“Did I miss anything?” quipped Oscars co-host Amy Schumer, returning to the Dolby Theatre stage after a break. “There’s a different vibe in here.”Before ‘the incident’,the events had actually proved  to be one of the more enjoyable watches as award evenings go.It was a great idea to have three Hosts for these Oscars (Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall ) Highlights included acceptance speeches by  Troy Kotsur for CODA as best  Supporting role, and Jessica Chastain for Best leading Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Fayeand .

However, as Chris Rock  presented  the award for Best Documentary with jokes at the expense of stars , including one at Jada Pinket Smith.Will Smith struck the presenter and sat back down,followed by on-air vebal altercations. The mood immediately  shifted as it resumed after the break. And yet the show ,as they say goes on.” As Best actor was announced  Will Smith  made a tearful acceptance apologising to the Academy. It was afterward on twitter the Oscar Academy released a statement;

”The Academy does not condone violence of any form.”

Before this, if there was any worry that the  Oscars Award show would get it’s water cooler moment come the morning. It did, but for all the wrong reasons.

As to who was right or who was wrong in the lead up to ‘the moment’, it became a mute point ,as no one came out looking good afterwards .

At the end of the evening the winners announced for the 2022 Oscars was as follows:  

Best actor in a leading role 

Will Smith: King Richard

Best actor in a supporting role

Troy Kotsur: CODA

Best actress in a leading role

Jessica Chastain: The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best actress in a supporting role

Ariana DeBose: West Side Story

Best Picture

CODA:

Best Animated Feature Film

Encanto:

Best Cinematography

Dune: Greig Fraser

Best Costume Design

Cruella: Jenny Beavan

Best Director

Jane Campion: The Power of the Dog

Best Documentary (Feature)

Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised):

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

The Queen of Basketball: Ben Proudfoot

Best International Feature Film

Drive My Car: Japan

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Eyes of Tammy Faye:

Best Music (Original Score)

Dune: Hans Zimmer

Best Music (Original Song)

“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die: Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Best Production Design

Dune: Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

Best Animated Short Film

The Windshield Wiper: Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

Best Sound

Dune: Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Belfast: Kenneth Branagh

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

CODA: Siân Heder