'Coda' wins three awards at the 94th Academy Awards, while 'The Power of the Dog' wins only one Oscar

Today, there is some major Hollywood buzz since the Academy Awards ended two days ago. The Power of the Dog won one award only, on March 27. The award was for Best Director, and Jane Campion won this award for the first time. The movie received a leading twelve nominations, but the movie won one award only. Like the power of the dog, Belfast won one award only. Kenneth Branagh won Best Original Screenplay, which is his first Oscar also. Next, 'Coda' won three awards including Best Picture. Troy Kotsur won his first Oscar for best supporting actor in 'Coda.' This award is the first given to a deaf actor. 'Coda' won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay as well. Ariana Debose won her first Oscar, for best supporting actress in 'West Side Story'. Jessica Chastain won her first Oscar, for best actress in 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye.' In addition, Will Smith won his first Oscar for best actor in 'King Richard.' 'Dune' won six awards out of ten nominations. Most of their awards were for the smaller categories like best sound; best original score; etc. The show was hosted by Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes. 'The Queen of Basketball' was a documentary that won an Oscar for Shaquille O'Neal and Stephen Curry. Both of these NBA championship winners did not go on the stage, to pick up their awards. As usual, the Academy Awards show went past the three hour limit. The show lasted almost 210 minutes. The ratings for this year's show did go up by 56% though, which was a nice increase. Will Packer was the producer extraordinaire of this year's Oscars. He employed an all-black production team. Finally, there was major controversy at the show with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. Rock made a derogatory joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, which definitely irked Will. Jada Pinkett Smith is Will's wife, and she is suffering from Alopecia. Chris Rock's joke was made about 2.5 hours into the show. When Will Smith won his Oscar for best actor for King Richard, he did apologize to the academy and to his fellow nominees. Yesterday, Will did apologize on Twitter to Chris Rock. In closing, the AMPAS did issue a statement that the show does not condone violence. The LAPD will do their own investigation of the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident. Let's hope next year's show does not have major controversy like 2022. Many moviegoers are happy that awards season is over. Good day!

Shocking sports results in 2022 from NFL; Tennis; and NBA

Today's stories are not about the devastating war in Ukraine. Instead, this weblog post is about Rafael Nadal; Novak Djokovic; Matthew Stafford; Tom Brady; and Lebron James (plus other NBA stars). Let's start with Rafael Nadal, as the Spaniard tennis star won the Australian Open in January 2022. Nadal beat Daniil Medvedev in a five set thriller. Nadal lost the first two sets, and he had to win the final three sets in an epic 324 minute match. Rafael Nadal won his 21st grand slam title, to break the tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. In sequence, Novak Djokovic is the next topic of the second paragraph. Novak did not get vaccinated against Covid-19, and he was deported from Australia in January 2022. Since he missed the Australian Open, he could not defend his title. The stubborn Serbian tennis star has won the Australian Open a record nine times. Yet, he is still ranked #1 in the ATP tennis rankings. Novak is not playing in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA; and in the Miami Open in Miami, FL. Next, Tom Brady retired in February 2022 after his Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the LA Rams in the 2021 NFL season's divisional playoffs. Tom changed his mind to irritate the author of this post, on March 13, 2022. Brady has decided to come back for the 2022 NFL season. Like myself, there are a lot of fans that wish Brady did retire forever. In Super Bowl 56, the Buccaneers did not make it to this game. Following Tom Brady, this weblog post's fourth paragraph is centered on Matthew Stafford. Stafford led the Rams to victory over Brady in the divisional playoffs; and to another exciting victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56. Super Bowl 56 was played in SoFi stadium in Inglewood, CA. SoFi stands for the Social Finance company. Matthew Stafford won his first Super Bowl ring, and Vonn Miller won his second ring as they are teammmates for the LA Rams. Cooper Kupp won the Super Bowl MVP, as he caught two touchdown passes from Matthew Stafford. Onto the NBA, LeBron James is the main person in this fifth paragraph. LeBron James is playing for a LA Lakers organization that will not have a winning record this year. Currently, the Lakers are nine games under .500 with a record of 29 wins and 38 losses. James is tied for the league lead in scoring though. Anthony Davis has missed many games this year, and the Russell Westbrook trade did not produce great returns for the Lakeshow. Carmelo Anthony teamed up with LeBron this year, and Anthony may be excited when the dreadful season is over. In closing, check out the picture above of Stephen Curry. Today is his 34th birthday. His GS Warriors are in 3rd place in the Western Conference. It is great to see Klay Thompson back in the Warriors uniform. Hope there is a new NBA champion this year, as the Milwaukee Bucks are in third place in the Eastern Conference. Happy Birthday Stephen Curry!!