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The 95th Academy Awards aired on Sunday and marked the conclusion of awards season as some of the year’s top actors, film industry professionals and Movie of the Year were recognized as Indie Film Everywhere at once triumphed during the ceremony.
Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh accepts the Oscar for best actress for ‘Everything’ … [+]
Important facts
Everything everywhere at once was the most nominated film with 11 nominations and took home seven trophies, including Best Picture and Best Actress – more than any other film.
All four of the reigning winners – Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan – received their first Oscars during the ceremony; 16 nominees were first-time visitors.
Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win Best Actress, received her award from Halle Berry, the first black woman to win the trophy.
Host Jimmy Kimmel inevitably made a few jokes about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during last year’s ceremony, but that wasn’t the main focus of his time on stage.
nominees
Best picture: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything everywhere at once (WINNER), The Fabelmans, Tar, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking
Actors in a Leading Role: Austin Butler, elvis; colin farrell, The Banshees by Inisherin; Brendan Fraser, The whale (WINNER); Paul Meskal, After sun; bill nighty, Life
Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett, Tar; Ana de Armas, Blond; Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie; Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans; Michelle Yeoh, Everything everywhere at once (WINNER)
Actor in a Supporting Role: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees by Inisherin; brian tyree henry, dam; Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans; barry keoghan, The Banshees by Inisherin; Ke Huy Quan, Everything everywhere at once (WINNER)
Actress in a Supporting Role: Angela Basset, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Hong Chau, The whale; Kerry Condon, The Banshees by Inisherin; Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything everywhere at once (WINNER); Stephanie Hsu, Everything everywhere at once
Director: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees by Inisherin; Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything everywhere at once (WINNER); Stefan Speilberg, The Fablemans; todd field, tar; Ruben Ostlund, triangle of sadness
Adapted script: All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living, Top Gun: Maverick, women talk (WINNER)
Original script: Banshees of Inisherin, Everything everywhere at once (WINNER)The Fabelmans, Tár, Triangle of Sadness
Animated feature: Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro (WINNER)Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast, Turning Red
Documentary Feature: All that breathes, all the beauty and the bloodshed, fire of love, a house of splinters, Navalny (WINNER)
International function: nothing new in the West (WINNER)Argentina, 1985, Close, EO, The Quiet Girl
Cinematography: nothing new in the West (WINNER)Bardo, False Chronicle of a Fistful of Truths, Elvis, Realm of Light, Tár
Costume Design: Babylon, all at once, Mrs. Harris goes to Paris, Elvis, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (WINNER)
Cut: The Banshees by Inisherin, Elvis, Everything everywhere at once (WINNER)Tar, Top Gun: Maverick
Make-up and hair styling: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, The whale (WINNER)
Product design: nothing new in the West (WINNER)Avatar: The Way of Water, Babylon, Elvis, The Fabelmans
Original score: nothing new in the West (WINNER)Babylon, The Banshees of Inisherin, All at Once, The Fabelmans
Original song: Say It Like A Woman, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, RRR (WINNER)Everything everywhere at once
Sound: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)The Batman
Visual effects: Nothing new in the West, Avatar: The Way of Water (WINNER)The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Top Gun: Maverick
Animated short film: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (WINNER)The Flying Sailor, Ice Cream Vendor, My Year of Tails, An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Wrong And I Believe I Believe It
Documentary short: The elephant whispers (WINNER)Haulout, How Do You Measure a Year?, The Martha Mitchell Effect, Stranger At The Gate
Live Action Short Film: An Irish farewell (WINNER)Ivalu, Le Pupille, Night Ride, The Red Suitcase
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Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show — last year, when Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall hosted, it was the first time since 2018 that the show had official hosts. The program included performances by several Best Original Song nominees, including Rihanna (“Lift Me Up” by Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and Lenny Kravitz will sing during the In Memoriam segment. Last year’s ceremony was marred when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, who joked about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, at the awards ceremony. Will Smith was banned from attending the ceremony for 10 years. Still, the incident is likely to be mentioned at this year’s ceremony. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer said the group has set up an “crisis team” to handle surprises at the event going forward. Typically, Oscar voters ignore blockbuster films when it comes to best picture. But this year, three were nominated for the grand prize: Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water And elvis.
Further reading
Will Smith Can’t Present Best Actress Award At Oscars After Chris Rock Slap — And No One Knows Who Will (Forbes)
Most Best Picture Oscar nominees aren’t box office hits — but blockbusters get more nods than usual (Forbes)
Oscar Nominations 2023: “Everything Everywhere at Once” Leads Pack (Forbes)
Oscars under fire for presenter Donnie Yen’s Chinese Communist Party ties (Forbes)
The most politically blunt moments in Oscar history: From Brando to Halle Berry, Sean Penn to Spike Lee (Forbes)
