Beyoncé, Chris Rock & Regina Hall’s Pat-Down: The Best And Worst Moments From The 2022 Oscars 2022

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The controversy involving the eight crafts categories threatened to overshadow the Sunday’s Oscars but the 3 hour, 39-minute kudosfest on ABC still managed to do what it does best: uplift us before letting us down hard.

Here are the best and worst moments from the 94th Academy Awards.After an introduction by the Williams sisters, ́ opened the telecast by appearing in a explosion of chartreuse (or was it simply the color of tennis balls?) from a Compton locale to perform “Be Alive” from King Richard.Ariana DeBose winning the Oscar for playing Anita 60 years after Rita Moreno won for playing the same role. “I’m so grateful your Anita paved the way for tons of Anitas like me,” DeBose said to Moreno onstage.Before presenting the Oscar for Outstanding Supporting Actor, an adorable Youn Yuh-jung expressed regret that she complained too much about people mispronouncing her name when she won last year for Minari, and now had to pronounce all the names from the men’s category. “My mother always said you reap what you sow,” she admitted.

Her singular charm almost upstaged the win by CODA‘s Troy Kotsur, who made an excellent crack about wanting to teach President Biden some “dirty sign language” during a White House visit this week but was stopped (and scolded!) by his co-star Marlee Matlin.Wanda Sykes taking a too-short tour of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with “tour guide” Tim Begley (Grace and Frankie) and mistaking Cher’s infamous Bob Mackie gown for something once worn by Little Richard.

She also confused the amphibious creator from The Shape of Water with Jason Momoa from Aquaman. Sure, I’ll pony up $15 for a membership.