There were a lot of firsts at this year’s Oscars. Every year, the Academy Awards honour the best performances in the movie business. Sunday, March 12, 2023, was the day of the awards show.
For those who don’t know, comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was the host of the 95th Academy Awards. Find out who won the Oscar by reading on.
Here’s all you need to know about the Oscars 2023
The 2023 Oscars were held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The movies that came out in 2022 were honoured at the Academy Awards show that aired on ABC.
For the third time, Jimmy Kimmel was the host of the awards show. In the past, he has been in charge of the awards show in 2017 and 2018. On January 24, 2023, Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams told the world who had been nominated for the Oscars 2023.
With 11 nominations in different categories, Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert was the most nominated film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Which movie won the Oscar for best picture at the 2023 Academy Awards?
Everything Everywhere All at Once wins the Oscar for best picture. In the movie, a Chinese-American immigrant who is being audited by the IRS finds out that she needs to connect with versions of herself from other universes to stop a powerful being from destroying the multiverse.
Aside from this, the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once also won three awards for acting. The Academy Award for best actress went to Michelle Yeoh. Ke Huy Quan won the award for best supporting actor, and Jamie Lee Curtis won the award for best supporting actress.
Not only that, but the movie also won an Oscar for best original screenplay, a trophy for best director for “The Daniels” Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and an award for best film editing for Paul Rogers.
Michelle Yeoh took home best actress honors
Sunday night, Michelle Yeoh won the award for best actress for her work in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. She won the award for best actress, making her the second woman of colour to do so.
In the speech that won her the award, Yeoh said, “Ladies, don’t ever let anyone tell you that your best days are behind you. This is a sign of hope and possibility for all the little boys and girls who look like me who are watching tonight.”
Brendan Fraser was named best actor at the 95th annual Academy Awards
In the 2022 movie The Whale, Brendan Fraser played an overweight man who was trying to get back in touch with his estranged daughter. His performance was so good that he won the Oscar for best actor.
Fraser talked about his career problems after he won the award. He said, “I started in this business 30 years ago, and these things didn’t come easily to me, but there was a facility that I didn’t appreciate until it stopped.” In his speech, he even thanked his director, Darren Aronofsky, for “throwing me a creative lifeline and pulling me aboard.”
Who were the other winners at the 2023 Oscars?
Ke Huy Quan, who was in Everything Everywhere All at Once, won the award for best supporting actor. In the last few years, he stopped acting because he didn’t have enough chances. After he accepted the award, he tried to keep his tears from falling as he talked about his life.
“My journey began on a boat,” Quan said.
I spent a year in a refugee camp, and now I’m on the biggest stage in Hollywood. People say that this kind of thing only happens in movies. I can’t believe it’s going to happen to me. This is what the Americans hope for.”
All Quiet on the Western Front won the award for best international feature film, and Navalny won the award for best documentary film. The Elephant Whisperers won the award for best documentary short film, and RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” won the award for best original song.
Which artists performed at the 2023 Oscars?
Stars like pregnant pop star Rihanna, who sang “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and Lady Gaga, who sang “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” gave great performances at the star-studded awards show. The Indian singing duo Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava also took the stage to sing “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR.”
Sofia Carson sang “Applause” by Diane Warren from the movie “Tell It Like a Woman.” During the “In Memoriam” segment, Lenny Kravitz joined David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu, and Son Lux on stage to perform “This Is A Life” from “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.”
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front was put together by Malte Grunert.
James Cameron and Jon Landau made Avatar: The Way of Water.
Producers Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh were in charge of making The Banshees of Inisherin.
Elvis was made by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss. Producers
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang, Producers (WINNER) The Fabelmans — Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert are the people who made Tár. Producers
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, and Jerry Bruckheimer all worked on the movie Top Gun: Maverick. Producers
Triangle of Sadness is a movie that was made by Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober.
Women Talking — Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand, Producers
Best Directing
Martin McDonagh wrote The Banshees of Inisherin.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (WINNER)
The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
Tár — Todd Field Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Ostlund
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler in Elvis
The Banshees of Inisherin stars Colin Farrell.
The Whale stars Brendan Fraser (WINNER)
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Living stars Bill Nighy.
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett in Tár Ana de Armas in Blonde
In To Leslie, Andrea Riseborough says
The Fabelmans, starring Michelle Williams,
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once stars Michelle Yeoh (WINNER)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Brendan Gleeson
In Causeway, Brian Tyree Henry
In The Fabelmans, by Judd Hirsch,
The Banshees of Inisherin stars Barry Keoghan.
In Everything Everywhere All at Once, by Ke Huy Quan (WINNER)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
In The Whale, Hong Chau
In the book The Banshees of Inisherin by Kerry Condon,
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once stars Jamie Lee Curtis (WINNER)
In Everything Everywhere All at Once, by Stephanie Hsu,
Best Costume Design
Wakanda Forever: Black Panther by Ruth Carter (WINNER)
Catherine Martin — Elvis
Everything Everywhere at Once — Shirley Kurata
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris by Jenny Beavan
Best Sound
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges wrote Avatar: The Way of Water.
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson all worked on The Batman.
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller all worked on Elvis.
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor played Maverick in the Top Gun: Maverick movie (WINNER)
Best Original Score
All Quiet on the Western Front — Volker Bertelmann (WINNER)
— Justin Hurwitz Babylon
Carter Burwell wrote the book The Banshees of Inisherin.
Everything Everywhere All at Once by Son Lux
John Williams wrote The Fabelmans.
Best Original Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front was written by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell.
Rian Johnson wrote Glass Onion, which is a Knives Out mystery.
Living was written by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Top Gun: Maverick was written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie. Peter Craig and Justin Marks were responsible for the story.
Women Talking is a movie written by Sarah Polley.
Best Live-Action Short Film
Martin McDonagh wrote The Banshees of Inisherin.
Everything Everywhere All at Once was written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (WINNER)
The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner Tár — Written by Todd Field
Ruben Ostlund wrote Triangle of Sadness.
Best Animated Short Film
“An Irish Goodbye” by Tom Berkeley and Ross White (WONNER) “Ivalu” by Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan “Le Pupille” by Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón “Night Ride” by Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen “The Red Suitcase” by Cyrus Neshvad
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud won the award for best animated short film (WINNER)
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby wrote “The Flying Sailor.”
“Ice Merchants” — João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
“Dicks: My Year” — Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
“An ostrich told me the world is made up, and I think I believe it,” said Lachlan Pendragon.
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was made by Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, and Guillermo del Toro (WINNER)
Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, and Paul Mezey wrote Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
The Last Wish: Puss in Boots by Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger wrote “The Sea Beast.” Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins wrote “Turning Red.”
Best Original Song:
“Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman”; music and lyrics by Diane Warren; “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick”; music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop; “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”; music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson; lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler; “Naatu Naat “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once, music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski, lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne, written by Chandrabose (WINNER).
Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front by Germany won the award for Best International Feature Film (WINNER)
Argentina, 1985 — Argentina Close — Belgium
EO — Poland
Ireland — The Quiet Girl
Best Hairstyles and Makeup
All Quiet on the Western Front — Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine make up The Batman.
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow wrote “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti played Elvis.
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley made The Whale (WINNER)
Best Production Design
All Quiet on the Western Front won the award for best production design. Christian M. Goldbeck did the production design, and Ernestine Hipper did the set decoration (WINNER)
Production design for Avatar: The Way of Water was done by Dylan Cole and Ben Procter, and set design was done by Vanessa Cole Babylon. — Florencia Martin did the production design, and Anthony Carlino did the set design for Elvis. — Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy did the production design, and Bev Dunn did the set design for The Fabelmans. Rick Carter did the production design, and Karen O’Hara did the set design.
All Quiet on the Western Front by James Friend has the best cinematography (WINNER)
Darius Khondji’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mandy Walker — Elvis
Empire of Light by Roger Deakins Tár by Florian Hoffmeister
Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front — Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett wrote Avatar: The Way of Water (WINNER)
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy were all in The Batman.
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick wrote “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher were in Top Gun: Maverick.
Best Visual Effects
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer wrote All That Breathes.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a book by Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov.
Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman wrote “Fire of Love.”
Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellstrom Navalny’s “A House Made of Splinters” was written by Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris (WINNER)
Best Documentary Short Film
“Haulout” — Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
“How Do You Tell How Long a Year Is?” —Rosenblatt Jay
Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison wrote “The Martha Mitchell Effect.”
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones wrote “Stranger at the Gate.”
Best Film Editing
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen wrote The Banshees of Inisherin.
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond played Elvis.
Everything Everywhere at Once — Paul Rogers (WINNER)
Tár — Monika Willi
Eddie Hamilton played Maverick in Top Gun.
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