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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
Naatu Naatu wins best song
Hooray! The song represents the only moment in the entire ceremony that wasn’t suffocatingly dull, so it is completely deserved. Better yet, the speech was delivered in the form of a hastily rewritten Carpenters song. Which didn’t happen once with All Quiet on the Western Front.
Top Gun: Maverick wins best sound
A solitary award for the only film that anyone actually went to see this year. And it was met with a bracingly short speech. Obviously the win was incredibly well deserved and it’s a very good film. Please keep sending me cake.
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An actual edgy joke from Jimmy Kimmel, asking viewers to vote on whether Robert Blake (who died four days ago) deserves a spot in the In Memoriam section tonight. It is the first time I have laughed out loud all evening.
Only seven more Oscars to go before it’s all over. It’s looking like it’ll be a bad night for The Banshees of Inisherin, which was at one point the frontrunner. There are also two more opportunities for All Quiet on the Western Front to win more trophies, which is great for anyone eager to hear a celebratory night get interrupted by the world’s most unsettling drone.
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Women Talking wins best adapted screenplay
Well this is lovely. Unexpected, but lovely. Sarah Polley manages to be simultaneously excited and eloquent. However, she just recited the final line of the film, so now you probably don’t have to see it.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best original screenplay
And now we enter the part of the evening where Everything Everywhere All at Once starts to win everything. This makes a drastic change from the part of the evening where All Quiet on the Western Front won everything, which was marked by such an ominous drone that I think it made me involuntarily evacuate my bowels.
And now for Rihanna’s performance of that song from Black Panther. Which, let’s face it, is probably the only reason anyone is actually watching this. It’s a lovely song to be performed at the Oscars, just as it was a lovely song to hear in the Sainsbury’s bakery aisle earlier today, where it was being played at full blast by a man in a mobility scooter. Standing ovation to both.
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Sorry, I pressed enter too early on that last post. What I meant to say was that it freed up time for Jimmy Kimmel to tell a profoundly awkward joke to Malala Yousafzai, AND THEN FOR A MAN DRESSED AS COCAINE BEAR TO HARASS MALALA YOUSAFZAI. Sterling work all round.
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Avatar: The Way of Water wins best visual effects
Obviously this was always going to win, because at this stage Avatar exists primarily as the research and development wing of the entire movie industry. But that isn’t enough to stop the winners to get played off almost immediately. But in this instance it was justified, because it freed up time for Jimmy Kimmel to tell a profoundly awkward joke to Malala Yousafzai.
Elizabeth Banks just almost fell over, but didn’t. It was the most exciting thing that has happened so far all evening.
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I have to make a small correction. All Quiet on the Western Front isn’t the biggest winner of the night so far. This is because the biggest winner of the night is actually QR codes. Again, that’s QR codes. Not just for checking into venues during global pandemics, but also for whatever the hell this is.
Big test of the play-off guys here, since this is the longest, most directionless, most pause-filled speech of the night. He made it all the way to the end intact, though. Wonderful work, everyone.
All Quiet on the Western Front wins best original score
And, with a heavy heart, a melancholy world realises that it should probably get around to watching All Quiet on the Western Front at some point.
All Quiet on the Western Front wins best production design
I’ve lost count, because this is all very boring and my brain turned completely to mush about 45 minutes ago, but does this mean that All Quiet on the Western Front has won more Oscars than any other film tonight so far?
And now Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell are here to be incredibly awkward and reluctant and (in Grant’s case) compare himself to a scrotum. This makes up for that weird red carpet interview, doesn’t it?
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse win best animated short
This is nice. Charlie Mackesy is a lovely man, so this is a lovely moment for him. And he’s actually allowed to speak, which is unexpected. Lovely for them, but what a sad night for My Year of Dicks.
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Oh, Lady Gaga is here now, singing that song from Top Gun that she said she wasn’t going to sing. She’s wearing a T-shirt, has taken all her makeup off and is delivering a long monologue about how much the song means to her. This is very much a song performed by a woman who really wants to win an Oscar for acting.
Yup, played off almost straight away. But the woman who got played off just stood there and waved her Oscar in the air while a man frantically flapped about trying to clear the stage. It was amazing. More of this please.
The Elephant Whisperers wins best documentary short
And speaking of short, let’s see how long it is before this speech about the sacred bond between humans and elephants gets played off.
Jimmy Kimmel is here to make jokes about how long the ceremony is. “Kinda makes you miss the slaps,” he says. And then he blames the next awards on the extended runtime, which seems a bit cruddy of him. Anyway, here come the shorts Oscars.
All Quiet on the Western Front wins best international feature film
Edward Berger accepts the award, telling everyone about all the friends he made during the production of the film. And about the guy from his town who he hugged recently. And literally everyone else he knows. Usually his speeches for this film tend to end with a reminder that war is unimaginably terrible. But today it’s mainly just the hugging thing.
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Eva Longoria and Janet Yang are here now to tell us how good the Academy museum is. And now they’re showing us a little film about it too. Want to see the shark from Jaws? Want to see the piano from Casablanca? Want to see a massive board with the words “Pedro Almodovar” written on it? Better fly to Los Angeles, then, losers.
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Now for a musical performance of Naatu Naatu from RRR. It’s unusual because it’s the first musical performance of the night that’s actually any good. Loads of dancers, loads of drums, no weird bit in the middle where they order all the women to applaud themselves. No bit where all the words are changes to discuss the nominees. Just a full-blown banger, and the biggest round of applause of the night.
Here's the energetic performance of "Naatu Naatu" from #RRR at the #Oscars. https://t.co/ndiKiHeOT5 pic.twitter.com/Lf2nP826c4
— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever wins best costume design
Two nice things about this. First is that Julia Louis-Dreyfus was in Wakanda Forever, and presenters don’t often get to give awards to films they worked on. Second, the speech quickly turned into a eulogy for Ruth Carter’s mother, who died just days ago. What a weirdly sweet ceremony this is turning out to be.
Jimmy Kimmel has brought out Jenny, the donkey from The Banshees of Inisherin. It’s quite sweet, but Colin Farrell looks absolutely overjoyed about it, so that’s something.
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The Whale wins best makeup and hairstyling
Which makes it officially better than the fatsuit in The Batman and the fatsuits in Elvis. Well done, everyone. This might be the only Oscar that The Whale wins tonight, but it’s also the first speech that gets played off. This is partly because the winners took about ten minutes to actually get to the stage, but at least the duck has now been broken. A special acknowledgement to the woman who was just about to speak when she got played off, for briefly looking like she was literally being electrocuted.
Jennifer Connelly and Samuel L Jackson are here to present the makeup and hairstyling Oscar. This category is essentially Battle of the Fatsuits, so strap in.
Now for a musical performance of This is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once. This is noticeably one of the awards that EEAAO isn’t tipped to win, and it isn’t hard to see why. I once spent a holiday in a flat above an Estonian off-licence, and this song sounds exactly like the noise that the drunk people made standing outside it at 3am.
Oh, it didn’t get danced off. Is it bad that I want someone to get danced off soon?
All Quiet on the Western Front wins best cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front won’t win nearly as many Oscars as it did Baftas, so James Friend’s speech really has to land. It’s very humble and heartfelt, and I guarantee that it will be danced off any second.
An Irish Goodbye wins best live action short
Oh god, this is delightful. There isn’t really a speech so much, but instead the directors urged everyone in the auditorium to sing Happy Birthday to the film’s star James Martin. It’s likely to be the purest feel-good moment of the entire ceremony and, since Ke Huy Quan won an award, that’s really saying something.
Navalny wins best documentary feature
The most timely, and probably urgent, winner of the night. The speech, as expected, speaks out strongly against Vladimir Putin. Alexi Navalny’s wife also speaks, to tell her imprisoned husband to stay strong. God, imagine trying to dance that speech off.
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Now for documentary feature. Kimmel reminds us that this is where all the punching happened last year. Anyway, this is probably the strongest category of the night, so everyone shut up.
One way that the ceremony is speeding things along tonight: onscreen QR codes. Want to know the backstage stories of the hair and costume nominees? Scan the QR code onscreen. If anyone actually does this, please let me know. I’d do it myself, but hell hasn’t quite frozen over yet.
There is now a musical performance by Diane Warren and Sofia Carson. It’s a less a performance and more the result of a botched experiment to fuse the Oscars play-off music with a Live Laugh Love wall decal. The song just finished and, with a gun to my head, I couldn’t tell you how it went.
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Jamie Lee Curtis tells us that she is hundreds of people, which seems hard to believe, but never mind. She is her directors. She is her agent. She is her own husband, and everyone she has ever worked with or met or seen or thought of. On the plus side, this means that everyone in the audience has also won an Oscar, so now we can all go home.
Jamie Lee Curtis wins best supporting actress
Well well well. This is unexpected, but bodes well for the dominance of Everything Everywhere All at Once tonight.
Jamie Lee Curtis accepts the #Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. https://t.co/ndiKiHfmID pic.twitter.com/bGBtrI3k0g
— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023
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Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor
Of course he does. This was one of the foregone conclusions of the night. Quan has been winning people over all awards season with his enormous comeback story. DeBose burst into tears announcing his name. The audience gave him a standing ovation. And his speech is a very good reflection of that. “This is the American dream!” he shouts through tears. Very very hard to argue with this one.
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Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose are here to present the supporting categories. Kotsur is doing most of the introduction, which is clearly killing DeBose, who just wants to rap. Let her rap, you cowards.
I’m not saying you should be expecting the Oscars to go long this year, but half an hour has already passed and only one award has been given out. At this rate, this will be the first liveblog ever to be completed by a disintegrating skeleton.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio wins best animated feature
Lots of people lining up to give a speech here. I’m terrified that the dancers are going to come out. Especially now that del Toro is commemorating his dead parents.
Best animated feature film is being presented first, in a bold diversion from that list I showed you a couple of hours ago. Oh well.
Oh good lord. Apparently – and this doesn’t seem to be a joke – speeches that go long will be curtailed by a troupe of dancers from RRR who will tear on to the stage and embarrass the winner into silence. This could get incredibly awkward.
Another slap reference. “If anyone commits an act of violence onstage today, they’ll be punished by winning the best actor Oscar and then being allowed to make a 19-minute acceptance speech”
And our first slap crack: Kimmel said it’s likely that another fight is likely to break out onstage because so many nominees are Irish.
This is a comfortable, traditional monologue from Kimmel. There’s not a lot of ribbing, except for a few jabs at Nicole Kidman for making adverts about cinemas. But even comfortable monologues can go off the rails – Kimmel just made a few jokes about Steven Spielberg, about his sobriety and his parents’ infidelity, and the temperature dropped by about 50 degrees in the theatre. I’ll need to play it back, but I think I heard Jimmy Kimmel audibly gulp at the reaction it got.
Jimmy Kimmel is inserting himself into clips of Top Gun, like Billy Crystal would have done. He has now parachuted into the auditorium, like Billy Crystal would have done. He has just made penis jokes about two of the nominated films, like Billy Crystal would have done. We’re moments away from a song and dance number, surely.
THE 2023 OSCARS HAVE BEGUN
And here we are. Live from what is basically a shopping centre in Los Angeles, here are the 95th Academy Awards. It is beginning with a montage, which never bodes particularly well.
Salma Hayek has chosen full on sparkle. It’s the lady in red dress dancing emoji IRL.
Finally. Here’s Tár star Cate Blanchett wearing a blue shoulder-padded gown – part sky blue velvet, park navy silk – which I’d put big money on being vintage Giorgio Armani Privé. Blanchett spends most of her time digging around Giorgio Armani archives ahead of red carpet events. Her stylist, Elizabeth Stewart, told Vogue: “her idea of re-wearing is not a mandate, it’s a provocation”
Lady Gaga is here and the headline with this sheer panelled dress is that it’s by Versace and was worn by Gigi Hadid on the catwalk three days ago. It’s possibly not the same dress – Gaga is almost a foot shorter – but that’s still a quick catwalk-to-carpet turnaround.
Vanessa Hudgens was one of the first people to arrive to the awards but it’s worth flagging because she’s wearing vintage Chanel. The red carpet focus this year is on sustainability – but so far, only a handful of actors have gone for vintage.
Jessie Buckley is giving us #gothcore in a full-length lace gown. Even the sleeves are extra long. The puff shoulder is the new power shoulder.
The Oscars are due to start. You can follow along here, but alternatively this is where the rolling list of winners is going to be. Or, alternatively, you can just go to bed. Honestly, nobody will think badly of you if that’s what you choose.
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Andrea Riseborough, who’s nominated for low-budget indie film, To Leslie, is wearing a lace-fronted half-full pink dress. More long sleeves – the weather is in the teens right now – and a single ear cuff.
If anyone happens to be looking out for the actor who most viscerally hates the entire idea of the Oscars, then good news. Hugh Grant has arrived.
hugh grant wants no part of this dumb shit pic.twitter.com/uBQ70QcZGf
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 12, 2023
Another Oscar nominee, another white dress. Michelle Williams is wearing a sheer caped gown by Louis Vuitton. Also: the champagne carpet is beginning to get dirty.
Much like the Baftas, white is dominating this champagne carpet. Best actress favourite Michelle Yeoh is wearing a 1930s-style tiered couture gown by Dior.
This carpet is giving me severe anxiety, by the way. I keep worrying what would happen if Bafta ever tried it. Imagine all the celebrities treading wintery London crud all over it. It would be a nightmare to get those stains out.
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Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, better known as Tems, has made Oscars history by becoming the first Nigerian artist to be nominated for an Oscar. I’d hazard she’s also the first nominee to wear a Ukrainian designer to the Oscars. This S-shaped tulle cloud dress is by Ukrainian-born designer, Lessja Verlingieri.
Nicole Kidman tried but failed to dodge being “harassed” on the red carpet. She has described her dress as “understated” – asymmetric, with one sleeve, a slashed leg and huge silver flowers, I’m not sure that’s entirely accurate, but the long sleeved thing is happening. Possibly because California is having some tricky weather.
Emily Blunt and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson strike a pose together. Emily has gone a for a classic column silhouette. Shunning the trend for elbow-length gloves, she’s gone for built in sleeves instead. The Rock is errr rocking a salmon pink satin jacket. There are diamante buttons on his white shirt and he’s accessorised with a bowtie, a floral corsage brooch plus a linen hankie. More is more!
Jessica Chastain is refusing to do the red carpet chitchat – but we can tell you that she’s wearing a strapless Gucci gown with a black 1940s train. That diamond collar has some heft.
If you’re watching the ABC red carpet feed (and you should), then you’ll be aware that it stars the world’s most gloomily fatalistic presenter. I missed his name, but his job seems to involve a) trying to get celebrities to talk to him, b) watching as they ignore him, and then c) passive-aggressively complaining about it under his breath. Jessica Chastain just strolled right past him – and an entire psychodrama passed across his face. He’s my favourite thing about this entire night.
Best actor nominee Paul Mescal is wearing a modern twist on a classic black and white suit from Gucci. Note the longer length jacket with oversized lapels, wide legged trousers and slightly sheer shirt. No vest tonight. The sparkly red rose brooch matches the scattered petals on the carpet. Attention to detail or happy accident?
Elvis star – and favourite to win the the Oscars – Austin Butler has gone for a classic black tux by Saint Laurent, modernised with peaked lapels and heeled boots. He must be 6ft4in now.
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Someone’s wearing couture! Sandra Oh is wearing a Grecian-style gown by Giambattista Valli. Orange is an unusual red carpet colour but in these champagne-hued times, a welcome one.
Lenny Kravitz has arrived wearing what appears to be a cowl neck black silk shirt draped open with a train fashioned into what appears to be cumberbund wrapped around his waist, topped off with a tangle of heavy silver chains. This man is ageless, but so too is his aesthetic. No notes
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever nominee Angela Bassett is wearing a purple gown from Moschino. It’s a hue historically associated with royalty. The swathed fabric and sparkling snake necklace are bringing A-lister glamour. We bow down.
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Best actress winners have worn white more than any other colour. The issue tonight is that under the bright lights, pearly white dresses – like this Louis Vuitton tiered column dress worn by Ana de Armas – match the carpet. She’d look fantastic in a bin bag, but standing on the champagne carpet it’s harder for these paler colours to pop.
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Fan Bingbing channeled an old-school Hollywood glamour mood in a striking silver sequin gown. She even matched a trailing emerald cape to her earrings. A bold red lip and soft waved hair added an extra retro feel.
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The stars are coming thick and fast on the beige carpet, so here’s a comprehensive gallery for you all to look at …
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Banshees’ star Kerry Condon is one of the many, many, many women wearing yellow. Condon says she’s wearing this colour to match her childhood bedroom wall, daffodils and the coat she wears in the final scene of the film. Who doesn’t love a deep and meaningful colour choice!
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We’re all rooting for Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, aren’t we? We all want to see photographs of Marcel the Shell With Shoes On all done up for the Oscars, aren’t we? Good, because LOOK.
Marcel the Shell during a Thom Browne fitting for the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/EIReqJgWWn
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) March 12, 2023
The ever-excellent Florence Pugh is presenting an award. She’s just been described as edgy and delicate in a red carpet interview. As a “friend” of Valentino (fashion parlance for the person-who-always-wears-the-brand) she’s contractually obliged to wear the gown. Are shorts and princess dresses the new twinset? Discuss …
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Cara Delevingne just reminded us of 2012 when Angelina Jolie’s right leg went viral. It’s nice to see red being embraced now that the trad carpet colour has been ditched.
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If you’re desperate to watch the red – sorry, “champagne” – carpet live, and can’t quite bring yourself to watch it on actual television, here’s a livefeed for you. You’re welcome.
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Star of The Whale, Hong Chau is wearing pink custom Prada with a feathered train. The actor asked for a Mandarin collar to be added to the dress.
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The other big trend that tends to dominate? Unisex styling. Film-maker Sarah Polley is wearing a tuxedo with ruffle sleeves.
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Model and activist Winnie Harlow is one of the first arrivals to wear SOMETHING OLD – a lemon yellow 2005 gown by Giorgio Armani. The Academy Awards have partnered with Red Carpet Green Dress to encourage attendees at this year’s ceremony to be sustainable. Let’s see who else cares about the planet …
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According to data, it’s not looking good for Avatar: The Way of Water and All Quiet on the Western Front …
Star of The Whale, Brendan Fraser, is an early arrival on the champagne carpet. Nothing to see here: just your standard tuxedo, an as yet unidentified pin on his lapel and a little linen hankie in his pocket. Let’s hope the men zhush things up soon.
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In 2023, it’s probably not a question that is foremost in the minds of the film industry elite preparing themselves for this weekend’s ceremony. But is it sometimes better not to win an Oscar?
Wendy Ide investigates if winning an Oscar can actually be kind of a bad thing…
Bread! Dates! Hair! Lucky them!
It’s looking pretty unlikely that Everything Everywhere All at Once is going to lose best picture tonight buuuuut if it does, co-director Daniel Kwan has already sent out a warning to some of the film’s more obnoxious fans.
The social media savvy director had already cautioned fans to stop attacking critics who dared not to include the film on their 2022 Top 10 lists and has cleverly pleaded with them to be gracious tonight just in case:
I’m probably going to take a break from social media for after tomorrow. The last thing I ask of any fans of our film is to be gracious and kind tomorrow, especially if we don’t pick up awards that you might have felt we deserved.
— Daniel Kwan (@dunkwun) March 11, 2023
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Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
It’s all eyes on Everything Everywhere’s James Hong who is having fun with a goggly eyed bow tie. The 94-year-old is striking some equally playful poses. More of this please.
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“The comedy is not going to be at the expense of anybody in the room,” says Weiss. “We’re all going to be laughing together.”
Earlier this week, Rob LeDonne spoke to the producers of this year’s telecast to find out what we can expect:
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A year ago – shortly after last year’s show, and long before any nominations were announced – Benjamin Lee tried to predict tonight’s winners. And you know what? He didn’t do too badly. The Fablemans, The Whale and Women Talking all get a mention, plus he mentions Emma Stone and Ari Aster (who may well find themselves at the centre of next year’s ceremony). Impressive work from Mystic Meg’s heir apparent.
Will a film including butt plugs win best picture? What’s the tightest race? Will there be endless slap jokes? Catherine Shoard takes on the big questions of the night:
While some of the buzz surrounding Brendan Fraser’s performance in divisive drama The Whale might have quietened down in recent months, there’s still a chance he could win in a category that’s far from locked down (he took home the SAG award last month).
But many have taken issue with how the film tackles his character’s weight. Here’s Lindy West explaining why it’s a problematic picture:
You spoke! We listened!
This weekend’s Saturday Night Live cold open focused on the hellscape that is the red carpet and those tasked with asking inane questions. It was largely, almost aggressively unfunny but if you fancy seeing a bad Jamie Lee Curtis impression and some offensive Irish accents, it’s all yours:
Will it be Michelle or Cate? Austin or Brendan? Everything Everywhere or, well, can anything else steal that one at this stage? Here’s what Peter Bradshaw had to say on the matter:
So while cinema-saving Tom Cruise won’t be there tonight to support his best picture nominee Top Gun: Maverick, it’s just been announced that his theme-singing colleague Lady Gaga will be in attendance.
Cruise is reportedly back on set for one of the new Mission: Impossibles and even though Gaga is also filming Joker 2, she’s making time to perform her Oscar-nominated track for us alongside other performances featuring Rihanna and best supporting actress nominee Stephanie Hsu. Mercifully or perhaps disappointingly, Ariana DeBose will not be premiering any new raps.
Forever Oscar bridesmaid Glenn Close will sadly not be attending tonight after testing positive for Covid. The cruelly snubbed multiple nominee was set to present an award but has had to bow out last minute.
“She was very much looking forward to taking part in the show,” her publicist said while not revealing the severity of her symptoms. The Academy has also not announced a replacement.
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Malala Yousafzai has upped the drama, arriving in a bang on trend silver floor-length gown with head covering by Ralph Lauren and a neat pinched side waist. Alaia meets Saint Laurent meets Grace Jones.
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Jamie Lee Curtis has arrived looking iconic in a boned, crystal-covered corset dress by Dolce & Gabbana, mimicking not only the Oscars statuette – a classic nominee move – but alas, the champagne carpet itself! How many stars will have got the memo but not read it?
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It’s become an annual guilty pleasure tradition, scanning the “brutally honest” Oscar ballots that sites and trades receive anonymously from voters to see what we can learn. A lot of the time what we learn is pretty depressing (a lot of people refuse to watch a lot of films) but there’s always worthwhile insight, some of which Stuart Heritage has tried to summarise here:
Good news for anyone who wants to get the “Angela Bassett did the thing” content out of the way early: here’s the running order for awards tonight, and best supporting actress is first up.
Oh… you mean this is what you all wanted? #Oscars2023 #oscars https://t.co/v4dz0ECouj pic.twitter.com/xEP1mag6Sr
— Mark Johnson @ #Oscars (@MarkLikesMovies) March 12, 2023
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Guardian’s annual Oscars liveblog. Tonight is the biggest night of the Hollywood calendar, a night when the biggest stars in the world will dress up in their finest attire and wait with bated breath to see whether or not they’ll get to achieve their lifelong dream of publicly hitting a comedian in the face as hard as they can.
Obligatory slap reference over – and believe me, there will be many, many obligatory slap references over the next few hours – tonight’s ceremony has the potential to break historical precedent and actually not be completely terrible. The show has a proper host again, in the form of Jimmy Kimmel. There will be musical performances by David Byrne and Rihanna. The film tipped to win biggest this year is Everything Everywhere All at Once, which people actually went to see at the cinema, which feels like a novelty. And best of all, the clocks changed in America last night so, if you’re watching in the UK, we might just get this whole thing wrapped up by 4am. Wonders may never cease.
Obviously let’s temper all this optimism with an acknowledgement that this is still The Oscars, and so it’s still going to be too long and too self-important, and the whole thing generally could have been an email. But the important thing is that we’re all here together. The red carpet is already in full swing (pics incoming), the ceremony starts in two hours, and if we’re really lucky there’ll be another almighty cock-up at some point. We can do this.
