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 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to... Women Talking! A nice, deserved win for actor turned filmmaker Sarah Polley there.
“I’d like to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talking’ so close to another like that,” Polley jokes.
For anyone who missed that lovely cameo from Jenny the Donkey...
And now the award for Best Sound, which goes to... Top Gun: Maverick!
And the winner is neither of them! Rather the smash “Naatu Naatu” from RRR!
And now John Travolta, who seems to be about to present the In Memoriam segment.
A clearly emotional Travolta chokes up as he introduces the segment, which sees Lenny Kravitz perform
Among those included are actors Olivia Newton-John, Louise Fletcher, Irene Papas, Robbie Coltrane, Kirstie Alley, Ray Liotta, Irene Cara, Nichelle Nichols, Douglas McGrath, Angela Lansbury, Mary Alice, Gina Lollobrigida, James Caan and Raquel Welch, directors Bob Raefelson, Wolfgang Petersen and Jean Luc Godard, and composers Angelo Badalamenti, Vangelis and Burt Bacharach
What a line-up.
On a lighter note, you may have missed Colin Farrell calling out Saturday Night Live earlier tonight, after their controversial Irish stereotype skit this weekend
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‘Offensive’ and ‘mean-spirited’ sketch had been criticised the night before
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