Everything You Should Know About the 94th Oscar Awards

It’s safe to say that this year’s 94th annual Academy Awards won’t be like the subsequent ones. COVID lockdowns, masking, and social distancing have made it impossible to hold a “traditional” Oscar Awards for the last two years.

2021 Oscars were held in April; this year they’re being held in late March. Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” leads the nominations, with 12; with his best actor nomination for “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Denzel Washington became the most-nominated Black actor in history.

There’s a lot still up to know. Be sure to bookmark this page, as we’ll update it when more information becomes available!

But as for now, this is what you need to know:

• •  The 94th Academy Awards will be held on 27 March from 5 pm PT. The ceremony will broadcast live on ABC.
  • Last year, the ceremony was held at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, but this time around it will return to its home since 2002: the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center.
  • The exact format of the 2022 Oscars is not yet known, though the Academy has announced that Emmy-winner Glenn Weiss will be directing the show for the seventh consecutive year. Meanwhile, Girls Trip’s Will Packer will be the show’s producer.
  • About the hosts, We have suggestions, but no one has been officially announced. The show hasn’t had a host since 2018, but ABC has confirmed there will be someone in the emcee slot … or possibly more than one person.  A publication added that Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph are being considered as a trio, as are Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.
  • For the dress code, The 2022 Oscars should have a full-scale red carpet so expect the usual glams of show-stopping ball gowns, sequined capes, and louche suiting.
  • This is the full list of the Nominee at the 2022 Oscar awards:

Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Actor

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Writing With Fire

Best Animated Feature Film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best International Feature Film

Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
The Hand of God (Italy)
Yanna (Bhutan)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Best Cinematography

Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Film Editing

Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick…Boom!

Best Music (Original Score)

Don’t Look Up
Dune
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog

Best Music (Original Song)

“Be Alive,” King Richard, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
“Dos Oroguitos,” Encanto, Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy,” Belfast, Van Morrison
“No Time To Die,” No Time To Die, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
“Somehow You Do,” Four Good Days, Diane Warren

Best Production Design

Dune
Nightmare Alley
Power
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Costume Design

Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci

Best Sound

>Belfast
Dune
No Time To Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story<

Best Visual Effects

Dune
Free Guy
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Live Action Short Film

Ala Kacchu – Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

Best Animated Short Film

Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

Best Documentary Short Subject

Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs of Benazir
When We Were Bullies