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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Your support makes all the difference.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.
“My Banshees are caught in my Inisherin right now,” Kimmel jokes post-parachute stunt. Sure!
If you had “Ozempic” and “Nicole Kidman’s AMC advert” on your Kimmel monologue joke bingo card, you were correct!
Kimmel on the differences between film and television: “A TV show can’t lose $100m – is the gang from Babylon here? They know!”
Kimmel on James Cameron’s Best Director snub: “How does the Academy not nominate the director of Avatar? Who do they think he is? A woman?”
The first Will Smith slap reference! “We have strict policies in place if anyone in this theatre commits an act of violence at any point in this show – you will be awarded the Best Actor prize and be permitted to give a nine-minute long speech.”
And we’re onto the first prize of the night, with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt presenting the award for Best Animated Feature!
This confirms the updated running order posted by Variety’s Clayton Davis an hour ago...
“Please help us, keep animation in the conversation,” Del Toro says in his acceptance speech.
So that’s one down, with a voiceover promising (threatening?) a forthcoming appearance by Bafta singing standout Ariana DeBose, who will presumably be presenting the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
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