HOLLYWOOD: Deaf family drama 'CODA' won best picture honors at the Oscars Sunday, the first ever triumph for a streamer, in a ceremony that was overshadowed by best actor-winner Will Smith striking comedian Chris Rock on stage for making a joke about his wife.Tinseltown's biggest night began with a performance by pop megastar Beyonce, and touched on politics with a moment of silence over the Ukraine crisis.
''Diverse characters'Until recently it had appeared that dark, psychological Western 'The Power of the Dog' was fated to earn Netflix its much-coveted first best picture statuette.As it turned out, the film won only best director for Jane Campion.She is only the third woman to do so in Oscars history, just a year after Chloe Zhao became the second . Kathryn Bigelow was the first for 'The Hurt Locker.
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