EDITOR’S PICK:
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Oscar which is considered the biggest night in Hollywood has officially wrapped with plenty of historic firsts.
The best picture went to “CODA,” a film about a singer balancing her ambitions and her family that became a milestone for Deaf representation in the entertainment industry. Jessica Chastain won her first Oscar for best actress in a leading role for her performance in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” Will Smith took home his first Oscar for best actor in a leading role in “King Richard.”
Ariana DeBose won the best actress in a supporting role for her performance in “West Side Story” and Jane Campion received the award for best director for “The Power of the Dog.”
Best actress in a supporting role
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
WINNER: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Judi Dench, “Belfast”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
Best sound
“Belfast”
WINNER: “Dune”
“No Time to Die”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”
Best cinematography
WINNER: Greig Fraser, “Dune”
Dan Laustsen, “Nightmare Alley”
Ari Wegner, “The Power of the Dog”
Bruno Delbonnel, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Janusz Kaminski, “West Side Story”
Best documentary (short subject)
“Audible”
“Lead Me Home”
WINNER: “The Queen of Basketball”
“Three Songs for Benazir”
“When We Were Bullies”
Best visual effects
WINNER: “Dune”
“Free Guy”
“No Time to Die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Best animated feature film
WINNER: “Encanto”
“Flee”
“Luca”
“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Best short film (animated)
“Affairs of the Art”
“Bestia”
“Boxballet”
“Robin Robin”
WINNER: “The Windshield Wiper”
Best actor in a supporting role
Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast”
WINNER: Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Best international feature film
WINNER: “Drive My Car,” Japan
“Flee,” Denmark
“The Hand of God,” Italy
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom,” Bhutan
“The Worst Person in the World,” Norway
Best short film (live action)
“Ala Kachuu — Take and Run”
“The Dress”
WINNER: “The Long Goodbye”
“On My Mind”
“Please Hold”
Best costume design
WINNER: Jenny Beavan, “Cruella”
Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran, “Cyrano”
Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan, “Dune”
Luis Sequeira, “Nightmare Alley”
Paul Tazewell, “West Side Story”
Best writing (original screenplay)
WINNER: Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
Adam McKay (Screenplay), Adam McKay & David Sirota (Story), “Don’t Look Up”
Zach Baylin, “King Richard”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, “The Worst Person in the World”
Best writing (adapted screenplay)
WINNER: Siân Heder, “CODA”
Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, “Drive My Car”
Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth, “Dune”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Best music (original score)
“Don’t Look Up”
WINNER: “Dune”
“Encanto”
“Parallel Mothers”
“The Power of the Dog”
Best film editing
“Don’t Look Up”
WINNER: “Dune”
“King Richard”
“The Power of the Dog”
“tick, tick…BOOM!”
Best documentary (feature)
“Ascension”
“Attica”
“Flee”
WINNER: “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
“Writing with Fire”
Best production design
WINNER: “Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“West Side Story”
Best music (original song)
“Be Alive” from “King Richard”
“Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”
“Down to Joy” from “Belfast”
WINNER: “No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die”
“Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”
Best director
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
WINNER: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
Best actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick…BOOM!”
WINNER: Will Smith, “King Richard”
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Best makeup and hairstyling
“Coming 2 America”
“Cruella”
“Dune”
WINNER: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
“House of Gucci”
Best actress in a leading role
WINNER: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Penélope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
Best picture
“Belfast”
EDITOR’S PICK:
WINNER: “CODA”
“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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