The annual Academy Awards ceremony took place late on Sunday, March 27, 2022, as all of Hollywood came out to support themselves winning awards. In recent years, the viewership of the once prestigious awards show has dramatically declined as fewer people tune in to see the event. However, this year's show is maybe the most talked about ceremony in quite some time. As the night proceeded with its usual overdramatic and drawn out speeches, things took a turn for the worse when Will Smith got into an altercation with award presenter and comedian Chris Rock. After Rock made a joke regarding Smith’s wife Jade Pinkett Smith having a shaved head, Will Smith made his way up on stage and slapped Rock in the face and then proceeded to curse at him on live television. While it may seem like only a harmless joke, Smith seemed to take offense as Jada Pinkett suffers from a disease known as alopecia which causes her to experience hair loss. Nevertheless, his actions are inexcusable and not acceptable for anyone. Things were made even more awkward when Smith was awarded the Best Actor in a Leading Role award only a few minutes after the altercation. Outside of the Will Smith debacle, the rest of the Academy Awards ceremony was pretty boring and dull. The Oscars have lost much of their prestige in recent years as audiences have turned away from watching Hollywood stars giving themselves praise and attention. Although it was nice to see multiple time nominees Jessica Chastain and Kenneth Branagh win for the first time, the night was still very uneventful. Little of importance or interest happened during the ceremony, although it was inspiring to see the film Coda win numerous awards. Outside of this and the Will Smith debacle, the Academy Awards was another unexciting evening for Hollywood. Gavin J. Wood
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