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.
And the award for Best Animated Short Film goes to... The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, which you may remember from its presence on the BBC schedules last Christmas
Lady Gaga is giving earnest singer-songwriter realness with this stripped-down version of “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick.
“This song is deeply personal to me,” she said in a pre-performance speech. “We all need each other. We need a lot of love to get through this life ... You can be your own hero, even if you feel broken inside.”
And we pull back from Gaga’s performance to see a giant projection reading “In memory of Tony Scott” – director of the original Top Gun, who died in 2012
While the show has cut to commercials, here’s how the awards tally is looking so far...
Best Animated Short The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Best Documentary Short The Elephant Whisperers
Best International Feature All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Costume Design Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best Makeup and Hairstyling The Whale
Best Cinematography All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Live Action Short Film An Irish Goodbye
Best Documentary Feature Navalny
Best Supporting Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Animated Feature Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
We’re also two hours into this Oscars, and it’s... a little dry, right? Kimmel has been middling, the on-stage banter hasn’t exactly sparkled. Is everyone on their good behaviour a bit too much?
It’s a Four Weddings and a Funeral reunion as Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell arrive to promote “the importance of using good moisturiser”.
“Andie’s been wearing moisturiser every day for 29 years – I have not,” Grant jokes. “[She’s] still stunning. [I’m] basically a scrotum.”
And the winner for Best Production Design goes to... All Quiet on the Western Front!
And the winner for Best Original Score is... All Quiet on the Western Front, which is sweeping the technical categories tonight
Not content with just saving the actual ceremony with her rendition of “Hold My Hand”, Lady Gaga also saved a man’s life (not really) on the red carpet earlier.
Lady Gaga helps photographer after he falls on Oscars red carpet
‘Notice how she didn’t even think about it, it was in her reflex to help him,’ one viewer writes
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