The 94th Academy Awards have come to an end after a scandalous slap and a historical night of memorable wins.
Among the top winners is Denis Villeneuve’s Dune which won six out of its 10 nominations, setting the highest record for the night. The Sci-Fi film picked up the award for Sound, Editing, Score, Cinematography, Visual Effects, and Production Design.
Ariana DeBose became the first openly queer Afro-Latina woman in the Academy’s 94-year history to take home an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the movie, West Side Story.
CODA’s Troy Kotsur also made history as the first deaf male actor to win an academy award for Best Supporting Actor. His acceptance speech in sign language brought both the audience and the interpreter to tears.
Notably, New Zealand born Australian director Jane Champion became the third ever female filmmaker to win Best Director for her film Power of the Dog. She was congratulated by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adern who complimented her skill and talent and said she put ‘New Zealand on the world stage’.
Defeating the likes of Power of the dog and Dune, Coda ultimately scooped the Best Picture award after winning the best-adapted screenplay award as well.
Here is a list of all the winners:
Best picture:
CODA
Best actress:
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Best actor:
Will Smith (King Richard)
Best supporting actress:
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Best supporting actor:
Troy Kotsur (Coda)
Best director:
Jane Campion (Power of the Dog)
Best original screenplay:
Sir Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Best adapted screenplay:
Sian Heder (CODA)
Best animated feature:
Encanto
Best documentary feature:
Summer of soul
Best international feature:
Drive My car (Japan)
Best original song:
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die)
Best original Score:
Hans Zimmer (Dune)
Best cinematography:
Greig Fraser (Dune)
Best visual effects:
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer (Dune)
Best film editing:
Joe Walker (Dune)
Best costume design:
Jenny Beavan (Cruella)
Best sound:
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett (Dune)
Best production design:
Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos (Dune)
Best make-up and hairstyling:
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
TikTok users could soon find that the popular social media service is either under new ownership or could be outright banned in the United States.
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that requires TikTok to find a new owner—or face a ban in the United States.
Over the past several months, Washington D.C. has been under pressure to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app.
Lawmakers and security experts have long raised concerns that the Chinese government could tap TikTok’s trove of personal data about millions of U.S. users.
TikTok’s CEO said the bill is disappointing and reiterated that the company has committed to challenge it.
David Zhang from China Insider. joins Veronica Dudo to discuss
Threads, the social media platform owned by Meta, is gaining traction with a surge in daily active users, outpacing X in the U.S.
With Threads averaging 28 million daily active users compared to X’s 22 million, Meta’s ambitions to reach a billion users seem within reach despite a slowdown in growth. While X still boasts 550 million monthly active users globally, Threads’ focus on user experience and avoidance of real-time and political content could position it as a formidable competitor moving forward.
This weekend’s entertainment lineup has something for everyone.
Apple TV+ brings “Sugar,” a drama set in New York City, while “Civil War” offers historical intensity.
“Challengers” with Zendaya brings a saucy sport drama to life, and superhero buffs can catch the trailer for “Deadpool and Wolverine” for action-packed fun.
With options spanning drama, history, reality, and superheroes, there’s excitement in store for all this weekend.