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2022 Oscar winners 94th Academy Awards Dune Sweeps Oscar Technical Awards and Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock

Dune Sweeps Oscar Technical Awards and Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock

Sooooo… the Oscars happened last night, and we got all the 2022 Academy Award winners. Doesn’t look like too many people tuned in to the actual broadcast, but those that did were treated to a moment that overshadowed the entire thing: Will Smith came up on stage and slapped Chris Rock for telling a joke about his wife’s baldness, which is caused by alopecia. Will Smith then, later, got up on stage for winning Best Actor for his turn in King Richard and promptly apologized to everyone but Chris Rock during a teary acceptance speech.

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There are three things to take away from this:

  1. Don’t slap people.
  2. Don’t make jokes about medical conditions.
  3. No one would really care about the Oscars without this.

Honestly, outside of the slap, would you be discussing the 2022 Oscar winners all that much today? Coda, an absolutely delightful dramedy from Apple TV+, took home Best Picture, making it the first winner of the award for a streaming service. Netflix is probably livid after years and years of trying, but it’s hard to say anyone else really cares in any major way? There were stirring speeches from Best Supporting Actress winner Ariana DeBose of West Side StoryĀ and deaf actor Troy Kotsur for his performance in Coda, but their historical importance is pretty much out the window thanks to the slap and the fact that there just isn’t that much historical importance anymore.

The Oscars tried to seem hip and/or with it by making MTV-style awards such as Fan-Favorite and listing the Five Most Cheerworthy Moments, both of which were decided on (shudder) Twitter. All you need to know about that is that Zack Snyder won both.Ā Dune was probably the most popular film to win anything as it swept through almost all of the techy and visual awards, some of which weren’t even televised.

What it comes down to is that they have no idea what they’re doing, and the Academy looks like even more of a joke now than it did before. Its goal is no longer to honor the best of the best but to pull in ratings and act as a marketing tool. No one seems interested, not even me, who is sometimes paid to be interested. If you do happen to want to scroll through a list of the Oscar winners in 2022, it’s below. Winners in bold.

Oscar Winners in 2022

BEST PICTURE

  • ā€œBelfastā€
  • ā€œCODAā€
  • ā€œDonā€™t Look Upā€
  • ā€œDrive My Carā€
  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œKing Richardā€
  • ā€œLicorice Pizzaā€
  • ā€œNightmare Alleyā€
  • ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • ā€œWest Side Storyā€

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Jessie Buckley, ā€œThe Lost Daughterā€
  • Ariana DeBose, ā€œWest Side Storyā€
  • Judi Dench, ā€œBelfastā€
  • Kirsten Dunst, ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • Aunjanue Ellis, ā€œKing Richardā€

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Ciaran Hinds, ā€œBelfastā€
  • Troy Kotsur, ā€œCODAā€
  • Jesse Plemons, ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • J.K. Simmons, ā€œBeing the Ricardosā€
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee, ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

  • ā€œDrive My Carā€
  • ā€œFleeā€
  • ā€œThe Hand of Godā€
  • ā€œLunana: A Yak in the Classroomā€
  • ā€œThe Worst Person in the Worldā€

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)

  • ā€œAudibleā€
  • ā€œLead Me Homeā€
  • ā€œThe Queen of Basketballā€
  • ā€œThree Songs for Benazirā€
  • ā€œWhen We Were Bulliesā€

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • ā€œAscensionā€
  • ā€œAtticaā€
  • ā€œFleeā€
  • ā€œSummer of Soulā€
  • ā€œWriting with Fireā€

ORIGINAL SONG

  • ā€œKing Richardā€ ā€“ ā€œBe Aliveā€
  • ā€œEncantoā€ ā€“ ā€œDos Oruguitasā€
  • ā€œBelfastā€ ā€“ ā€œDown To Joyā€
  • ā€œNo Time to Dieā€ ā€“ ā€œNo Time To Dieā€
  • ā€œFour Good Daysā€ ā€“ ā€œSomehow You Doā€

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

  • ā€œEncantoā€
  • ā€œFleeā€
  • ā€œLucaā€
  • ā€œThe Mitchells vs. The Machineā€
  • ā€œRaya and the Last Dragonā€

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • ā€œCODAā€
  • ā€œDrive My Carā€
  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œThe Lost Daughterā€
  • ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • ā€œBelfastā€
  • ā€œDonā€™t Look Upā€
  • ā€œKing Richardā€
  • ā€œLicorice Pizzaā€
  • ā€œThe Worst Person in the Worldā€

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Javier Bardem, ā€œBeing the Ricardosā€
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • Andrew Garfield, ā€œTick, Tickā€¦ Boom!ā€
  • Will Smith, ā€œKing Richardā€
  • Denzel Washington, ā€œThe Tragedy of Macbethā€

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Jessica Chastain, ā€œThe Eyes of Tammy Fayeā€
  • Olivia Colman, ā€œThe Lost Daughterā€
  • Penelope Cruz, ā€œParallel Mothersā€
  • Nicole Kidman, ā€œBeing the Ricardosā€
  • Kristen Stewart, ā€œSpencerā€

DIRECTOR

  • Kenneth Branagh, ā€œBelfastā€
  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi, ā€œDrive My Carā€
  • Paul Thomas Anderson, ā€œLicorice Pizzaā€
  • Jane Campion, ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • Steven Spielberg, ā€œWest Side Storyā€

PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œNightmare Alleyā€
  • ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • ā€œThe Tragedy of Macbethā€
  • ā€œWest Side Storyā€

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œNightmare Alleyā€
  • ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • ā€œThe Tragedy of Macbethā€
  • ā€œWest Side Storyā€

COSTUME DESIGN

  • ā€œCruellaā€
  • ā€œCyranoā€
  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œNightmare Alleyā€
  • ā€œWestside Storyā€

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

  • ā€œBelfastā€
  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œNo Time to Dieā€
  • ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • ā€œWestside Storyā€

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

  • ā€œAffairs of the Artā€
  • ā€œBestiaā€
  • ā€œBoxballetā€
  • ā€œRobin Robinā€
  • ā€œThe Windshield Wiperā€

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

  • ā€œAla Kachuu ā€” Take and Runā€
  • ā€œThe Dressā€
  • ā€œThe Long Goodbyeā€
  • ā€œOn My Mindā€
  • ā€œPlease Holdā€

ORIGINAL SCORE

  • ā€œDonā€™t Look Upā€
  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œEncantoā€
  • ā€œParallel Mothersā€
  • ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€

VISUAL EFFECTS

  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œFree Guyā€
  • ā€œNo Time to Dieā€
  • ā€œShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsā€
  • ā€œSpider-Man: No Way Homeā€

FILM EDITING

  • ā€œDonā€™t Look Upā€
  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œKing Richardā€
  • ā€œThe Power of the Dogā€
  • ā€œTick, Tickā€¦ Boom!ā€

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

  • ā€œComing 2 Americaā€
  • ā€œCruellaā€
  • ā€œDuneā€
  • ā€œThe Eyes of Tammy Fayeā€
  • ā€œHouse of Gucciā€

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Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.