'CODA' wins Oscar for best picture Oscars
LOS ANGELES -- After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama"CODA," best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood's top award to a streaming service for the first time.Sian Heder's"CODA," which first premiered at a virtual Sundance Film Festival in winter 2021, started out as an underdog but gradually emerged as the Oscars' feel-good favorite.
After Rock joked to Smith that he was looking forward to a sequel to"G.I. Jane," Smith stood up from his seat near the stage, strode up to Rock and slapped him. After sitting back down, Smith shouted at Rock to"keep my wife's name out of your mouth." When Rock, who joked about Jada Pinkett Smith while hosting the Oscars in 2016, protested that it was just a"GI Jane" joke, Smith repeated the same line.
Smith shared what Washington told him:"At your highest moment, be careful because that's when the devil comes for you.""Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father" said Smith."But love will make you do crazy things." After record-low ratings and a pandemic-marred 2021 show, producers this year turned to one of the biggest stars around - Beyonce - to kick off an Oscars intended to revive the awards' place in pop culture. After an introduction from Venus and Serena Williams, Beyonce performed her"King Richard" nominated song,"Be Alive," in an elaborately choreographed performance from a lime-colored, open-air stage in Compton, where the Williams sisters grew up.
"This is for the Deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community," said Kotsur, signing from the stage."This is our moment." Aside from a few blue ribbons spotted on the red carpet, politics were seldom center stage. The Oscars instead doubled down on razzle dazzle, and the movies as an escape. Producers brought in the likes of BTS and Tony Hawk to rope in more viewers. Some things worked better than others. Fan favorite rankings, as voted on by Twitter users - in a moment unlikely to be remember as an Oscar highpoint - honored Zack Snyder's version of"Justice League.
"Dune" got out to an early lead in those early awards, and it kept it through the night. The biggest blockbusters of this year's 10 best-picture nominees,"Dune" won for production design, cinematography, editing, visual effects, sound and Hans Zimmer's score. Though it's not favored in the top awards,"Dune" was widely expected to clean up in the technical categories.
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