by Marianna Grazi
Three women driving the Oscar night 2022: in fact, the stars of cinema and comedy Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes will lead the 94th edition of the Academy Awards, which will take place at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on March 27th, and will be broadcast live on ABC and on the networks television programs from all over the world starting at 8 pm local time. The show’s producer Will Packer made the announcement: “This year’s show is all about bringing movie lovers together. It is in this regard that we have fielded (running) three of the most brilliant and engaging women, with very different comic styles, ”said Packer. “I know that Regina, Amy and Wanda’s sense of humor will carry over to our audience as well. But we have many more surprises in store! Expect the unexpected! ”, He concludes.
Oscar Night 2022 will take place in Hollywood on March 27
“Imagine having one of the funniest women in the comedy leading up to the Oscars… Now, multiply that by three,” said Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment. “Regina, Amy and Wanda are gods comic powers that will go down in history as the first female trio to present the biggest night of entertainment, and we’re thrilled to have them at the helm to deliver an incredible show full of unforgettable moments and laughs. “
From the Academy comes the comment on the choice of president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson: “We are thrilled with Will’s idea for this year’s Oscars: celebrating audiences alongside directors, highlighting the films most loved by the fans to demonstrate how the cinema can unite us all“.
Female management
Amy SchumerJimmy Kimmel era stato the last presenter of the ceremony in 2018. The following year, the American comedian and actor Kevin Hart he retired from running following a controversy for some homophobic tweet. Since then, the show has only had various presenters of the individual awards without a general conductor. In 1987, however, it was Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan who shared the honor of the Academy stage, but that of 2022 will be the first time for an all-female trio. “We want people to be ready to have fun – say Hall, Schumer and Sykes in a statement posted on the Oscars website -. Was a very difficult period“, They said obviously referring to the pandemic which, in the last three years, has prevented the ceremony from having an official presenter. After the announcement, Emmy winner Amy Schumer joked about it Good Morning America: “I don’t know who thought it was a good idea, but I’ll be hosting the Oscars, along with my dear friend Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall.” And she then added amused: “I better go to watch some movies“.
A new award
There will also be a new award in next month’s ceremony “Fan favorite”For the most popular film of the year, voted by the (American) public on Twitter and on the official website. The move, announced last Monday, is in line with the organizers’ initiatives to try to attract spectators again. Producer Will Packer, in fact, has the burden of trying to give new life to the ceremony, which he has seen to decrease in recent years his public. The new award will also give new hope to films such as Spider-Man: No Way Home e No Time To Diewhich last week did not get an Oscar nomination for ‘Best Picture’, although they were shortlisted in several other categories including ‘Best Special Effects’.
Wanda Sykes
The three conductors
Regina Hall became famous for her role as Brenda Meeks in the series Scary Movie from 2000 to 2006, and for other films such as The Best Man, Little e The courage of the truth. She also starred in it The girls’ journey, produced by Packer in 2017. The all-female comedy, also starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah and Tiffany Haddish, had a smash hit at the box office. Thanks to her performance in the independent film Support the Girls, the following year, Hall became the first black woman to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. In 2019 she hosted the final night of the BET Awards, while last month, two of her new films of hers, Master e Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul, were presented at the Sundance Film Festival. Among his recent television hits are Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu, in Italy on Amazon Prime Video) e Black Mondaysu Showtime.
Amy Schumer is an American stand-up comedian and actress, who made a big splash thanks to the NBC reality show Last Comic Standing in 2007. From 2013 to 2016 he starred in his sketch show on Comedy Central, Inside Amy Schumer, for which he won an Emmy. She made her big screen debut in the film A girl disaster (2015), which he also directed, receiving a Golden Globe nomination. His memoir, written in 2016, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, it quickly became a best-seller; and the same year he won several Grammy Awards, including Best Humor Songs Record for Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo. This year, in addition to animating the Oscars, Schumer – who recently appeared in the big screen adaptation of The Humans by Stephen Karam – will star in the series Life & Beth.
Regina Hall
Wanda Sykes is the creator and star of The Upshaws on Netflix, and has also appeared on TV shows such as The New Adventures of Old Christine, Black-ish e Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 1999 she won an Emmy for Outstanding Screenplay in the Variety, Music and Comedy Special with his work of hers in The Chris Rock Show. Ten years later she became both the first African American woman and the first openly LGBT person to fill the role of entertainer for the White House Correspondents Association’s annual dinner. Then there are among her roles in the cinema Down to Earth, Rio e Bad Moms. She also voiced the role of the grandmother The Ice Age: Continents Drifting (2012) and then returned in 2016 for Ice Age: Collision Course.