The 94th Academy Awards featured comedians Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer as the first official hosts since 2018, when Jimmy Kimmel was the last single host. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019, 2020, and 2021 Oscars did not have hosts. 

The year's ceremony began with the first eight awards being presented before the broadcasting started, and introduced a new fan-voted award, where audiences were asked to vote on X (formerly Twitter) for their favorite movie, with "Army of the Dead" announced live as the winner during the event. The movie "CODA," which featured a largely deaf cast, won for "Best Picture," with Kotsur taking home the award…