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.
So as the dust settles on the evening, Tom Murray has gathered together Jimmy Kimmel’s seven best zingers from the night, including his cracks at Babylon’s box office gross and the Will Smith slap row from last year.
Jimmy Kimmel’s 7 best zingers from the 2023 Oscars
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While it’s understandably been overshadowed by the wins for Everything Everywhere, All Quiet on the Western Front took home four trophies tonight. That also makes it Netflix’s most successful film at the Oscars.
And a quite extraordinary statistic from New York Times critic Kyle Buchanan: Everything Everywhere All at Once is now the film with the most above-the-line wins (meaning the biggest categories) in Oscar history. That’s more than The Silence of the Lambs, It Happened One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, all of which won five above-the-line awards.
And another extraordinary statistic courtesy of writer and awards specialist Erik Anderson: tonight’s Oscars marks the first time one studio has won all four acting categories, and that studio is relative new kid on the block A24.
Many are asking about a number of major stars left out of the ceremony’s In Memoriam segment, including Paul Sorvino, Anne Heche, Philip Baker Hall, David Warner and Charlbi Dean, who was the female lead of Best Picture nominee Triangle of Sadness.
One of the funniest gags from tonight’s ceremony was Jimmy Kimmel reigniting his comic feud with Matt Damon, after asking Jessica Chastain whether it was tricky working with him on The Martian as he “smells like dog medicine”.
Jimmy Kimmel reignites long-running feud with Matt Damon at the Oscars
‘Was it difficult filming your movie “The Martian” because your co-star Matt Damon can’t read?’ Kimmel asked Jessica Chastain
A nice moment from one of the Daniels’ many speeches tonight involved Everything Everywhere co-director Daniel Scheinert calling out the protests and hysteria around drag.
Everything Everywhere All at Once director applauded for defending drag at Oscars
Drag ‘a threat to nobody’ says Daniel Scheinert in acceptance speech
Here is Michelle Yeoh’s mother Janet, who was referenced in her acceptance speech, celebrating her daughter’s win during a live screening of the Oscars in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last night. Look at her face!
And in a little bit of late-night heartbreak, Vulture is reporting that the Banshees of Inisherin donkey brought on stage by Jimmy Kimmel during the ceremony was not Jenny the Donkey from the film but an impostor! “It was just a random donkey,” an unverified source told the publication. For shame!
Nigerian singer Tems, a nominee for co-writing Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up”, sparked minor controversy (and jokes) tonight as people noticed her otherwise sensational outfit...
...made it slightly tricky for the unlucky soul seated behind her during the show.
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