The night of the Oscars was intense, surprisingly she had a Colombian flair with it Recognition in the Best Animated Feature section for Encanto and a shocking right hand from actor Will Smith to the face of comedian Chris Rock, who made fun of the wife of King Richard’s protagonist: a winning family.
The joy began with the sung award for the story of the Madrigal family and their unexpected heroine, Mirabel. “I’m very proud to be a part of a film with very diverse characters that are identified with around the world,” said Yvett Merino, producer of Encanto, which will work with directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard (Charise Castro Smith). stood the stage. , the other co-director, was not present).
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“Thank you to the music department led by Lin-Manuel Miranda and to all of Colombia for giving us everything to make this film,” Bush added.
Sebastián Yatra performs “Dos oruguitas” in Spanish at the Oscars.
Minutes earlier, we Colombians witnessed one of the most exciting moments: Sebastián Yatra appeared on stage to interpret in Spanish Dos oruguitas from Encanto, which was beaten for best original song by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell’s James Bond theme No Time To Die.
The paisa wore a black suit decorated with yellow butterflies, he was accompanied by a couple of dancers in typical costumes and with a set of drums and plants.
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Carolina Gaitán and Mauro Castillo, the other two Colombians, attended the presentation of “We don’t talk about Bruno” alongside Luis Fonsi and Becky G, Encanto’s most successful song. Too bad his speech was interrupted during the TV broadcast.
Will Smith: Statuette and “Right Hand”
Best Actor of the Night was Will Smith for his role as the father of the Williams tennis players in King Richard: A Winning Family (King Richard). In fact, he starred in the enigmatic moment of the night as an Oscar winner came on stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face after he joked about his wife and her haircut.
He then returned to his seat, noticeably annoyed, shouting words of heavy caliber: “Don’t put my wife’s name in your mouth.”
Rock joked when comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s short hair to Demi Moore’s shaved character in the 1997 film GI Jane. Smith walked over to Rock and punched him in the face before returning to his seat next to Jada and shouting insults. The actress and singer suffers from alopecia.
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A few minutes later, Will Smith’s name was spoken again at the Dolby Theater. He calmed down a bit and was able to accept the award for best actor.
“I am overwhelmed by what God is asking me to do and be in this world (…) You are calling me in life to love people and to be like a river for my people the power to inspire people to do so talk crazy about you, you have to smile and pretend everything’s fine,” he said.
“This is a beautiful moment and I’m not crying because I won an award, it’s about giving light to people,” he said, speaking of the entire cast. “Art mimics life, I look like a crazy dad but love does crazy things to you,” he finally apologized to the Academy, hoping to be invited back to the awards.
Jessica Chastain won the Best Actress Oscar thanks to her starring role in The Eyes of Tammye Faye and delivered an emotional acceptance speech: “We come from difficult times that have filled us with trauma and isolation. A lot of people out there are feeling hopeless and lonely, and Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in America and has touched many families and many members of the LGBTQ community who sometimes feel out of place…we face discrimination and laws that rock our country to further divide us.”
(Read more: Will Smith Wins Best Actor Award and Apologizes for Beating Rock.)
‘Coda’, the big surprise
The Oscar for Best Picture went to Coda, the big surprise of the night, which received three awards: Best Supporting Actor was Troy Kotsur, who plays the father in this tale of a deaf-mute fishing family whose only bridge to the world is their teenage daughter who dreams of being a singer. Kotsur starred in one of the most beautiful moments of the ceremony, when everyone present at the Dolby stood up and started waving their hands – which is the sign of applause for the deaf and mute. Coda also won Best Adapted Screenplay (it is inspired by the successful French film La familia Belier).
“Coda” won the Oscar for Best Picture.
For the third time in the history of the Oscars a woman accepts the award for best director: Jane Campion won the statuette for her film The Power of the Dog, which was a favorite with 12 nominations. Before her, Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) and Kathryn Bigelow (The Hard Locker) won.
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The evening began with a show from Beyoncé performing the Be Alive theme from a tennis court (the song was in competition for the Original Theme award) and the Best Supporting Actress award: Ariana DeBose from West Side Story.
“Now come on because Anita says: I want to be in America… Dreams come true. Thank you Steven Spielberg”, fIt was part of the actress’ emotional speech. “Look at this Afro-Latina with an Oscar,” DeBose concluded, thanking Rita Moreno, the performer who played the role of Anita in the original 1961 version.
“Duna” won six prizes in the most important technical categories. It was the film with the most awards.
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Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s futuristic epic, has won numerous technical awards: it won the Oscars for Best Sound, Special Effects, Cinematography, Production Design, Editing and Original Soundtrack (Hans Zimmer).
The Japanese film Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, beating Flee, It Was the Hand of God, Lunana and The Worst Person in the World.
Minutes before the official broadcast began, the winners were announced in 8 categories, which for the first time in Oscars history were not televised, causing controversy at the Academy’s announcement. The winners appeared in short speeches.
The Spaniard Alberto Mielgo won the statuette for the best animated short film with “The Wiper”, an award that the Chilean director Hugo Covarrubias also aimed for with “Bestia”. The Queen Of Basketball won Best Documentary and The Long Goodbye won Best Live-Action Short.
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Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola and Robert de Niro at the 50th Anniversary Academy Awards for The Godfather.
Although it was thought that this would improve the rhythm of the gala, in reality it felt heavy and boring at times.
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The sagas of James Bond and The Godfather were protagonists of the ceremony: The Agent 007 franchise turns 60 and the first part of Francis Ford Coppola’s trilogy reaches its half-century. Surprisingly and to great applause, Coppola, Robert de Niro and Al Pacino, the director and two of the actors of the mafia classic, entered the stage.
The 94th Oscars gala returned to the 80 percent capacity Dolby Theater with the presentation of comedians Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes.
“We’re at the Oscars, I can’t believe it, it’s the best place. I want to congratulate everyone who made a film in this pandemic, they weren’t all great, they were difficult to understand (…) . I’ve seen Charm 109 times,” Schumer joked.
If this new edition of the Oscars, which has once again opted for an in-person event, wanted to attract attention, it has really succeeded.
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