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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Ricky Gervais has no desire to host the Oscars
Gervais had a very blunt response to a fan on Twitter to a fan calling for The Office creator to host the Oscars.
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Hello Oscar viewers and British people staying up all night! This is Adam White taking over from Tom and Izzy and guiding you through the next few hours of presumably slap-free awards.
To keep this thing starry, here’s Michelle Yeoh looking like a Best Actress-in-waiting on the red carpet earlier. She’s gonna take it, right?
So rumours abound that the running order of tonight’s show has changed in the last few minutes, with Best Supporting Actress no longer being announced first. Rather the Best Animated Feature is reportedly opening the show. Is this because a Jamie Lee Curtis win would have broken all of our brains mere minutes in and the Oscar producers just couldn’t risk it?
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Anyone tuning into red carpet coverage right about now will have seen an almost unnecessary amount of incredibly famous people, but a few will be missing from the night itself – including potential Best Picture winner (for producing Top Gun: Maverick) Tom Cruise.
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish star and Don’t Worry Darling denier Florence Pugh hit the red carpet earlier tonight, looking characteristically spectacular in Valentino
We’re about six minutes away from kick-off, which means time to grab snacks or to take a bathroom break. I have done both, if you were wondering.
And we’re off, with Jimmy Kimmel parachuting into the Dolby Theatre à la the absent Tom Cruise
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