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Oscars 2023: The 95th Academy Awards

By Tori B. Powell, Mike Hayes, Matt Meyer and Seán Federico O'Murchú, CNN

A lack of surprises wasn't necessarily a bad thing for the Oscars

From CNN's Lisa Respers France

The 95th Academy Awards definitely wasn't like last year's ceremony – and for that, the people behind the scenes are probably breathing a sigh of relief.

After "the slap," the Academy instituted a crisis team that was on hand to make sure things didn't get out of hand.

But Sunday night was devoid of that type of drama – and of many surprises.

As expected, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" was a big winner , taking home the awards for best actress, supporting actor and actress, best original screenplay, best picture and best directing categories.

Brendan Fraser bested Austin Butler for best actor, which wasn't exactly an upset as they were both leading contenders.

The closest thing that came to a shocker was Sarah Polley's win for best-adapted screenplay for "Women Talking," a small film that felt very much the David that beat out the Goliath of a blockbuster, "Top Gun: Maverick," in the category.

All of this meant the show was allowed to let the talent and their heartfelt speeches shine.

From Ruth E. Carter, who paid tribute to her centenarian mother who recently passed away as she became the first Black woman to be awarded two Oscars with her best costume design win for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," to Daniel Kwan admitting to feeling imposter syndrome with his wins as co-director and co-writer of "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

Even the humor seemed to flow without much controversy, even if Kimmel did throw in a dad-type joke here and there.

It felt like a throwback to an era where the ceremony celebrated the art and artists minus the moments that go viral for the wrong reasons.

It will remain to be seen if such positivity was a positive for the ratings.

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Moments from the heartfelt "Everything Everywhere All At Once" best picture speeches

From CNN's Chloe Melas

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" took home the best picture Oscar on Sunday night.

The film's producer, Jonathan Wang, began the speech by saying, "To my brilliant and beautiful wife, if all the shiny stuff and tuxedos goes away I would love to do taxes and laundry with you for the rest of my life."

He also cried about his late father saying he had taught him:

Daniel Kwan, one of the directors, also spoke:

"One of the best things we can do for each other is shelter each other from the chaos of this crazy world we live in. Thank you to the storytellers here who did that for me. The world is changing rapidly and I fear that our stories are not keeping at pace. Sometimes it's a little scary knowing that movies move at the rate of years in the world when the internet is moving at the rate of milliseconds. But I have great faith in our stories, these stories have changed my life and they have done that for generations and I know that we will get through this."

Brendan Fraser's comeback is complete

Brendan Fraser's best actor win for "The Whale" wasn't a total surprise, but it was a delightful victory nonetheless.

The actor had been favored along with "Elvis" star Austin Butler to potentially take home the Oscar, and Fraser appeared both shocked and humbled by the win.

He thanked the usual suspects, including his family, agent and studio.

Fraser had a special shoutout for his costar, Hong Chau.

"I want to tell you that only whales can swim at the depth of talent of Hong Chau," he said.

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" takes home award for best picture

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" took home the Academy Award for best picture, capping a sweep of the major prizes Sunday night.

The A24 film led among the films nominated at the 95th Oscars, with 11 nominations. "Everything Everywhere All At Once" won seven of those awards.

Prior to tonight, the movie had won two Golden Globe Awards, five Critics' Choice Awards (including Best Picture) and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. 

CNN Style’s Oscar Holland contributed reporting.

Michelle Yeoh really is a superhero — especially to women of a certain age

Michelle Yeoh continued her streak of strong acceptance speeches.

After making history as the first Asian woman to win the best actress Academy Award, she began her speech by saying "for all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities," holding her statue aloft.

"This is proof that dream big, and dreams do come true," she said.

But it was what she said next that really energized the crowd.

Hell yeah, Michelle Yeoh. Hell yeah.

She dedicated her win to her mom and all the moms because "they are really the superheroes."

Michelle Yeoh takes home the award for best actress in a leading role

Michelle Yeoh's performance in "Everything Everywhere All At Once" has won her the award for best actress in a leading role.

Yeoh’s win makes her the first woman of Asian descent and the first Malaysian-born performer to win an Oscar for best actress. She also is the fifth person of Asian descent to win an Oscar in an acting category, the first to win in a lead acting category and also the first actress to win for portraying a Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese-speaking character for her role as Evelyn Quan Wang  

While Yeoh became an international icon 23 years ago, thanks to Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” it wasn’t until “ Everything Everywhere All at Once ” that she gained her first  Oscar nomination.

CNN's Dan Heching contributed reporting.

The best actor Oscar goes to Brendan Fraser for "The Whale"

From CNN's Marianne Garvey

The Oscar for best actor in a leading role went to Brendan Fraser for "The Whale."

Fraser gave a buried-under-makeup performance as a reclusive, obese teacher in the film.

He thanked the academy and the studio for making a "bold film." He also thanked director Darren Aronofsky for throwing him a lifeline role.

Fraser thanked his fellow nominees, saying: "It is an honor to be named beside you in this category."

"I'm so grateful for you," he told the crowd. "Goodnight."

RRR's "Naatu Naatu" wins award for best original song

RRR's "Naatu Naatu" won the Academy Award for best original song, the first from an Indian film production to ever do so.

Singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava made their debut at the Oscars earlier performing “Naatu Naatu," which features lyrics from Chandrabose and music by M.M. Keervaani.

Accepting the award, Keervaani said “I grew up listening to The Carpenters and now here I am with the Oscars,” before going on to sing his speech to the tune of “Top of the World” by The Carpenters. 

Chandrabose added, “Namaste.” 

More background: “Naatu Naatu” was featured in the Telegu-language film, “RRR,” which is India's fourth-highest grossing picture, according to IMDb, earning nearly $155 million worldwide. It became Netflix’s  most-watched  non-English movie last June.

CNN's Tara Subramaniam contributed reporting.

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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Dominates Oscars With Seven Wins, Including Best Picture (Full Winners List)

“ Everything Everywhere All at Once ” was named best picture at the 95 th Academy Awards on Sunday, capping off an improbable awards season run by winning the movie business’s highest honor.

It was a night of comebacks and reassessments. “Everything Everywhere All at Once’s” Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to be recognized as best actress. The honor came after a long career in martial arts and action movies like “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” and “Yes, Madam.”

“Ladies, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you are past your prime,” Yeoh said. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” she added.

Brendan Fraser took best actor honors for his performance as a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter in “The Whale.” Fraser, once a prominent actor known for his work in popcorn flicks such as “George of the Jungle” and “The Mummy,” had spent the last decade and change away from the spotlight dealing with health and personal struggles. His win continues his remarkable resurgence.

“I started in this business 30 years ago, and this – they certainly didn’t come easily to me, but there was a facility that I didn’t appreciate at the time until it stopped,” Fraser said, acknowledging his career setbacks. He thanked his director Darren Aronofsky for “throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard.”

“My journey started on a boat,” he said. “I spent a year in a refugee camp and somehow I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage. They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it’s happening to me. This is the American dream.”

“Dreams are something that you have to believe in,” he added. “I almost gave up on mine. To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive.”

Jamie Lee Curtis, a veteran headliner of horror hits such as “Halloween” and the daughter of Hollywood legends Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, won best supporting actress for her turn as an IRS inspector in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Curtis dedicated her statue “to all of the people who have supported the genre movies that I’ve made for all these years” and also acknowledged her family history in entertainment, noting, “my mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories.” Choking up, she ended with: “I just won an Oscar.”

With its multiverse storyline, and off-beat touches such as a character with hot dog hands and weaponized dildos, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” represents a radical departure from the kind of staid prestige fare that historically dominated the Oscars, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has changed dramatically in recent years. In the wake of the#OscarsSoWhite controversy after no actors of color were nominated in two consecutive years, the Academy made a big push in 2016 to diversify the pool of voters. In subsequent years its membership has gotten younger, and now includes more people of color and women.

The ceremony unfolded at a tense time for Hollywood. As consumers have shifted away from cable and towards subscription streaming services, major studios and their corporate parents have spent a lot of time and coin launching their own in-house Netflix challengers. The entertainment industry has also undergone a period of consolidation, with Discovery merging with WarnerMedia, Disney buying much of 21 st Century Fox and Amazon snatching MGM, deals that in the first two cases left the purchaser with a lot of debt on their balance sheet. Investors have become increasingly concerned that major media companies are over-leveraged and that the new ways that they are making money with streaming have failed to replace the old ways they once profited from such as cable subscriptions and movie ticket sales. That’s hurt the share prices of everyone from Netflix to Disney to the newly rechristened Warner Bros. Discovery, sparking a period of layoffs and cost-cutting. With a possible recession looming and studios facing tangled labor negotiations with the unions representing writers, directors and actors that could lead to strikes, there were dark clouds gathering that could have overshadowed the Oscars’ celebratory air. 

“If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during this show you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech,” Kimmel joked.

“If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year — nothing,” he added. “Sit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug.”

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” an adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel about trench life during World War I, picked up four Oscars, including the prize for best international features. Other major winners included “Pinocchio,” Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion musical, which was named best animated film, as well as “Women Talking,” which earned best adapted screenplay for Sarah Polley.

“Navalny,” a look at Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, won best documentary. Yulia Navalny, the imprisoned politician’s wife, came to the stage after the award was announced with a message aimed at Vladimir Putin. “I’m dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free,” she said.

The Oscars did opt not to wade fully into international affairs. For the second year in a row, the program turned down overtures by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address the global audience about his country’s struggles against Russia’s illegal invasion.

This year’s crop of best picture nominees included smaller films such as “Triangle of Sadness” and “Tár,” but also several popular favorites like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.” It’s unclear how much the inclusion of these blockbusters will lift this year’s viewership, but the Oscars have been on a ratings nosedive. Last year’s telecast drew an audience of 16.6 million, the second-lowest ratings in its history. In contrast, in 2014, the Oscars drew 43 million viewers, a sign of the telecast’s precipitous drop in popularity.

The Oscars made some notable cosmetic changes, subbing in a champagne-colored carpet for the usual red one. That choice, however, led to some last minute scrambling after a rainy weekend left organizers cutting up sections of the carpet that had been ruined by the bad weather and dirty shoe soles. However, some near disasters were averted. On Saturday, Ovation Hollywood, the shopping center and entertainment complex that hosts the Academy Awards, suffered power outages. By Sunday, though, the skies cleared and the only sign of flickering lights were the flashbulbs greeting the stars as they made their way into the auditorium.

Here is the full list of Oscar winners:

Best Picture

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, producers

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Malte Grunert, producer

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers

“Elvis” — Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, producers

“The Fabelmans” — Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, producers

“Tár” — Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, producers

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers

“Triangle of Sadness” — Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, producers

“Women Talking” — Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, producers

Best Lead Actress

Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) 

Ana de Armas (“Blonde”) 

Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)

Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”) 

Best Lead Actor

Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) 

Austin Butler (“Elvis”) 

Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) 

Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”) 

Bill Nighy (“Living”) 

Best Director

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) 

Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) 

Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”) 

Todd Field (“Tár”) 

Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)

Best Film Editing

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Paul Rogers

“The Banshees of Inisherin” — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

“Elvis” — Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond

“Tár” — Monika Willi

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Eddie Hamilton

Best Original Song 

“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” — music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyric by Chandrabose  

“Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman” — music and lyric by Diane Warren

“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick” — music and lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop

“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler

“This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges

“The Batman” — Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson

“Elvis” — David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Women Talking” — Sarah Polley

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell

“Living” — Kazuo Ishiguro

“Top Gun: Maverick” — screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks

Best Original Screenplay

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

“The Banshees of Inisherin” — Martin McDonagh

“The Fabelmans” — Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner

“Tár” — Todd Field

“Triangle of Sadness” — Ruben Östlund

Best Visual Effects

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar

“The Batman” — Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick

“Top Gun: Maverick” — Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

Best Original Score 

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Volker Bertelmann

“Babylon” — Justin Hurwitz

“The Banshees of Inisherin” — Carter Burwell

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Son Lux

“The Fabelmans” — John Williams

Best Production Design 

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — production design by Christian M. Goldbeck, set decoration by Ernestine Hipper

“Avatar: The Way of Water” — production design by Dylan Cole and Ben Procter, set decoration by Vanessa Cole

“Babylon” — production design by Florencia Martin, set decoration by Anthony Carlino

“Elvis” — production design by Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy, set decoration by Bev Dunn

“The Fabelmans” — production design by Rick Carter, set decoration by Karen O’Hara

Best Animated Short Film

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” — Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud

“The Flying Sailor” — Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

“Ice Merchants” — João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano

“My Year of Dicks” — Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon

“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It” — Lachlan Pendragon

Best Documentary Short Film 

“The Elephant Whisperers” — Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga

“Haulout” — Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev

“How Do You Measure a Year?” — Jay Rosenblatt

“The Martha Mitchell Effect” — Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison

“Stranger at the Gate” — Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Best International Feature Film 

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany) 

“Argentina, 1985” (Argentina) 

“Close” (Belgium)

“EO” (Poland) 

“The Quiet Girl” (Ireland) 

Best Costume Design 

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Ruth E. Carter

“Babylon” — Mary Zophres

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Shirley Kurata

“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” — Jenny Beavan

Best Makeup and Hairstyling 

“The Whale” — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová

“The Batman” — Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Camille Friend and Joel Harlow

“Elvis” — Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti

Best Cinematography 

“All Quiet on the Western Front” — James Friend

“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” — Darius Khondji

“Elvis” — Mandy Walker

“Empire of Light” — Roger Deakins

“Tár” — Florian Hoffmeister

Best Live Action Short

“An Irish Goodbye” — Tom Berkeley and Ross White

“Ivalu” — Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan

“Le Pupille” — Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón

“Night Ride” — Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen

“The Red Suitcase” — Cyrus Neshvad

Best Documentary Feature Film 

“Navalny” — Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris

“All That Breathes” — Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” — Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov

“Fire of Love” — Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman

“A House Made of Splinters” — Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström

Best Supporting Actress

Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) 

Hong Chau (“The Whale”) 

Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)  

Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) 

Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) 

Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”) 

Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”)

Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) 

Best Animated Feature Film 

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” — Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” — Joel Crawford and Mark Swift

“The Sea Beast” — Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger

“Turning Red” — Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Wins Best Picture at 2023 Oscars

Everything Everywhere All at Once took home the Best Picture trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday, bringing the film’s total awards of the night won to seven and capping off a remarkable awards season run.

Producer Jonathan Wang accepted the prize, saying in his speech, “I never thought I would get to say this, so I say it with one voice, with all of these people: Thank you to the Academy.” He added, “This is for my dad, who like so many immigrant parents died young, and he’s so proud of me not because of this, but because we made this movie with what he taught me to do.” 

Here's the moment #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce won the #Oscar for Best Picture. https://t.co/ndiKiHeOT5 pic.twitter.com/lBOqfiX0bw — Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023

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The film’s stars have been a favorite during awards season, with both Yeoh and Quan making history at the SAG Awards, becoming the first Asian film actors winners (Jamie Lee Curtis also won for her supporting role, and they also collectively won Outstanding Performance by a Cast/Ensemble). They each also took home best acting trophies at the Golden Globes and the Independent Spirit Awards, with castmate Stephanie Hsu winning Best Breakthrough Performance and where the film took home Best Feature.

Everything Everywhere beat out nine other films, including All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water , The Banshees of Inisherin , Elvis , The Fablemans , Tár , Top Gun: Maverick , Triangle of Sadness , Women Talking to take home the top Best Picture prize.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best picture, director and actress at 2023 Oscars – as it happened

Multiverse fantasy Everything Everywhere All at Once goes from fan favourite to a huge sweep of the top Academy Awards

• Everything Everywhere All at Once triumphs at Oscars with major sweep
• The full list of winners
• 13 Mar 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once triumphs with major sweep
• 13 Mar 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best picture
• 13 Mar 2023 Michelle Yeoh wins best actress
• 13 Mar 2023 Brendan Fraser wins best actor
• 13 Mar 2023 Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win best director
• 13 Mar 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best editing
• 13 Mar 2023 Naatu Naatu wins best song
• 13 Mar 2023 Top Gun: Maverick wins best sound
• 13 Mar 2023 Women Talking wins best adapted screenplay
• 13 Mar 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best original screenplay
• 13 Mar 2023 Avatar: The Way of Water wins best visual effects
• 13 Mar 2023 All Quiet on the Western Front wins best original score
• 13 Mar 2023 All Quiet on the Western Front wins best production design
• 13 Mar 2023 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse win best animated short
• 13 Mar 2023 The Elephant Whisperers wins best documentary short
• 13 Mar 2023 All Quiet on the Western Front wins best international feature film
• 13 Mar 2023 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever wins best costume design
• 13 Mar 2023 The Whale wins best makeup and hairstyling
• 13 Mar 2023 All Quiet on the Western Front wins best cinematography
• 13 Mar 2023 An Irish Goodbye wins best live action short
• 13 Mar 2023 Navalny wins best documentary feature
• 13 Mar 2023 Jamie Lee Curtis wins best supporting actress
• 13 Mar 2023 Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor
• 13 Mar 2023 Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio wins best animated feature
• 13 Mar 2023 THE 2023 OSCARS HAVE BEGUN

Everything Everywhere All at Once triumphs with major sweep

And now, in time-honoured liveblog fashion, here’s where we show you the big news stories of the night. Let’s start with the one about Everything Everywhere All at Once winning everything.

That’s more or less it until all the reactions start flooding in. For now, let’s leave you with this.

The shot I was hoping for, the show's director missed, but Getty's Kevin Winter got pic.twitter.com/0AHd3mRJgA — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 13, 2023

We also have a list of notable quotes from the ceremony, if only to eternally preserve the moment where Cocaine Bear leapt into the audience to attack Malala.

And because, in lieu of anything exciting happening, this looks like it’ll be the most viral moment of the night, here’s a further reminder of that time Hugh Grant compared his face to a scrotum.

For those of you just joining us: first, your timing is legitimately abysmal. Second, here’s the complete list of all the winners tonight.

A big night for Everything Everywhere All at Once, but if I had to pick a favourite moment from the night, it would have to be the part of the highlight reel played over the end credits, where Hugh Grant mouthed the words “Basically a scrotum” in slow motion. Truly, this is the golden age of Hollywood.

Daniels get the final word tonight, as is only fitting, telling both the audience and the viewers to have a good night. The Oscars only went 36 minutes over the runtime, so that counts. Jimmy Kimmel signs off by flicking the “Number of ceremonies without incident” sign from zero to one, and that’s it. The show’s over.

Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best picture

Of course. The final lap of honour for the film that has conclusively dominated the evening. This is the seventh win for Everything Everywhere All at Once tonight. An arthouse film that made hundreds of millions of dollars. An action movie about some googly-eyed rocks. This is a historic win.

Michelle Yeoh wins best actress

A big sweep for Everything Everywhere All at Once, and perhaps the second most rapturously received award of the night, after Ke Huy Quan’s all those hours ago. Yeoh is fighting to retain her composure, calling all mothers “superheroes”.

Brendan Fraser wins best actor

At this stage, given the backlash to The Whale in general, this is less a celebration and more of a relief to Fraser. Still, this is the second big comeback story of the night, and that doesn’t count for nothing. Fraser is red-eyed and panting. He knows he won’t be played off. This one’s gonna go long, gang.

Jessica Chastain and Halle Berry are presenting the acting awards. Traditionally last year’s best actor winner would be doing this instead of Halle Berry, but that would mean getting Will Smith back and, well, yikes.

Three more awards to go: two acting Oscars and best film. My guess is that EEAAO wins two and Elvis wins the other. But, and I can’t stress this enough, I don’t know anything. The important thing is that they are all worthy winners, and the second most important thing is that the winners keep their speeches nice and short.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win best director

This is a moment. Everything Everywhere All at Once was expected to win, of course, but look at all the people that the Daniels beat to this. Hopefully this means more people will go and see Swiss Army Man, also.

Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best editing

See? This is where Everything Everywhere All at Once stars winning a lot. Paul Rogers is breezy and charming and confident, stating that this is only his second film. The better news is that Elvis didn’t win this category, a much-needed reminder that best editing doesn’t always mean most editing.

For anyone keeping count, this is one of those In Memoriams where they let the audience applaud, allowing the viewers to gauge which of the dead people we’re meant to be saddest about. Keep it classy, Oscars .

John Travolta is now introducing the In Memoriam section. He’s fighting back tears because one of the people in the section is going to be Olivia Newton-John. And the names of the dead are being displayed to a Lenny Kravitz song, which isn’t a sentence I ever thought I’d write.

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The 2023 Oscars just wrapped up at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Follow along with NPR's critics as we unpack nominations, winners, the red carpet and all the best moments from the 95th Academy Awards.

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• Winning: Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the night with seven Oscars, including best original screenplay, best actress and best picture.
• Hosting: Jimmy Kimmel came off as low-energy but he managed a few cute moments.
• Slaying: Take a peek at some of the best (champagne-colored) red carpet looks .

That was a total of 7 Oscar wins for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

By Emily Olson

Best picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once won 7 of the 11 awards it was nominated for.

For a moment there earlier in the night, it looked like the more traditional All Quiet on the Western Front might give the inventive Everything Everywhere All at Once a run for the money. But in the end, the latter took home seven titles to All Quiet 's four — if that's not a sweep, we're not sure what is.

Here's the seven new titles for Everything Everywhere All at Once :

• Best picture
• Best actress, Michelle Yeoh
• Best directing, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• Best film editing, Paul Rogers
• Best original screenplay, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• Best actress in a supporting role, Jamie Lee Curtis
• Best actor in a supporting role, Ke Huy Quan

The film fell short in costume design, original score and best song. ➡️Looking for a full list of winners? Head here.

A down year for Black nominees

By Eric Deggans

Even as Asian performers and filmmakers notched historic gains at this year’s Oscars, Black nominees fared poorly, with only Ruth E. Carter winning best costume design for her work on the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

This shutout for Black performers hasn’t happened since 2020 when the South Korean film Parasite won many key categories, and Cynthia Erivo was the only Black performer nominated.

It’s a sad reminder that the Oscars remain a space that often makes room for one non-white group among winners in its top categories, often represented by one successful film.

The best idea of the night was asking Harrison Ford to present the best picture Oscar

By Glen Weldon

Harrison Ford presented the best picture award — a canny move by the evening’s producers, who were clearly betting on an Everything Everywhere All at Once win, as it would reunite Ford and Quan, who starred together in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 39 years ago. The two shared a warm embrace.

The fantasy film about motherhood, love, googly eyes and the multiverse took home the Academy Award for best picture.

The film, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — who’d picked up Oscars for original screenplay and directing earlier in the evening — was widely favored to win best picture. But the evening began with All Quiet on the Western Front racking up several Oscar statuettes, causing some to wonder if it might be the German war film’s night.

Everything Everywhere All at Once went into tonight’s ceremony with 11 nominations, of which it won seven, including best picture, director (Kwan and Scheinert), lead actress (Michelle Yeoh), supporting actress (Jamie Lee Curtis) supporting actor (Ke Huy Quan), original screenplay and editing.

It was a night of historic wins and safe jokes

For a show that aimed to give screen time to all of its 23 awards, this year’s Oscars proceeded at a brisk pace – just 40 minutes or so over the expected three-hour running time and filled with jokes from host Jimmy Kimmel about the length (even as the show ended, he cracked that viewers would be “joining Good Morning America , already in progress.”)

It was a ceremony that made history for the honors handed to Asian performers and filmmakers – thanks, in part, to the immense success of Everything Everywhere All at Once – and a party that was so set on honoring Hollywood that there was little fear anyone would derail the ceremony the way Will Smith did by slapping Chris Rock last year.

Perhaps because so many of the winners were expected – Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan from Everything Everywhere , especially – the show didn’t feel as unpredictable or daring as it could. Producers were often merciless about hustling winners off when their acceptance speeches got long. And Kimmel’s earnest words about honoring Hollywood ensured the onstage jokes would only go so far – as when he called Steven Spielberg and Seth Rogen the Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood.

It was a night of inspiring, historic wins and safe jokes - just the kind of evening the Academy was likely hoping for after the bedlam of last year’s ceremony.

Brendan Fraser completes the Brenaissance with an Oscar win

By Stephen Thompson

Brendan Fraser’s win concluded an Oscar-night shutout for The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis , Aftersun and Living .

Fraser, whose unlikely career trajectory has included Encino Man , George of the Jungle and a long hiatus marked by health issues, completed his comeback Sunday night, winning best actor for The Whale . The film drew harsh criticism for its portrayal of a 600-pound gay shut-in, but Fraser’s performance was strong enough to make him an Oscar winner.

The ceremony is over, but the NPR after-party is just getting started

The final credits may be rolling, but we're sticking around a bit longer to parse tonight's big moments.

So grab a refill on your popcorn or drinks (or both!) and stay with us.

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins best picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once wins the night's biggest award — and takes home its seventh Oscar of the night.

Here were the nominees it beat out:

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• The Fabelmans
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Triangle of Sadness
• Women Talking

Michelle Yeoh wins best actress for her role in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

Michelle Yeoh has won best actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once , another key win for the best picture nominee.

Yeoh is the first Asian woman to win best actress.

Yeoh beat out Ana de Armas, Blonde ; Cate Blanchett, Tár ; Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie and Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans .

Brendan Fraser wins lead actor for his performance in 'The Whale'

Brendan Fraser takes the statuette for best lead actor for his performance in The Whale .

Fraser beat out Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin ; Austin Butler, Elvis ; Bill Nighy, Living ; and Paul Mescal, Aftersun.

Don't go far: best actress is up next.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win best director for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are taking home another award for Everything Everywhere All at Once , this time for best director.

Here are the nominees that the pair beat out: Martin McDonagh for The Banshees of Inisherin, Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans , Todd Field for Tár and Ruben Ostlund for Triangle of Sadness.

This In Memoriam segment had something extra

Besides a legitimately moving intro from a choked-up John Travolta, who was clearly going through it, having lost his dear friends Olivia Newton-John and Kirstie Alley this year.

If you noticed, the producers decided to add a small Oscar statuette next to the names of those people who’d won an Academy Award in their lifetime.

The In Memoriam segment always flirts with tackiness, given the audience’s determination to cheer for the biggest names. But this felt … kinda gross, no?

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins award for best editing

That's another award for best picture nominee Everything Everywhere All at Once: best film editing.

Everything Everywhere All at Once beat out nominees The Banshees of Inisherin ; Elvis; Tár; and Top Gun: Maverick.

'Naatu Naatu' wins Oscar for best music (original song)

By Giulia Heyward

"Naatu Naatu" won the Oscar for best music (original song).

"Naatu Naatu" beat fellow category nominees "This is A Life," "Lift Me Up," "Hold My Hand" and "Applause."

Read more here

Lenny Kravitz performs for the in-memoriam segment

As is tradition at every Oscars ceremony, audiences are remembering the those in the film industry who passed away in the last year.

"They've touched our hearts, they've made us smile, and became dear friends, who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to," said presenter John Travolta, who remembered his friend and former co-star, Olivia Newton-John.

Lenny Kravitz provided the sound-track for the segment, performing "Calling all Angels".

This thing could be so much longer

Consider: They’re introducing tonight’s best picture nominees with an offscreen announcer.

In years past, that job has been done by presenters. Actors who walk out, pause, engage in stiff presenter banter, and then introduce the best picture nominees.

It seems like a small tweak but it’s easily shaving, what, at least ten minutes off this broadcast?

'Top Gun: Maverick' wins Oscar for best sound

Top Gun: Maverick won the Oscar for best sound.

With its win, the film beat fellow category nominees Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, The Batman and All Quiet on the Western Front.

Who gets played off, and who doesn’t?

It happens every Oscars — enthusiastic winners get played off before they can finish their speeches. Unfortunate but understandable; the producers are just trying to keep things tight.

But there’s generally an effort made to seem egalitarian, or at the very least, consistent.

Not so tonight. Based on this year’s broadcast, here’s a couple things to keep in mind to avoid the hook, when you make your Oscars speech.

1. Be a team of one.  Producers cued the orchestra tonight when the winners for makeup and hairstyling, documentary short and visual effects tried to hand off the mic to a second speaker. 

2. Be an actor, writer, director or composer. It’s one of the cruelest ironies of the Oscars that the folks who win in categories like those listed above — who don’t have regular access to huge platforms — are the most likely to get played off. It’s a big deal for them! Maybe the biggest of their lives! Let them speak!

Hang in there, Jimmy ...

Midway through the Oscars, host Jimmy Kimmel seemed a little low on energy, constantly cracking jokes about how long the ceremony was and noting at one moment, “this point in the show kinda makes you miss the slapping, huh?”

Still, he managed a few cute moments, walking onstage with a donkey he said was from the film The Banshees of Inisherin and walking into the audience to ask questions of stars like Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

He asked Yousafzai, “As the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history, I was wondering, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”

Her answer was both wise and TV savvy: “I only talk about peace.”

Cheer up, Jimmy; you’ve only got another four hours or so to go.

Women Talking wins Oscar for best writing (adapted screenplay)

Women Talking has bested Living, All Quiet on the Western Front, Top Gun: Maverick and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins Oscar for writing (original screenplay)

Everything Everywhere All at Once won the Oscar for writing (original screenplay).

With this win, Everything Everywhere All at Once beat Triangle of Sadness, Tar, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Fabelmans.

Rihanna performs ‘Lift Me Up’ with an orchestra

Rihanna closed out Oscar night’s best original song performances with a stately take on “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , aided by an orchestra and a choir. Unlike Lady Gaga, who transformed her maximalist movie anthem “Hold My Hand” into something intimate and contained, Rihanna and her accompanists gave “Lift Me Up” a grandness it wore well. It’s still not a terribly eventful song, but she leaned into it.

Rihanna has had a big 2023: She’s already performed at the Super Bowl, announced her pregnancy and performed at the Oscars. Here’s hoping a long-awaited album is next in the queue.

'Avatar: The Way of Water' wins Oscar for best visual effects

Avatar: The Way of Water won the Oscar for best visual effects.

With its win, Avatar: The Way of Water beat The Batman, Top Gun: Maverick, All Quiet on the Western Front and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Here's the award count so far:

Does it feel like things are heating up a bit for All Quiet on the Western Front ? The war movie has just pulled ahead of the pack, but we're only just halfway through the awards, with 10 awards still to go.

Here's how the best picture nominees have fared so far:

• All Quiet on the Western Front — 4
• Everything Everywhere All at Once — 2
• No awards yet for the 8 others

➡️If you need a complete list of winners, head here.

For ‘Hold My Hand,’ Lady Gaga dials it way back

Clad in a black T-shirt, with closeups suggesting that she’d recently wiped off lipstick, Gaga leaned into intimacy — an intriguing approach for such a maximalist movie song. This isn’t Gaga’s first Oscars rodeo (she won best original song in 2019 for “Shallow,” from A Star Is Born ), so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that she made a moment of it.

If you want a sense of what Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” might sound if she’d stripped it down for the Tiny Desk — and, as a side note, that can happen if she wishes — her Oscars performance provided a clear approximation.

All Quiet on the Western Front wins Oscar for best music (original score)

With its fifth win of the evening, All Quiet on the Western Front beat Babylon, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Fabelmans.

'All Quiet on the Western Front' wins Oscar for best production design

All Quiet on the Western Front won the Oscar for best production design.

In its fourth win of the evening, All Quiet on the Western Front beat Elvis, Babylon, The Fabelmans and Avatar: The Way of Waster.

Ruth Carter’s win was historic

By Aisha Harris

Fun fact, in case you missed it: when Ruth Carter took home the costume award for Wakanda Forever earlier in the evening, she became the first Black woman to win more than one Oscar. Her previous win was for Black Panther , and that win was also historic — she was the first Black person to win in that category in 2019.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse wins Oscar for best short film (animated)

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse won the Oscar for best short film (animated).

It beat fellow nominees My Year of Dicks, An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake And I Think I Believe It, The Flying Sailor and Ice Merchants.

'The Elephant Whisperers' wins Oscar for best documentary short film

The Elephant Whisperers won the Oscar for best documentary short film.

It beat out fellow nominees How Do You Measure A Year?, Stranger at the Gate, Haulout and The Martha Mitchell Effect.

Read our story about the film here.

‘Naatu Naatu’ gets its big production number at the Oscars

Performed by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, “Naatu Naatu” might have been even more welcome later in the ceremony. But its big onstage Oscars moment — and the standing ovation that followed — gave the telecast a boost of joy and enthusiasm that’s always welcome.

For anyone who viewed its viral video or the many TikTok dances it spawned, Sunday night’s performance of RRR ’s “Naatu Naatu” provided one of Oscar night’s most anticipated moments. The film’s stars (Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) weren’t part of the production, but the dancers on hand effectively matched the film’s impeccable and boundless energy.

There’s a whole lotta ads in this Oscars ceremony

A 3-ish minute sneak peek at the upcoming remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid introduced by its stars Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy. A “salute” to the Warner Bros. company. A plug for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. So far, these have been shoehorned into the Oscars telecast. Yet, in his opening monologue, Jimmy Kimmel cracked a joke about how the viewers who rallied for all the award categories to be included in the broadcast – unlike last year – would be to blame for the ceremony running many, many hours long. Hmm…

Spielberg on Spielberg

By Bob Mondello

Although The Fabelmans is a lightly fictionalized version of filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s life, it is not a tale he’s regaling audiences with for the first time.

“I’ve told this story in parts and parcels all through my career,” he said at the Golden Globes.

And indeed, armed with The Fabelmans as a key to unlock the code of his other pictures, it's easy for audiences to tease out what he means. From scenes of clowning around with a Super 8 camera and props in a closet that look a lot like Elliott and his otherworldly guest in E.T., to battlefield epics inspired by his dad’s war stories, to fractured families much like Spielberg’s own (his parents divorced while he was still in his teens), to tales of Jewish family life and encounters with antisemitism that informed the making of films like Munich and Schindler’s List , the arc of his career comes into focus.

Plenty of filmmakers have found inspiration in their own stories, but Spielberg has made The Fabelmans more than just a sentimental self-portrait. Instead, he’s given audiences a glimpse of a filmmaker's childhood as a filmmaker -- a sort of master class in how heart affects art.

Read more about how Spielberg has been telling his story all along — if you were paying attention.

'All Quiet on the Western Front' wins Oscar for best international feature film

All Quiet on the Western Front won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

All Quiet on the Western Front snagged its third win of the evening. The film beat out E0, The Quiet Girl, Close and Argentina, 1985.

The Makeup and Hairstyling award for ‘The Whale’ feels icky

We talked about it more in-depth in our Pop Culture Happy Hour episode dedicated to The Whale . But awarding this movie feels like the conversations around Hollywood’s treatment of fat people and actors still have a long way to go.

The award for best makeup and hairstyling went to The Whale , which isn’t exactly a surprise. Much – if not most – of the press around the movie has been focused on star Brendan Fraser’s “ transformation ” into his character Charlie, a 600-pound house-bound recluse. The win feels more than a bit icky, however, considering the fact that Fraser had to undergo the transformation at all; ‘Why didn’t they hire an actual fat actor for this role?’ is a question many of us have asked. (Along with, ‘Why did this movie have to be made in the first place?’)

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' wins Oscar for best costume design

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever won the Oscar for best costume design.

Ruth E. Carter's designs beat out those of Elvis, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Babylon.

Revisit Carter's Fresh Air interview about her work on the Black Panther movies.

The Whale wins Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Whale wins Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling.

The Whale beat Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Batman, All Quiet on the Western Front and Elvis.

‘This Is a Life’ performance swaps Mitski for Stephanie Hsu

In a performance that embraced chaos to match the movie that spawned it, Son Lux and David Byrne performed best original song nominee “This Is a Life” with a special guest: actress Stephanie Hsu, who stood in for an absent Mitski.

Vocally, it was a bit all over the place, as seemingly thousands of Twitter users typed “where is mitski” into their search bars simultaneously. But it was, appropriately enough, a visual feast: Byrne wore hot-dog fingers, dancers wore googly eyes on their foreheads, Raccacoonie made an appearance, the works.

'All Quiet on the Western Front' wins Oscar for best cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front won the Oscar for best cinematography.

It beat out fellow nominees including Empire of Light, Tar, Elvis and Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths.

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ looks like a juggernaut so far

Everything Everywhere All at Once is no sure thing in other categories. Lead-actress nominee Michelle Yeoh is up against Tár powerhouse Cate Blanchett, among others, and the film’s directors, Daniels, are up against the likes of Steven Spielberg. But this could be one of those years in which one film dominates the night.

If you’re looking for an overarching theme from tonight’s Academy Awards, Jamie Lee Curtis’ best supporting actress win portends a big one: This is already gearing up to be an enormous night for Everything Everywhere All at Once .

Ke Huy Quan has long been a frontrunner for best supporting actor, so that moment was no surprise. But Angela Bassett was widely considered a likely winner for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . Curtis’ win — against, among others, co-star Stephanie Hsu, with whom she was splitting votes — suggests a deep well of support for the film, which was already leading the Oscars field with 11 nominations.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ wins best animated feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio , an ambitious stop-motion retelling of the classic children’s story, won best animated feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards. It’s the third Oscar for del Toro, who won twice for The Shape of Water in 2018.

The film, which expands on the classic story to include deeper references to grief and fascism, had performed well across this awards season and bested a field rounded out by Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast and Turning Red .

In accepting the award for Pinocchio , del Toro issued a plea for audiences and awards to take the film’s medium seriously, imploring the Oscars crowd to “keep animation in the conversation."

An Irish Goodbye wins Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action)

An Irish Goodbye won the Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action).

The film beat out fellow nominees including The Red Suitcase, Night Ride, The Pupils, and Ivalu.

Navalny wins Best Documentary (Feature) at the Oscars

Daniel Roher's Navalny won Best Documentary (Feature) at the Oscars.

Navalny beat out four other nominees: All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed , Fire of Love, and A House Made of Splinters .

Diane Warren and Sofia Carson perform best original song nominee, "Applause"

Cara Delevingne introduced actress Sofia Carson and the 14-time Academy Award nominee Diane Warren for the first song performance of the night.

Carson sang "Applause" from Tell it Like a Woman .

Kimmel kicks off the Oscars

Host Jimmy Kimmel offered a slyly naughty, yet ultimately pro-Hollywood monologue at the Oscars, joking that superstar director Steven Spielberg had to be high on something when he directed E.T.

“You mean to tell me you were sober when you made a movie about an alien that eats Reese’s Pieces every day?”

He poked at Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock last year by joking: “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech.”

He also drew sustained applause by noting that producers decided awards in all categories would be presented live again – which didn’t happen last year – warning that winners who speak too long would be danced offstage by performers from the movie RRR .

“No complaining about how long the show is,” Kimmel cracked. “I saw all your movies. Now it’s my turn to make you sit in a theater for three and a half hours.”

Jamie Lee Curtis wins Best Supporting Actress

Jamie Lee Curtis won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once .

Curtis beat out Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hong Chau in The Whale , Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin , and her Everything Everywhere All at Once castmate Stephanie Hsu.

Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor

Ke Huy Quan has won the Academy Award for best-supporting actor for his role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Here's the nominees he beat out: Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway ; Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans ; Brendan Gleeson, Banshees on Inisherin ; Barry Keoghan, Banshees of Inisherin.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this blog post ran an incorrect photo.

Read more here.

Follow along with our list of winners

By Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The 95th Academy Awards are underway. We'll be updating our winners list throughout the ceremony. Keep track of the wins right here.

And the 95th Academy Awards are underway

Host Jimmy Kimmel is up first with his host's monologue.

Stay tuned for more updates.

2023 was a record year for Asian actors at the Oscars

No matter who takes home the gold statuettes tonight, 2023 will be remembered as a watershed year for Asian actors at the Oscars.

Four Oscar nominations for Asian performers in a single year is a record. Three of them – Michelle Yeoh, who is competing for best actress, Ke Huy Quan (best supporting actor) and Stephanie Hsu (best supporting actress) – play the laundromat-owning multiverse-hopping family in Everything Everywhere All at Once . Also in the supporting actress category is Hong Chau, who plays the best friend of Brendan Fraser's title character in The Whale .

While there are also Asian directors and screenwriters among this year’s nominees, in other respects, 2023 represents a step back from diversity for the Motion Picture Academy. With no Black actors nominated for lead performances and no women feature directors nominated, there are still areas of the multiverse that need exploring.

Check out our interviews with Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh and read more about this record nominations year.

A last-minute menu for your Oscar party

It’s here at last. Hollywood’s Biggest Night TM , when The Stars Come Out to Shine TM . Tinseltown’s Annual Tribute to Dreams Made of Shadow and Light TM . The Gay Super Bowl TM .

Which is all well and good, but you’ve got people coming over and you need to supply them with enough grub to fuel them through an opening monologue, 23 categories (each one of which comes factory-installed with cringeworthy banter and a speech), one Thalberg , five best song performances, one In Memoriam segment and an endless succession of pointless, time-eating montages.

It’ll be a long haul, but if you take our advice, your guests will leave with full bellies at the end of the broadcast, or when the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard, whichever comes first.

All Quiet on the Western Runts This is just a bowl of that hard, shiny, tooth-chipping candy shaped like fruit. Be sure to provide an empty, smaller bowl next to the bowl you serve the candy in so that your guests can discard the gross banana ones, otherwise you’ll be finding them stuffed between your couch cushions and dumped behind your ficus for weeks.

Avatar: The Whey of Water Fitness-oriented guests who turn up their noses at your other offerings will be grateful for this blueberry smoothie made with plant-based protein powder.

The Banshees of Inisherbert To truly capture the tragicomic melancholy of McDonagh’s film, this frozen dessert is prepared with cream, egg whites, Guinness and despair.

Tagliattelvis  Serve this pasta either with a sauce of bacon fat and peanut butter, or all by its lonesome, tonight.

Everything Everywhere All at Bundts Make many different cakes using the same Bundt pan but using wildly different recipes, at least one of which should be a glamorous movie star. Googly eyes recommended but not necessary.

The Fabelmints A cut-glass candy dish of soft pillow mints alongside a tiny screen showing a faded projection of those same mints, on a loop.

Steak TÁRtare Raw ground beef with onions, capers and Worcestershire sauce, topped with an egg yolk. When you ask your guests who wants seconds, they’ll shout, “Me, too!”

Top Gum: Maverick They say you shouldn’t serve gum at a party. Throw that rule book in the wastebasket, you square-jawed iconoclast!

Triangle(s) of Sadness Don’t bother with a bowl. Just rip open a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, leave it on the table and call it a day.

Women Tal-King Crab Legs Serve steamed, but make sure to keep the legs modestly covered under thick wool at all times.

First Timers Club

By Linda Holmes

Of the 20 nominees in acting categories this year, 16 are first-timers. Only Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, Judd Hirsch and Angela Bassett have been nominated before. Only Blanchett has ever won (twice).

The flood of newcomers includes the entire best actor field — Austin Butler for Elvis , Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin , Brendan Fraser for The Whale , Bill Nighy for Living , and Paul Mescal for Aftersun . Butler and Fraser have won most of the so-called precursor awards; Butler won the Golden Globe, Fraser won the Screen Actors Guild Award.

There are new nominees who have been around for long enough that their lack of prior nominations feels surprising, like Nighy or Jamie Lee Curtis. But there are also some who are much newer to the scene, like Butler and Stephanie Hsu. And, too, there are comeback stories in both Fraser and Ke Huy Quan, who have both been welcomed as evidence that perseverance can work, even in a punishing industry.

A preview of what’s to come tonight

History’s already been made at the 95th Academy Awards, no matter who takes home the gold statues.

• More Asian actors have been nominated than in any year in Oscars history.
• 91-year-old composer John Williams is not only the oldest Oscar nominee ever, with 53 career nods he’s also Oscar’s most-nominated living artist. 
• Steven Spielberg is the only director to be nominated in each of six decades.
• Angela Bassett is the first Marvel Cinematic Universe performer to be nominated (after 22 years and 31 movies).

Of course, history was made last year, too – the first deaf best actor ( Troy Kotsur ), the first best picture win for a streaming service ( CODA ) – only to be overshadowed by a less salutary, if also history-making “Oscar Slap.”

With Will Smith now banned from the ceremony and protocols in place for handling problems, a repeat is unlikely. But viewership is expected to bounce back, both because of the slap’s notoriety, and because the year’s two biggest blockbusters, Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water , are nominated for best picture.

Here’s a prediction: The winner will be…

… announced after viewers on the East Coast have gone to bed.

Where to find all the looks from the (not) red carpet

Hollywood's biggest stars are making their way into Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre for tonight's ceremony. But in a break with the 62-year tradition, they're walking down a champagne-colored carpet.

What happened to the red color? The organizers said they wanted the space to feel mellow, like walking on a beach at sunset, according to a report from The New York Times.

Is it throwing everyone off their fashion game? Decide for yourself — here's NPR's list of the most memorable looks.

How to watch the Oscars tonight

By Teresa Xie

Here's everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards ceremony:

When are the Oscar Awards this year?

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will air on Sunday, March 12 at 8 p.m. E.T. with a red carpet pre-show beginning at 6:30 p.m. E.T. The ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

How do I watch them? What if I don't have cable?

ABC will exclusively broadcast the Oscars live. Cable subscribers can tune into the ceremony on their TV, or livestream it on abc.com and through the ABC app.

Don't have cable? You can watch the ceremony through streaming services including Hulu + Live TV, fuboTV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV. Many of them have free trials!

What should I expect from this year's ceremony?

Unlike last year's ceremony, which saw three hosts, Jimmy Kimmel will be the only one leading the 2023 award proceedings. This will be the comedian and late-night talk show host's third time emceeing the event.

This year, all 23 categories will also be broadcasted live. Last year, the academy made a controversial decision to present eight categories (film editing, original score, production design, makeup and hairstyling, animated short, documentary short, live action short and sound mixing) off air – taping them before the broadcast and editing highlights into the show.

Who is performing?

Following her Superbowl halftime show, Rihanna will sing her Oscar-nominated song "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . Sofia Carson and Diane Warren will take the stage to perform their Oscar-nominated song "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman . David Byrne, Son Lux, and Stephanie Hsu will perform their Oscar-nominated song "This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once . And RRR 's "Naatu Naatu" will be performed live by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava.

Who are the favored contenders?

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once leads with 11 nominations. Following with nine nods each are Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin and Netflix's World War I film All Quiet on the Western Front .

Angela Bassett's supporting actress nomination for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the Marvel franchise's first Oscar nomination in an acting category. And Michelle Yeoh makes history as the first Asian-identifying nominee for best actress.

The full list of nominations is here.

Ke Huy Quan and his 'Indiana Jones' costar Harrison Ford shared a hug after 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' won best picture

• Ke Huy Quan hugged Harrison Ford after "Everything Everywhere All at Once" won the best-picture Oscar.
• Quan and Ford starred together in 1984's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."
• Ford was the presenter for best picture at Sunday night's Academy Awards.

Talk about coming full circle.

Thirty-nine years after Ke Huy Quan and Harrison Ford shared the screen together in 1984's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," the two hugged on the Academy Awards stage Sunday night when Ford presented Quan's movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once" with the Oscar for best picture.

Quan was one of the first from the movie to get on the stage after the win. When he saw Ford, he pointed at him with excitement and then ran over and embraced his former costar.

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Variety's Ramin Setoodeh caught the moment inside the theater:

—Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) March 13, 2023

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" won seven Oscars on Sunday, including best supporting actor for Quan.

"They say stories like this only happen in the movies," Quan said in his acceptance speech . "I cannot believe it's happening to me. This — this is the American dream!"

"Dreams are something you have to believe in," Quan continued. "I almost gave up on mine — to all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive. Thank you, thank you so much for welcoming me back! I love you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Quan struggled to find acting work for decades after getting his big break as a child actor starring in the classic movies "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" in 1984 and "The Goonies" a year later.

He is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in "Loki" season two this summer.

Correction: March 13, 2023 — An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of one of Ke Huy Quan's films. It's "The Goonies," not "The Goodies."

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Oscars 2023 Best Picture Nominees Ranked by Tomatometer

Top Gun: Maverick tops the list of the 2023 Oscar Best Picture nominees ranked by Tomatometer — makes sense since the Tom Cruise joyride was declared the best-reviewed movie of 2022 in our Golden Tomato Awards . Of the other nominees, Maverick is joined by the year’s other box office behemoth, Avatar: The Way of Water . James Cameron will continue to declare himself king of the world, whether here or off-planet. Musical biopic Elvis and Everything Everywhere All At Once (starring Michelle Yeoh ) also had remarkable runs on getting those butts in seats and theater tickets teared up.

Every Best Picture nominee this year is Certified Fresh, a light contrast to last year’s pool that included the Rotten-rated Don’t Look Up . The other four nominees feature biographies — with Tar (starring Cate Blanchett ) and The Fabelmans (based on Steven Speilberg ‘s youth) — and present personal conflict on some rather vastly different scales with The Banshees of Inisherin (with Colin Farrell ) and All Quiet on the Western Front .

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 96%

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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) 94%

The Fabelmans (2022) 92%

Tár (2022) 91%

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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Wins Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars

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Everything Everywhere All At Once won  Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday night, following wins for Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan.

Having already given several speeches over the course of the night, co-director Daniel Kwan kept his speech brief, saying “One of the best things we can do for each other is shelter each other from the chaos of this world.”

Everything Everywhere beat out nine other films nominated for Best Picture this year:  The Fabelmans, Top Gun: Maverick, All Quiet on the Western Front, Tar, The Banshees of Inisherin, Triangle of Sadness, Elvis, and Women Talking. Though it didn’t manage to nab Best Picture, Netflix’s German World War I movie, All Quiet on the Western Front , was another big winner of the night, taking home four Oscars, including Best International Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Score. But it couldn’t keep up with Everything Everywher e, which took home seven Oscars, including Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Check out the full list of 2023 Oscar winners to see the other awards for the night.

The award for Best Picture was presented by Harrison Ford, and, in a fun moment, Ke Huy Quan reunited with his Indiana Jones co-star on stage to accept the award, giving the presenter a big kiss on the cheek. Stop, it’s too adorable! Finally, justice for Short Round!

MY HEART. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/rTFkPm1ziu — Decider (@decider) March 13, 2023

It was a return to form for the Academy Awards, as the Academy attempted to redeem itself for what it described as an “inadequate” response to Oscar-winner Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock , an incident that shocked and rattled the A-list guests. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view) the 2023 Oscars featured no unexpected displays of violence.

And that’s a wrap on the 2023 Oscar season! Now, who’s ready to leave those stuffy Oscar movies behind and dive into summer movie season? Let’s go watch Adam Driver fight dinosaurs in  65 !

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Oscars 2023 updates: Everything Everywhere All at Once wins big

Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeps seven major categories, with All Quiet on the Western Front earning four wins.

This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates for the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12.

The Oscars concluded with Everything Everywhere All at Once dominating yet another awards ceremony, after triumphant outings at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The evening made history, with Michelle Yeoh becoming the first Asian performer to win best actress and India winning its first trophy for best song.

Here were some of the ceremony’s highlights:

• The 95th annual ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
• Everything Everywhere All at Once took home the top prize for best picture, along with wins for director and three major acting categories.
• The Whale brought home the best actor Oscar for Brendan Fraser, as well as a score in the makeup and hairstyling category.
• The German-language film All Quiet on the Western Front picked up four trophies for best international film, best original score, production design and cinematography.

Below is a timeline of the ceremony as it unfolded:

It’s a wrap

It was a night of historic wins at the 95th annual Academy Awards that took place on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Two films emerged as dominant forces in the race to pick up the most Oscar trophies: the German-language war epic All Quiet on the Western Front and the topsy-turvy multiverse action-comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once.

This year’s Oscars included a record number of Asian artists nominated for the acting categories. Sunday’s ceremony made good on that promise, crowning 60-year-old screen icon Michelle Yeoh its first Asian best actress.

India also celebrated a historic night after a breakout hit song from the action movie RRR and a short documentary, The Elephant Whisperers, won Oscars.

Here is our complete list of winners.

A decent night for the year’s biggest blockbusters

Each of the big blockbusters up for Oscar awards tonight came away with one big win apiece.

Top Gun: Maverick took home best sound design for its high-flying action sequences, while the sci-fi fantasy Avatar: The Way of Water grabbed best visual effects.

And the Marvel sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever scooped up a win for best costume design.

Its recipient, designer Ruth Carter, previously became the first African American woman to top the category in 2019. That Oscar came for her work in the original film, Black Panther.

But wait — what about the Oscar snubs?

Despite high hopes and nine Oscar nods, the Irish black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin was shut out at the 2023 Oscars, with no prizes awarded to it.

That comes in stark contrast to writer-director Martin McDonagh’s previous effort, 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. That film took home two Oscars for acting.

Also coming up empty was Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis, considered a top contender in the best actor category.

Directors Steven Spielberg and Todd Field had both been nominated multiple times in the past, but they too went home empty-handed tonight for their efforts in The Fabelmans and Tar, respectively.

Women Talking, a tightly woven drama about sexual assault, was almost shut out as well, but writer-director Sarah Polley emerged with a best adapted screenplay Oscar before the night was done.

The final tally for the night? Everything Everywhere wins big

It was a triumphant evening for the indie darling Everything Everywhere All at Once, with its multiverse-spanning tale of an immigrant mother exploring her infinite potential.

The martial arts-themed action-comedy was the dominant force at the Oscars tonight, taking home seven trophies including one of the night’s biggest honours, best picture.

It squeaked past the initial frontrunner All Quiet on the Western Front, which grabbed four Oscars early in the broadcast, including for best cinematography and best international feature.

Another big winner was the play adaptation The Whale, with two wins honouring the transformation actor Brendan Fraser underwent for his role: one for best actor and another for best hairstyling and makeup.

Everything Everywhere All at Once wins coveted best picture award

Everything Everywhere All at Once claimed the night’s final honour, taking home its seventh Oscar for the prestigious best picture category.

“There is no movie without our brilliant and bighearted cast and crew,” said producer Jonathan Wang.

The two-person team of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert returned to the stage again after winning awards for best director and original screenplay, as did Michelle Yeoh, who became the first Asian woman to win the award for best actress.

Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis won awards for best supporting actor and actress, respectively, and the film also won the award for best editing.

The hotly contested best picture category included films such as Tar, All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.

Michelle Yeoh continues Everything Everywhere’s streak of acting wins

Everything Everywhere All at Once continued its domination of the acting categories with a best actress win for Michelle Yeoh, who plays the film’s multiverse-hopping heroine Evelyn.

“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is the beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof [to] dream big and dreams do come true. And ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up,” the 60-year-old told the crowd.

“I have to dedicate this to my mom, to all the moms in the world, because they are really the superheroes. And without them, none of us would be here tonight.”

Yeoh, who hails from Malaysia, is the first Asian best actress winner in Oscar history.

The Whale’s Brendan Fraser wins best actor

American-Canadian actor Brendan Fraser completed his triumphant return to the big screen with a win for best actor in the drama The Whale.

“I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement,” Fraser said in a tearful acceptance speech. Acknowledging his fellow cast members, he added: “Thank you again, to each one and all. I’m so grateful to you.”

Also nominated were Austin Butler in Elvis, Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin, Paul Mescal in Aftersun and Bill Nighy in Living.

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BRENDAN FRASER #Oscars pic.twitter.com/YRUVNdhaa7 — Letterboxd (@letterboxd) March 13, 2023

The Daniels score an upset with best director win

The two-person team The Daniels topped more established names like Steven Spielberg to win their first Oscar for best director.

“Our fellow nominees, you guys are our heroes. This is weird. We want to dedicate this to all the mommies,” Daniel Scheinert told the audience.

He dedicated the award to his parents. “Thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody,” Scheinert said to a roar of approval, a seeming reference to anti-drag legislation around the United States.

“The world is opening up to the fact that genius does not stem from individuals like us on stage, but rather genius emerges from the collective,” Daniel Kwan said in his speech.

“We are all descendants of something and someone, and I want to acknowledge my context, my immigrant parents.”

Jumping for Oscar winning joy! Presenting your Best Original Screenplay winners: the Daniels. #Oscars95 Photo Credit: @landonnordeman pic.twitter.com/VqM4dOmJkw — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 13, 2023

Everything Everywhere earns the top editing honour

Paul Rogers won best editing for the multiverse adventure Everything Everywhere All at Once, bringing the film’s tally up to four Oscars for the night.

“This is my second film, y’all. This is crazy,” Rogers told the Dolby Theatre. “To the cast, it’s been the honour of my career to work with you. I hope I did right by you. I care deeply about every one of you.”

In Memoriam montage pays tribute to lives lost in the film industry

The ceremony paused for a sombre tribute to people in the world of cinema and entertainment who passed away in the last year.

Those honoured included actress Angela Lansbury, whose decades-long career spanned Hollywood and Broadway.

Also featured was actress Raquel Welch , whose bombshell appearance in a fur bikini in 1966’s One Million Years BC propelled her to a career that included a Golden Globe Award.

The tribute also paid homage to actors Ray Liotta and James Caan , both known for their legendary performances in gangster films Goodfellas and The Godfather, respectively.

Many behind-the-scenes workers who make movies possible were also honoured.

Top Gun: Maverick wins for best sound

Top Gun: Maverick took home best award for achievement in sound for its exciting portrayal of the world of air warfare.

Mark Weingarten, James H Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor accepted the award, with Weingarten thanking supporters for going out and seeing the film in theatres.

The sequel to the original Top Gun was a hit, bringing in nearly $1.5bn at the box office with Tom Cruise reprising his role as white-knuckle fighter pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.

Also nominated were All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman and Elvis.

India makes history with a win for best original song

Now that’s worth kicking up your heels for! The Indian film RRR took home the Oscar for best song with “Naatu Naatu”, earning a roar from the crowd.

It is India’s first nomination and first win for best song.

“I grew up listening to The Carpenters, and now here I am with the Oscars,” composer MM Keeravaani told the crowd as he accepted the award with lyricist Chandrabose.

“There was only one wish on my mind,” Keeravaani sang as part of his speech, to the tune of one of The Carpenters’ hits: “RRR has to win, pride of every Indian, and must put me on the top of the world.”

Best adapted screenplay Oscar goes to Women Talking

Canadian actor-turned-director Sarah Polley earns her first Oscar of the night for Women Talking, a drama based on real events.

The film tells the story of a group of Mennonite women who discover they have all experienced acts of sexual violence by men in their isolated religious community. It is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews.

“I want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talking’ so close together like that,” Polley said in her acceptance speech.

She called Toews’s book “an essential novel about a radical act of democracy”, where listening was more important than violence.

She wrapped up her remarks by reciting the last line of her film, dedicated to her three kids: “Your story will be different from ours.” She called it a promise to the next generation.

Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best original screenplay

Everything Everywhere All at Once took home a third win, clinching the prize for best original screenplay.

Writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — collectively known as The Daniels — gave moving acceptance speeches, thanking sources of support and inspiration such as parents, spouses, previous school teachers and fellow nominees.

The other nominees were The Fabelmans, Tar, Triangle of Sadness, and The Banshees of Inisherin.

Rihanna continues her comeback on the Oscar stage

Rihanna’s song “Lift Me Up” from the soundtrack of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever marks her first solo recording in nearly six years — which was when her last album, 2016’s Anti, was released.

But Rihanna’s been busy since then. During her hiatus, she gave birth to her first child and expanded her lingerie and beauty brand Fenty.

2023 may be her comeback year, though: She received critical acclaim as the headliner for the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, her first public concert in years. This Oscar performance is her hotly anticipated follow-up.

She received a standing ovation from the audience.

An Oscar-nominated tribute to Chadwick Boseman

“Lift me up. Hold me down. Keep me close, safe and sound.”

Rihanna performs the wistful R&B ballad “Lift Me Up” tonight at the Oscars — and if the song seems mournful compared with more upbeat best-song nominees, that’s because it is.

The Barbadian pop star cowrote the song with Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson, Nigerian singer Tems and director Ryan Coogler as a tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman, the star of Marvel’s 2018 blockbuster Black Panther.

Boseman was meant to return in the film’s sequel, but he died from colon cancer in 2020. “Lift Me Up” came to be part of the reimagined sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which grapples with the central character’s death.

Avatar: The Way of Water wins award for best visual effects

Filmmaker James Cameron’s massive blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water picked up its first win of the night for best visual effects.

The film immersed viewers in the aquatic world of Pandora, in a follow-up to the first Avatar movie, which was also praised for its stunning visuals when it was released in 2009.

The competition was steep, with other nominees including All Quiet on the Western Front, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Top Gun: Maverick.

Host Jimmy Kimmel joked that the after-party would take place at “CGI Fridays”.

Kimmel interviews Malala Yousafzai over film spat

Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel mixed with the audience for a question-and-answer segment with some of the night’s celebrity guests.

He stopped to chat with Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai, asking her the hardest-hitting question of the night: “Do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”

The question — about a rumoured feud during the marketing of the 2022 film Don’t Worry Darling — cracked a smile from Yousafzai.

“I only talk about peace,” Yousafzai replied, not missing a beat and eliciting a round of applause from the audience.

Teasing Oscar nominee Colin Farrell over his Irish accent, Kimmel also joked with him about his furry on-screen co-star in The Banshees of Inisherin: “If you and the donkey go out after, text me.”

All Quiet on the Western Front picks up another win for best score

German composer Volker Bertelmann nabs the Oscar for best original score for All Quiet on the Western Front, which has swept up four trophies tonight so far.

Bertelmann explained that his work on the antiwar film made him think of a moral his mother taught him as a child: “When you want to change humanity and empathy in the world, you have to start with yourself and your own surroundings.”

All Quiet on the Western Front wins for production design

All Quiet on the Western Front continues its streak with an award for best production design, clinching the win over fellow nominees Avatar: The Way of Water, Babylon, Elvis and The Fabelmans.

Christian M Goldbeck accepted the honour for the film’s production design, with Ernestine Hipper joining on stage for set decoration.

The German film has already won awards for cinematography and best international feature film earlier in the night.

Best Production Design Oscar 🤝 'All Quiet on the Western Front' Congratulations to the talented production design team behind @allquietmovie ! #Oscars #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/q6bym2jXE0 — The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 13, 2023

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse wins best animated short film

Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud took home the award for best animated short for their film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

“I know the protocol is to say thank you a lot, but I’m British, so instead I’ll say sorry,” said Matthew Freud in his acceptance speech.

Mackesy added that, on a recent visit to his village back in the United Kingdom, a resident had told him that making a film takes “courage”.

Other nominees included The Flying Sailor, Ice Merchants, My Year of Dicks and An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It.

Lady Gaga’s song the ‘heartbeat’ of Top Gun: Maverick

At the end of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise soars into the sunset with his on-screen love interest Jennifer Connelly to the tune of the Oscar-nominated song “Hold My Hand”, on stage now.

A full-throated power ballad, “Hold My Hand” is the “heartbeat” of the film, according to its star Tom Cruise.

In an interview with The Late Late Show with James Corden, Cruise tipped his hat to the songwriter Lady Gaga.

“She’s amazing. It just opened those doors to the emotional core of the film that we had,” Cruise told Corden. He added that Gaga isn’t just featured on Top Gun: Maverick’s soundtrack: “She actually helped to compose the score.”

Surprise! Predicted no-show Lady Gaga performs at the Oscars

“You can be your own hero, even if you feel broken inside.”

Pop star Lady Gaga makes a surprise onstage appearance at this year’s Oscars after show organisers announced she wouldn’t be able to perform due to a filming conflict.

She sings her Academy Award-nominated song “Hold My Hand” from the film Top Gun: Maverick tonight.

But this isn’t her first Oscar appearance — not by a long shot. She’s performed three times previously.

Her first appearance came in 2015 to mark 50 years of the Hollywood classic The Sound of Music. She returned the following year with “Til It Happens to You”, a song cowritten with another of tonight’s nominees, Diane Warren, for the documentary The Hunting Ground.

Then, in 2019, she brought home Oscar gold for best original song with “Shallow” from A Star Is Born, performed on stage with co-star Bradley Cooper. Check out their winning performance:

The Elephant Whisperers wins best documentary short

The story of an orphaned baby elephant and the Indigenous people who cared for it has taken home the statuette for best documentary short, a big win for the film’s country of origin, India.

Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, the filmmakers behind The Elephant Whisperers, took the stage to accept the award. Gonsalves dedicated the Oscar “to my motherland, India,” and thanked the subjects of her documentary for sharing their tribal knowledge.

“I stand here today to speak for the sacred bond between us and our natural world,” she said.

All Quiet on the Western Front takes home award for best international film

The German film All Quiet on the Western Front took home its second award, winning the category of best international feature film after taking an award for cinematography earlier in the night.

Other nominees included Argentina 1985, EO, Close and The Quiet Girl.

The famous antiwar film could still add to its already impressive haul: It is also a contender in the race for best picture, where it faces competition from movies such as Tar and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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2023 Oscars recap: 'Everything Everywhere' dominates, wins best picture | See full list of winners

Highlights included Lady Gaga's emotional performance, Brendan Fraser's moving win and host Jimmy Kimmel's jokes on 'the slap.'

LOS ANGELES -- " Everything Everywhere All At Once " lived up to its title Sunday night at the Oscars, with the film taking home gold in seven out of 11 nominated categories, including best picture and best director, along with three acting nods.

Scroll down for the full list of 2023 Oscar winners.

The eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family and alternate realities, from directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, is the first-ever science fiction film to win the top prize.

"Everything Everywhere" star Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win best actress, while co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis also won in the supporting actor and actress categories, respectively. Only two other films in Oscar history -- "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Network" -- have won three acting Oscars.

"Thank you for all the little boys and girls who look like me tonight," Yeoh said during her acceptance speech. "This is proof that dreams do come true. And ladies, don't let anyone ever tell you you're past your prime."

FULL SPEECH: Michelle Yeoh makes history with best actress win at 2023 Oscars

Curtis paid homage to her Oscar-nominated parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, after her win. It comes more than 60 years after her mother was nominated for her supporting acting work in "Psycho." Her father received a nod in 1959 in the best actor category for "The Defiant Ones."

"My mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories," Curtis said, beginning to cry as she accepted the award. "I just won an Oscar!"

FULL SPEECH: Jamie Lee Curtis wins Oscar for best supporting actress

Brendan Fraser, the once ubiquitous '90s star, took the stage to an overwhelming ovation as he won the award for best actor for his role in "The Whale."

FULL SPEECH: Brendan Fraser wins best actor, rounding out his epic return to big screen

Former child star Quan's win was also met with a standing ovation, capping his own extraordinary comeback.

"They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I can't believe it's happening," he said. "This is the American dream."

The film with the next highest number of wins was German-language WWI epic "All Quiet on the Western Front," with four.

Adding to the night of emotional moments was Lady Gaga, who took to the stage to perform "Hold My Hand ," her Oscar-nominated original song from "Top Gun: Maverick." She stunned audiences with a costume change, in which she shed her runway gown and makeup for a black graphic tee, ripped jeans and some Chucks.

All nominated original songs were showcased during the Oscars telecast, including the elastic suspenders dance of winner "Naatu Naatu" from "RRR" and a Super Bowl follow-up by Rihanna .

WATCH: Lady Gaga removes gown and makeup in emotional Oscar performance

Host Jimmy Kimmel made sure to address the elephant (or perhaps the Cocaine Bear ) in the room -- last year's infamous "slap."

"We want you to have fun, feel safe, and most importantly, we want me to feel safe," Kimmel said, referring to the moment Will Smith smacked presenter Chris Rock, and went on to win best actor. "So, we have strict policies in place. If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech."

WATCH: Kimmel's opening monologue

Full list of 2023 Oscar winners

(Not listed in order of presentation)

Best Picture

• "All Quiet on the Western Front"
• "Avatar: The Way of Water"
• "The Banshees of Inisherin"
• "Elvis"
• WINNER: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
• "The Fabelmans"
• "Tár"
• "Top Gun: Maverick"
• "Triangle of Sadness"
• "Women Talking"

• Martin McDonagh, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
• WINNER: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
• Steven Spielberg, "The Fabelmans"
• Todd Field, "Tár"
• Ruben Ö stlund, "Triangle of Sadness"

Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett, "Tár"
• Ana de Armas, "Blonde"
• Andrea Riseborough, "To Leslie"
• Michelle Williams, "The Fabelmans"
• WINNER: Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Actor in a Leading Role

• Austin Butler, "Elvis"
• Colin Farrell, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
• WINNER: Brendan Fraser, "The Whale"
• Paul Mescal, "Aftersun"
• Bill Nighy, "Living"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Angela Bassett, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
• Hong Chau, "The Whale"
• Kerry Condon, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
• WINNER: Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
• Stephanie Hsu, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Brendan Gleeson, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
• Brian Tyree Henry, "Causeway"
• Judd Hirsch, "The Fabelmans"
• Barry Keoghan, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
• WINNER: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Animated Feature Film

• WINNER: "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"
• "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On"
• "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish"
• "The Sea Beast"
• "Turning Red"

Cinematography

• WINNER: James Friend, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
• Darius Khondji, "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths"
• Mandy Walker, "Elvis"
• Roger Deakins, "Empire of Light"
• Florian Hoffmeister, "Tár"

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• "All Quiet on the Western Front," Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell
• "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," Rian Johnson
• "Living," Kazuo Ishiguro
• "Top Gun: Maverick," Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
• WINNER: "Women Talking," Sarah Polley

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "The Banshees of Inisherin," Martin McDonagh
• WINNER: "Everything Everywhere All at Once," Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• "The Fabelmans," Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg
• "Tár," Todd Field
• "Triangle of Sadness," Ruben Ö stlund

International Feature Film

• WINNER: "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Germany)
• "Argentina, 1985" (Argentina)
• "Close" (Belgium)
• "EO" (Poland)
• "The Quiet Girl" (Ireland)

Animated Short Film

• WINNER: "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse"
• "The Flying Sailor"
• "Ice Merchants"
• "My Year of D**ks"
• "An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It"

Live Action Short Film

• WINNER: "An Irish Goodbye"
• "Ivalu"
• "Le Pupille"
• "Night Ride"
• "The Red Suitcase"

Documentary Feature Film

• "All That Breathes"
• "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
• "Fire of Love"
• "A House Made of Splinters"
• WINNER: "Navalny"

Documentary Short Film

• WINNER: "The Elephant Whisperers"
• "Haulout"
• "How Do You Measure a Year?"
• "The Martha Mitchell Effect"
• "Stranger at the Gate"

Music (Original Song)

• "Applause" from "Tell It like a Woman"
• "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick"
• "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
• WINNER: "Naatu Naatu" from "RRR"
• "This Is A Life" from "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Music (Original Score)

• WINNER: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
• "Babylon"
• "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
• "The Batman"
• WINNER: "Top Gun: Maverick"

Film Editing

Costume design.

• WINNER"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
• "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris"

Makeup and Hairstyling

• "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
• WINNER: "The Whale"

Production Design

Visual effects.

• WINNER: "Avatar: The Way of Water"

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The best and worst moments of the 2023 Oscars

All the highs, lows, and hot-dog-fingered whoas.

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Donkeys, fighter jets, Lady Gaga in a T-shirt: Welcome to the 2023 Oscars. There was no sure thing at this year's ceremony (well, other than Ke Huy Quan ), but the evening promised and duly delivered three-plus hours of chaos, tears, and Cocaine Bears . Below, we've compiled the evening's most memorable moments, for better or worse:

Low: The rug that didn't tie the room together

The Academy decided not to roll out the red carpet this year: Breaking with 62 years of tradition , the classic scarlet was swapped for a new "champagne" color. (Though as EW.com editor Oliver Gettell noted, "It's only champagne if it comes from the Champagne region of France. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling rug .") The result was... underwhelming: Gorgeous white gowns (so many white gowns!) looked dull without contrast, the Pantone shade read less champagne than Severance beige, and the whole thing just seems like a nightmare to keep clean. Sometimes, tradition is tradition for a reason.

High: A solid cold open

He came in on a Top Gun: Maverick wing and a prayer and got danced off by the "Naatu Naauu" crew. In between, third-time host Jimmy Kimmel did the thing — moving nimbly through a mélange of topical one-liners (T-minus two minutes till we got an Ozempic reference), sincere acknowledgments (a pointed name-check of the conspicuously un-nominated Danielle Deadwyler and Viola Davis), and good-dumb dad jokes ("My banshees are caught in my Inisherin!"). As for the Will Smith question, hanging over it all like a slappy pall? Asked and answered, pretty well.

High: Ke Huy Quan, king of hearts

Even after sweeping every possible precursor, the Everything Everywhere All At Once star somehow managed to mine fresh feeling (who's chopping onions over here again?) with his season-capping win — from the moment presenter Ariana DeBose broke down announcing his name to his emotional recollection of his journey from child refugee to the Oscars stage: "This, this is the American dream." In the best kind of multiverse, yes.

Low: The Little Mermaid butts in

Nothing says "Corporate overlord don't care" like ABC parent company Disney brazenly inserting a free ad — sorry, preview — for their latest live-action project in the midst of the year's biggest awards show, along with two of its stars. Pay the going ad rate like everybody else, Mickey Mouse.

High: The good mule

Justice for Jenny! Despite The Banshees of Inisherin' s many nominations, Jenny the donkey was rudely shut out of the Best Supporting Actress category (probably because she's an ass). She still got her time on stage though, joining host Kimmel in an Emotional Support Animal vest. The whole room clapped and cheered as she trotted out, but no one was more psyched than Best Actor nominee Colin Farrell , whose face lit up when he saw his four-legged costar. Sadly, EW later confirmed that the donkey on stage was not the real Jenny but a local ringer. Hopefully she was celebrating somewhere back home in Ireland — ideally with a basket of carrots (sans Brendan Gleeson's fingers).

High: You say it's your birthday

Some people get cake for their birthday. Others get an Oscar. After An Irish Goodbye won Best Live-Action Short, producers Tom Berkeley and Ross White used their acceptance speech time to lead the crowd in a sing-along celebrating their star James Martin on his 31st birthday. The only downside is that every subsequent birthday might feel like a letdown once you've been serenaded on a global stage by the likes of Colin Farrell, Cate Blanchett, and Janelle Monae.

Whoa: A brutal In Memoriam callout

Less than three days after Robert Blake's death , Kimmel spared no allusions to the actor's 2001 murder charge for killing his second wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley. In poor taste? Absolutely. But also savagely funny, especially in an evening of mostly anodyne patter. Less clear: Why the Academy left out significant names like Anne Heche, Tom Sizemore, Paul Sorvino, and Triangle of Sadness star Charlbi Dean.

High: A Best Song serenade

Given the dearth of other nominations for such a widely celebrated film, RRR 's big shot at taking home a trophy tonight came with Best Song, a category it was widely tipped to win. But who knew composer M.M. Keeravani's speech would come so joyfully a cappella? "I grew up listening to the Carpenters and now here I am with the Oscars," he confessed, and then began singing-slash-paraphrasing the brother-sister duo's 1972 soft-pop smash "Top of the World": "There was only one wish on my mind.... RRR has to win, pride of every Indian, and must put me on the top of the world."

Meh: The other musical notes

Lady Gaga stripped down, Rihanna stepped regally onto a shower puff, and David Byrne waggled his delightful wiener hands. But even Lenny Kravitz's perfectly serviceable rendition of "Calling All Angels" for the In Memoriam segment felt oddly anticlimactic; "Naatu" spectacular aside, can anyone honestly say that they'll ever be discussing these performances again after, say, Tuesday?

Hmmm: Where in the world is Tom Cruise?

The man who saved movies could not save the date, apparently: While he appeared in person at other high-profile pre-season events, Monsieur Maverick didn't RSVP for the industry's biggest night. Just hours before the broadcast, a rep for the actor told the press that his absence was due to scheduling obligations for Mission Impossible 8. (But isn't he kinda like, the boss of that?) Ah well. At least with Harrison Ford 's Best Picture presentation, we got to bask in the presence of another rugged American icon and famed aviation enthusiast . And it felt like poetry, or at least sweet Hollywood symmetry, to watch Indiana Jones give his old friend Short Round 's film the final prize of the night.

High: The bear necessities

The Oscars see your Imposter Donkey, and raise you a Cocaine Bear : Actress-turned-director Elizabeth Banks was joined on stage by her titular muse for one of the night's better bits honoring Best Visual Effects. As Banks explained the magic of CGI vs. reality by running down the year's nominees, the movie's four-legged Scarface did its bit in furry pantomime, and got the answer we all knew was true: "Wakanda? Wakanda is totally real."

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The 2023 Oscars proceeded with the usual opening pomp and grand celebrity fashion show, as expected from Hollywood’s biggest night. The red carpet was full of wild questions, Jimmy Kimmel opened the night with expected slap jokes , then Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis won the audience’s heart with their moving, emotional acceptance speeches for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. David Byrne donned a pair of hot-dog-finger gloves while performing an original song from Everything Everywhere All At Once , alongside Mitski. And Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava tore up the stage with their performance of “Naatu Naatu” from S. S. Rajamouli’s Oscar-nominated Indian action epic RRR .

If you didn’t catch the three-hour-plus broadcast — or just want to relive some of the night’s brightest and weirdest moments — we’ve rounded up the best, the funniest, the most touching, and most exhilarating moments from tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony.

Let’s get down to it!

Questlove shows off his diamond-encrusted Crocs

This year at the Oscars, plenty of attendees showed up in white or cream-accented outfits to complement the ceremony’s extravagant pale entranceway, nicknamed the “Champagne Carpet.” Not Questlove, though. The Oscar-winning director and iconic joint frontman of The Roots showed up in nothing short of diamond-encrusted Crocs, stating that he’s “just been choosing comfort for years now,” and he’s showing up to “shine his light.”

I just got one question, though: What are those ?

Hugh Grant is here, and man, he is so over it

Hugh Grant #Oscars pic.twitter.com/WOGQAdDqoj — bruce (@BruceJVail) March 12, 2023

Did you know that Hugh Grant was in Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion ? It’s true, he makes a brief (and I mean brief ) appearance at the beginning, as Phillip, partner to detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). He’s there for like, all of five seconds.

Anyway, Grant was asked what it was like to film the movie, and whether he had fun. His answer: Ehhh?

The Snyder bros are back, and they are being extremely normal

Plane flying over the #Oscars red carpet right now with a banner that reads: #OscarsCheerMoment Zack Snyder’s Justice League pic.twitter.com/PYJn9kTbEW — Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 12, 2023

Remember when Zack Snyder’s Justice League (not to be confused with 2017’s Justice League ) won the coveted #OscarsCheersMoment prize at last year’s Academy Awards ceremony ? No? Well, the Snyder bros of the world sure do, and they’re clutching that “W” hard, like the prickly armored vice-grip of Steppenwolf. Somebody even went so far as to fly a plane trailing a banner over the Oscars red carpet, just to remind folks that it happened.

Jimmy Kimmel mocks the Nicole Kidman AMC ad

We come to the 95th Academy Awards ceremony for magic. We come to laugh, to cry, to care. That indescribable feeling we get when Jimmy Kimmel parachutes from the ceiling onto the stage and proceeds to riff on Nicole Kidman’s viral AMC ad, expressing gratitude that she’s free from that “abandoned theater she’s been trapped in for two years,” and snickering about how the ad urges people who are already in the theater to go to the theater. Because we need that — all of us.

Naatu Naatu dancers pulled Kimmel off stage

Getting played off by the Jaws theme song? Pssh, been there, done that. This year, Kimmel claimed, any Oscar winner who went overboard on their acceptance speech would get Naatu Naatu’d off the stage, which he promptly demonstrated.

Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan accepted the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Waymond Wang in the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once. Quan delivered a moving acceptance speech dedicated to his mother and his wife Echo, to roaring applause, recalling the story of his time in a refugee camp in Hong Kong as a child, and his arrival in America.

Jamie Lee Curtis dedicating her win to her parents — because Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh never won an Oscar

Jamie Lee Curtis accepted the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once — the first nomination and first win in her 46-year career. She dedicated her award to her father Tony Curtis and her mother Janet Leigh, who never won Oscars, but were nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, for their performances in 1958’s The Defiant Ones and 1960’s Psycho.

The live-action-short winner sings “Happy birthday”

Tom Berkley and Ross White’s An Irish Goodbye won the award for Best Live Action Short at the 95th Academy Awards. Berkley took the opportunity to celebrate the birthday of the film’s co-star James Martin, by dedicating half his winner’s speech slot to a sing-along rendition of “Happy Birthday to You.”

David Byrne in hot-dog fingers

Stephanie Hsu and David Byrne took to the stage for a performance of “This Is A Life” from the Everything Everywhere All At Once soundtrack, with the latter donning a hot-dog-finger gloves to celebrate the occasion. That’s not all: Raccacoonie even made a surreal, glow-eyed appearance! Wow, all the stars really are out here tonight!

The donkey from Banshees of Inisherin hits the stage

Following a commercial break, Jimmy Kimmel brought out Jenny, the donkey that starred alongside Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin , describing Jenny as a “certified emotional support donkey” while encouraging her to thank Gleeson for letting her eat his finger. Awww!

[ Ed. note: The donkey seen on stage is confirmed to not be Jenny the Donkey, but in fact an imposter! Booooo!]

It's official: I've had it confirmed that the donkey on stage with Jimmy Kimmel was NOT Jenny the donkey. Sorry to disappoint my fellow Jenny fans. My source informs me that "Jenny is still relaxing in Ireland" #Oscars https://t.co/ax0cbR1Xcy — Alex Ritman (@alexritman) March 13, 2023

Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava perform “Naatu Naatu,” confirmed as a “total banger”

Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava — the playback singers who performed “Naatu Naatu” in S.S. Rajamouli ’s Indian action drama RRR in place of the film’s stars, N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan — took to the stage for a performance of the song, complete with all the exhausting-looking dance choreography from the movie itself. Naturally, this one later won the Best Song Oscar.

Cocaine Bear showed up

There he is. Cocaine Bear.

Lady Gaga’s emotional performance of her Top Gun: Maverick song

Lady Gaga changed out of her champagne-carpet duds and into a plain black T-shirt and torn jeans for a passionate, intimate performance of her original song “Hold My Hand” from the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack. Gaga’s performance was particularly striking for its otherwise sparse presentation and dynamic cinematography. The performance ended with a touching dedication to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012.

Hugh Grant calls his face “basically a scrotum”

This is the Hugh Grant we came to see. He points at Andi Macdowell and says. "Still stunning," and then to himself and says, "a scrotum." #Oscars pic.twitter.com/5E1GazCA8a — Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) March 13, 2023

Hugh Grant certainly seem to lighten up as the night went along, joking with his speech partner Andie Macdowell about the importance of regularly applying moisturizer while presenting the award for Best Production Design. Grant went so far as to compare Macdowell as “still stunning” thanks to her regular skin routine, meanwhile comparing himself to “a scrotum.” Hey, if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

Malala declines to weigh in on Spitgate 2021

Midway through the show, Kimmel took to the aisles to ask “viewer-submitted questions” of some of the audience’s most distinguished guests, starting with Malala Yousafzai. The Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was asked for her take on whether Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine while promoting Olivia Wilde’s 2022 psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling . Obviously taken aback by the brazen silliness of the question, Yousafzai curtly yet politely replied, “I only talk about peace.” Now that is what we should expect from a Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

The Daniels deliver a frantic top-speed double speech

Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka the Daniels) accepted the award for Best Original Screenplay for Everything Everywhere All At Once by trading turns at the mic and trying to cram in as much speech as possible. Scheinert pretended he was about to call out all the mean teachers who gave him detention, then thanked the ones who changed his life instead. Kwan professed his love of storytelling amid a touching admission of imposter syndrome. The speech read as if they were afraid — like so many nominees before them — that they might be overlooked in the other categories, and wouldn’t get a chance back onstage, so they had to make the most of their moment. Little did they know.

Sarah Polley wins, Frances McDormand looms

Sarah Polley’s making this moving speech and you’ve just stoic Frances McDormand staring down on her the whole time #Oscars pic.twitter.com/KgzJ0X2nd9 — Will Mavity (@mavericksmovies) March 13, 2023

A spectre is haunting Sarah Polley — the spectre of Francis McDormand. The director took to the stage to accept the award for Best Adapted Screenplay on behalf of her 2022 film Women Talking .

Polley delivered a moving speech about the film’s message about people’s power to disagree while still coming together to build a better future. But she wasn’t the only center of attention. A gigantic screenshot of Frances McDormand, who starred in the film, loomed over Polley’s shoulder with an expression that bore a striking resemblance to Death from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal by way of the Engineer from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus . Beautiful speech, but seriously, WTF was that about?

RRR composer gives his winner’s speech in song

RRR composer M. M. Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose took to the stage to accept the award for Best Original Song for “Naatu Naatu.” Keeravaani, who professed his love for The Carpenters, sung his acceptance speech to the tune of their 1972 song “Top of the World.”

The Daniels return and win Best Director

The Daniels took to the Oscars stage to receive yet another award, this time for Best Director. Scheinert took the opportunity to thank his parents for encouraging his creativity, while Kwan delivered a passionate speech on the collaborative nature of genius and the inherent greatness within every person.

Brendan Fraser mixes whale metaphors in his Best Actor speech

Brendan Fraser accepted the award for Best Actor for his starring role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale . Through tears, Fraser thanked Aronofsky for “throwing him a creative lifeline” and praised the cast and crew of The Whale alongside the other nominees, all via a series of extended whale metaphors. Fraser’s victory was the brightest spot in a controversial film , marking the end of a very long and difficult comeback for the actor.

Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress

Everything Everywhere All At Once continued its sweep, with Michelle Yeoh winning the award for Best Actress . (Which puts Everything Everywhere All At Once at three out of four of the acting awards — something that’s only happened two other times in Oscar history.)

Yeoh is the first Asian actor to win the Best Actress Oscar. She began her speech saying, “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that dreams come true. And ladies… never let anybody tell you that you are past your prime.”

Everything Everywhere All At Once wins Best Picture

After sweeping the major categories all night, it wasn’t so much a surprise that the A24 multiverse dramedy picked up the top prize of the night . Victories are rarely this sweet.

“This is for my dad,” said producer Jonathan Wang, “who like so many immigrant parents, died young. He is so proud of me… not because of this, but because we made this movie with what he taught me to do: That no person is no important than profits, and no one is more important than anyone else.”

Harrison Ford gives Ke Huy Quan a big Temple of Doom hug

The producers of the 2023 Oscars knew what they were doing when they asked Ford to present the Best Picture Oscar — Everything Everywhere All at Once was the clear favorite for the win, and putting the legend on stage meant the potential for an adorable reunion with his former Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom co-star Ke Huy Quan. And that’s exactly what happened, minutes after the EEAAO cast took the stage for the Best Picture win. I mean, c’mon, this echo of their long-ago movie is a great moment in award-show history.

Correction: A previous version of this article misattributed Stephanie Hsu as Mitski, who sang “This Is A Life” alongside David Byrne for Everything E verywhere All At Once ’s soundtrack. Hsu performed with Byrne at the Oscars. We’ve edited the article to reflect this.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood is gearing up for the 95th Academy Awards, where “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in the lead nominee and the film industry will hope to move past “the slap” of last year’s ceremony. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 Oscars, including when they are, where to watch the live show and this year’s controversies.

WHEN ARE THE OSCARS?

The Oscars will be held Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony is set to begin at 8 p.m. EDT and be broadcast live on ABC.

CAN YOU STREAM THE OSCARS?

The broadcast can be streamed with a subscription to Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and Fubo TV. Some of these services offer brief free trials. Here’s what you need to know about how to watch or stream the show live.

WHO’S HOSTING?

Jimmy Kimmel will host for the third time and his first time since 2018. That was also the last Oscars to feature a solo host. The show went hostless for several years after Kimmel’s last outing. Last year, Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes hosted as a trio. In an ad for this year’s show styled after “Top Gun: Maverick,” Kimmel made his humble case for being the right person for the job while noting that he can’t get slapped because “I cry a lot.”

WHAT’S NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE AT THE 2023 OSCARS?

The 10 movies competing for best picture are: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Women Talking.” Here’s a guide to how you can watch them.

WHO’S PRESENTING?

Presenters include: Halle Bailey, Antonio Banderas, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Chastain, John Cho, Andrew Garfield, Hugh Grant, Danai Gurira, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nicole Kidman, Florence Pugh and Sigourney Weaver. They join a previously announced group including: Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Questlove, Zoe Saldaña and Donnie Yen. A third wave was announced Thursday: Halle Berry, Paul Dano, Cara Delevingne, Harrison Ford, Kate Hudson, Mindy Kaling, Eva Longoria, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Andie MacDowell, Elizabeth Olsen, Pedro Pascal and John Travolta.

Glenn Close was going to present, but had to bow out after testing positive for COVID-19, her representative said Sunday.

WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE FOR THE SHOW?

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has said that winners to all categories will be announced live on the show. (Last year, some categories were taped in a pre-show, something that caused an uproar among academy members.) There will be a full slate of musical performances, with Rihanna performing “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava singing Chandrabose and M.M. Keeravaani’s “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR.” Though producers earlier had said Lady Gaga would not perform “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” a person close to the production with knowledge of the performance confirmed Sunday afternoon that the pop superstar will sing it, after all.

WHO ARE THE FAVORITES?

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s indie sci-fi hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in with a leading 11 nominations. Close on its heels, though, is the Irish friends-falling-out dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin,” with nine nods, a total matched by Netflix’s WWI film “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) may have a slight edge on Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) for best actress. Best actor is harder to call, with Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Austin Butler (“Elvis”) in the mix. In the supporting categories, Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) are the frontrunners, though Jamie Lee Curtis’ Screen Actors Guild Awards win may have thrown a wrench into the supporting actress category. Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”) may win his third best director Oscar, though the Daniels may have emerged as the frontrunners. AP Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle are predicting a big haul for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

WHAT’S BEEN CONTROVERSIAL THIS YEAR?

Aside from the usual snubs and surprises, this year’s biggest to-do has been the debate surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s unexpected nomination for best actress. Riseborough was nominated for the little-seen, Texas-set drama “To Leslie” after many A-list stars rallied around her performance. When two other best-actress contenders — Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) and Viola Davis (“Woman King”) — were snubbed, some saw that as a reflection of racial bias in the film industry . The academy launched an inquiry into the star-studded, grassroots campaign for Riseborough but found no reason to rescind her nomination.

WHAT ELSE SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR?

Just the reading of the title to one of this year’s short film nominees should prompt a wave of giggles. John Williams (“The Fabelmans”), up for best score, is the oldest nominee ever, at 90 years old. After historic back-to-back best-director wins by Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”) , no women were nominated this year for best director. Also don’t expect to see Will Smith at the Oscars anytime soon. After striking Chris Rock at last year’s ceremony, Smith was banned by the film academy from attending for 10 years . In a live Netflix special on Saturday, Rock finally punched back at Smith with a blistering stand-up set about the incident.

For more on this year’s Oscars, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards

AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr contributed reporting.

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Oscars: a guide to all of the best picture winners.

From 'Wings' (1929) to 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' (2023), here's a list of all the best pictures from each year as voted on by Academy members.

By Meena Jang , Christi Carras June 20, 2023 1:47pm

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Not all best picture reveals spark quite as much excitement as the Moonlight / La La Land snafu of the 2017 Oscars, but for the casts and crews of each, winning the Academy’s grand prize will always be a moment to remember.

From 1929’s Wings to 2023’s Everything Everywhere All at Once , best picture winners throughout the years have spanned multiple subjects and genres, including period epics like Victor Fleming’s Gone with the Wind , musical adaptations like George Cukor’s My Fair Lady and athletic dramas like Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby . Many, such as Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca and Francis Ford Coppola’s  The Godfather , have maintained their ranks among the most celebrated and studied films of all time.

More recent titleholders include Argo , 12 Years a Slave , Birdman , Spotlight , Moonlight , The Shape of Water, Green Book, Parasite, Nomadland and current champion Everything Everywhere All at Once . Leading the race for filmmakers with the most best picture nominations is Steven Spielberg, though he only took home the golden trophy once, for 1993’s Holocaust drama Schindler’s List . More repeat winners and nominees include Coppola, Eastwood, Sam Spiegel, Peter Jackson, Cecil B. DeMille and Christopher Nolan.

See the full list of all 95 best picture winners, as well as their directors, casts and additional Oscar wins, below.

Wings, 1929

Director: William A. Wellman

Cast:  Clara Bow Charles "Buddy" Rogers Richard Arlen Gary Cooper

Other Oscar Wins: Roy Pomeroy , Best Engineering Effects

The Broadway Melody, 1930

Director:  Harry Beaumont

Cast: Charles King Anita Page Bessie Love Jed Prouty

All Quiet on the Western Front, 1931

Director:  Lewis Milestone

Cast:  Lew Ayres Louis Wolheim

Other Oscar Wins: Lewis Milestone, Best Directing

Cimarron, 1932

Director:  Wesley Ruggles

Cast: Richard Dix Irene Dunne

Other Oscar Wins: Max Rée , Best Art Direction Howard Estabrook , Best Writing (Adaptation)

Grand Hotel, 1933

Director:  Edmund Goulding

Cast: Greta Garbo John Barrymore Joan Crawford Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt

Cavalcade, 1934

Director: Frank Lloyd

Cast: Diana Wynyard Clive Brook Una O'Connor Herbert Mundin

Other Oscar Wins: William S. Darling, Best Art Direction Frank Lloyd, Best Directing

It Happened One Night, 1935

Director: Frank Capra

Cast: Clark Gable Claudette Colbert

Other Oscar Wins: Clark Gable, Best Actor in a Leading Role Claudette Colbert, Best Actress in a Leading Role Frank Capra , Best Directing Robert Riskin , Best Writing (Adaptation)

Mutiny on the Bounty, 1936

Director:  Frank Lloyd

Cast: Charles Laughton Clark Gable Franchot Tone Movita   Castaneda Mamo Clark

The Great Ziegfeld, 1937

Director:  Robert Z. Leonard

Cast: William Powell Myrna Loy Luise Rainer

Other Oscar Wins: Luise Rainer, Best Actress in a Leading Role "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," Seymour Felix, Best Dance Direction

The Life of Emile Zola, 1938

Director:  William Dieterle

Cast: Paul Muni Gloria Holden Gale Sondergaard Joseph Schildkraut

Other Oscar Wins: Joseph Schildkraut , Best Actor in a Supporting Role Norman Reilly Raine , Heinz Herald,  Geza Herczeg , Best Writing (Screenplay)

You Can't Take It With You, 1939

Cast: Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold

Other Oscar Wins: Frank Capra , Best Directing

Gone With the Wind, 1940

Director:  Victor Fleming

Cast: Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland

Other Oscar Wins: Vivien Leigh, Best Actress in a Leading Role Hattie McDaniel, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Lyle Wheeler, Best Art Direction Ernest Haller , Ray Rennahan , Best Cinematography (Color) Victor Fleming, Best Directing Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom , Best Film Editing Sidney Howard, Best Writing (Screenplay)

Rebecca, 1941

Director:  Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine

Other Oscar Wins: George Barnes, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

How Green Was My Valley, 1942

Director: John Ford

Cast:  Walter Pidgeon Maureen O'Hara Anna Lee Donald Crisp Roddy McDowall

Other Oscar Wins: Donald Crisp, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Arthur Miller, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) John Ford, Best Directing Richard Day, Nathan Juran (Art Direction); Thomas Little (Interior Direction), Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Mrs. Miniver, 1943

Director:  William Wyler

Cast: Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon

Other Oscar Wins: Greer Garson , Best Actress in a Leading Role Teresa Wright, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Joseph Ruttenberg , Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) William Wyler , Best Directing Arthur Wimperis , George Froeschel , James Hilton, Claudine West, Best Writing (Screenplay)

Casablanca, 1944

Director:  Michael Curtiz

Cast: Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Henreid

Other Oscar Wins: Michael Curtiz , Best Directing Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Best Writing (Screenplay)

Going My Way, 1945

Director:  Leo McCarey

Cast: Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald Risë Stevens

Other Oscar Wins: Bing Crosby, Best Actor in a Leading Role Barry Fitzgerald, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Leo McCarey , Best Directing Leo McCarey , Best Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) Frank Butler, Frank Cavett , Best Writing (Screenplay) "Swinging On A Star," Music by James Van Heusen ; Lyrics by Johnny Burke, Best Music (Song)

The Lost Weekend, 1946

Director: Billy Wilder

Cast: Ray Milland Jane Wyman

Other Oscar Wins: Ray Milland , Best Actor in a Leading Role Billy Wilder, Best Directing Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Best Writing (Screenplay)

The Best Years of Our Lives, 1947

Director: William Wyler

Cast: Myrna Loy Fredric March Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo Harold Russell

Other Oscar Wins: Fredric March, Best Actor in a Leading Role Harold Russell, Best Actor in a Supporting Role William Wyler , Best Directing Daniel Mandell , Best Film Editing Hugo Friedhofer , Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Robert E. Sherwood, Best Writing (Screenplay)

Gentleman's Agreement, 1948

Director:  Elia Kazan

Cast: Gregory Peck Dorothy McGuire John Garfield Celeste Holm June Havoc Anne Revere

Other Oscar Wins: Celeste Holm, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Elia Kazan , Best Directing

Hamlet, 1949

Director:  Laurence Olivier

Cast: Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons John Laurie Esmond Knight

Other Oscar Wins: Laurence Olivier, Best Actor in a Leading Role Roger K. Furse , Best Costume Design (Black-and-White) Roger K. Furse (Art Direction); Carmen Dillon (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

All the King's Men, 1950

Director: Robert Rossen

Cast: Broderick Crawford John Ireland Joanne Dru John Derek

Other Oscar Wins: Broderick Crawford, Best Actor in a Leading Role Mercedes McCambridge , Best Actress in a Supporting Role

All About Eve, 1951

Director:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast: Bette Davis Anne Baxter George Sanders Celeste Holm

Other Oscar Wins: George Sanders, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Edith Head, Charles LeMaire , Best Costume Design (Black-and-White) Joseph L. Mankiewicz , Best Directing Thomas T. Moulton , Best Sound Recording Joseph L. Mankiewicz , Best Writing (Screenplay)

An American in Paris, 1952

Director:  Vincente Minnelli

Cast: Gene Kelly Leslie Caron Oscar Levant Georges Guétary Nina Foch

Other Oscar Wins: Alfred Gilks ; John Alton (Ballet Photography), Best Cinematography (Color) Orry-Kelly , Walter Plunkett , Irene Sharaff , Best Costume Design (Color) Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Alan Jay Lerner, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay) Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames (Art Direction); Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)

The Greatest Show on Earth, 1953

Director:  Cecil B. DeMille

Cast: Betty Hutton Cornel Wilde Charlton Heston James Stewart Dorothy Lamour Gloria Grahame Lyle Bettger

Other Oscar Wins: Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett , Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)

From Here to Eternity, 1954

Director:  Fred Zinnemann

Cast: Burt Lancaster Montgomery Clift Deborah Kerr Donna Reed Frank Sinatra Ernest Borgnine Philip Ober Jack Warden

Other Oscar Wins: Frank Sinatra, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Donna Reed, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Burnett Guffey , Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) Fred Zinnemann , Best Directing William Lyon, Best Film Editing John P. Livadary , Best Sound Recording Daniel Taradash , Best Writing (Screenplay)

On the Waterfront, 1955

Director: Elia Kazan

Cast: Marlon Brando Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Pat Henning Eva Marie Saint

Other Oscar Wins: Marlon Brando, Best Actor in a Leading Role Eva Marie Saint, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Richard Day, Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) Boris Kaufman, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) Elia Kazan , Best Directing Gene Milford, Best Film Editing Budd Schulberg , Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)

Marty, 1956

Director: Delbert Mann

Cast: Ernest Borgnine Betsy Blair Joe Mantell Frank Sutton Karen Steele Jerry Paris Esther Minciotti Augusta Ciolli

Other Oscar Wins: Ernest Borgnine , Best Actor in a Leading Role Delbert Mann, Best Directing Paddy Chayefsky , Best Writing (Screenplay)

Around the World in 80 Days, 1957

Director: Michael Anderson

Cast: Cantinflas David Niven Robert Newton Shirley MacLaine

Other Oscar Wins: Lionel Lindon , Best Cinematography (Color) Gene Ruggiero , Paul Weatherwax , Best Film Editing Victor Young, Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman , Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1958

Director:  David Lean

Cast:  William Holden Jack Hawkins Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa James Donald André Morell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin Ann Sears Geoffrey Horne

Other Oscar Wins: Alec Guinness, Best Actor in a Leading Role Jack Hildyard , Best Cinematographer David Lean, Best Directing Peter Taylor, Best Film Editing Malcolm Arnold, Best Music (Scoring) Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle , Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

Cast: Leslie Caron Louis Jourdan Maurice Chevalier Hermione Gingold

Other Oscar Wins: Joseph Ruttenberg , Best Cinematography (Color) Cecil Beaton , Best Costume Design Vincente Minnelli , Best Directing Adrienne Fazan , Best Film Editing Andre Previn , Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Alan Jay Lerner, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium) " Gigi ," Music by Frederick Loewe ; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Best Music (Song) William A. Horning, Preston Ames (Art Direction); Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

Ben-Hur, 1960

Cast: Charlton Heston Jack Hawkins Haya Harareet Stephen Boyd Hugh Griffith

Other Oscar Wins: Charlton Heston, Best Actor in a Leading Role Hugh Griffith, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert L. Surtees , Best Cinematography (Color) Elizabeth Haffenden , Best Costume Design (Color) William Wyler , Best Directing Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning, Best Film Editing Miklos Rozsa , Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Franklin E. Milton, Best Sound A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald (Visual Effects); Milo Lory (Audible Effects), Best Special Effects William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno (Art Direction); Hugh Hunt (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)

The Apartment, 1961

Director:  Billy Wilder

Cast: Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray Jack Kruschen

Other Oscar Wins: Billy Wilder, Best Directing Daniel Mandell , Best Film Editing Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay — Written Directly for the Screen) Alexander Trauner  (Art Direction); Edward G. Boyle (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

West Side Story, 1962

Director:  Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

Cast: Natalie Wood Richard Beymer Rita Moreno George Chakiris Russ Tamblyn

Other Oscar Wins: George Chakiris , Best Actor in a Supporting Role Rita Moreno, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Boris Leven  (Art Direction); Victor A. Gangelin (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color) Daniel L. Fapp , Best Cinematography (Color) Irene Sharaff , Best Costume Design (Color) Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, Best Directing Thomas Stanford, Best Film Editing Fred Hynes, Gordon E. Sawyer, Best Sound Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid  Ramin , Irwin  Kostal , Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 

Lawrence of Arabia, 1963

Cast: Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Jack Hawkins José Ferrer Anthony Quayle Claude Rains Arthur Kennedy Omar Sharif Peter O'Toole

Other Oscar Wins: Fred A. Young, Best Cinematography (Color) David Lean, Best Directing Anne Coates, Best Film Editing Maurice Jarre , Best Music (Music Score — Substantially Original) John Cox, Best Sound John Box, John Stoll (Art Direction); Dario Simoni (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)

Tom Jones, 1964

Director:  Tony Richardson

Cast: Albert Finney Susannah York Hugh Griffith Edith Evans Diane Cilento Joyce Redman

Other Oscar Wins: Tony Richardson, Best Directing John Addison, Best Music (Music Score — Substantially Original) John Osborne, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

My Fair Lady, 1965

Director:  George Cukor

Cast: Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Holloway Wilfrid Hyde-White Gladys Cooper Jeremy Brett

Other Oscar Wins: Rex Harrison, Best Actor in a Leading Role Harry Stradling , Best Cinematography (Color) Cecil Beaton , Best Costume Design (Color) George Cukor , Best Directing Andre Previn , Best Music (Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment) George R. Groves, Best Sound Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton (Art Direction); George James Hopkins (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)

The Sound of Music, 1966

Director:  Robert Wise

Cast: Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer Angela Cartwright Charmian Carr Debbie Turner Duane Chase Heather Menzies -Urich Kym Karath Nicholas Hammond

Other Oscar Wins: Robert Wise, Best Directing William Reynolds, Best Film Editing Irwin Kostal , Best Music (Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment) James P. Corcoran, Fred Hynes, Best Sound

A Man for All Seasons, 1967

Cast: Paul Scofield Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Orson Welles Robert Shaw Susannah York

Other Oscar Wins: Paul Scofield , Best Actor in a Leading Role Ted Moore, Best Cinematography (Color) Elizabeth Haffenden , Joan Bridge, Best Costume Design (Color) Fred Zinnemann , Best Directing Robert Bolt, Best Writing (Best Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

In the Heat of the Night, 1968

Director:  Norman Jewison

Cast: Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates Lee Grant

Other Oscar Wins: Rod Steiger , Best Actor in a Leading Role Hal Ashby, Best Film Editing Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Best Sound Stirling Silliphant , Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

Oliver!, 1969

Director:  Carol Reed

Cast: Ron Moody Oliver Reed Harry Secombe Shani Wallis Mark Lester Jack Wild

Other Oscar Wins: Carol Reed, Best Directing John Green, Best Music (Score of a Musical Picture — Original or Adaptation) Shepperton Studio Sound Department, Best Sound John Box, Terence Marsh (Art Direction); Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

Midnight Cowboy, 1970

Director:  John Schlesinger

Cast: Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Sylvia Miles Brenda Vaccaro

Other Oscar Wins: John Schlesinger , Best Directing Waldo Salt, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

Patton, 1971

Director:  Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast: George C. Scott Karl Malden Michael Bates Karl Michael Vogler

Other Oscar Wins: George C. Scott, Best Actor in a Leading Role Franklin J. Schaffner , Best Directing Hugh S. Fowler, Best Film Editing Douglas Williams, Don Bassman , Best Sound Urie McCleary , Gil Parrondo (Art Direction); Antonio Mateos , Pierre-Louis Thevenet (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction Francis Ford Coppola , Edmund H. North, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay — Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced)

The French Connection, 1972

Director:  William Friedkin

Cast: Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Roy Scheider Tony Lo Bianco Marcel Bozzuffi

Other Oscar Wins: Gene Hackman, Best Actor in a Leading Role William Friedkin, Best Directing Jerry Greenberg, Best Film Editing Ernest Tidyman, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

The Godfather, 1973

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast: Marlon Brando Al Pacino James Caan

Other Oscar Wins: Marlon Brando, Best Actor in a Leading Role Mario Puzo , Francis Ford Coppola , Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

The Sting, 1974

Director: George Roy Hill

Cast: Paul Newman Robert Redford Robert Shaw

Other Oscar Wins: Henry Bumstead (Art Direction); James Payne (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction Edith Head, Best Costume Design George Roy Hill, Best Directing William Reynolds, Best Film Editing Marvin Hamlisch , Best Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation) David S. Ward, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay — Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced)

The Godfather Part II, 1975

Cast: Al Pacino Robert De Niro Robert Duvall

Other Oscar Wins: Robert De Niro , Best Actor in a Supporting Role Dean Tavoularis , Angelo Graham (Art Direction); George R. Nelson (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction Francis Ford Coppola , Best Directing Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola , Best Music (Original Dramatic Score) Francis Ford Coppola , Mario Puzo , Best Writing (Screenplay Adapted From Other Material)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1976

Director: Milos Forman

Cast: Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher Michael Berryman

Other Oscar Wins: Jack Nicholson, Best Actor in a Leading Role Louise Fletcher, Best Actress in a Leading Role Milos Forman, Best Directing Lawrence Hauben , Bo Goldman, Best Writing (Screenplay Adapted From Other Material)

Rocky, 1977

Director: John G. Avildsen

Cast: Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Young

Other Oscar Wins: John G. Avildsen , Best Directing Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad, Best Film Editing

Annie Hall, 1978

Director: Woody Allen

Cast: Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts

Other Oscar Wins: Diane Keaton, Best Actress in a Leading Role Woody Allen, Best Directing Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman , Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen — Based on Factual Material or on Story Material Not Previously Published or Produced)

The Deer Hunter, 1979

Director: Michael Cimino

Cast: Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Cazale

Other Oscar Wins: Christopher Walken , Best Actor in a Supporting Role Michael Cimino , Best Directing Peter Zinner , Best Film Editing Richard Portman, William McCaughey , Aaron Rochin , Darin Knight, Best Sound

Kramer vs. Kramer, 1980

Director: Robert Benton

Cast: Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Jane Alexander

Other Oscar Wins: Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor in a Leading Role Meryl Streep , Best Actress in a Supporting Role Robert Benton, Best Directing Robert Benton, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)  

Ordinary People, 1981

Director: Robert Redford

Cast: Donald Sutherland Mary Tyler Moore Judd Hirsch Timothy Hutton

Other Oscar Wins: Timothy Hutton, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Redford, Best Directing Alvin Sargent , Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

Chariots of Fire, 1982

Director: Hugh Hudson

Cast: Ben Cross Ian Charleson Nicholas Farrell

Other Oscar Wins: Milena Canonero , Best Costume Design Vangelis , Best Music (Original Score) Colin Welland, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Gandhi, 1983

Director: Richard Attenborough

Cast: Ben Kingsley John Gielgud Candice Bergen

Other Oscar Wins: Ben Kingsley, Best Actor in a Leading Role Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor, Best Cinematography John Mollo , Bhanu Athaiya , Best Costume Design Richard Attenborough , Best Directing John Bloom, Best Film Editing John Briley , Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Stuart Craig, Bob Laing (Art Direction); Michael Seirton (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

Terms of Endearment, 1984

Director: James L. Brooks

Cast: Shirley MacLaine Debra Winger Jack Nicholson

Other Oscar Wins: Jack Nicholson, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Shirley MacLaine , Best Actress in a Leading Role James L. Brooks, Best Directing James L. Brooks, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

Amadeus, 1985

Cast: F. Murray Abraham Tom Hulce Elizabeth Berridge

Other Oscar Wins: F. Murray Abraham, Best Actor in a Leading Role Patrizia Von Brandenstein (Art Direction); Karel Cerny (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction Theodor Pistek , Best Costume Design Milos Forman, Best Directing Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith, Best Makeup Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide , Chris Newman, Best Sound Peter Shaffer, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

Out of Africa, 1986

Director: Sydney Pollack

Cast: Meryl Streep Robert Redford Klaus Maria Brandauer

Other Oscar Wins: Stephen Grimes (Art Direction); Josie MacAvin (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction David Watkin , Best Cinematography Sydney Pollack, Best Directing John Barry, Best Music (Original Score) Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold , Peter Handford , Best Sound Kurt Luedtke , Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

Platoon, 1987

Director: Oliver Stone

Cast: Charlie Sheen Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe

Other Oscar Wins: Oliver Stone, Best Directing Claire Simpson, Best Film Editing John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach , Simon Kaye, Best Sound

The Last Emperor, 1988

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast: John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole

Other Oscar Wins: Vittorio Storaro , Best Cinematography James Acheson, Best Costume Design Bernardo Bertolucci , Best Directing Gabriella Cristiani , Best Film Editing Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su, Best Music (Original Score) Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock , Best Sound Mark Peploe , Bernardo Bertolucci , Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium) Ferdinando Scarfiotti (Art Direction); Bruno Cesari , Osvaldo Desideri (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

Rain Man, 1989

Director: Barry Levinson

Cast: Dustin Hoffman Tom Cruise Valeria Golino

Other Oscar Wins: Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor in a Leading Role Barry Levinson , Best Directing Screenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Driving Miss Daisy, 1990

Director: Bruce Beresford

Cast: Morgan Freeman Jessica Tandy Dan Aykroyd

Other Oscar Wins: Jessica Tandy , Best Actress in a Leading Role Manlio Rocchetti , Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney, Best Makeup Alfred Uhry , Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

Dances With Wolves, 1991

Director: Kevin Costner

Cast: Kevin Costner Mary McDonnell Graham Greene

Other Oscar Wins: Dean Semler , Best Cinematography Kevin Costner , Best Directing Neil Travis, Best Film Editing John Barry, Best Music (Original Score) Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II, Best Sound Michael Blake, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

The Silence of the Lambs, 1992

Director: Jonathan Demme

Cast: Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Lawrence A. Bonney

Other Oscar Wins: Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor in a Leading Role Jodie Foster, Best Actress in a Leading Role Jonathan Demme , Best Directing Ted Tally, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Unforgiven, 1993

Director: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Clint Eastwood Gene Hackman Morgan Freeman Richard Harris

Other Oscar Wins: Gene Hackman , Best Actor in a Supporting Role Clint Eastwood, Best Directing Joel Cox, Best Film Editing  

Schindler's List, 1994

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Liam Neeson Ralph Fiennes Ben Kingsley

Other Oscar Wins: Janusz Kaminski , Best Cinematography Steven Spielberg, Best Directing Michael Kahn, Best Film Editing John Williams, Best Music (Original Score) Steven Zaillian , Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) Allan Starski (Art Direction); Ewa Braun (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

Forrest Gump, 1995

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Cast: Tom Hanks Robin Wright Gary Sinise

Other Oscar Wins: Tom Hanks, Best Actor in a Leading Role Robert Zemeckis , Best Directing Arthur Schmidt, Best Film Editing Eric Roth, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum , Allen Hall, Best Visual Effects

Braveheart, 1996

Director: Mel Gibson

Cast: Mel Gibson Sophie Marceau Patrick McGoohan

Other Oscar Wins: John Toll, Best Cinematography Mel Gibson, Best Directing Peter Frampton , Paul Pattison , Lois Burwell , Best Makeup Lon Bender, Per Hallberg , Best Sound Effects Editing

The English Patient, 1997

Director: Anthony Minghella

Cast: Ralph Fiennes Juliette Binoche Willem Dafoe

Other Oscar Wins: Juliette Binoche , Best Actress in a Supporting Role John Seale , Best Cinematography Ann Roth, Best Costume Design Anthony Minghella , Best Directing Walter Murch , Best Film Editing Gabriel Yared , Best Music (Original Dramatic Score) Walter Murch , Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman, Best Sound Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

Titanic, 1998

Director: James Cameron

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Billy Zane Kathy Bates Frances Fisher

Other Oscar Wins: Russell Carpenter, Best Cinematography Deborah L. Scott, Best Costume Design James Cameron, Best Directing Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris, Best Film Editing James Horner, Best Music (Original Dramatic Score) "My Heart Will Go On," Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Will Jennings, Best Music (Original Song) Gary Rydstrom , Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano , Best Sound Tom Bellfort , Christopher Boyes , Best Sound Effects Editing Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff , Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer , Best Visual Effects Peter Lamont (Art Direction); Michael Ford (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

Shakespeare in Love, 1999

Director: John Madden

Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow Joseph Fiennes Geoffrey Rush   Judi Dench

Other Oscar Wins: Gwyneth Paltrow , Best Actress in a Leading Role Judi Dench , Best Actress in a Supporting Role Sandy Powell, Best Costume Design Stephen Warbeck , Best Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard , Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Martin Childs (Art Direction); Jill Quertier (Set Direction), Best Art Direction

American Beauty, 2000

Director: Sam Mendes

Cast: Kevin Spacey Annette Bening Thora Birch

Other Oscar Wins: Kevin Spacey , Best Actor in a Leading Role Conrad L. Hall, Best Cinematography Sam Mendes, Best Directing Alan Ball, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Gladiator, 2001

Director: Ridley Scott

Cast: Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix Connie Nielsen

Other Oscar Wins: Russell Crowe, Actor in a Leading Role Janty Yates, Best Costume Design Scott Millan , Bob Beemer , Ken Weston, Best Sound John Nelson, Neil Corbould , Tim Burke, Rob Harvey, Best Visual Effects

A Beautiful Mind, 2002

Director: Ron Howard

Cast: Russell Crowe Ed Harris Jennifer Connelly

Other Oscar Wins: Jennifer Connelly, Actress in a Supporting Role Ron Howard, Best Directing Akiva Goldsman , Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Chicago, 2003

Director: Rob Marshall

Cast: Renée Zellweger Catherine Zeta-Jones Richard Gere

Other Oscar Wins: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Actress in a Supporting Role John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction Colleen Atwood, Best Costume Design Martin Walsh, Best Film Editing Michael Minkler , Dominick Tavella , David Lee, Best Sound

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2004

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Elijah Wood Viggo Mortensen Ian McKellen Sean Astin

Other Oscar Wins: Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor, Best Costume Design Peter Jackson, Best Directing Jamie Selkirk, Best Film Editing Richard Taylor and Peter King, Best Makeup Howard Shore, Best Music (Original Score) "Into The West," Music and Lyrics by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox, Best Music (Original Song) Christopher Boyes , Michael Semanick , Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek, Best Sound Mixing Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke , Best Visual Effects Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Million Dollar Baby, 2005

Cast: Hilary Swank Clint Eastwood Morgan Freeman

Other Oscar Wins: Morgan Freeman, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Hilary Swank, Best Actress in a Leading Role Clint Eastwood, Best Directing

Crash, 2006

Director: Paul Haggis

Cast: Don Cheadle Sandra Bullock Thandie Newton

Other Oscar Wins: Hughes Winborne , Best Film Editing Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco , Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Departed, 2007

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson

Other Oscar Wins: Martin Scorsese , Best Directing Thelma Schoonmaker , Best Film Editing William Monahan , Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

No Country for Old Men, 2008

Directors: Ethan Coen , Joel Coen

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones Javier Bardem Josh Brolin

Other Oscar Wins: Javier Bardem , Best Actor in a Supporting Role Joel Coen and Ethan Coen , Best Directing Joel Coen and Ethan Coen , Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Slumdog Millionaire, 2009

Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan

Cast: Dev Patel Freida Pinto Saurabh Shukla

Other Oscar Wins: Anthony Dod Mantle, Best Cinematography Danny Boyle, Best Directing Chris Dickens, Best Film Editing A.R. Rahman , Best Music (Original Score) Ian Tapp , Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty , Best Sound Mixing Simon Beaufoy , Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) "Jai Ho," Music by A.R. Rahman ; Lyrics by Gulzar , Best Music (Original Song)

The Hurt Locker, 2010

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Cast: Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty

Other Oscar Wins: Kathryn Bigelow, Best Directing Bob Murawski and Chris Innis , Best Film Editing Paul N.J. Ottosson , Best Sound Editing Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett, Best Sound Mixing Mark Boal , Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

The King's Speech, 2011

Director: Tom Hooper

Cast: Colin Firth Helena Bonham Carter   Geoffrey Rush

Other Oscar Wins: Colin Firth, Best Actor in a Leading Role Tom Hooper, Best Directing David Seidler , Bes t Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Artist, 2012

Director: Michel Hazanavicius

Cast: Jean Dujardin Bérénice Bejo John Goodman

Other Oscar Wins: Jean Dujardin , Best Actor in a Leading Role Mark Bridges, Best Costume Design Michel Hazanavicius , Best Directing Ludovic Bource , Best Music (Original Score)  

Director: Ben Affleck

Cast: Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston John Goodman Alan Arkin

Other Oscar Wins: William Goldenberg , Best Film Editing Chris Terrio , Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

12 Years a Slave, 2014

Director: Steve McQueen  

Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor Michael Fassbender Lupita Nyong'o Brad Pitt Sarah Paulson

Other Oscar Wins: Lupita Nyong'o , Best Actress in a Supporting Role John Ridley, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), 2015

Director : Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Cast: Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis   Edward Norton Emma Stone

Other Oscar Wins: Emmanuel Lubezki , Best Cinematography Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Best Directing Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris , Jr . and Armando Bo, Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Spotlight, 2016

Director : Tom McCarthy

Cast: Mark Ruffalo Michael Keaton Rachel McAdams Liev Schreiber

Other Oscar Wins:  Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Best Original Screenplay

Moonlight, 2017

Director: Barry Jenkins

Cast: Mahershala Ali Naomie Harris Janelle Monáe Trevante Rhodes Alex R. Hibbert André Holland Ashton Sanders Jharrel Jerome

Other Oscar Wins: Mahershala Ali, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney , Best Adapted Screenplay

The Shape of Water, 2018

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Cast: Sally Hawkins Octavia Spencer Michael Shannon Richard Jenkins Michael Stuhlbarg Doug Jones

Other Oscar Wins:  Guillermo del Toro, Best Directing Alexandre Desplat, Best Original Score Paul D. Austerberry, Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin, Best Production Design

Green Book, 2019

Director: Peter Farrelly

Cast: Viggo Mortensen Mahershala Ali Linda Cardellini Sebastian Maniscalco Dimiter D. Marinov Mike Hatton

Other Oscar Wins:  Mahershala Ali, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly, Best Original Screenplay

Parasite, 2020

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Cast: Chang Hyae-jin Cho Yeo-jeong Choi Woo-shik Jung Hyeon-jun Jung Ziso Lee Jung-eun Lee Sun-kyun Park Myung-hoon Park So-dam Song Kang-ho

Other Oscar Wins: Bong Joon Ho, Best Directing Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin-won, Best Original Screenplay Best International Feature

Nomadland, 2021

Director: Chloé Zhao

Cast: Frances McDormand David Strathairn Linda May Swankie Bob Wells

Other Oscar Wins: Frances McDormand, Best Actress in a Leading Role Chloé Zhao, Best Directing

Director: Siân Heder

Cast: Marlee Matlin Troy Kotsur Emilia Jones Eugenio Derbez Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Daniel Durant

Other Oscar Wins: Troy Kotsur, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Siân Heder, Best Adapted Screenplay

Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2023

Directors: Daniel Kwan Daniel Scheinert

Cast: Michelle Yeoh Stephanie Hsu Ke Huy Quan Jenny Slate Harry Shum Jr. James Hong Jamie Lee Curtis

Other Oscar Wins: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Best Directing Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress in a Leading Role Ke Huy Quan, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Best Original Screenplay Paul Rogers, Best Film Editing

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Oscars 2023 Recap: Big Winners, Jimmy Kimmel, Rihanna’s Performance, and More

From the full Oscars winners list to reactions and the best moments from the ceremony, catch up with what happened at the 95th Academy Awards.

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The 95th Academy Awards have wrapped for another year. Taking place at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, the Oscars results were dominated Everything Everywhere All at Once ; the sci-fi drama took home seven of its 11 nominations, including three of the four acting awards and both Best Director and Best Picture. The next biggest winner was the war epic All Quiet On The Western Front with four wins, including Best International Feature. Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale was the only other winner of multiple awards, taking home two.

As well as the award winners, however, there were a number of memorable moments. Join us for our 2023 Oscars recap as we and celebrate the best that the night had to offer! See the full winners list below.

Jimmy Kimmel Hosts

After walking the champagne carpet (a change from its usual red), host Jimmy Kimmel parachuted onto the stage in an ode to Best Picture nominee Top Gun: Maverick . Alongside inevitable jokes about last year’s slap incident, Jimmy brought out Jenny the Donkey from The Banshees of Inisherin . Colin Farrell, in particular, was beside himself with excitement to see his costar. However, it was later clarified by Vulture that this was not the real Jenny, much to our dismay.

The PURE JOY on Colin Farrell's face when they brought out Jenny the donkey. #Oscars #Oscars2023 #TheBansheesOfInisherin #ColinFarrell pic.twitter.com/4oyljYw3gW — Olivia-Anne Cleary (@OliviaACleary) March 13, 2023

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The first two acting awards of the night went to Everything Everywhere All at Once . Jamie Lee Curtis took home Best Supporting Actress and Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor for their roles in A24’s multiverse-spanning movie. Ke received a standing ovation from the attendees, and his emotional speech included the adorable line: “Mom, I just won an Oscar!”

Musical Performances

As well as the presentations, the night was peppered with performances by the nominees for Best Music (Original Song). This included Rihanna’s incredible performance of “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . Also notable was Danai Gurira’s introduction to the performance. She gave tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, saying “his legacy will live on in future generations.”

These singers weren’t the only musical touch for the night, though. The makers of An Irish Goodbye had the whole auditorium sing happy birthday to their star James Martin when they accepted the award for Best Live Action Short.

An unexpected moment of wholesomeness at the #Oscars : The entire audience singing 'Happy Birthday' to James Martin from 'An Irish Goodbye' moments after the film won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film pic.twitter.com/m3gKt7XStS — NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) March 13, 2023

More Winners

The night also included some history-making moments. Ruth Carter won Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , making her the first Black woman to win more than one Oscar. Michelle Yeoh’s win for Best Actress is the first in the category for an Asian woman. Brendan Fraser also won his first Academy Award for Best Actor for The Whale.  As Kimmel pointed out at the top of the show, it’s been 31 years since he and Ke Huy Quan starred together in Encino Man . Last night, they both solidified their place in the industry and proved they’ve come a long way since then.

Brendan Fraser is greeted by a standing ovation in the press room: "Is it gonna be like this all the time?" https://t.co/N4djlf99pu pic.twitter.com/VvWRDMWomZ — Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023

Best Picture

Best Picture was, as always, the last award of the night, and was presented by Harrison Ford. In his acceptance speech, Everything Everywhere All at Once producer Jonathan Wang told his wife that, regardless of the win, he would be happy “just doing laundry and taxes with [her],” a reference to a beloved line from the movie.

As he closed the night out, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been an “honor” to host for the second time and thanked the new “crisis team” for their work during the broadcast. As he left the stage, he passed a board bearing the words “Number of Oscars Telecasts Without Incident” — stopping to change the number from “000” to “001.”

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Full Winners List

BEST PICTURE Everything Everywhere All at Once

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM All Quiet on the Western Front , Germany

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT) The Elephant Whisperers

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Navalny

ORIGINAL SONG “Naatu Naatu” from RRR

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Women Talking

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Everything Everywhere All at Once

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Brendan Fraser, The Whale

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

DIRECTOR Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

PRODUCTION DESIGN All Quiet on the Western Front

CINEMATOGRAPHY All Quiet on the Western Front

COSTUME DESIGN Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND Top Gun: Maverick

ANIMATED SHORT FILM The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM An Irish Goodbye

ORIGINAL SCORE All Quiet on the Western Front

VISUAL EFFECTS Avatar: The Way of Water

FILM EDITING Everything Everywhere All at Once

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING The Whale

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Which of the most recent Oscar best-picture nominees pass/fail the Bechdel Test?

Only 49 percent of oscar best-picture winners from 1929 to 2017 passed the test that many have embraced as one indicator of sexism in film..

“I’m not really a movie person,” says Alison Bechdel, but that hasn’t stopped the cartoonist, graphic novelist, and MacArthur genius from occasionally weighing in on a film when a Bechdel-Wallace Test rating is up for debate. She once cited Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 thriller “Jackie Brown,” starring Pam Grier, as a fail that nevertheless boasts “one of the strongest female protagonists I’ve ever seen in a Hollywood movie — it’s an amazing feminist text.”

And after a writer took to Twitter to declare “Fire Island” a fail, Bechdel added a humorous “corollary” to the test in support of the 2022 summer comedy, tweeting that “Two men talking to each other about the female protagonist of an Alice Munro story in a screenplay structured on a Jane Austen novel = pass.”

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While film scholar Martha M. Lauzen sees the test as a useful tool, it’s also a blunt instrument that “does not provide an accurate measure of the quality of portrayals of female characters,” she said. “Films that pass the test do not necessarily feature positive representations of girls and women and those that fail do not necessarily feature negative portrayals.”

Even with these caveats in mind, the data is revealing. In 2018, a BBC analysis found that only 49 percent of Oscar best-picture winners from 1929 to 2017 passed the Bechdel Test. And in the 96-year history of the Academy Awards, a woman has won best director just three times.

So, how did the past two years’ worth of Oscar best-picture nominees fare on the test, according to the internet?

Remember, the three criteria of the Bechdel-Wallace Test are: 1. The work must feature at least two (preferably named) women; 2. who talk to each other; 3. about something other than a man.

While some films are clear passes (3/3) or fails (0/3), many are up for debate.

2024 best-picture nominees

“ American Fiction ”: Women have supporting roles, but key ones — as main character Monk’s sister, mother, housekeeper, colleague, and girlfriend.

“ Anatomy of a Fall ”: Justine Triet was also nominated for best director for this thriller, which got a 93 percent “Cherry Score ” on the website Cherry Picks (thecherrypicks.com), a feminist take on Rotten Tomatoes.

“ Barbie ”: But does it pass the Reverse Bechdel Test ? The Kens are almost always talking about Barbie.

“ Past Lives ”: The website Mediaversity (mediaversityreviews.com) gave an A+ to Celine Song’s feature debut, which “centers the interior life of its female protagonist.”

“ Poor Things ”: “Bella claims center stage,” Natalia Winkelman wrote in her Globe review of the film that won Emma Stone best actress, “and whether she’s acting as an innocent or a sophisticate, Stone has no problem anchoring the chaos.”

“ The Zone of Interest ”: “Women can be just as callous, just as brutal, as men,” says Mediaversity.

“ Killers of the Flower Moon ”: Contested. While some say Martin Scorsese’s Osage epic meets all three criteria, one user on Bechdel Test Movie List argues the women’s conversations are brief and “irrelevant to the main plot. That’s the key.”

“ Maestro ”: Debatable. Detractors say Leonard Bernstein’s wife is defined only by that role.

“ Oppenheimer ”: Winner takes all? Not when it comes to the Bechdel Test. As Chloë Sevigny put it, “I kind of enjoyed it, but I also felt like it was just white guys doing bad stuff .”

“ The Holdovers ”: Contested, as Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who Globe film critic Odie Henderson called “the movie’s heart and its MVP,” is such a strong character. She won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her portrayal of prep-school cook, Mary Lamb.

2023 best-picture nominees

“ Avatar: The Way of Water ”: Has James Cameron been taking notes since 2009, when the original failed ?

“ The Banshees of Inisherin ”: Debated, with a Bechdel Test Movie List user noting women aren’t fully named.

“ Everything Everywhere All at Once ”: This winner passes everything, everywhere, all at once.

“ Tár ”: But when will the real classical music world catch up?

“ Top Gun: Maverick ”: While there’s some dialogue between women, it feels tacked on so no one can say “the film doesn’t pass the Bechdel test,” quips one Bechdel Test Movie List user.

“ Triangle of Sadness ”: But three out of three = a triangle of happiness.

“ Women Talking ”: Just barely because their talk revolves around the men they’re trying to escape.

“ All Quiet on the Western Front ”: Granted, “it’s a war film,” says one Bechdel Test Movie List user.

“ Elvis ”: A little less conversation — for the women, whom Baz Luhrmann’s biopic “ erases ,” says Mediaversity.

“ The Fabelmans ”: Relax! It’s definitely debatable. There is some dialogue between female characters, but a Bechdel Test Movie List user notes it’s “irrelevant” to the plot.

Brooke Hauser can be reached at [email protected] . Follow her @brookehauser .

Despite Oscar shutout, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' has most nominations of any Oklahoma film

Although it didn't win any Oscars, Martin Scorsese's made-in-Oklahoma historical epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" managed to wrangle 10 Academy Awards nominations , more than any other movie made in the Sooner State.

Filmed in and around Osage County in 2021, the biggest movie ever made in Oklahoma contended in top categories like best picture, best director for Scorsese and best actress for Lily Gladstone, the first Native American to be nominated for best actress in the nearly 100-year history of the Academy Awards.

The $200 million fact-based Western also joined the growing list of movies filmed in the Sooner State to be nominated for — and in some cases, win — Academy Awards.

Here's what you need to know about the Oscar-nominated films made in Oklahoma so far:

'Killers of the Flower Moon' (2023)

Nominated for the top prize, best picture, at the 96th Academy Awards, "Killers of the Flower Moon" has been heralded for spotlighting a dark and often-overlooked chapter of Oklahoman and American history: The 1920s "Reign of Terror," a series of brutal murders of Osage Nation citizens by white people scheming to steal their oil wealth.

Adapted from David Grann's best-selling book, "Killers of the Flower Moon" set at least seven Academy Awards records with its 10 nominations. Gladstone , who is NiMíiPuu, or Nez Perce, and Siksikaitsitapi, or Blackfeet, became the first Native American best actress nominee and just the fourth Indigenous nominee in the category for her portrayal of Mollie Kyle Burkhart, a rich real-life Osage woman marked for death in the Reign of Terror .

Del City resident Scott George became the first Indigenous nominee in the best original song category, as well as the first member of the Osage Nation to be nominated for an Academy Award for composing the music and lyrics to “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)." He and his fellow Osage Tribal Singers performed it in an historic moment on Sunday's Academy Awards.

The late Robbie Robertson , who died last August at the age of 80, earned his first Oscar nod posthumously for best score for "Killers of the Flower Moon." The guitarist and primary songwriter for The Band, Robertson, the son of a Cayuga and Mohawk mother , was the first Indigenous nominee in that category.

A previous two-time Oscar winner, Robert De Niro, 81, earned his "Killers of the Flower Moon" nomination for best supporting actor 49 years after his first Oscar nomination, for best supporting actor for Francis Ford Coppola's mobster drama "The Godfather Part II" in 1975. That made De Niro the actor with the greatest length of time between his first and most recent Oscar nominations.

The Western crime drama also was nominated for best cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto ; best production design for Jack Fisk and Adam Willis; best costume design for Jacqueline West and best editing for Thelma Schoonmaker , now the most nominated film editor in Academy Awards' history with nine career nods.

With his best director nomination for "Killers of the Flower Moon," Scorsese set two Academy Awards records: He has been nominated for best director 10 times, becoming the most nominated living director in Academy Awards history , and at 81, the New Yorker became the oldest best director nominee in Oscars history.

"Killers of the Flower Moon" is Scorsese's third film — after 2019's “The Irishman” and 2002's “Gangs of New York” — to get 10 Academy Award nominations but not win a single Oscar.

Christopher Nolan's atomic bomb biopic "Oppenheimer" dominated this year's Academy Awards with seven wins, including best picture, best director, best actor for Cillian Murphy and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.

'Minari' (2020)

Filmed in the Tulsa area in 2019 , "Minari" was nominated for six Oscars, including best picture, best actor for Steven Yeun and best director and original screenplay for Lee Isaac Chung.

Chung’s powerful and poetic film stars Yeun (the first Asian American to be nominated for a best actor Oscar) as the patriarch of a Korean immigrant family who relocates in the 1980s from Los Angeles to rural Arkansas to start a farm. He, his dubious wife Monica (Yeri Han), their two lively children — Anne (Noel Kate Cho) and David (Alan Kim) — and his feisty mother-in-law Soonja (Youn Yuh-jung) weather tragedy and triumph in their quest to build a life in the Heartland.

The first Korean actress ever nominated  in the history of the Oscars, Youn, then 73, made history by winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her scene-stealing turn in "Minari."

At the 2021 Academy Awards, Chloé Zhao's drama "Nomadland" was the top winner, earning best picture, best director for Zhao and best actress for Frances McDormand.

In 2023, Chung returned to the Sooner State to film his next movie, " Twisters," the follow-up to another Oscar-nominated Oklahoma movie, 1996's "Twister."

'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm' (2020)

On his second American adventure, Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) traveled to Oklahoma City, where he encountered the comedy sequel's breakout star, Jeanise Jones .

Believing she was participating in a documentary rather than a mockumentary, Jones was recruited through her church, Ebenezer Missionary Baptist, to mentor Borat's daughter, Tutar (Maria Bakalova). After the film's release, Cohen donated $100,000 to the OKC church.

The mockumentary sequel was nominated for two Oscars — best adapted screenplay and best supporting actress for Bakalova — but didn't take home any statuettes for the glory of Kazakhstan.

'August: Osage County' (2013)

As the title suggests, Primetime Emmy-winning helmer John Wells ("The West Wing") filmed his star-studded adaptation of Tulsa native Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play in the same area where "Killers of the Flower Moon" was made.

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts were nominated for best actress and best supporting actress, respectively, for their turns in the family drama. Neither won.

Also starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ewan McGregor and Abigail Breslin, the movie centers on a dysfunctional family reuniting in their Oklahoma home during a time of crisis.

The big winners at the 2014 Academy Awards were "12 Years a Slave," "Gravity" and "Dallas Buyers Club."

'Twister' (1996)

Before recent powerhouse productions like "Killers of the Flower Moon" and the inaugural season of "Tulsa King" came to the Sooner State, "Twister" was one of the biggest projects to ever film in Oklahoma.  

The 1996 action vehicle follows teams of rival storm chasers as tornadoes erupt across the state. Directed by Jan De Bont (“Speed”) from a screenplay by Michael Crichton ("Jurassic Park"), with cinema icon Steven Spielberg executive producing, it was a commercial smash. It earned more than $494 million at the global box office, making it the most successfully made-in-Oklahoma movie to be released to date.

The stormy movie starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and Cary Elwes lensed in various Oklahoma hamlets, including Wakita, where the Twister Museum still revolves around the blockbuster .

"Twister" was nominated for two Academy Awards, for best sound as well as for its groundbreaking visual effects. 

It didn't win either Oscar , but time will tell if the "new chapter," "Twisters," boasts the kind of effects that might attraction the Academy's attention. "Twisters" is scheduled to hit theaters on July 19 as a summer tentpole release for Universal Pictures .

'Rain Man' (1988)

The top-grossing film of 1988, this road-trip movie stars Tom Cruise as a low-life hustler and Dustin Hoffman as his long-lost brother who has autism and savant abilities. 

Director Barry Levinson filmed the drama in Guthrie, Hinton, Cogar and El Reno — as well as outside the Sooner State in Cincinnati, Las Vegas and Los Angeles — en route to scoring a leading eight Academy Awards nominations .

The drama won four Oscars , including best picture, best original screenplay, best actor for Hoffman and best director. 

"Rain Man" marked its 35th anniversary in 2023 with a special two-day re-release in theaters and its recent debut on 4K Ultra HD with a new restoration.  

'Around the World in 80 Days' (1956)

The filming of this adaptation of Jules Verne's classic 1873 adventure novel lived up to its name, with lensing in London, Madrid, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Lawton. 

Starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton and Shirley MacLaine, the movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards. It won five Oscars : best picture, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best editing and best score. 

To date, "Rain Man" and "Around the World in 80 Days" are the only movies to film in Oklahoma that have won the Academy Award for best picture.

'The Grapes of Wrath' (1940)

Included on the National Film Registry due to its cultural, historical and aesthetic significance, John Ford's adaptation of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture, best director and best actor for Henry Fonda.

Like Steinbeck's 1939 best-seller, the movie follows the Joad family as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression force them to leave their Oklahoma farm and head West to a fabled land of plenty in California.

"The Grapes of Wrath" won two Oscars, including best director for legendary helmer Ford and best supporting actress for Jane Darwell, who played Ma Joad to Fonda's Tom. 

If you watch it, look out for the historic Beckham County Courthouse in Sayre . 

'Killers of the Flower Moon' was shut out at the Oscars. So were these classic movies

The cinematic awards season run for Martin Scorsese's made-in-Oklahoma epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" ended Sunday in a disappointing shutout at the 96th Academy Awards.

The biggest movie ever made in Oklahoma became Scorsese's third film — after 2019's “The Irishman” and 2002's “Gangs of New York” — to get 10 Academy Award nominations but not win a single Oscar.

Filmed in and around Osage County in 2021 , Scorsese's historical drama was nominate d in top Oscars categories like best picture, best director for Scorsese and best actress for Lily Gladstone, who became the first Native American to be nominated for best actress in the nearly 100-year history of the Academy Awards.

"Killers of the Flower Moon" was heralded for spotlighting a dark and often-overlooked chapter of Oklahoma and American history: The 1920s "Reign of Terror," a series of brutal murders of Osage Nation citizens by white people scheming to steal their oil wealth.

The fact-based Western set at least seven Academy Awards records with its 10 nominations, largely a reflection of the filmmakers' careful and collaborative efforts in telling the Indigenous story , and is expected to have a lasting legacy .

Plus, "Killers of Flower Moon" is hardly the first acclaimed movie to go winless at the Oscars — in fact, there are probably more of them than you think.

Check out this surprising list of classic films that aren't Oscar winners:

'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994)

Ranked No. 1 on IMDB's Top 250 Movies list, Frank Darabont's esteemed adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" was nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture. But between "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction," the beloved prison drama got squeezed off the winners list.

'Field of Dreams' (1989)

Presenter John Mulaney got big laughs with his bit at this year's Oscars about how "Field of Dreams" should win best picture. But the cherished baseball tale didn't even win best picture in 1990 when it was nominated for best picture. Despite its three nods, the sports saga was shut out at the Oscars, and top prize went to "Driving Miss Daisy."

'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013)

"Killers of the Flower Moon" marked Scorsese's sixth film with movie star Leonardo DiCaprio, and it's not the only one that has nabbed several Oscar nominations only to wind up empty-handed. Their controversial 2013 ode to Wall Street excess couldn't cash in on any of its five Oscar nominations, with best picture going to "12 Years a Slave" and DiCaprio losing his fifth Academy Awards bid to Matthew McConaughey for "Dallas Buyers Club." ( DiCaprio finally won his lone Oscar in 2016 for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's survival story "The Revenant.")

'The Big Lebowski' (1998)

The year after their "Fargo" snatched up two Academy Awards, Joel and Ethan Coen released another comedic crime caper that didn't get any Oscars love at all. Not a single nomination for The Dude? This aggression will not stand, man. An Oscar would have really tied the room together, but we're going to quote this underdog tale forever anyway.

'It’s a Wonderful Life' (1946)

The yuletide fable from director Frank Capra didn't get any of the five Academy Awards on its nominations list, as "The Best Years of Our Lives" dominated the 1947 Oscars . But that hasn't stopped the seasonal drama starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Henry Travers from becoming a Christmas classic.

'Heat' (1995)

Writer-director Michael Mann's scorching heist movie starred Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd and Cherokee actor and Oklahoma native Wes Studi . But it didn't get a single Oscar nod. Talk about robbery.

'Taxi Driver' (1976)

You talkin' to me? During Sunday's Oscars, host Jimmy Kimmel noted that De Niro, nominated for best supporting actor for "Killers of the Flower Moon," and Jodie Foster, nominated for best supporting actress for "Nyad," were both nominated 48 years ago for their turns in Scorsese's 1976 drama. Neither of them won this year — or for four-time Oscar nominee "Taxi Driver," which goes on Scorsese's arguably too-long list of Academy Awards shutouts.

'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (1966)

Sergio Leone's influential spaghetti Western starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef wasn't nominated for a single Academy Award. No, not even for Ennio Morricone's now-iconic score.

'Psycho' (1960)

Speaking of iconic scores, Bernard Herrmann's work on this Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece didn't score an Oscar, either. The classic thriller scared up four Academy Award nominations, including nods for Hitchcock and star Janet Leigh, but it didn't draw any victories. Despite his reputation as the "Master of Suspense," Hitchcock was nominated for five best director Oscars but never won.

'The Shining' (1980)

If you think Scorsese has rough Oscars luck, legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's is arguably worse. Despite Jack Nicholson's unhinged performance, his Stephen King adaptation wasn't nominated for a single Oscar. His satirical "Dr. Strangelove" was nominated for four Oscars but got shut out, as did his dystopian crime film "A Clockwork Orange." Kubrick only snared one Academy Award across his celebrated five-decade career: for best visual effects for his 1968 opus "2001: A Space Odyssey," a key inspiration for the 2023 blockbuster "Barbie," which only won a single Oscar Sunday night, for best original song.

'A Few Good Men' (1992)

You can't handle the truth about Rob Reiner's star-studded legal drama. Adapted by Aaron Sorkin from his own play, it was nominated for four Oscars, including best picture, and at least Nicholson got a supporting actor nod this time. But the film lost amid a competitive Oscars field that included "Unforgiven," "Howard's End" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

'12 Angry Men' (1957)

The Academy is also guilty of leaving this classic courtroom saga winless despite its three Oscar nods, including best picture. The big winner in 1958 was "The Bridge Over the River Kwai."

'The Color Purple' (1985)

The 2023 movie-musical version of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel was nominated for one Oscar — best supporting actress for Danielle Brooks — but didn't win on Sunday. Turn back the pages of Academy history nearly four decades, and you'll find that Steven Spielberg's controversial 1985 non-musical adaptation , starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey, was nominated for 11 Oscars but didn't win any gold. Spielberg's "The Color Purple" tied 1977's "The Turning Point" to become the movie with the most Oscar nominations without any wins.

'Blade Runner' (1982)

The Academy has earned its bad reputation for disrespecting science fiction and other genre films, which explains why Ridley Scott's cult classic only got two nominations. But that doesn't explain why "Blade Runner" was locked out at the 1983 Oscars , while Spielberg's "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" picked up nine nods and phoned home with four wins. Fortunately, there's room for androids and aliens on most film fans' list of 1980s cinema classics.

'Seven Samurai' (1954)

Although Akira Kurosawa received an honorary Oscar in 1990 , his influential epic was only nominated for two Academy Awards — for art direction and costume design, both in the black-and-white categories — and wasn't victorious in either. The samurai story went on to inspire American cinematic classics like 1960 Western "The Magnificent Seven," which also went winless at the Oscars , and the 1977 space saga starter "Star Wars,' which won six Academy Awards.

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Shakira's sons hated 'Barbie' because it was 'emasculating,' she says

Shakira  graces the  cover of Allure magazine  and holds nothing back when asked about her thoughts on “ Barbie ,” the Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster that topped the 2023 box office with $1.4 billion worldwide and earned eight Oscar nominations, including best picture.

The music icon said she somewhat agreed with her two sons who strongly disliked “Barbie,” suggesting that it was a piece of pop culture that robbed “men of their possibility to be men.”

“My sons absolutely hated it,” Shakira said. “They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a certain extent. I’m raising two boys. I want ’em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women. I like pop culture when it attempts to empower women without robbing men of their possibility to be men, to also protect and provide. I believe in giving women all the tools and the trust that we can do it all without losing our essence, without losing our femininity.”

“I think that men have a purpose in society and women have another purpose as well,” the singer added. “We complement each other, and that complement should not be lost.”

“Just because a woman can do it all doesn’t mean she should?” the interviewer asked.

“Why not share the load with people who deserve to carry it, who have a duty to carry it as well?” Shakira answered.

Shakira’s interview is not the first time a public figure has perceived “Barbie” as emasculating. The fantasy comedy  ruffled the feathers of some conservative figures  during its theatrical release, with podcaster Matt Walsh condemning it as “the most aggressively anti-man, feminist propaganda fest ever put to film.” Bill Maher later  slammed the film  as “man-hating.”

Gerwig, who also co-wrote the “Barbie” script with Noah Baumbach, weighed in on the backlash in an interview with  The New York Times  in which she said she never expected such a response.

“Certainly, there’s a lot of passion,” the filmmaker added. “My hope for the movie is that it’s an invitation for everybody to be part of the party and let go of the things that aren’t necessarily serving us as either women or men. I hope that in all of that passion, if they see it or engage with it, it can give them some of the relief that it gave other people.”

The backlash prompted other celebrities to speak out in support of “Barbie,” including Marc Maron.

“The fact that certain men took offense to the point where they, you know, tried to build a grift around it in terms of their narrative is right wing [explicative],” Maron  said on his podcast . “It’s so embarrassing for them. I mean, so embarrassing for them. Any dude that can’t take those hits in that movie, they’ve really got to look in their pants and decide what they’re made of. I mean, Jesus Christ, what a bunch of f---ing insecure babies.”

Shakira is making the press rounds in support of her new album, “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.”

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Texas Rangers unveil 2023 World Series rings with unique reversible top, reference to perfect road record

The defending champs received some flashy jewelry on saturday.

In keeping with the ancient laws of combat, the squadron that wins the World Series is rewarded with not only an implied heavyweight-championship title belt but also an actual World Series ring. Speaking of which, on Saturday the Texas Rangers , victors of the 2023 World Series, received their shimmering finger-crowns. 

Right up front, here's a slickly produced look:

Rangers fans, you're not dreaming! The 2023 World Series ring is here. 💍 pic.twitter.com/nS5j6KOoMT — Texas Rangers (@Rangers) March 30, 2024

All Rangers players, coaches, and on-field support staff from last season receive one – roughly 60 folks in all. In advance of the ring ceremony, the club released the following details about the ring: 

Starting off, there are 103 blue sapphires on the top of the ring to signify the total number of wins in 2023 (Regular and Postseason), while the 23 red rubies on the ring represent the year the Rangers won the World Series. On the alternate top of the ring, the 49 points of rubies represent the number of players who held a spot on the active roster in 2023. Removing the top reveals 11-0, the team's 2023 postseason road record. There is also the slogan "ROAD Dominance" written using the logos of the four teams the Rangers beat away from home to become champions. The 11 stones on the face of the Rangers logo represent the number of postseason wins on the road. The 52 points of diamonds in "CHAMPIONS" honor the first World Championship in the Rangers 52- year history. There are 16 emerald cut diamonds to recognize the number of consecutive postseason games in which the Rangers hit a home run. 90 stones circling the side of the ring represent the number of regular season wins in 2023. There is one diamond in the World Series trophy to represent the first championship in franchise history. The 3mm stone inside the trophy is to call out the number of American League championships the Rangers have won. Three diamonds on the player side represent the three pillars of baseball of the organization—"Compete with passion, be a good teammate, and dominate the fundamentals." The 72 points of diamonds on the border of the bezel represent the year the Rangers moved from Washington, D.C. to Arlington, Texas (1972).  And 30 stones on the inner bezel represent the 30 home runs the team hit during the postseason. 2.33 carats on the side of the ring represent the 233 home runs the club had during the regular season. Each ring will also include a small covering of a baseball that was used in the 2023 World Series between the Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks . Inside the shank the player's signature is engraved as well as the postseason series records and the phrase "AS ONE." 

Obviously, that swappable top merits a closer look and expert demonstration in state-of-the-art technicolor: 

The reversible ring top in action. First of its kind pic.twitter.com/2gdCzQTrSk — Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) March 30, 2024

That 2023 championship marked the first ever in Rangers franchise history. With a strong returning roster and a future Hall of Famer in Bruce Bochy pulling the dugout levels, Texas has plausible designs on a repeat and, thus, a second big ol' ring. 

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