Oscars 2023 – as it happened: Angela Bassett snubbed as Hugh Grant wins most awkward interview exchange
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates night, taking home all major prizes including Best Director and Best Picture
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Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the 95th Academy Awards, which were held on Sunday night at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.
Michelle Yeoh took home the Best Actress prize, becoming the first Asian woman and only second woman of colour to win the trophy. The film also won Best Picture, and Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for writer/directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
Brendan Fraser cemented his comeback with a Best Actor win for The Whale, while Everything Everywhere stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan picked up Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.
The night was not without controversy, with criticism aimed at Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with Malala and a painful encounter between model Ashley Graham and an “obnoxious” Hugh Grant.
Many also felt that Angela Bassett deserved the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. The award instead went to Jamie Lee Curtis, prompting what many viewers described as a “real” reaction from Bassett.
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There were plenty of bold looks on the “champagne” carpet this year, including Rihanna who turned up in a T-shirt, trainers and bucket hat.
A full list of tonight’s winners can be found here.
The big cheers for The Whale may tease a possible Brendan Fraser win later on, or at least confirm that the Academy dug the movie a lot more than other people did.
In the biggest celebrity spotting of the night, Jimmy Kimmel has just brought out Jenny the Donkey from The Banshees of Inisherin. My heart!
And now we have Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Paul Dano presenting Best Costume Design
And the winner for Best Costume Design goes to... Black Panther: Wakanda Forever!
The win for Best Makeup for The Whale has been met with criticism, particularly the use of that image from the film as a backdrop...
And now the winner for Best International Feature goes to... All Quiet on the Western Front!
Something you may have missed earlier was this very sweet singalong of ‘Happy Birthday’ to actor James Martin from the Oscar-winning short An Irish Goodbye.
Quick bit of (deeply embarrassing) trivia: Ruth E Carter’s Costume Design win earlier tonight for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever makes her the first Black woman to ever win two Oscars.
And the award for Best Documentary Short goes to… The Elephant Whisperers!
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