94th Academy Awards (2022): Live thread

Best Picture nominees: Belfast / CODA / Don't Look Up / Drive My Car / Dune / King Richard / Licorice Pizza / Nightmare Alley / The Power of the Dog / West Side Story

WELCOME to the live thread for the 94th Academy Awards! This is your space to sound-off during the annual Oscar ceremony as well as the red carpet arrival, if you arrive early and have thoughts on the fashion. Give us your witty comments, hot takes, and sharp criticisms to help make this award show tolerable. Winners will be announced in the comment stream (gifs included) and will also be intermittently added to The Winner's Guide section below. So let's get to it!

THE SCHEDULE

5 p.m.: E! Live From the Red Carpet (E!)

6:30 p.m.: The Oscars Red Carpet Show (ABC)

7 p.m.: Red Carpet Rundown (E!)

8 p.m.: 94th Academy Awards (ABC)

11 p.m.: E! After Party (E!)

ABOUT TONIGHT

Hosts: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes
Changes: 3 hosts each getting one hour of the show; 8 categories (original score, makeup & hairstyling, documentary short, editing, production design, animated short, live action short, and sound) are presented earlier and then edited into the televised ceremony; a fan favorite film that was chosen by Twitter users will be highlighted, as will favorite movie moments from the past year
Top Nominees: The Power of the Dog (12); Dune (10); Belfast, West Side Story (7); King Richard (6)

THE WINNER'S GUIDE

Here is the handy-dandy guide to all the awards tonight. Winners will be in the comment stream, but refresh the page because this guide will (tentatively) be updated during commercial breaks. (A nominees sheet can be found below.)

Elite Eight

Picture: CODA
Directing: The Power of the Dog
Lead Actor: Will Smith, King Richard
Lead Actress: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Adapted Screenplay: CODA
Original Screenplay: Belfast

Crafts

Cinematography: Dune
Costume Design: Cruella
Editing: Dune

Makeup & Hairstyling: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Music, Original Score: Dune
Music, Original Song: "No Time to Die," No Time to Die
Production Design: Dune
Sound: Dune
Visual Effects: Dune

Specialty

Animated Feature: Encanto
International Feature: Drive My Car
Documentary, Feature: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Documentary, Short Subject: The Queen of Basketball
Short Film, Animated: The Windshield Wiper
Short Film, Live-Action: The Long Goodbye

THE NOMINEES

94th Academy Award nominees