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ARTICLE · 04 APRIL 2022

Oscars 2022: Lights, Cameras And Censors

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The 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony held this past Sunday was undoubtedly a pop-culture event to be remembered, with a return of hosts, a return to the Dolby Theatre and a return to in-person festivities.

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The 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony held this past Sunday was undoubtedly a pop-culture event to be remembered, with a return of hosts, a return to the Dolby Theatre and a return to in-person festivities. Sunday's ceremony is estimated to have reached 15.36 million viewers, based on the Nielson company's preliminary numbers released by ABC on Monday – a significant jump from last year's all-time low of 9.85 million viewers. Nonetheless, it was still considered to be the second-least watched Oscars ever.

In case you missed it, during the presentation of the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, comedian Chris Rock reportedly ad-libbed a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith starring in a potential G.I. Jane  sequel. The original G.I. Jane  film, released in 1997, starred Demi Moore with her head shaved as the lead. Rock's poorly-made quip, poking fun at Pinkett-Smith, who was diagnosed with alopecia in 2018, resulted in her husband Will Smith approaching Rock on stage and

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