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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A full list of tonight’s winners can be found here.
Elizabeth Banks is now presenting Best Achievement in Special Effects with the Cocaine Bear of Cocaine Bear, who really deserves a long career after that movie
And the winner of Achievement in Special Effects goes to... Avatar: The Way of Water!
From the audience, Jimmy Kimmel asks literal Malala Yousafzai: “Do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”
Rihanna is draped in diamonds and sounds spectacular singing her Oscar-nominated track “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Brendan Gleeson is in tears over that Rihanna performance, which is an unexpected twist.
Earlier this evening, Best Supporting Actor winner Ke Huy Quan shouted out his Goonies co-star Jeff Cohen, and now his other Goonies co-star Corey Feldman has praised his win.
Emotional Corey Feldman sheds tears as ‘Goonie brother’ Ke Huy Quan wins Oscar
Quan, 51, won for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once after a 25-year break from acting.
And now internet darlings Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield – together at last! – are here to announce Best Original and Adapted Screenplays
And the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay goes to... Everything Everywhere All at Once!
This movie is sweeping.
This feels like a clear path of victory for Everything Everywhere. It feels as if it’s practically a sure-thing that it’ll take both Best Picture and Best Director now.
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