Oscars updates: Will Smith wins Best Actor minutes after he smacked Chris Rock on stage
"West Side Story"Ariana DeBose accepts the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in "West Side Story" onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022.Ariana DeBose made history on Sunday. She took home the prize for best supporting actress for her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," becoming the first queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar.
Kenneth Branagh also made history during last month's nominations, having garnered seven nominations in seven different categories throughout his career. His film "Belfast" earned him a best director nomination as well as one for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture."Dune," the first part of Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the supposedly unadaptable science fiction epic, is by far the highest grossing of the 10 nominees for Best Picture.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Director Jane Campion attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California.Jane Campion is already the first woman to be nominated in the directing category twice, but has a chance to be the first woman to win best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay.
If Kotsur takes home the prize, he will be the first deaf actor to ever win an Academy Award and the second deaf person to take home the trophy in an acting category. His co-star Marlee Matlin won for 1986's "Children of a Lesser God." "The Academy pays respect to the Tongva people as well as the Tataviam and the Chumash people, the original caretakers of the water and land where many of us in the film community live and work," said Bird Runningwater, Chair of the Academy's Indigenous Alliance and Academy member, who belongs to the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache Tribes.
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