UPDATE: Late front-runner CODA won Best Picture tonight. But that wasn’t the only prize for that film as Troy Kotsur won for Best Supporting Actor and Sian Heder won for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Director Jane Campion won Best Director, for The Power of the Dog, as the first ever woman to be nominated for that category twice, and Will Smith took home his first-ever Oscar for King Richard (Kenneth Branagh also won his first Oscar, for writing Belfast).
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune dominated most of the technical awards, winning six of the Oscars it was nominated for including Best Sound, Production Design, Film Editing, Cinematography, Visual Effects, and Score.
Other acting honors went to Jessica Chastain and Ariana DeBose while Encanto took home Best Animated Feature. For the full list of winners, head down below…
It’s the night Hollywood celebrates Hollywood! Strap yourself in for several hours of Oscar happenings as the 94th Academy Awards looks to reward the best movies and performances of 2021. And we’ll have your winners list live as it all unfolds right here!
After record-low viewership for the 2021 Oscars (coming off a year when hardly anyone went outside to watch movies), the Academy decided to switch things up this go around, with eight award categories being pre-recorded at the Dolby Theatre and edited into the live broadcast, in hopes of creating a show that is more “vital, kinetic, and relevant” (per Academy President David Rubin).
FYI: The Oscars for Documentary (Short Subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Short Film (Animated), Short Film (Live Action), and Sound have already been handed out pre-live broadcast so the winners are all listed down at the bottom of the pageant in case you wand to avoid spoilers.
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On top of this, the Academy teamed up with Twitter to host an “Oscars Fan Favorite” award, which can include films not nominated for Best Picture. Many feel this prize could go to Spider-Man: No Way Home, which some (including Kevin Smith) felt should have been nominated in the top category since the 10th Best Picture spot wasn’t utilized.
The hosts for tonight are Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands’ Wanda Sykes as Dune dukes it out with The Power of the Dog, Nightmare Alley, Drive My Car, CODA, Licorice Pizza, and more. Plus, will Will Smith take home his first-ever Oscar for King Richard or will the prize go to No Way Home star Andrew Garfield? Will Jessica Chastain win for her portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker or will Penélope Cruz take home the award for her performance in Parallel Mothers? Either way, it’d be a big “W” for The 355. Can beloved Tinseltown couple Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons bring both supporting acting statues home? Let’s find out!
Best Picture Nominees
Belfast
CODA – WINNER
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Actress Nominees
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor Nominees
Will Smith, King Richard – WINNER
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick … Boom!
Best Director Nominees
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Best Production Design
Dune – WINNER
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
Flee
Attica
Ascension
Writing With Fire
Best Film Editing
Don’t Look Up
Dune – (Joe Walker, WINNER)
King Richard
tick, tick … BOOM!
The Power of the Dog
Best Music (Original Score)
Don’t Look Up
Dune – WINNER
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Power of the Dog
The Lost Daughter
CODA – (Sian Heder, WINNER)
Dune
Drive My Car
Best Original Screenplay Nominees
Licorice Pizza
Belfast – WINNER
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
The Worst Person in the World
Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story – WINNER
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Judi Dench, Belfast
Best Supporting Actor
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA – WINNER
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Best Costume Design
Cruella – (Jenny Beavan, WINNER)
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Best Live Action Short
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye – WINNER
On My Mind
Please Hold
Best International Film
Drive My Car, Japan – WINNER
Flee, Denmark
The Hand of God, Italy
The Worst Person in the World, Norway
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, Bhutan
Best Best Animated Short Film
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper – WINNER
Best Animated Feature
Encanto – WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Visual Effects
Dune – WINNER
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Documentary Short Subject
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball – WINNER
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Best Cinematography
Dune – (Greig Fraser, WINNER)
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Sound
Belfast
Dune – WINNER
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Original Song
“Be Alive” from King Richard, music and lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto, music and lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy” from Belfast, music and lyric by Van Morrison
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die, music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days, music and lyric by Diane Warren
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER
House of Gucci