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The Oscars have grown unexpected chaotic. Some disorder was to be expected, of course, since we’ve had a few bizarre years of movies. It’s all atypical for sure, and this years’s trio of hostesses (Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes) are keeping a handle on it as best they can. At one point, Regina Hall did Covid-19 “patdowns” on Jason Momoa and Josh Brolin, and Rachel Zegler got in a well-deserved zinger, all after Timothée Chalamet stole the red carpet. What of the actual awards though?

There was a weird one. Only a few minutes before Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor for his CODA performance, the so-called Snyder Cut got its, uh, due. Yes, Zack Snyder’s Justice League was singled out as the most popular selection for “Oscar Cheer Moment.” Indeed, The Flash doing his Speed Force thing actually blared on the big screen. Pretty surreal stuff.

Naturally, there was a lot of WTF-type reactions to be had. A real mix went down, too, from the rabid Snyder funs celebrating their relative triumph, all the way to people rolling their eyes and doling out mockery.

Seriously, our brains are all a little bit frazzled after the past two years, so hey, why not? And the night is still young.

What a difference less than a week makes. This time last Sunday, Rachel Zegler — one of the stars of Best Picture nominee West Side Story — was lamenting on Instagram comments about not being invited to the Oscars. A couple days later, suddenly she was going after all. It’s been one of the most talked about parts of a show that was chaotic even before it began (and chaotic when it began, too). And when the young actress found herself presenting an award, she couldn’t help but zing the Academy.

Zegler took the stage alongside excessively tall Euphoria star (and Deep Water player) Jacob Elordi. “I can’t believe we’re here tonight at the Oscars,” Elordi said. “It’s definitely a little scary being up here. Growing up in Australia, I never thought that I would stand on this stage.”

“And I never thought I would be here six days ago,” Zegler added, to huge laughs. “Dreams can come true pretty fast, too.”

When news broke that Zegler had finally been invited, people couldn’t help but drag the Academy for inviting people like Tony Hawk and Shaun White before they did the same for a star of a Best Picture nominee. (The skateboarder and Olympian wound up lording over a gratuitous montage dedicated to Bond films.) But as this year’s three hosts know, making fun of the Oscars during the Oscars telecast is not only kosher but apparently encouraged.

Even before the trailer for King Richard dropped, the Beyhive was buzzing about a potential new Beyonce song in the Venus and Serena Williams biopic. “Be Alive” ended up being pretty much the only new music we got from Bey last year, but it did not disappoint. Like the title suggests, the powerful track glories in the simple pleasure of being alive, and how satisfying it feels to confound expectations when the world is against you.

The song picked up a 2022 nomination from the Oscars for Best Original Song after initially being shortlisted by the selection committee, and rumors were swirling last week that Bey would actually perform the song during the awards show tonight, but would do so from the Compton tennis courts named after the Williams sisters.

And that’s exactly how the show’s planners chose to open tonight, with a glowing Beyonce clad all in yellow, surrounded by plenty of other dancers — some even rocking the signature hair beads that defined Venus and Serena’s early looks as players. This is the first time Beyonce has performed at an awards show in almost five years, and she nailed it with an over-the-top spectacle as she always does. Check out clips from her performance below.

This year’s Academy Awards were chaotic even before the show began. There was controversy over the telecast gutting a pile of awards. There was the decision to not only bring hosts back after three years without any but hire three of them. Then there’s the possibility that Sean Penn will “smelt” his two Oscars. When the show began, things were even more unusual.

Instead of the show starting, as it often does, with the host(s) doing a bit, it opened with Venus and Serena Williams, two of the subjects of King Richard. Then there was a Beyoncé musical. Then there was DJ Khaled. Then there was a group monologue. Then there was a solo monologue. Then, some 20 minutes into a show that’s not supposed to cross the three hour line, they finally gave out the first (on-air, at least) award, to West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose.

After Beyoncé performed “Be Alive,” her song from King Richard, hosts Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall emerged onto the stage. They fended off a gate-crashing DJ Khaled, and started flinging quips, sometimes at the show’s expense.

“The Academy Awards hired three women to host because it’s cheaper than hiring one man,” Schumer cracked. When they discussed the awards that were handed out before the show, some of them technical trophies, the lights on the stage briefly short-circuited.

Schumer was bound to draw some harsh reactions, and there were huge gasps when she made a joke about the most serious part of any Oscars show. “You know what’s in the In Memoriam package? The Golden Globes,” she said, referring to that show going AWOL this year.

There were also digs at political leaders. “This year we saw a frightening display of how toxic masculinity turns into cruelty against women and children,” Hall said. To which Sykes added, “Damn that Mitch McConnell.” (Hall, of course, was referring to The Power of the Dog.)

Eventually they broke up, with Sykes and Hall leaving so Schumer could do her own monologue. She admitted that, having given birth before the pandemic, she didn’t see any of the nominated movies — except for Encanto, which she claimed she watched “109 times” with her young son. She also threw some of the nominated films under the bus.

“After years of Hollywood ignoring women’s stories, this year we finally got a movie about the incredible Williams’ sisters’…dad,” she joked about King Richard. She also stuck it to one of the lowest rated films among the 10 Best Picture nominees. “I guess Academy members Don’t Look Up reviews!” About DiCaprio, she said he’s “don’t so much to fight climate change and leave behind a cleaner, greener planet for his girlfriends.”

Before they broke up, though, Sykes had a little thing to say to those watching in Florida, the site of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill: “We’re gonna have a gay night.”

The Oscars are in full swing with the first full-on red carpet in years. Things are still pretty weird with movies working for a comeback after two years of production and theatrical delays, but it’s coming along, and a trio of hostesses (Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes) will attempt to deliver the goods tonight. The winners are beginning to roll in, and we’ve seen a new trailer for a returning very popular Hulu show, but hey, how did the red carpet go?

Oh, it went splendidly on several notes. There were tons of gorgeous gowns from high-end designers, but then Timothée Chalamet showed up (while sporting a Louis Vuitton suit) and stole the whole night. Here’s video footage of the moment when everyone’s hearts collectively skipped a beat.

This was definitely a thing. Chalamet (who is officially on hand to support Dune) even ended up getting a shoutout from the hosts during the opening monologue, he made such a stir. And it’s difficult to imagine anyone else being able to pull this look off. Let’s just say that the word “murdered” came up, and thank god someone’s trying to bring awards shows back.

Related: Just had to spread the word on this wildness from a few days ago. God bless the Internet.

Last week there was some good news: Only Murders in the Building would be returning a lot sooner than expected. The Hulu show — with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as amateur sleuths and podcasters in a Dakota-esque Upper West Side apartment building — bowed late last summer and was an instant classic. A second season was quickly greenlit, but there won’t be a huge wait for more. Instead, it’ll be back on June 28, less than a year after its first episode. And even though they’re still filming — one reason why the three couldn’t host this year’s Oscars — there’s already a new trailer.

It finds the gang, now infamous, trying to clear their names, with the media and their neighbors on their case. There are also first glimpses of new cast members Cara Delevingne and Amy Schumer (but not Michael Rapaport, who’s also joined the cast). Here’s the second season’s synopsis, as per a press release:

Following the shocking death of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger, Charles, Oliver & Mabel race to unmask her killer. However, three (unfortunate) complications ensue – the trio is publicly implicated in Bunny’s homicide, they are now the subjects of a competing podcast, and they have to deal with a bunch of New York neighbors who all think they committed murder.

You can watch the trailer in the video above.

The 2022 Oscars are upon us, and it’s another bizarre year for awards. The show’s trio of hostesses (Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes) will hopefully keep the pace moving at a fast clip, with the focus upon nominees and winners as the pandemic cools down. Clearly, though, the mood is a different one, and the winners might even hold their trophies upside down in solidarity for some newly air-jilted categories. Who will dominate this ceremony: Power of the Dog, Licorice Pizza, Dune, CODA, or another selection? We’ll be updating this complete winners list all night as more awards are announced, so make sure to keep checking back. Winners will be marked in bold.

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

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
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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, 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 Actress
Jesse Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

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

Best Costume Design
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

Best Sound
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

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

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

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

Best Animated Feature
Encanto
Luca
Flee
The Mitchells vs the Machine
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Writing With Fire

Best Animated Short
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

Best Live Action Short
Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

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

Best International Feature Film
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Yanna
The Worst Person in the World

Best Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of The Dog
The Tragedy
West Side Story

Live Action Short Film
Ala Kacchu – Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

Animated Short Film
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

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

Best Original Song
“Be Alive,” King Richard
“Dos Oroguitos,” Encanto
“Down to Joy,” Belfast
“No Time To Die,” No Time To Die
“Somehow to Do,” Four Good Days

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

Saint Peter’s run to the Elite Eight was nothing short of spectacular, as the Peacocks took down Kentucky, Murray State, and Purdue to earn a shot at North Carolina on Sunday. All tournament, Saint Peter’s had done a great job of setting the tone early, but on this night in Philadelphia, it was the Tar Heels that asserted their dominance from the jump and never relented.

UNC took a 9-0 lead out of the gates and while the Peacocks would settle in briefly after that, cutting the lead to 12-7, the size and speed of the Tar Heels simply overwhelmed Saint Peter’s from the jump, flying around on defense to bother Peacock shooters, who found themselves hurrying just to get looks off.

On the offensive end, it was Caleb Love and Brady Manek who got it going to open up a massive halftime lead for North Carolina. Love had 12 of his points in the first half, creating great looks for himself and his teammates.

Manek, meanwhile, found the stroke from three-point range as he’s shown off all tournament on his way to a 19-point night, and Armando Bacot was a force in the paint that the Peacocks had no answers for on the glass, piling up 22 rebounds (including 15 in the first half) to go along with 20 points.

Ultimately, the Heels coasted to a 69-49 win and set up the first ever meeting in the men’s tournament with rival Duke in the Final Four, which will be the late game on Saturday night in New Orleans on TBS, with storylines galore for what Carolina fans will hope is a second chance to spoil Coach K’s final season after dominating Duke in his last home game.

A year and a half ago, Freddie Gibbs and Benny The Butcher shared a video for their “Frank Lucas” collaboration. The song appeared on Freddie’s Alfredo project with The Alchemist, and just a month later, the rappers reconnected for “One Way Flight” from Benny’s Burden Of Proof album. Both projects were held in high regard that year, and furthermore, both Freddie and Benny expressed interest in doing a joint album the following year. However, things have soured between the rappers and it seemed to boil over this weekend.

It seems to date back to last fall when Freddie shared a pair of tweets that reference an attempted robbery in Houston that resulted in Benny being shot in the leg. “It be hard for me to listen to n****z after they get robbed,” Freddie wrote in one tweet. “They be rapping so gangster after the fact.” In the other, he wrote, “N****z don’t put the cities they get robbed in on the tour dates.” Some months later, when rumors claimed that Jim Jones punched Freddie in the face, Benny tweeted some laughing emojis. Earlier this year, during an interview with Ebro, Benny was asked if the joint album with Freddie would ever be released, and he replied bluntly, “probably won’t.”

More recently, during an appearance on B. Dot’s Most Necessary: Live Spotify show, Benny was once again asked about the joint album. In response, he said working with Gibbs “came and went, to be honest with you.” Freddie laughed at the response on Twitter and later shared some more thoughts about it on Instagram. “I know some other sh*t that came and went too, n****” he wrote. “Just keep my name out y’all mouth… just say next question, man.”

Benny wasn’t prepared to back down as he later tweeted, “How can u hate on a n**** u begged to do an album with…” This comment caused Freddie to unload on Benny through a string of posts on Instagram. “N****z whole marketing plan for they album is to beef with Freddie Gibbs,” he said referencing his spat with Gunna earlier this year. “That’s cute.” He continued, “If U opened up for me.” Freddie shared a meme of his character from Power Book IV: Force with the caption, “Sh*t bout to get ugly,” before returning to his message.

“Why would I beg a n**** to work with me when he do less than me?” Freddie wrote in another Instagram Story post. “Next time just get the Drake verse cleared and u ain’t gotta do all this for promo [rabbit emoji] I’m out [peace sign emoji].” He concluded his message by adding, “Head up fade solve everything. But y’all n****z ain’t got the nuts to sit in a room alone with me for 5 min.”

You can view the posts from Benny and Freddie above.

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Last spring, Chika revealed that she tried to end her life. At the time, she announced her retirement from music but later clarified that she was not bidding farewell to the music industry, but to life itself. “I have been working through a rough patch in life that trolls did not cause,” she wrote, alluding to some online bullying she was enduring. “However, in one of my most vulnerable moments, i was submerged in messages encouraging me to take my life.” Nearly a year later, Chika revealed that she attempted suicide but confirmed that she is now okay.

In a message she shared on Sunday, Chika simply wrote, “alive. wanna go home.” Previously she shared a lengthy post to her Instagram Story where she discussed plans to end her life. “I went to the top of the intercontinental, but could not jump. Not because I don’t want to, but because the metal stairs were scary,” she wrote. “That’s the thing about having a f*cked up brain. No matter how much pain you’re in, there will always be something holding you back. It’s draining & sad. It looks like crying wolf, but it’s not. It’s just difficult to find the right way. The quickest way. the painless way. I am tired of myself too.”

She continued, “I don’t need anyone feeling bad or worried bc I failed the last time I tried. save your emotions for when I succeed.” She concluded her lengthy message by writing, “No more typing. I’m going to finish my drink and find a way that works. Thanks for the ride, I hated it.”

Chika initial note earned many responses from fellow musicians. “Praying for Chika,” Latto wrote with prayer hands and heart emojis. “Praying that Chika is safe rn,” Chicago rapper Tobi Lou tweeted.

Houston rapper Monaleo, who has had her own struggles with suicide, also shared a warm message to Chika. “Chika we love you so much !” she wrote. “We would miss you tremendously. We need you here . You deserve to see the fruits of your labor and you deserve to live to see a happier version of yourself.” She added, “I know how you’re feeling right now sweet girl but you are a bright star. I love u.”

Chika is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.