Billie Eilish and Finneas won an Oscar for “No Time to Die” from the James Bond film of the same name on Sunday (March 27). They are the first siblings to win in this category since Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, who won the 1964 award for “Chim Chim Cher-ee” from Mary Poppins.
“No Time to Die” is the third Bond song to win an Oscar; the first that was written by American songwriters. The first two winners, “Skyfall” and “Writing’s on the Wall,” were both written by pairs of English writers.
Eilish, 20, is the second-youngest winner ever in the category, trailing only Markéta Irglová, who was four days shy of turning 20 when she won in February 2008 for co-writing “Falling Slowly” from Once. Eilish might have become the youngest winner ever in this category if COVID hadn’t happened and No Time to Die had come out on schedule in 2020. If that had happened, she might have won the award at the Oscars in their usual time slot in late February 2021, when she was 19 and two months.
In accepting the award, both siblings were plainly thrilled. “This is so unbelievable, I could scream,” Eilish said. She thanked Hans Zimmer, who provided the orchestral arrangement, and guitarist Johnny Marr “for taking our song and making it worthy of James Bond.”
Finneas paid a lovely compliment to their parents. “We love you as parents and as real people too.”
Oscar voters were slow to embrace songs from James Bond films, but they’ve since made up for lost time. No Time to Die is the third consecutive Bond film to yield an Oscar-winning song. It follows Skyfall (Adele’s title song, which she co-wrote with Paul Epworth) and Spectre (Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall,” which he co-wrote with Jimmy Napes).
Eilish performs “No Time to Die” on the film’s soundtrack. The song won a Grammy for best song written for visual media in March 2021.
“No Time to Die” was the highest-charting Hot 100 hit of this year’s best original song nominees. It debuted and peaked at No. 16 in February 2020.
The other nominees in the category were “Be Alive” from King Richard (music and lyric by Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter); “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto (music and lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda); “Down to Joy” from Belfast (music and lyric by Van Morrison); and “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days (music and lyric by Diane Warren).
All of the songs except “Down to Joy” were performed on the Oscar telecast. Eilish and Finneas performed “No Time to Die,” Beyoncé performed “Be Alive,” Sebastián Yatra performed “Dos Oruguitas,” and Reba McEntire performed “Somehow You Do.”
Miranda would have become an EGOT if he had won. At 42, he has plenty of time to join that elite club, which currently consists of 16 members.
The 2022 Oscars returned to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood after being shifted to Los Angeles’ Union Station last year because of the pandemic.
Here are photos from the 2022 Oscars telecast. The 2022 Academy Awards aired Sunday night (March 27).
Seven-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish and eight-time Grammy winner FINNEAS (her brother and collaborator) have plenty of accolades already, but both admitted they were wildly nervous on the red carpet for the 2022 Academy Awards. And while it was understandable – both were slated to perform during the 2022 Oscars telecast at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and were nominated for best original song – they needn’t have worried.
Following an introduction from Rami Malek (who plays the villain in the latest James Bond film No Time to Die and also won the best actor Oscar for portraying Freddie Mercury in the Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody), the O’Connell siblings began playing the understated, moody intro of “No Time to Die,” the title track to the most recent Bond film.
Wearing a loose-fitting black suit while sitting on a stool, Billie opened the ballad in hushed tones as FINNEAS played along on the piano behind her and occasionally added backup vocals. The two were accompanied by a string section that gradually ramped up the drama, but never threatened to overtake Billie’s melancholy, wounded vocals as she was bathed in shadows and piercing white lights.
Not long after, Eilish and FINNEAS returned to the stage when “No Time to Die” won the Oscar for best original song. Billie Eilish, ecstatic and beside herself with laughter, thanked her “007 family” and “Johnny Marr for taking our song and making it worthy of James Bond.” FINNEAS thanked his and Billie’s parents: “We love you as parents and we love you as real people too.”
Eilish is also nominated for seven Grammys at the upcoming ceremony in Las Vegas on April 3.
Amidst the glitz, glamor and awards given out during Sunday evening’s Oscars (March 27), there was one moment that had the audience’s jaws on the floor — when Will Smith appeared to smack Chris Rock in the face on live television.
Presenting the award for best documentary feature, Rock was on stage throwing some jokes out at the celebrities in the audience. He made a jab at Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz for being nominated on the same night, as well as joking that Denzel Washington as Macbeth had said “King Lear ain’t got nothing on me.”
But the comment that seemed to set things off was when he looked over to Jada Pinkett-Smith and said, “Jada, I love you, G.I Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,” seemingly referring to the actress’s bald head. Pinkett-Smith previously opened up about living with alopecia — an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss — in 2018, and more recently in a December Instagram video.
After Rock’s joke, Smith walked up to where the comedian was standing on stage, and appeared to punch Rock in the face. While Rock exclaimed and continued laughing at the joke, the audio cut out for American audiences. Uncensored clips of the moment quickly began showing up online, where Rock said, “Will Smith just smacked the s–t out of me.”
As Rock tried to continue his speech, Smith — back in his seat — began yelling at Rock to “keep my wife’s name out your f–king mouth.” While the comedian continued to assure him that he would, and that “it was a G.I. Jane joke,” Smith got angrier, and yelled the same sentence much louder.
This is not the first time that Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett-Smith have clashed over his comments at the Oscars. When Rock hosted in 2016 and Pinkett-Smith was boycotting the event over the “Oscars So White” controversy, Rock joked at the event, “Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.” She later responded, “Hey, look, it comes with the territory. We gotta keep it moving.”
Check out the uncensored moment below, as well as some Twitter reactions to the shocking moment.
VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022
will smith cursing on live television after punching Chris on stage and lupita realising it’s not scripted #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Hh2hYr3kcC
— ًSaanvi (@hoaxxcorp) March 28, 2022
Everyone at the #Oscars just now with Will Smith: pic.twitter.com/eJ6Yubje1d
— Xiomara Ramirez (@LadyXioG) March 28, 2022
The #Oscars producers after Will Smith hit Chris Rock, knowing people are going to finally talk about the show again… pic.twitter.com/51kfLiSWvt
— MovieRankings.net (@LightsCameraPod) March 28, 2022
If you had “BTS at the Oscars” on your 2022 Academy Awards bingo card, well, you must own quite the crystal ball. The six-time Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers made a surprise appearance at the 2022 Oscars, although they weren’t present at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. In a pre-recorded segment called “Favorite Film Musical With BTS,” the South Korean boy band extolled the virtues of the Disney and Pixar animated canon.
“Coco!” Jimin shouted of his favorite musical film, giving some love to the 2017 animated classic from Pixar, which nabbed best animated feature and best original song at the 2018 Oscars. “It’s a real masterpiece,” RM agreed. “I watched it three times and cried a lot.” For the record, Jimin added, “I didn’t cry though.”
“Truly, Pixar is unbelievable,” V said. “Overall, I like Disney movies,” said J-Hope. “Disney movies stimulate emotion well,” Jin astutely pointed out.
Will Smith, nominated for best actor for King Richard at the 2022 Oscars, even got a shout-out from the international pop stars. “I really like Aladdin,” J-Hope said of the 2019 live-action remake of the 1992 animated classic. “Shout out to Will Smith, Aladdin!” RM added.

