith hit Chris Rock before winning best actor and 'CODA' won best picture in a wild Oscars night.
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The 94th Academy Awards may be best remembered not for an award, but for a stunning moment: The actor Will Smith strode onto the stage of the Dolby Theater and hit the comedian Chris Rock, who had just made a joke about his wife. Moments later Smith won the award for best actor — his first Oscar — and apologized to the academy.
The shocking confrontation upended a night in which the top awards were sprinkled across an array of acclaimed films, and there was no single runaway winner.
"CODA," the big-hearted crowd pleaser about a hearing teenager balancing her dreams, her high school crush and her love for her deaf family, rode its awards-season momentum all the way to win best picture. Jane Campion triumphed over Steven Spielberg to take home the directing prize for "Power of the Dog." Jessica Chastain won best actress for playing the disgraced evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. And "Belfast" nabbed the Oscar in what was thought to be a tight race for best original screenplay.
Here were other notable developments at the Oscars:
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The wins for films like "Coda" and "Power of the Dog" further substantiated the power of streaming services in Hollywood. Before Sunday, no streaming service had ever won a best picture Oscar. The win by "Coda" ended that long quest with a nod for Apple TV+.
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Beyond the awards, the Oscars telecast was seeking to re-establish itself as must watch programming and reverse an alarming decline in ratings forced producers to rethink their approach to Hollywood's biggest night. After drawing record low ratings in 2021, producers cut eight awards out of the main telecast, brought back hosts to guide the evening, invited award presenters from outside Hollywood like Tony Hawk and DJ Khaled and let fans vote online for their favorite films.
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Our complete winners list is here. ("Dune" won six Oscars, mostly in the early, nontelevised part of the show.)
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Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man to win an acting prize for his supporting role in "Coda."
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The Oscars took a moment to acknowledge the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Glamour returned to the red carpet. Our coverage is here.
March 28, 2022, 2:33 p.m. ET
Scene City
Will Smith Attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscars Party
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "In 20 years of coming, this is the most fun I've ever had," Adrien Brody, the Oscar-winning actor, said at Vanity Fair's annual Oscars party on Sunday. "I had real conversations, about politics, life and art.''
For a change at this annual convening of industry luminaries real conversation was all but unavoidable. The primary reason was the train wreck that was Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage.
"That moment, I can't talk about it," said Amy Schumer, who hosted the Oscars with Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall, after chatting with Larry David just outside the tented dance floor. "It was such a big deal and I'm still processing it, and I have to be so careful," she added, before turning to a cluster of friends for a lifeline. "Somebody get me to stop talking."
It has been nearly 40 years since Tina Brown, the former Vanity Fair editor, started hosting splashy gatherings in Los Angeles to give her magazine a Hollywood foothold. The tradition was further cemented when her successor, Graydon Carter, minted one of the best-known post-awards parties 27 years ago, just after the death of Swifty Lazar and his legendary Oscar wingding.
Mr. Lazar not only knew how to rope in the stars, Ms. Brown observed in her published diaries. He also domesticated a "menagerie" that attended on his terms or not at all.
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When a celebrity of Mr. Smith's stature acts out in public, it is more than a source of clucking editorials and viral memes. It's a threat to the fiction of show-business kumbaya. This year's Vanity Fair party, then, had something of the air of a celebrity campfire circle. Other Oscar parties — such as one given by Madonna and Guy Oseary — may be more intimate and exclusive, but nothing tops Vanity Fair for sheer boldface volume.
And so for a few late-night hours in a series of tents, gardens and outdoor lounges at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, the most famous people on the planet mingled, danced, drank and smoked (weed mostly), and proved what a great leveler celebrity can be. It is a universally established truth in Hollywood that at, a certain level of fame, everyone is your best friend.
To reach the sanctum, invited guests had to pass through a series of security checkpoints (negative PCR test results were required) and a blue carpet lined with shouting photographers. Some luminous glow worms, including Billie Eilish, Pedro Almodóvar and Jessica Chastain (wearing an emerald-green Gucci dress that evoked Ariel in "The Little Mermaid"), were then immediately diverted to a private studio where Mark Seliger shot their formal portraits.
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Others processed directly into the actual party, where cameras phones and other recording devices had been strictly forbidden. Surprisingly few people flouted the no-phone rules to capture such theatrical moments as Kathy Hilton dancing with Marjorie Gubelmann, a.k.a. DJ Mad Marj, or Bill Murray wearing a jaunty beret, dancing alone.
If they stuck around past midnight, they would have caught Will Smith, seemingly unruffled by the controversy he had just stirred up, accompanied by his wife and children, and shimmying to "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It."
They would also have snagged Serena Williams towering over the crowd in a silver minidress, and Zendaya standing beside a potted palm tree and locked in conversation with Timothée Chalamet, both surrounded by a nimbus of marijuana smoke exhaled by an acquaintance.
They would have seen Jason Bateman locked in a bro-hug with Kevin Bacon; Jon Hamm momentarily alone near the men's room looking forlorn as a pound puppy; Kristen Stewart wafting along in a floor-length black lace dress; and Zoë Kravitz chain smoking Marlboros.
They would have caught Sarah Paulson shouting, "Dog! Dog! Dog!," as she shoved past Kate Hudson and Chris Pine to pet a stranger's fluffy white pooch.
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In the Before Times, it was customary for the most famous to dutifully work the red carpet and make a glad-handing circuit or two, before slipping out to another, presumably better party.
Midnight was the traditional witching hour. This time around the mood was more convivial, and for obvious reasons. Two years of separation has taken its toll on the celebrity herd.
"People are genuinely happy to see each other again," said Georgina Chapman, the fashion designer, as partygoers pressed against each other so tightly on their way to one of the tequila bars that it was easy to forget such a thing as social distancing ever existed.
"Of course," Ms. Chapman added, "next week we'll all get Covid."
March 28, 2022, 10:54 a.m. ET
Scene City
Inside the 2022 Oscar Governors Ball
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The Governors Ball is the first stop of the final night of an exhausting and bitter award season, where nominees, both winners and losers, can finally breathe, thankful that their months of staying on brand and on message has come to a close.
It takes place just a few escalators up from the Ray Dolby Ballroom itself, a short ride that in most years helps give the party a rarefied feel. Not this year, when all anyone could talk about was the slap seen around the world. It was top of mind for most conversations.
"It hijacked the night," "It was like watching a car crash in real time," were just some comments uttered by guests.
Yet not all of the ball's attendees let the incident ruin their celebration. Anthony Hopkins, who had the dubious honor of winning best actor in 2020 when everyone thought it was going to Chadwick Boseman, took to a relatively empty dance floor with his wife for an energetic salsa.
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It was a stark contrast to the Apple team, who skedaddled before you could say "truffle mac 'n' cheese." Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, the Apple executives who oversaw the release of "CODA," which won for best picture, left early with Tim Cook, the Apple chief executive who attended the ceremony for the first time.
The team at Netflix, which was nominated for 27 Oscars and won only one, partied like they were the belles of the ball. Ted Sarandos, the co-chief executive of Netflix, belted out the lyrics to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," while his marketing associate Albert Tello mugged with Jane Campion's best director Oscar for "The Power of the Dog." Ms. Campion swayed with Lisa Nishimura, another Netflix executive, while D.J. D-Nice kept the tunes going.
Ari Wegner, who lost out on making history as the first female cinematographer to win an Oscar, didn't appear worse for wear, thrilled that Ms. Campion nabbed the prize. "All of our nominations are her," Ms. Wegner said, adding that if it weren't for Ms. Campion, none of them would have been in that room. "I have nothing at all to complain about."
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Ms. Wegner, who had been in the United States for over a month campaigning, was eager to get back to her home in Australia, comparing the campaign season to being on a movie shoot. "You have no agency over your life for a bit," she said with a pause. "I would happily do it again."
D-Nice's tunes got the cast of "Power of the Dog" onto the dance floor, including Kodi Smit-McPhee, who was holding a rose — either a deliberate or inadvertent nod to his character.
Benedict Cumberbatch found his parents on a couple of high-backed stools, gave them a kiss and escorted them out. It may have served as the cue to leave.
Moments later Ms. Campion began her exit, parting the dance floors with people on either side chanting "Jane, Jane, Jane." She held up her Oscar in triumph and waltzed out the door.
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March 27, 2022, 11:43 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Thanks for following along, everybody. Kyle, godspeed drinking all that tea.
March 27, 2022, 11:41 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
Remember when I said it had been a predictable show two-thirds of the way through?
March 27, 2022, 11:41 p.m. ET
Chief fashion critic
The hosts in PJs pretty much says it all. Goodnight!
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March 27, 2022, 11:41 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
I think I remember approximately two of the moments they're replaying behind the closing credits.
March 27, 2022, 11:41 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
After everything, the hosts coming out in their pajamas to conclude the show is a nice touch.
March 27, 2022, 11:40 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Can I tell a quick "CODA" story? I watched all 10 of these movies at home and "CODA" was the one I had no interest in seeing and was the one that when it ended, I just sat there and thought these awards are absurd for pitting these different movies against each other. There's no comparing this and "West Side Story" and "Drive My Car." But that's the movies! But I just knew if an academy voter had their ballot nearby when "CODA" ended, there's no way most of them don't make it first or second. In a living room, it just, uh, sings.
March 27, 2022, 11:35 p.m. ET
The Projectionist
'CODA' becomes the first streaming-service movie to win best picture.
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"CODA" made history on Sunday night, becoming the first film distributed by a streaming service to win best picture.
"Thank you to the Academy for letting our 'CODA' make history tonight," said Philippe Rousselet, one of the film's producers, in his acceptance speech.
Addressing the director, Sian Heder, who won an adapted screenplay Oscar earlier in the evening, Rousselet said: "Sian, it hasn't been an easy ride, from our first day shooting when our cast and crew were supposed to be, at 4 a.m., at sea, fishing, when we were told a giant storm was about to hit us. It was only the beginning of our problems, but you've kept the boat afloat and you've been the best captain a producer can ever dream of."
Apple TV+ bought "CODA" for a record $25 million deal after a gangbusters debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2021 — another historical footnote, since no Sundance film has ever won best picture until now. The crowd-pleasing movie from writer-director Sian Heder, about the hearing child of deaf parents who nurtures her secret love of singing, beat Netflix's heavily nominated "The Power of the Dog" to Hollywood's top honor. (The title refers to children of deaf adults.)
It is the first time that the best picture Oscar has gone to films directed by women in back-to-back years, after Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland" won the prize last year. And with just three nominations overall, "CODA" became the first film since 1932's "Grand Hotel" to win best picture without typically crucial nominations for directing and editing.
"CODA"
Our Projectionist predicted correctly!
March 27, 2022, 11:35 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
The stabilizing force of Lady Gaga whispering "I got you" to Liza Minnelli.
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March 27, 2022, 11:34 p.m. ET
Chief fashion critic
Lady Gaga finally appears, in a shiny tux. Which qualifies as great non-scene-stealing from her.
March 27, 2022, 11:33 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli and best picture. Now this is a trio.
March 27, 2022, 11:32 p.m. ET
Jessica Chastain wins an Oscar on her third try.
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Jessica Chastain won the best actress Oscar at Sunday night's ceremony for her role as the televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in the Searchlight Pictures biographical drama "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," the first Oscar win for the three-time nominee. Chastain had previously been nominated for "The Help" (supporting actress) and "Zero Dark Thirty" (best actress). Tonight, she beat out Olivia Colman ("The Lost Daughter"), Penélope Cruz ("Parallel Mothers"), Nicole Kidman ("Being the Ricardos") and Kristen Stewart ("Spencer").
The actress thanked her Oscar-winning makeup and hairstyling team, which helped her transformation, and her leading actor, Andrew Garfield, who was nominated for best actor for his role in "Tick, Tick … Boom!," which he did not win.
Then she turned to issues of mental health. "So many people out there feel hopelessness, and they feel alone," she said. "And suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. It's touched many families; it's touched mine. And especially members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, who oftentimes feel out of place with their peers."
She concluded with a word of compassion: "For any of you out there who do, in fact, feel helpless or alone, I just want you to know that you are unconditionally loved for the uniqueness that is you."
Despite the film's limited appeal among voters — "Tammy Faye" was only nominated for two Oscars, including achievement in hair and makeup — Chastain has been seen as the front-runner for the award after she won at both the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Critics Choice Awards. It may have helped that despite a modest performance at the box office, the film has been available on Hulu since January.
Here is more from Chastain's acceptance speech:
Right now, we are coming out of some difficult times that have been filled with a lot of trauma and isolation. And so many people out there feel hopelessness, and they feel alone. And suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. It's touched many families; it's touched mine. And especially members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, who oftentimes feel out of place with their peers. We're faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us. There's violence and hate crimes being perpetuated on innocent civilians all over the world.
And in times like this, I think of Tammy, and I'm inspired by her radical acts of love. We've talked about love a lot tonight. And I'm inspired by her compassion, and I see it as a guiding principle that leads us forward. And it connects us all in the desire that we want to be accepted for who we are, accepted for who we love and to live a life without the fear of violence or terror. And for any of you out there who do, in fact, feel helpless or alone, I just want you to know that you are unconditionally loved for the uniqueness that is you.
Nancy Coleman contributed reporting.
March 27, 2022, 11:31 p.m. ET
The Projectionist, live at the Oscars
As Jessica Chastain gives her speech, it looks like they've brought up Liza Minnelli in a wheelchair nearby. Presumably to present best picture on the 50th anniversary of "Cabaret."
March 27, 2022, 11:30 p.m. ET
Critic at large
As a Chastain-lover, I am really happy.
March 27, 2022, 11:29 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Penelope Cruz's is my favorite of these five performances. It's not even that close. But I admire Nicole Kidman's disregard for what she shouldn't do and that she won't let it stop her from doing it.
Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Our Projectionist predicted correctly!
March 27, 2022, 11:25 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
Anthony Hopkins gets the standing ovation he missed last year when he was absent as the surprise best actor winner.
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March 27, 2022, 11:25 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
"Will Smith said it all. What more can be said? Let's have peace and love and quiet," Anthony Hopkins says, introducing the best actress category.
March 27, 2022, 11:24 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Loving these jokes is complicated! And telling them is dangerous.
March 27, 2022, 11:23 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
"There's like a different vibe in here," Amy Schumer says as she returns to the microphone. Glad someone acknowledged it!
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March 27, 2022, 11:23 p.m. ET
Critic at large
It just makes me love her more.
March 27, 2022, 11:22 p.m. ET
Will Smith wins his first Oscar moments after hitting Chris Rock onstage.
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Will Smith, who started his acting career in 1990 in an after-school special on ABC and became one of Hollywood's most bankable and prolific action stars and producers, finally achieved the one thing that had always eluded him: He won an Oscar.
Moments earlier, Smith had brought the ceremony to an awkward standstill by striding onstage from his seat and — in what at first seemed like a preplanned bit — hitting Chris Rock, who had just cracked a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. ("Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, can't wait," Rock had said, an apparent reference to her short-cropped hair.)
Smith then returned to his seat and angrily shouted twice at Rock to not utter his wife's name, using an expletive that was bleeped by ABC. A rattled Rock tried to regain his composure, and a stunned audience, both in the theater and at home, tried to figure out what happened. "Right now, we're moving on with love," Sean Combs said, arriving onstage soon afterward to introduce a celebratory montage from "The Godfather."
Smith was celebrated for his performance in "King Richard" as the fiery, flawed coach and father of the tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams — mirroring best actor wins at major film awards ceremonies this year, including the Critics Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
"Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family," an emotional Smith said in his acceptance speech. "In this time in my life, in this moment, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world."
He went on to apologize to the academy and to his fellow nominees, but not to Rock. "This is a beautiful moment," Smith said. "And I'm not crying for winning an award. It's not about winning an award for me, it's about being able to shine a light on all of the people."
Smith was previously nominated for best actor in 2007 for "The Pursuit of Happyness" and in 2002 for "Ali." Rather incredibly, given the lack of diversity in the movie business, he lost to a Black actor in both instances: first to Denzel Washington and then to Forest Whitaker.
In 2016, however, Smith became part of the #OscarsSoWhite movement. After nominating only white actors and actresses for its awards in 2015, drawing widespread criticism, the academy did it again the next year — overlooking performances like the one Smith gave in "Concussion." Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, was outspoken about what many people saw as an urgent need for the academy to become more inclusive. Smith was less pointed in his criticism, but joined her in a boycott of the ceremony. In the years since, the academy has dramatically expanded its voting membership.
Also nominated for best actor on Sunday were Washington ("The Tragedy of Macbeth"), Javier Bardem ("Being the Ricardos"), Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Power of the Dog") and a hard-campaigning Andrew Garfield ("Tick, Tick … Boom!").
Here is Smith's entire acceptance speech:
Oh, man. Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family. In this time in my life, in this moment, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world. Making this film, I got to protect Aunjanue Ellis, who is one of the most strongest, most delicate people I've ever met. I got to protect Saniyya [Sidney] and Demi [Singleton], the two actresses that played Venus and Serena.
I'm being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people. I know to do what we do, you got to be able to take abuse, you got to be able to have people talk crazy about you. In this business you got to be able to have people disrespecting you, and you got to smile and pretend like that's OK. But Richard Williams, and what I loved — thank you, D. — Denzel [Washington] said to me a few minutes ago, he said, "At your highest moment, be careful. That's when the devil comes for you."
It's like, I want to be a vessel for love. I want to say thank you to Venus and Serena — I just spit, I hope they didn't see that on TV — I want to say thank you to Venus and Serena and the entire Williams family for entrusting me with your story. That's what I want to do. I want to be an ambassador for that kind of love and care and concern.
I want to apologize to the academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. This is a beautiful moment, and I'm not crying for winning an award. It's not about winning an award for me. It's about being able to shine light on all of the people: Tim [White] and Trevor [White] and Zach [Baylin] and Saniyya and Demi and Aunjanue and the entire cast and crew of "King Richard" and Venus and Serena, the entire Williams family. Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father, just like they said. I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things.
To my mother, a lot of this moment is really complicated for me, but to my mother — she didn't want to come out; she has her knitting friends, she has a knitting crew that she's in Philly watching with. Being able to love and care for my mother and my family and my wife. I'm taking up too much time. Thank you for this honor. Thank you for this moment. And thank you on behalf of Richard and Oracene [Price] and the entire Williams family. Thank you. I hope the academy invites me back. Thank you.
Nancy Coleman contributed reporting.
March 27, 2022, 11:19 p.m. ET
Critic at large
It must be said that not even Richard Williams did anything Smith did tonight.
March 27, 2022, 11:19 p.m. ET
Chief fashion critic
"S.N.L." is going to have a ball with these Oscars.
March 27, 2022, 11:19 p.m. ET
The Projectionist, live at the Oscars
Obviously a lot went down tonight, but Will Smith still got a standing O in the room. Although when he started to compare himself to Richard Williams, the woman in front of me muttered, "Oh no …"
March 27, 2022, 11:17 p.m. ET
The Projectionist, live at the Oscars
At the end of his speech, Will Smith says, "Thank you. I hope the academy invites me back."
March 27, 2022, 11:17 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
"Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father," Smith says, adding: "Love will make you do crazy things."
March 27, 2022, 11:15 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
Smith apologizes to the academy and to his fellow nominees.
March 27, 2022, 11:15 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Does that make Chris Rock the devil in this scenario?
March 27, 2022, 11:14 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
Smith is crying.
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March 27, 2022, 11:14 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
Smith says Denzel Washington told him, "At your highest moment, be careful, that's when the devil comes for you."
March 27, 2022, 11:12 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
"Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family," Smith begins. "In this time in my life, in this moment, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world."
March 27, 2022, 11:14 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
Smith adds, "I'm being called on in my life to love people and to protect people. And to be a river to my people. I know, to do what we do, you've got to be able to take abuse. You've got to be able to have people talk crazy about you in this business. You've got to be able to have people disrespecting you. And you've got to smile and pretend like that's OK."
March 27, 2022, 11:11 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
And here we go.
Will Smith, "King Richard"
Our Projectionist predicted correctly!
March 27, 2022, 11:10 p.m. ET
Will Smith hits Chris Rock after joke about his wife, Jada.
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In an apparently unscripted moment that stunned viewers and audience members alike, Will Smith strode onstage and hit Chris Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about the actor's wife while presenting the best documentary award at the Oscars.
Rock joked that Smith's wife, the actress Jada Pinkett Smith, was in "G.I. Jane 2," seemingly a reference to her short-cropped hair. Pinkett Smith has said she has alopecia, a condition that leads to hair loss.
Smith yelled and cursed at Rock after returning to his seat, demanding that Rock not speak about his wife.
During the heated exchange, the telecast went silent on many screens, leaving confusion about what had happened and what had been said.
Rock, a presenter at the show, had been firing off jokes during a mini-monologue when he got around to actors and their spouses.
"Javier Bardem and his wife are both nominated," Rock said. "Now, if she loses, he can't win."
"He is praying that Will Smith wins, like, please, lord," Rock continued. "Jada, I love you. 'G.I. Jane 2,' can't wait to see it, all right?"
The camera panned to Smith, who appeared initially to be smiling. But the joke drew a lukewarm reception, prompting Rock to add: "That was a nice one!"
Jada Pinkett Smith immediately rolled her eyes at the joke. Pinkett Smith has been open about her alopecia, posting a video on Instagram last year to explain how the hair loss had progressed. She first shared the diagnosis in 2018 on an episode of her talk show, when she said she had decided to cut her hair short after handfuls of it came out in the shower.
On Sunday, after Rock spoke, her husband was soon out of his seat. Smith walked down the runway toward the stage.
"Uh-oh," Rock said. Smith approached, and hit Rock; the impact could be heard through his microphone.
Uncensored broadcasts of the telecast outside the United States showed that after being struck, Rock, trying to keep the mood light, acknowledged that Smith had "smacked" him, using an expletive to describe how hard he had been hit.
Back in his seat, Smith told Rock: "Keep my wife's name out your fucking mouth!"
Rock responded, "Wow dude, it was a 'G.I. Jane' joke."
Smith then repeated his demand.
Looking shocked, Rock said, "That was the greatest night in the history of television," then moved on to awarding the Oscar for documentary feature to "Summer of Soul."
Soon after, Smith won the Oscar for best actor, and he gave an emotional speech in which he said: "I want to apologize to the academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees."
At the end of his speech, Will Smith added: "Thank you. I hope the academy invites me back."
The academy later issued a statement on Twitter that mentioned neither Smith nor Rock, but said "The academy does not condone violence of any form."
In a statement after the evening's telecast had concluded, the Los Angeles Police Department said it was aware of what it said was an incident involving "one individual slapping another" at the Oscars. The police said the person involved had "declined to file a police report."
"If the involved party desires a police report at a later date," the police said, they would move forward and "complete an investigative report."
March 27, 2022, 11:10 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Andrew Garfield gets my vote. But what's Will Smith gonna say??
March 27, 2022, 11:10 p.m. ET
Critic at large
These reunions are less terrible than they should be. Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta are presenting best acting instead of Frances McDormand, who won best actress last year.
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March 27, 2022, 11:05 p.m. ET
Billie Eilish and Finneas win their first Oscar with 'No Time to Die.'
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"No Time to Die," from the James Bond film of the same name, took home the Oscar for best song. The accolade is the first Oscar win for Billie Eilish and Finneas, the brother and sister team who co-wrote the track. The song made Eilish the youngest artist ever to record a Bond theme.
"This is the first song I know Daniel's opinion of, of ours," Finneas told the BBC, referring to the movie's star, Daniel Craig, who has said this is his last turn in the role. "If Daniel doesn't like it, you don't get the job."
The previous two Bond themes also won Oscars, for Adele ("Skyfall") and Sam Smith ("Writing's on the Wall," from "Spectre").
Last fall, Finneas spoke to The New York Times about recording the Bond theme with Eilish, the composers Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr, and others at Air Studios, a 19th-century former church, in London. After he and his sister wrote the song, Finneas said they linked up with Zimmer, who has two Oscars (including one he earned on Sunday for "Dune"), to produce it.
"I was very prepared for him to go, 'I've scored every movie ever made, I know exactly what to do — shut up, listen to me.' You know, I would've been really understanding," Finneas said. "I would've been like, 'Yeah, he knows more than me, of course.'"
Instead, he recounted, Zimmer welcomed their musical ideas. "What do you guys want? I'll tell you what I think, I think what's great is how intimate Billie's voice sounds, and I definitely don't want to get in the way of that," Finneas recalled Zimmer telling them. "'Maybe it should build at the end. What do you guys think?'"
Zimmer's openness and the deep relationship he has with his orchestra members — some of whom have played with him for decades — impressed Finneas. "I was like, man, I hope if I get to have a career as long as Hans, I am the way he is when I'm his age," said Finneas, who is 24. To be "deep into your illustrious, successful career, and have these brand-new kids come in and show as much deference as he did — I was really floored by that."
March 27, 2022, 11:04 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Another thing I'm still recovering from is the fact that Jane Campion's other achievement is for being the first woman nominated for best director twice.
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March 27, 2022, 11:02 p.m. ET
With Jane Campion's win, it's the first time best director has gone to a woman in back-to-back years.
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Jane Campion clinched the best director Oscar for her psychological western "The Power of the Dog" on Sunday night. It is the first time that Oscar has gone to women in back-to-back years, after Chloé Zhao won last year for "Nomadland."
The New Zealand director was heavily favored to win and is the first woman to be nominated in the directing category two times. (She received her first nod for the 1993 drama "The Piano," starring Holly Hunter, but lost to Steven Spielberg for "Schindler's List.")
"I love directing because it's a deep dive into story, yet the task of manifesting a world can be overwhelming," Campion said during her speech. "The sweet thing is, I'm not alone."
Campion had already earned best-director wins from the Directors Guild, Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, though she made a controversial acceptance speech at the latter ceremony when she addressed the tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams from the stage and told them "you do not play against the guys — like I have to." She later apologized for the remarks.
March 27, 2022, 11:01 p.m. ET
Moments between the broadcast.
March 27, 2022, 11:00 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
Kevin Costner's slow pace is maybe the perverse corrective to getting people's attention back on the show rather than the Will Smith fight.
March 27, 2022, 11:03 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
"Thank you Kevin — that was very dramatic." Jane Campion's rejoinder.
March 27, 2022, 11:03 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
No ad-libs about Venus and Serena Williams, I trust.
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"
Our Projectionist predicted correctly!
March 27, 2022, 10:59 p.m. ET
Critic at large
Kevin Costner is being full-on Kevin Costner right now, with a personal speech about directing. It's something.
March 27, 2022, 10:58 p.m. ET
Critic at large
That was a lovely post-speech moment with Billie Eilish and Zoë Kravitz, who presented the Oscar to Eilish. They were giddy.
March 27, 2022, 11:08 p.m. ET
Culture reporter
"Thank you so much to the academy, we promise not to lose these." Finneas caps off the speech for best song. At 20, his sister Billie Eilish is one of the youngest Oscar winners for best song.
March 27, 2022, 10:57 p.m. ET
'Summer of Soul,' the favorite, wins best documentary feature.
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"Summer of Soul," Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's concert documentary that unearthed archival footage from the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, has won the Oscar for best documentary feature.
The film is rooted in festival footage that sat in a basement unseen for five decades. It features performances by a slew of musical luminaries: Stevie Wonder at 19; Gladys Knight & the Pips, when they were up and coming; Mavis Staples and Mahalia Jackson singing gospel; and Nina Simone, among many others.
"This is about marginalized people in Harlem that needed to heal from pain," Thompson said in his acceptance speech.
The documentary, Thompson's feature directing debut, won critical acclaim for its never-before-seen concert footage interwoven with present-day interviews from attendees and performers that help provide cultural, political and historical context. (The moon landing, for example, took place that same summer, and Woodstock was 100 miles away.)
It was widely expected to win this prize, having taken home top documentary awards at Sundance, the EE British Academy Film Awards and the Producers Guild Awards.
March 27, 2022, 10:18 p.m. ET
Where's Van Morrison?
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Tonight's musical performances have included the best song nominees by the stars who originated them on the soundtracks — Beyoncé opened the show with "Be Alive" (from "King Richard"); Billie Eilish and Finneas just finished "No Time to Die" (from the Bond movie); Sebastián Yatra sang "Dos Oruguitas" ("Encanto") and Reba McEntire sang "Somehow You Do" ("Four Good Days"). But where is the fifth nominee, "Down to Joy," Van Morrison's song for "Belfast"? The Irish singer-songwriter has made waves for protesting Covid lockdown measures in Britain, but the academy managed to sidestep any controversy by announcing last week that Morrison had been invited to perform but could not because of the tour schedule.
March 27, 2022, 10:07 p.m. ET
'We Don't Talk About Bruno' was on the show but it isn't up for an Oscar. Here's why.
We do talk about Bruno.
At least, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" — from the warm family musical "Encanto," which won best animated feature film — was performed live on Sunday night.
Which may seem odd, because the earworm by Lin-Manuel Miranda was not nominated for best original song. The reason is simple: The academy required films to select their song submissions by Nov. 1, before "Encanto" had even opened in theaters.
Back then, when the soundtrack hit the Billboard 200 album chart, it barely made a ripple, first arriving at No. 197. There was simply no way to know before the deadline how popular "Bruno" — or the whole soundtrack, for that matter — would become.
By Oscars night, however, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" had spent 12 weeks on the Hot 100 singles chart and five weeks on top of it. (It was only the second track from a Disney animated film to crack the top spot, after "A Whole New World" in 1993.) Everyone and their mother (or their child, singing it nonstop) knew about Bruno's seven-foot frame with rats along his back.
So even though the academy was trying for a more streamlined telecast by moving eight categories to a preshow, it decided to include the first live performance of a song that wasn't even nominated.
Bruno himself does not sing in the track but the actor who plays him, John Leguizamo, was on hand to introduce the performance: "Look at all these beautiful faces out here, all these beautiful Latinx faces," he began. "We got great representation here tonight, people. Now fun fact: You know the Oscar statue was modeled after a Mexican American actor, Emilio Fernández, 1928? That's right. And he still looks great. You know, 'cause brown down break down." (It's not known for sure whether Fernández is the actual model for the trophy.)
Leguizamo continued introducing the performance, noting that he was "very, very proud" to be a part the film. He added, "Take it away, fam."
Onstage were "Encanto" cast members Adassa, who plays Dolores, Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel), Mauro Castillo (Félix), Carolina Gaitán (Pepa) and Diane Guerrero (Isabela), along with the singers Becky G and Luis Fonsi. Megan Thee Stallion showed up for a surprise verse partway through the song, strutting in a golden high-low dress.
All of the characters who perform the song — as well as Bruno — are members of the Madrigal family, which was blessed with an "encanto," or an enchantment, long before the story begins. Each member of the family (except Mirabel) receives a magical gift when they come of age.
Bruno's gift? The ability to see the future, which very quickly backfires. Everyone in the community believes that Bruno's vision bring darkness and disaster — plus, he consorts with rats. And that's why we don't talk about him.
March 27, 2022, 9:51 p.m. ET
The Oscars have a moment of silence to support Ukraine.
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The Oscars somberly interrupted its celebrations Sunday night for a moment of silence to show support for the people of Ukraine, urging viewers around the world to do more to aid the war-torn country in its hour of need.
How the Oscars would address Russia's invasion of Ukraine had been an open question going into the ceremony. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a former actor, had pressed Hollywood for an appearance at the Oscars.
The show's producers, however, decided to go in a different direction. They called for a moment of silence and showed three cards of gold text on black backgrounds after Reba McEntire's performance of "Somehow You Do," which was nominated for best song.
"We'd like to have a moment of silence to show our support for the people of Ukraine currently facing invasion, conflict and prejudice within their own borders," read the first card.
"While film is an important avenue for us to express our humanity in times of conflict, the reality is millions of families in Ukraine need food, medical care, clean water and emergency services," read the second. "Resources are scarce, and we — collectively and as a global community — can do more."
"We ask you to support Ukraine in any way you are able," read the third. "#StandWithUkraine."
The first allusion to the war during the show came when Ben Proudfoot accepted the trophy for best documentary short for "The Queen of Basketball," about Luisa Harris, the first woman officially drafted by the N.B.A. He acknowledged W.N.B.A. player Brittney Griner, who is currently detained in Russia, in his acceptance speech.
"President Biden, bring Brittney Griner home," Proudfoot said.
Next came Mila Kunis, an actress from Chernivtsi, Ukraine, who was on the telecast to introduce the live performance of "Somehow You Do" — from "Four Good Days," which Kunis starred in.
"Recent global events have left many of us feeling gutted," Kunis said. "Yet when you witness the strength and dignity of those facing such devastation, it's impossible to not be moved by their resilience. One cannot help but be in awe of those who find strength to keep fighting through unimaginable darkness."
A week ago, the push for backing Ukraine during the Oscars began when Kunis and her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher, spoke on a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Kyiv. (Zelensky wanted to thank the couple for raising $35 million in a GoFundMe campaign for Ukrainian refugees and humanitarian aid.)
After that video call, Zelensky's aides lobbied the academy for a last-minute slot at the Oscar ceremony, which seems to have been denied.
Two weeks ago, at the Critics Choice Awards, stars like Maria Bakalova ("Borat Subsequent Moviefilm") and Billy Crystal ("When Harry Met Sally," "City Slickers") spoke out about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"I truly hope that we will come together and usher in a new era of cultural and artistic exchange between Eastern Europe and Hollywood, which has been a foundational force of creativity in the 20th century," said Bakalova, who is from Bulgaria. "So I hope my message goes to the Ukrainian people: We see you. We stand with you. And our hearts are with you."
Since then, the war between Ukraine and Russia has entered its second month.
March 27, 2022, 9:39 p.m. ET
The fans have spoken: 'The Flash enters the speed force' is one of cinema's great (cheer) moments.
This year's winning Oscar Cheer Moment is "The Flash Enters the Speed Force" from "Zack Snyder's Justice League" (a.k.a. The Snyder Cut).
Wait, what is an Oscar Cheer Moment?
It's part of an effort to raise the ratings of the telecast after the numbers hit record lows last year. The idea was this: the Oscars have a difficult time making room for popular films, so to get blockbusters into the telecast, fans could vote online for their favorite film (via the #OscarsFanFavorite hashtag) and their most "cheer-worthy" movie scene from any year.
The idea was based on a fallacy to begin with — plenty of popular films have figured into the Oscars before. (See "Black Panther" and "American Sniper," for example.) Then the voting for fan favorite was quickly overwhelmed by the fan armies of Camila Cabello, star of the Amazon musical "Cinderella," and Zack Snyder, director of "Army of the Dead." "Army" ultimately prevailed.
Meanwhile the winning Cheer Moment was unveiled with little explanation. If you knew, you knew. If you didn't, well, no matter. For the record, the finalists were scenes from "The Matrix," "Dreamgirls," "Avengers: Endgame" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home."
March 27, 2022, 9:37 p.m. ET
'Drive My Car' finishes an impressive awards season run with best international feature.
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"Drive My Car," Ryusuke Hamaguchi's critically lauded Japanese drama, won the Oscar for best international feature, adding a big prize to what has already been an impressive awards season run.
The three-hour movie is loosely based on a short story by Haruki Murakami and follows Yusuke, a theater director grieving the loss of his wife while working on a production of "Uncle Vanya," a play he had previously acted in.
The drama is also nominated for best picture, director and adapted screenplay. As such, "Drive My Car" has a chance to follow the path of "Parasite" and become the second film not in the English language to clinch the best picture and best director Oscars.
"Drive My Car" has already taken honors at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, the Gotham Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle, among many others.
The Times co-chief film critic, Manohla Dargis called the movie "a quiet masterpiece" and described it as "a story about grief, love and work as well as the soul-sustaining, life-shaping power of art."
"Hamaguchi's touch — delicate, precise, restrained, gentle — overwhelms in increments," she wrote in her review. "His reserve is essential to his visual and narrative approach but also feels like a worldview."
March 27, 2022, 9:35 p.m. ET
Troy Kotsur makes history as the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar.
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In an important step for representation in Hollywood, Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man in academy history to win an Oscar for acting. Voters honored his heartstring-tugging supporting performance in "CODA" as a fisherman struggling to relate to his hearing daughter.
"My dad, he was the best signer in our family, but he was in a car accident and he became paralyzed from the neck down, and he no longer was able to sign," Kotsur said in his acceptance speech, delivered in American Sign Language. "Dad, I learned so much from you. I'll always love you. You are my hero."
He dedicated his win to the deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community. "This is our moment," he said.
Kotsur had been the favorite to win the supporting actor Oscar after receiving similar honors from more than a dozen awards groups. (One exception: Golden Globe voters instead gave their supporting actor trophy to Kodi Smit-McPhee from "The Power of the Dog.") On Sunday, Kotsur beat Smit-McPhee, Jesse Plemons ("The Power of the Dog"), Ciaran Hinds ("Belfast") and J.K. Simmons ("Being the Ricardos").
Until tonight, Kotsur's "CODA" co-star, Marlee Matlin, was the only deaf person to win an acting Oscar. She received her gold-plated best actress statuette in 1987 for "Children of a Lesser God."
Seeing her in that film, when he was 17 and growing up in Arizona the son of a police officer, is what gave Kotsur the confidence to pursue a career in acting, he has said interviews. His career has not been easy. Kotsur has flourished on the stage, but his pre-"CODA" television and film credits have been slight, with a guest role in a TV series here and an indie film there. (Fun fact: He helped create the sign language that Tusken Raiders use in "The Mandalorian.")
Here is Kotsur's full acceptance speech:
This is amazing to be here on this journey. I cannot believe I'm here. Thank you so much to all the members of the Academy for recognizing my work. It's really amazing that our film "CODA" has reached out worldwide; it even reached all the way to the White House. And they invited the cast of "CODA" to visit and have a tour of the White House. We met our president, Joe, and Dr. Jill, and I was planning on teaching them some dirty sign language, but Marlee Matlin told me to behave myself. So don't worry, Marlee; I won't drop any F-bombs in my speech today. Instead, I really want to thank all of the wonderful Deaf theater stages where I was allowed and given the opportunity to develop my craft as an actor. Thank you.
I read one of [Steven] Spielberg's books recently, and he said that the best director, the definition of the best director was a skilled communicator. Sian Heder, you are the best communicator. And the reason why is you brought the Deaf world and the hearing world together, and you are our bridge. And your name will forever be on that bridge, Sian Heder Bridge, here in Hollywood. And that was supported by Apple, Sundance, all of our cast, our crew, our producers and the community of Gloucester, Mass. So I just want to say: Hey, fishermen! Hey, Popeyes! Don't forget to eat your spinach.
My dad, he was the best signer in our family. But he was in a car accident, and he became paralyzed from the neck down, and he no longer was able to sign. Dad, I learned so much from you. I'll always love you. You are my hero. Thank you to my biggest fans, my wife and my daughter, Kyra, and my hometown of Mesa, Ariz., and Mark Finley, my manager, and our team.
I just wanted to say that this is dedicated to the Deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community. This is our moment. To my mom, my dad and my brother Mark, they're not here today. But look at me now. I did it. I love you. Thank you.
Nancy Coleman contributed reporting.
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An earlier version of the headline on this article misstated the number of Oscars "Dune" won. It was six, not seven.
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