Oscars 2022: Watch All The Winner Acceptance Speeches

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LIVE – Updated at 13:21This year’s Oscars featured shocks, sighs and surprises – but all anyone will care about is a slap. The Academy Awards took place on Sunday night, with films including The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Coda battling it out in the big categories. The biggest story of the night had almost nothing to do with the awards: a shocking altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock sparked by a joke about Smith’s wife Jada.

The slap that was heard around the world! The Oscars moment between comedian Chris Rock, 57, and newfound Academy Award-winner, Will Smith, shocked audiences—and the world. The uncensored confrontation—which has apparently been a long-time coming—inspired viral memes and airplay worldwide, easily being the awards show’s most talked about moment. Despite wonderful speeches, lovely fashion and wild after parties, nothing else stood out quite as much as this bizarre and polarizing interaction.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that a formal investigation will be conducted after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 94th annual Oscars.

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during the ceremony. The “slap heard around the world” has since divided the Internet.

last year’s historically low ratings, but cratered in civility and grace.Strike another death knell for the once-almighty ratings grabber.Tinseltown likes to think of itself as the center of the moral and pop culture universe, but c’mon — that was ridiculous, another slap in the face for what’s supposed to be (but rarely is) “Hollywood’s Shining Moment,” with television along for the ride on a gravy train that’s gone off the rails and crashed into a wall of indifference.Sunday night’s Oscarcast on ABC is the second-lowest-rated Oscars ever with around 15 million viewers, up from last year’s abysmal 10.4 million viewing audience (akin to an episode of “Yellowstone” on cable’s Paramount Network). The mediocre ratings bump will instill in nervous network execs the hope that this dinosaur can be saved from extinction — instead of seeing the obvious writing on the (video) wall that it’s too late for that.This year’s annual self-congratulatory festivities were produced by Will Packer, who can thank another Will (Smith) for perhaps the most controversial moment in the ceremony’s 93-year history … if only anyone was watching it live on ABC, instead of scurrying to their computers late Sunday night/ Monday morning to see what all the social media ruckus was about.There’s no doubt that Smith’s WTF? open-palmed smack of Oscars presenter Chris Rock after Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia (“Jada, can’t wait for ‘G.I.

Beyonce's tennis court performance of «Be Alive» to the Will Smith-Chris Rock slap, the 94th annual Academy Awards was a memorable evening of wins, musical numbers, and talked-about moments. But not everything made it into the live broadcast on Sunday night, which aired from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. ET was live on the carpet and inside the annual awards show, and got some insider details and eyewitness accounts of what when down when the cameras weren't rolling. Bradley Cooper was one of the first stars to arrive on the carpet, bringing his mother, Gloria Campano, as his date. “He’s walking slowly, smiling with her and holding her hand,” an observer told ET. “He looks very proud and is leading her through the crowd.” After taking photos, the mother-son duo got in a golf cart to avoid the rest of the carpet and were driven down the length of it through the back.That wasn't the only family love spotted on the carpet.

Two years after Jessica Chastain and husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo welcomed their second child, the actress revealed the toddler’s name.

Jessica Chastain is celebrating her Oscar win with her husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo by her side!

Will Smith abruptly took the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock at the 94th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday. The moment came just after Rock had taken a dig at Will's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, saying, «Jada, I love ya. G.I.

Will Smith went viral, slapping comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. The moment came just after Rock had taken a dig at Will's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, saying, «Jada, I love ya. G.I.

The 2022 Oscars saw celebrities turn out in style for an emotional and dramatic evening in Hollywood.This year’s ceremony saw the jaw-dropping moment when Will Smith stormed on stage to slap Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, as well as numerous celebrities paying tribute to the war in Ukraine through their fashion and speeches. Amid the drama, it was (almost) easy to forget the reason why A-listers had assembled at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles - to honour the finest movies from around the world.

It was an Academy Awards which no one will be forgetting anytime soon. Aside from its controversy, this year's Oscars set new records for diversity and representation, as well as giving long-awaited recognition for two big-screen veterans.

LIVE – Updated at 08:52This year’s Oscars featured shocks, sighs and surprises – but all anyone will care about is a slap. The Academy Awards took place on Sunday night (27 March), with films including The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Coda battling it out in the big categories. The biggest story of the night had almost nothing to do with the awards: a shocking altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock sparked by a joke about Smith’s wife Jada.

Will Smith got up on stage at The Oscars and slapped presenter Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head.The shocking scenes unfolded when comedian Chris, 57, teased Jada over her look, as he said he couldn't wait to see her in the next "G.I. Jane" movie.The 50 year old actress has alopecia and has been open with her hair loss struggles since 2018.