Oscars 2022

[NGL]

Maybe it would be better if the the Academy broke away from ABC and made the show pay-per-view on Oscars.org. In addition to accepting credit and debit cards, they could sell gift cards that people could by with cash in stores, or even from vending machines. These gift-card sales could be used to promote the telecast. Then, after the live telecast, they could sell the video of the show.

[malcolm1980]

Will Smith just resigned from the Academy.

[Culturegeek]

A superb discussion between Nick David and Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience that really touches on a lot.

[Culturegeek]

ACTOR:
Javier Bardem - I'd predict it but wouldn't wager on it.
Benedict Cumberbatch - I'd wager on it, but there is something about the speed at which he became an also-ran AND the Marvelization of cinema that makes me wonder.
Andrew Garfield - I'd predict it but wouldn't wager on it.
Will Smith - Nope.
Denzel Washington - I'm very confident he'll be back. I actually wonder if he'll eventually eclipse Nicholson's record for an actor. Streep's is obviously too far.

ACTRESS:
Jessica Chastain - More mixed. I should predict it, but there's something about her taste in projects that makes me wonder.
Olivia Colman - Yes and I'll echo that she is someone who can win again. That she's entered the winner's conversation twice and if she had lost in 2018, she would have won in 2020 (imo)
Penelope Cruz - More mixed, but leaning no
Nicole Kidman - Probably, but I don't think she'll win again
Kristen Stewart - More mixed, but leaning yes

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ciaran Hinds - No
Troy Kotsur - No
Jesse Plemons - No
JK Simmons - Maybe
Kodi Smit-McPhee - No

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley - Yes, with confidence
Ariana DeBose - Yes, with confidence
Judi Dench - No.
Kirsten Dunst - No.
Aunjanue Ellis - Yes

DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh - Nope.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Nope.
Paul Thomas Anderson - Yes.
Jane Campion - Nope.
Steven Spielberg - Yes.

[NGL]

Highlighting the discrepancy between nominations and awards, this is the first Oscars since those awarded for the films of 1931-1932 - when Grand Hotel won - where no more than one film with four or more nominations won more than one award.

[NGL]

I finally watched the whole show on abc.com as I dropped cable and they did not unlock the show for those who do not have a cable provider to sign into until a week after the live broadcast. What I have to add is that, as I suspected, the time taken away from awarding all the categories live mostly meant that time being filled by lame attempts at humor from the hosts and presenters. Even without the Will Smith slap, I found this to be one of the worst Oscar productions.

[teppo2]

They always do comedy bits though. I think the Twitter shit was what added most of the unnecessary time.

[Above the Title]

AMPAS just banned Will Smith from all Academy events, including the Oscars, for the next ten years. He can still be nominated/win but he cannot attend.

[emmygrammyoscartony]

I am glad he is getting some actual consequences.