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| The cast and crew of "CODA" accept the award for Best Picture onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., March 27. AFP-Yonhap |
The heartwarming movie "CODA," about a deaf family with a hearing daughter, won the prestigious best picture prize at the Oscars, Sunday, the first time a streaming service took home the film industry's biggest prize.
"CODA" was released by Apple TV+, and beat Netflix's contender "The Power of the Dog" and other entries from traditional Hollywood studios.
"I really want to thank the academy for recognizing a movie of love and family at this difficult time that we need today," producer Patrick Wachsberger said in front of the film's cast on stage.
Hollywood's most prestigious awards ceremony returned to all-out glitz at the Dolby Theatre after pandemic restrictions limited the event last year.
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| Will Smith waves after winning the Oscar for Best Actor in "King Richard" at the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., March 27. Reuters-Yonhap |
The upbeat atmosphere was disrupted when best actor winner Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock onstage over a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock referenced the 1997 movie "G.I. Jane," in which actress Demi Moore shaved her head.
Smith slapped Rock in what at first appeared to be a scripted joke. But the theater turned somber moments later when Smith, back in his seat, shouted back, "Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth." The comment was silenced during the live U.S. broadcast on Walt Disney's ABC.
Smith later apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and to his fellow nominees as he tearfully accepted the Oscar for best actor for playing the father of Venus and Serena Williams in "King Richard."
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| U.S. actress Jessica Chastain accepts the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., March 27. AFP-Yonhap |
Jessica Chastain landed the best actress award for playing TV evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye."
In other awards, Jane Campion became just the third woman in the 94-year history of the Oscars to win best director, for her dark Western "Power of the Dog."
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| Jane Campion, winner of Best Director for "The Power of the Dog," appears backstage with her Oscar during the 94th annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, March 27. UPI-Yonhap |
Troy Kotsur made history as the first deaf man to win an Oscar, earning best supporting actor for his role in "CODA." Kotsur played Frank Rossi, the father of a teenager who struggles to help her family's fishing business while pursuing her own aspirations in music.
"This is amazing to be here on this journey. I cannot believe I am here," Kotsur said in a heartfelt speech delivered in sign language as he accepted the supporting actor honor.
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| From left, Ariana DeBose, winner of the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "West Side Story, Troy Kotsur, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for "CODA", and Jessica Chastain, winner of the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," pose in the press room at the Oscars, March 27. AP-Yonhap |
