Will Smith, Chris Rock confrontation shocks Oscar audience

Ariana DeBose accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for ‘West Side Story’ at the Oscars on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

A person walks along the red carpet during preparations for Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards outside the Dolby Theatre on Friday, March 25, 2022, in Los Angeles.

A worker prepares Oscar statue cutouts during preparations for Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards outside the Dolby Theatre on Friday, March 25, 2022, in Los Angeles.

The cast of “Coda” accepts the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture and signs “I love you” at the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Barker Hangar on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif.

This image released by Netflix shows Benedict Cumberbatch in a scene from “The Power of the Dog.”

Honorary award recipients Samuel L. Jackson, left, and Liv Ullmann, center, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Danny Glover pose at the Governors Awards on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles.

This combination of photos shows promotional art for the films nominated for an Oscar for best picture, top row from left, “Belfast,” “CODA,” Don’t Look Up,” Drive My Car,” Dune,” bottom row from left, “King Richard,” Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Power of the Dog,” and “West Side Story.”