The critically-acclaimed multiverse film stole the present on Hollywood’s largest night time, with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nabbing seven of the night time’s high honors, together with greatest image, greatest actress, greatest directing, greatest modifying, greatest authentic screenplay, and one of the best supporting actor and greatest supporting actress awards.
But there have been loads of different memorable moments throughout the ninety fifth Academy Awards on Sunday — though none may fairly reside as much as the notorious incident throughout final 12 months’s present, when Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock onstage. Still, Hollywood’s largest night time kicked off by swapping the pink carpet for a “champagne-colored” walkway (which drew blended reactions), plus show-stopping performances by Rihanna and Lady Gaga — and, sure, references to Smith’s slap.
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So whether or not you missed the Academy Awards to tune into “The Last of Us” finale on HBO as an alternative, otherwise you simply wish to relive the highlights, listed here are a few of the most memorable moments from the 2023 Oscars.
Red-carpet watchers rued the ‘champagne carpet,’ a beige trend flop
The pink carpet is a staple to any awards present, however trend lovers take into account the Oscars pink carpet, specifically, to be their sartorial Super Bowl.
Yet the Academy Awards ripped up the pink carpet this 12 months — for the primary time because it rolled out the pink runner in 1961 — in favor of a champagne-colored one. This is as a result of the arrivals space was coated up this 12 months, and the present’s artistic director felt {that a} darker carpet, like a pink one, would seem too darkish beneath the coated tent.
Alas, many viewers complained that it appeared extra beige than champagne.
Even greatest supporting actress nominee Jamie Lee Curtis (for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”) tweeted a customized face-palm emoji of herself reacting to the change. “Their carpet is going to match my drapes,” she tweeted.
Turns out, her glowing Dolce & Gabbana robe was nearly the very same shade because the carpet, which defined her remark.
Host Jimmy Kimmel warned the viewers to not come on stage and ‘get jiggy with it’ throughout his opening monologue
Of course late-night host and comic Jimmy Kimmel was going to reference Smith slapping Rock throughout his opening monologue. Kimmel saved most of his skewering for the Academy Awards showrunners and viewers members final 12 months who stood by, frozen, whereas Smith got here on stage and assaulted Rock after the latter made a joke about Smith’s spouse.
“The Academy has a crisis team in place. If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year: nothing,” Kimmel stated. “Sit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug.”
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He additionally joked that, “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point in the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.” This was in reference to Smith profitable one of the best actor award later within the night after hitting Rock, and being allowed to offer a prolonged acceptance speech.
And because the present dragged on towards 10 p.m. Eastern and past (it didn’t finish till practically midnight), Kimmel cracked that, “This point in the show kind of makes you miss the slapping a little bit, right?”
Ke Huy Quan crowed ‘this is the American dream’ throughout his acceptance speech
The first “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star to win one of many night time’s performing awards was Ke Huy Quan, who scored greatest supporting actor. The former little one star greatest recognized for Eighties hits like “The Goonies” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” has been certainly one of this awards season’s Cinderella tales; after a long time struggling to repeat the success of his childhood, “Everything Everywhere” has landed him a slew of awards eventually, together with a Golden Globe and an Oscar. And Quan famous throughout his acceptance speech that, “Dreams are something you have to believe in. I almost gave up on mine.”
And he appeared immediately on the digicam and added, “To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive.”
He additionally thanked his “‘Goonies’ brother for life,” Jeff Cohen — who performed Chunk within the 1985 journey flick, however is now an leisure lawyer. Cohen is the one who negotiated Quen’s contract for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nearly 30 years later.
“My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp,” Quan stated. ” And in some way I ended up right here on Hollywood’s largest stage. They say tales like this solely occur within the films. I can not consider it’s occurring to me. This — this — is the American dream.”
Jamie Lee Curtis shared her Oscar with everybody, all over the place
Acting legend Curtis gained her first-ever Oscar on Sunday, taking house one of the best supporting actress trophy for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
“I know it looks like I’m standing up here by myself,” she stated, “but I am not. I am hundreds of people.” She thanked everybody who made the film, her agent and PR staff, in addition to her household, together with director-husband Christopher Guest. “We just won an Oscar,” she repeated as she thanked every individual or group of individuals.
And the “scream queen” who made her film debut in “Halloween” in 1978 additionally thanked her followers who’ve supported “all of the genre movies” she’s made. “Thousands and thousands of people: We just won an Oscar together!” she shouted.
She saved her tears for thanking her dad and mom, who have been additionally performing legends — the late Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. “I just won an Oscar!” she stated, wanting up on the sky.
But not everybody was thrilled with this choose. “ROBBED” started trending on Twitter, as armchair critics tweeted that both “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” queen Angela Bassett, or Curtis’s “Everything, Everywhere” costar Stephanie Hsu, ought to have been given the award.
Jenny the donkey from ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ briefly stole the present — or did she?
Kimmel trotted out a miniature donkey that he recognized as Jenny from “The Banshees of Inisherin” roughly midway via the present, with the lovely creature sporting an “emotional support” saddle.
“If you feel upset, feel free to come up and give her a hug,” Kimmel stated.
And nobody appeared extra comfortable about seeing the animal actor than human costar Colin Ferrell.
But Vulture reported {that a} supply instructed the New York Magazine popular culture web site that it was “just a random donkey” that was introduced onstage, and never the donkey seen within the Academy Award-nominated movie.
And honorable animal point out goes to “Cocaine Bear” director Elizabeth Banks bringing a man in bear go well with on stage whereas presenting the visible results award. The actor in a bear go well with additionally pantomimed making an attempt to attain medicine from the viewers, however Banks, who gave the impression of she’d misplaced her voice, rasped on the bear-figure to attend till the Oscar afterparties “like everyone else.”
Lady Gaga provides emotional ‘Hold My Hand’ efficiency
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta — aka Lady Gaga — broke a few of her little monsters’ hearts lately when it was introduced that she wouldn’t be capable to match a reside Oscars efficiency into her schedule, as she’s busy filming “Joker: Folie à Deux.” But she did make it on Sunday, in any case, when she gave an intimate reside efficiency of her “Top Gun: Maverick” energy ballad, “Hold My Hand.”
She opened by explaining how the tune was “deeply personal,” and that “we all need each other, we need a lot of love to walk through this life, and we all need a hero.”
She added that, “There’s heroes all around us in unassuming places, but you might find that you can be your own hero, even if you feel broken inside.”
All 5 of this 12 months’s authentic tune nominees have been carried out on stage on the Oscars, with eventual winner “Naatu Naatu” by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, from the movie “RRR,” bringing down the home with an particularly dynamic dance efficiency.
And Rihanna, contemporary off her Super Bowl halftime present and being pregnant reveal, carried out “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Hugh Grant calls himself ‘a scrotum’
Oh, Hugh! In maybe one of the best presenter-moment of the night, the actor Hugh Grant joined actress Andie MacDowell to current the award for manufacturing design. And he teased that MacDowell is “still stunning” as a result of she moisturizes her pores and skin day by day, however he by no means makes use of moisturizer, so “I’m basically a scrotum,” he stated, pointing at his face — and drawing a giant chortle.
But this got here after he had a super-awkward pink carpet — sorry, beige carpet — interplay with mannequin Ashley Graham, the place he stated he wasn’t wanting ahead to seeing anybody win specifically, he stated didn’t know who made his go well with, and he responded that he was “‘barely in” the “Knives Out” sequel “Glass Onion” when Graham raved about how a lot she cherished it.
John Travolta chokes up remembering ‘Grease’ costar Olivia Newton-John
John Travolta remains to be “hopelessly devoted” to his late “Grease” costar Olivia Newton-John, who handed away final summer time. The actor appeared to battle getting via the introduction to the “In Memoriam” phase of the Oscars, when the Academy pays tribute to the women and men in leisure who handed away throughout the earlier 12 months. But his voice totally broke as he stated, “They’ve touched our hearts, they’ve made us smile, and became dear friends, who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to…“ — and it was clear he was remembering Newton-John, who sang “Hopelessly Devoted to You” in “Grease.”
Best actor Brendan Fraser: ‘So this is what the multiverse looks like’
“The Whale” star Brendan Fraser recalled how “things didn’t always come easily to me” within the 30 years that he’s been within the performing enterprise whereas accepting one of the best actor win.
He used loads of nautical metaphors in his acceptance speech, like, “I’m grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard the good ship ‘The Whale,’” and, “I want to tell you that only whales can swim at the depth of talent of [fellow nominee] Hong Chau.”
Michelle Yeoh says ‘this is history in the making’ whereas turning into the primary Asian lady to win one of the best actress award
“Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you that you are ever past your prime,” Michelle Yeoh, 60, stated whereas accepting her first-ever Oscar, for greatest actress, in — you guessed it — “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
The actress, who made historical past as the primary Asian lady to win this award, additionally gave a shoutout to the “little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight,” including, “This is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that, dream big, and dreams do come true.”
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ wins greatest image
The night time’s huge winner was “Everything, Everywhere All At Once,” which finally took house seven awards on Sunday night time.
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