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!
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