The audience at the Oscars 2022 can look forward to surprises: three hostesses will lead through the show and an audience award will also be presented for the first time.
Los Angeles – They have been honoring films and filmmakers in various categories since 1929: The Oscars are the most important film prizes worldwide and will be awarded again in the USA in 2022. The annual Oscar ceremony traditionally takes place in Los Angeles (formerly also in New York) at the beginning of the year.
Whether the last Oscar ceremony could take place in 2021 was not initially clear – like many events in Hollywood – because of the corona pandemic. Then the Oscars 2021 could take place after all – albeit under strict safety precautions to protect against the corona virus. For example, the 2021 Oscars were postponed by a few weeks – from February 2021 to April 25, 2021. The Oscars are rarely postponed and have only taken place four times in the history of the so-called Academy Awards. Due to the pandemic, the 2022 Oscars will also be held later, on March 27th, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The Oscars have been awarded there regularly since 2002.
Oscars 2022: Special features and surprises at the Academy Awards
In addition to the safety precautions due to the corona virus, there are also a few special features and innovations at the Oscars 2022: The 94th edition of the Academy Awards is to be moderated by three hosts in 2022, as the boulevard portal The Hollywood Reporter reports: These are probably the Comedians Amy Schumer (40) and Wanda Sykes (57) and actress and Regina Hall (51).
The moderators are to lead through the show in three parts. The reason for this is probably the falling number of viewers when the Oscars were broadcast on TV. With the three-part Oscar ceremony in 2022, a wider audience should be addressed. However, the rumor as to whether these three film women will actually host the Oscars 2022 is still unconfirmed.
Oscars 2022: Who Are The Oscars 2022 Nominees For Best Picture?
Ten films have been nominated for the Oscars 2022 in the “Best Film” category this year*. These include two Netflix productions such as the satire Don’ Look Up, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Street, about an asteroid threatening to destroy the Earth, and about former Republican US President Donald Trump and conspiracy theories alludes to the corona pandemic. A Netflix production is also the western drama “The Power of the Dog”, which with twelve nominations is considered a favorite at the Oscars 2022.
These are the nominees for the Oscar 2022 in the category “Best Picture”:
| Movie title: | Production: |
|---|---|
| Belfast | Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas |
| coda | Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet and Patrick Wachsberger |
| Don’t look up | Adam McKay and Kevin J Messick |
| Drive my car | Teruhisa Yamamoto |
| Dune | Cale Boyter, Mary Parent, and Denis Villeneuve |
| KingRichard | Cale Boyter, Mary Parent, and Denis Villeneuve |
| Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy and Adam Somner |
| Nightmare Alley | Bradley Cooper, J Miles Dale, and Guillermo del Toro |
| The Power of the Dog | Bradley Cooper, J Miles Dale, and Guillermo del Toro |
| West Side Story | Kristie Macosko Krieger and Steven Spielberg |
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Oscars 2022 introduce audience award – audience can vote for favorite film
But other surprises are also waiting: For the first time, an audience award is to be presented at the Oscars 2022. According to this, viewers and fans can vote for their favorite film up to 20 times a day on the social media platform Twitter or the Oscars website until March 3rd. Part of the action at the 2022 Oscars is choosing an “Oscar cheer” moment. The five scenes with the most votes will be screened at the 2022 Academy Awards. When voting, participants can also win prizes, including cinema tickets. These actions on the sidelines of the Oscars 2022 should probably attract more viewers to the award ceremony.
Oscars under criticism: lack of diversity and structural inequalities
The Oscars have also been criticized in the past for a lack of diversity: Black people and women, for example, are still underrepresented in nominations and among the award winners. The presidency of the Republican Donald Trump and the death of the black man Georg Floyd by police violence brought the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA and with it the topic of structural racism even more into focus at the Oscars. However, it remains to be seen whether anything will move in the direction of diversity in the future.
Oscars 2022: Event that is also used for political messages
Many stars therefore use the appearance on the red carpet to draw public attention to grievances. The same applies to the actress and Oscar winner Nathalie Portman, who drew attention to structural inequalities and gender discrimination in the film industry with her robe with the names of female filmmakers. The 1973 Academy Awards are also legendary: Marlon Brando declined the Best Actor award for his role in The Godfather and instead had the award accepted by a Native American rights activist.
Oscars 2022: These are the favorites in the categories “Best Actor” and “Best Actress”
An important category at the Oscars are the categories “Best Actor” and “Best Actress”.
The nominees for Best Actor at the Oscars 2022 are:
| Bester Schauspieler: | Film: |
| Javier Bardem | Being the Ricardos |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | The Power of the Dog |
| Andrew Garfield | Tick, Tick…Boom! |
| Will Smith | King Richard |
| Denzel Washington | Macbeth |
The nominees for Best Actress at the Oscars 2022 are:
| Best Actress: | Movie: |
| Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye |
| woman in the dark | woman in the dark |
| Penelope Cruz | parallel mothers |
| Nicole Kidman | Being the Ricardos |
| spencer | spencer |
It remains to be seen whether the innovations at the Oscars 2022 will be able to attract more viewers to the Academy Awards. However, the German contribution “I am your human” by the actress and director Maria Schrader is no longer in the running for the Oscar in the category “Best International Film”. (df) * Buzzfeed.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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