Live updates: Oscars 2022 winners, highlights and viral moments

Hollywood is prepared for its closeup.

The 94th Oscars kicked off — on an eye-popping, futuristic stage — from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 27, on ABC.

And, for the primary time since 2018, the awards present is led by a number — truly, make that three, with Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Corridor in the home. It marks the primary time three ladies have ever hosted the ceremony.

The humorous trio saved issues topical of their opening group monologue, suggesting that the coronavirus pandemic has been tough on everybody, particularly 26-year-old Timothée Chalamet — earlier than reducing to a closeup of 67-year-old Oscar winner J.Ok. Simmons. Additionally they predicted a enjoyable evening for everybody — however an particularly “homosexual evening” for residents of Florida — a slap to the current dustup over laws there.

Oscars 2022 hosts Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall take the stage in Los Angeles.
Oscars 2022 hosts Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Corridor take the stage in Los Angeles.
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Within the high classes, Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye)”), Olivia Colman (“The Misplaced Daughter”), Penelope Cruz (“Parallel Moms”), Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”) and Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) are all vying for the Actress in a Main Function statue, whereas Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”), Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Energy of the Canine”), Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick… Increase!”), Will Smith (“King Richard”) and Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”) are in a race for Actor in a Main Function.

In the meantime, the whopping 10 movies within the working for Finest Image embrace “Belfast,” “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Drive My Automobile,” “Dune,” “King Richard,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Energy of the Canine” and “West Facet Story.”

And among the many evening’s historic potentialities, ought to Lin-Manuel Miranda, 42, win Finest Authentic Track for “Dos Oruguitas” from the movie “Encanto,” he would turn into the seventeenth performer to achieve EGOT standing — in different phrases, profitable all 4 large trade awards that embrace an Emmy, a Golden Globe, an Oscar and a Tony.

The complete listing of Academy Award winners and nominees — plus highlights (and lowlights) from the present — will probably be up to date all through the evening.

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