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.
In case you missed it, Hugh Grant’s scrotum joke was probably the comic highlight of the evening (what a marvellous sentence, good morning).
From Jamie Lee Curtis’s shock win to the dominance of Everything Everywhere All at Once, we’ve run down the six biggest talking points from tonight’s show
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And here’s Malala Yousafzai finally breaking her silence on the Don’t Worry Darling controversies of last year.
An unusual coincidence highlighted in this very funny Denise Richards tweet is that the only two women of colour to ever win the Best Actress Oscar also happened to play Bond Girls to Pierce Brosnan
Brendan Fraser and his family are photobombed by Best Supporting Actor winner Ke Huy Quan, with his and Fraser’s appearance together marking an unexpected reunion – both actors starred in the largely forgotten 1992 comedy Encino Man, a star vehicle for comedian Pauly Shore.
And here are your four acting winners from tonight
A blink-and-you-could-have-missed-it tribute to Angela Bassett from Michael B Jordan and Jonathan Majors shortly after the actor lost her category to Jamie Lee Curtis. Curtis’s win seems to be the most contentious of the night, with Bassett praised for her “real” reaction to the outcome...
And here’s a beaming Michelle Yeoh as her Best Actress Oscar is engraved behind the scenes of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Good morning! If you’re just tuning in following a far-less controversial Oscars than the 2022 event, you can find a full list of all the winners from the night, including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture, right here:
See the full list of winners at the 2023 Oscarrs
Every film, actor and director that triumphed at the ceremony
Ashley Graham praised for handling painful interview with Hugh Grant
Oscars viewers are applauding Ashley Graham for her handling of an awkward interview with Hugh Grant.
On Sunday 12 March, the model hosted the champagne-coloured carpet ahead of the 95h annual Academy Awards.
Unfortunately, she (and viewers) endured a painfully awkward encounter with the British actor.
More here:
Ashley Graham praised for how she dealt with ‘painful’ Hugh Grant interview
‘Her grace was admirable,’ one viewer writes
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