THE biggest night in Hollywood is live NOW with hosts Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes, and Amy Schumer.
Beyoncé kicked off the 94th Academy Awards with a live performance of her song Be Alive, which has been nominated for Best Original Song for its feature in the movie King Richard.
DJ Khalid jokingly interrupted the hosts as the trio joked about being a woman in Hollywood and roasted ceremony guests like Samuel L. Jackson, Jane Campion, and Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has won multiple awards already, while Ariana DeBose took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in a historic victory as the first openly queer woman of color to win that award.
The night kicked off with stars like Vanessa Hudgens and Lily James walking the red carpet as anticipation built for the ceremony.
Kourtney Kardashian shared a behind-the-scenes look at her preparation for the Oscars, where her fiance Travis Barker will be performing.
The couple showed major PDA on the red carpet while Kourtney, 42, wore a tight black dress and the Blink-182 drummer kept it cool in an all-black suit.
Sources say that bosses were keen to have Duchess Meghan present the award for Best Actress.
But the idea had to be scrapped when Kristen Stewart was nominated for her role as Harry’s mother Princess Diana in Spencer.
It’s now thought that the couple could be in line to present the Best Picture award.
A full list of the nominations was revealed earlier this year.
Read our Oscars 2022 live blog for the latest news and updates…
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Princess parade
Lily James, Naomi Scott, and Halle Bailey presented the nominees for the best feature film.
All three women have or will play princesses in live-action films.
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Encanto performance
Sebastián Yatra performed Dos Oruguitas from Encanto, which is up for Best Original Song.
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Rachel Zegler jokes
Following the Academy’s embarrassing U-Turn after initially not inviting rising star Rachel Zegler, she joked about it on stage while presenting with Jacob Elordi.
“I never thought that I would stand on this stage,” Elordi said.
“And I never thought that I would be here six days ago,” Rachel followed, prompting a laugh from the audience.
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Dune’s sweep CONTINUES
Rachel Zegler and Jacob Elordi presented the Oscar to Dune’s VFX team for Best Visual Effects.
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Double standards?
Columnist Piers Morgan tweeted about possible double standards shown in Regina Hall’s jokes about a “Covid patdown” to men she found attractive.
“If a man did that, he’d be immediately cancelled,” Morgan said.
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Dune’s sweep continues
The Academy Award for Cinematography has gone to Greig Frasier for Dune.
This is the first Oscar and second nomination for Greig Frasier.
He thanked Denis Villeneuve in his speech and sweetly referred to filming the movie as “playing with his friends in the sand dunes for six months.”
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Ariana DeBose makes history
Ariana is the first openly queer woman of color to win best actress in a supporting role.
“Even in this weird world we live in, dreams do come true… thank you Steven Spielberg, you are stuck with me now,” DeBose said in her emotional acceptance speech.
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Regina Hall’s bachelors
After joking earlier about how single she is, Regina Hall continued to say that she needed to perform some Covid tests backstage for safety reasons.
She proceeded to call Timothee Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Bradley Cooper, and Simu Liu to the stage in a hilarious bit where she flirted with some other eligible Hollywood bachelors.
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Best supporting actress
H.E.R. and Daniel Kaluuya are presenting the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The Oscar goes to Ariana Debose for West Side Story.
This is her first Oscar and nomination.
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‘Look at Timothee Chalamet’
The hosts joked that the two years of the pandemic was hard on everyone.
“I mean, look at Timothee Chalamet,” they joked, before the camera panned to J.K. Simmons.
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Three women hosts
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes joked that the Oscars hired three women as hosts because it cost less than hiring one man.
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All yellow everything
Beyoncé performed her Best Original Song nominee in a neon yellow ensemble, in front of an all yellow set, with a band playing yellow instruments and dressed in yellow.
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Be Alive
The ceremony is kicking off with a performance by Beyoncé of her song Be Alive, which is featured in the 2021 film King Richard.
The song is nominated tonight for Best Original Song.
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Tune in!
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Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, and Justin Raleigh have won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
The artists beat out work in Cruella, Coming 2 America, Dune, and House of Gucci.
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Dune sweeps already
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has already won a few pre-ceremony Academy Awards, including Best Film Editing and Best Production Design.
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Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer has won the Oscar for Best Original Score for his work on Dune.
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Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film has been awarded to Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed for The Long Goodbye.
The short film beat out The Dress, On My Mind, Please Hold, and Ala Kachuu — Take and Run.
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Best Animated Short Film
The Oscar for Best Animated Short Film has gone to Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez for The Windshield Wiper.
Affairs of the Art, Bestia, Boxballet, and Robin Robin were also up for the award.
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Best Documentary Short Subject
The Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject has gone to Ben Proudfoot for The Queen of Basketball.
The subject won over Audible, Lead Me Home, Three Songs for Benazir, and When We Were Bullies.
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Best Sound winner
The Oscar for Best Sound has gone to Dune.
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett have won the Academy Award.
Belfast, No Time to Die, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story were also up for the award.
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Savage and stylish
Megan Thee Stallion arrived on the red carpet in a blue gown with cutout shapes.
The Texan rapper is in attendance at the Academy AwardsCredit: Getty -
‘Be still my heart’
E! red carpet commentators call Zendaya one of the best dressed of the night, saying that she made the stylish outfit look “effortless.”
Zendaya is known for her impeccable style at red carpet eventsCredit: Getty -
Dune stars arrive
Best Picture nominee Dune costars Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet have arrived at the 94th Academy Awards.
Zendaya is radiating in a white silk top and a sparkling silver skirt.
Timothee smolders in a sequined black suit with no shirt underneath.
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Tongues out
Kourtney Kardashian and her fiance Travis Barker have taken to the red carpet, sharing some intense PDA in their black ensemble.
Earlier in the day, Kourtney shared a sneak peek at her preparation for the Oscars.
Travis is scheduled to perform tonight.
Travis is scheduled to perform tonightCredit: Getty
