Oscars 2022

Tonight on the Reel Show: The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films released between March 1 and December 31, 2021, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022, by presenting Academy Awards to the winners. CODA won all three awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, becoming the first film distributed by a streaming service (Apple TV+), the first Sundance film premiere, and the first film featuring predominantly deaf actors in leading roles to win Best Picture. Jane Campion became the third woman to win Best Director and the second consecutive after Chloé Zhao in 2021, as well as the first woman to win Academy Awards for both directing and screenwriting. The Power of the Dog became the first film to win Best Director with no other awards since The Graduate in 1968. Controversy ensued when actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face during the ceremony, after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The incident received heavy news coverage and largely overshadowed the rest of the ceremony.