Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, and Regina Hall commanded Hollywood’s biggest night this year, with an Oscars telecast that ran a full three hours, 40 minutes. Of course, with an evening that along it was bound to have its share of queer moments.
To recap the top awards of the evening:
Ariana DeBose took home the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in West Side Story. DeBose becomes the second actress to win the award for playing the role of Anita, following in the footsteps of Rita Moreno. DeBose also becomes the first openly LGBTQ woman of color to win an acting Oscar and her moving speech matched her achievement.
Best Supporting Actor went to Troy Kotsur for his work in Coda. Jessica Chastain took home Best Actress for her work in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, while Will Smith snagged Best Actor for his performance in King Richard.
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Jane Campion took home the Best Director statue for the very queer The Power of the Dog, while Coda took home the evening’s top prize, Best Picture. Overall, the biggest winners of the evening were Dune which took home six awards, followed by Coda with three wins.
Awards aside, the best moments of the night came when the hosts told jokes at Mitch McConnell‘s expense, said “gay” to make Florida uncomfortable, Regina Hall’s COVID tests, Elliot Page taking to the stage, Liza Minnelli’s cameo, the Will Smith-Chris Rock jaw-dropper, not to mention the many quips that ensued.
And of course, Kristen Stewart not wearing pants and Timothée Chalamet not wearing a shirt also made us happy.
MarcyMayer
The Academy Awards had its lowest ratings in history.
Not surprised.
Additionally, the leftists in Hollywood are so disconnected from the rest of America: Today, NBC released a poll which showed that only 12% of Americans believe that Biden is handling the Russian/Ukrainian war appropriately. 12%!!! Wow!
floughy
The MAGA troll needs to go away.
Cam
@MarcyMayer
Notice how enraged the right wing troll gets whenever ANYTHING about people being out, or public acknowledgement that LGBTQ people exist?
Oh, and sweetie, your troll game is sad and weak.
LunaSol2010
The left may be the positive forward looking group that’s sees a more diverse community as a good thing. Immigration as a stimulus to the country. Tons of jobs no one is finding staff for.
2019 and 2020 USA 14 500 +/-
Canada same period 340,000.
Smack down! As immigration will be environmental social geo political reality of this century. Get on board!
President has more deceitful lying press than positive. Right extremely good at picking a lie and pushing it around the room 45,953 timed even though it has zero integrity behind it
Every and ANY party in power sees lower numbers and polls down in year 2. Then the house and senate elections change. Then they change again 2 years later. Political History 101. Routine patterns in USA voting habits for 100 years.
World recession and high inflation cost Jimmy Carter a second term. So its not a national OPPS WE MESSED UP. It IS a world inflation with a war that we are all supporting democracy, the underdog and Ukraine and Russia combined supply 33% of world grain.
So let’s forget about stupid pills that are always misleading. Remember 2016 said it was a runaway for Hilary Clinton. Instead we got the 3rd worst president in recorded USA history.
And if you believe polls over facts look at Biden actual accomplishments online. Facts show amazing work load of successful benefits to Americans, 100k peopke offer to Refugee Ukrainians and the stimulus to rebuild infrastructure.
Vs a reptile #45 Voldamort who called 11 intelligence agencies misleading and wrong?
When you are bankrupted and you borrow money from China and Putin you pay a price. So why did 367 million people have to suffer for one inept president?
Critical Thinking.
Logic, facts verifiable, communication, dialogue, sift out the bs, ask questions be curious, don’t expect Tucker Carlson to be anything more than a personality right extremist opinionated dog after #45 heels. FOX is not News its a mouthpiece of infotainment read by hundreds of FOX affiliates on the same broadcast.
FOX private owned by a destabilizing controversial criminal charged and convicted Murdock clan that illegally gained information on hundreds of people and government Uzk convicted them and killed News of the World news tv/newspaper AND list to lawsuits against them by Royal Family.
Uneducated racist trailer trash TV network.
Critical Race Theory is a law college course. Not a k to 12 grade school issue.
And yet it means that errors in country’s treatment of each other real live history is now banned. The truth of our past is BANNED.
What is up with that?
We cannot have equality if we don’t have the hard conversations and work towards the ideals of equality vs sliding into the 18th century worst moments as the norm.
We need to expect better, see differently, and treat others as self to be the people we are here to evolve into.
MarcyMayer
Hollywood is so out of touch with average Americans. Obviously, they are spending too much time in their leftist echo chambers in Beverly Hills and Malibu.
More according to the NBC poll:
Seventy-one percent (71%) have “just some” or “very little” confidence in Biden’s management of the crisis in the Ukraine.
Biden’s polls are sinking faster than the Titanic.
As Barack Obama said of Biden several years ago when dealing with another event: “Leave to Joe to f–k things up.”
Cam
Translation: Acknowledging that LGBTQ people exist enrages the right wing troll and one of it’s screenames.
Polaro
Marcy, not sure what your comment has to to with the article. To be clear, Hollywood and American culture as one of our biggest and most influential US exports to the world. Movies have helped to shape consciousness around the world and opened eyes to different ways of living. It has led to greater acceptance of people with a shared view of humanity. Ah, now I see why you don’t like it.
storm45701
@MarcyMayer : Girl, you’re talking to yourself . This article had nothing to do with Biden or politics. Looking at everything through a lens of divisive politics is not mentally healthy. You need therapy. I recommend 1-800-GO-F***-YOURSELF
white-queer-african
Fabulous and very funny post @storm45701. Bravo. Bravo. Bravo.
Yes, the unhinged troll is getting crazier by the day. Must be the hormone meds it is using for it’s supposed transition.
And NO, I am not anti-trans, just anti M*ntalMarcy and that other nut case Jenner whatever.
Mister P
I wish Marcy would make a joke about Will’s wife.
MarcyMayer
floughy/white-queer-african/storm45701/Mister P/Cam:
We ALL know that these screen names belong to the same person: Oh, and sweetie, your troll game is sad and weak.
Plus: Of course, NO ONE here addressed Biden’s and the Democrats cratering polls numbers.
If America agreed with Biden and the Dems, their poll numbers would be increasing. They’re NOT. They’re decreasing. Therefore, MOST Americans don’t buy into this leftist woke crap.
Red Wave coming in November: Republicans will retake control of the House and Senate and then investigate and impeach The Dementia Patient in the White House!
Bwahaha!!!
white-queer-african
Your comment is so related to the article!
Oh sorry I forgot. @M*ntalMayer, your “supposedly transtion” drugs had a major negative impact on your mental wellbeing.
As they say: ” It no doubt lost the last few remaining marbles it had”!
I only post under my name, white-queer-african. Unlike you, you sad troll. Maybe try and get f*cked to relieve your frustrations with life. But then again, you might have to remove the years old dilator!
BaltoSteve
@MM. In the words of your buddy, The Accidental Polemicist’s words…
“A non-political story must, of course have political response.
What is it with you (insert inferred political party)!?! Why must politics be injected into everything? Pathetic.”
Guess some comments don’t age well, wouldn’t you say so Pumpkin?
Reminds me of a particular idiom, “Sauce, meant for the hen, tastes just as good on the rooster.”
GayEGO
Times are a changing, overall I thought the Oscars were great! Some of the responses against the Oscars remind me when my mother said she didn’t like Rock and Roll music back in the 1950s and my husband said he did not care for Rapper music.
Polaro
“…DeBose also becomes the first openly LGBTQ woman of color…” I’m sure her performance was great, but I have a problem with this sentence. Is she a lesbian? Straight, non-binary? Trans? If you’re going to mention someone’s race, might as well mention it. Is she black, Hispanic, mixed? Seriously, the woke language makes me ill. Still glad she won.
TimidTim
Puerto Rican OF COURSE. It’s Hollywood with their dated, racist, copout, bogus “if we don’t hire Puerto Ricans we run the risk of hiring an undocumented Hispanic” bs. I know it’s the plot of the the original movie to be Puerto Rican centric but that’s the point. They made it that way back than for that very reason. Haven’t exactly swayed their opinions much since.