by The top row
The 95th Academy Awards aired on Sunday, marking the end of the awards season as some of the best actors, industry professionals and films of the year were honored, as indie film Everywhere Everything at the same time triumphed during the ceremony.
Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh accepts the Oscar for Best Actress for ‘Everything … [+]
Basic elements
Everything Everywhere Simultaneously was the most nominated film, with 11 nods, and took home seven trophies, including Best Picture and Best Actress — more than any other film.
All four acting winners—Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan—won their first Oscars during the ceremony. 16 candidates were first.
Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win Best Actress, received her award from Halle Berry, the first black woman to win the trophy.
Host Jimmy Kimmel inevitably made a few jokes about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during last year’s ceremony, but it wasn’t the main focus of his time on stage.
candidates
Better picture: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere Simultaneously (WINNER), The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking
Actor in a leading role: Austin Butler, Elvis; Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin; Brendan Fraser, The whale (WINNER); Paul Mescal, After the SUN; Bill Nye, Zoe
Actor in a leading role: Cate Blanchett, Tár; Ana de Armas, Blonde; Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie; Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans; Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere Simultaneously (WINNER)
Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin; Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway; Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans; Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin; Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere Simultaneously (WINNER)
Supporting Actor: Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Hong Chow, The whale; Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin; Jamie Lee Curtis Everything Everywhere Simultaneously (WINNER); Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere Simultaneously
Directed by: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin; Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere Simultaneously (WINNER); Stephen Spielberg, The Fablemans; Todd Field, Tar; Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sorrow
Custom script: All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living, Top Gun: Maverick, Women talking (WINNER)
Original script: The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere Simultaneously (WINNER)The Fabelmans, Tár, Triangle of Sadness
Cartoon Feature: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast, Turning Red
Feature Documentary: All that breathes, all beauty and blood, the fire of love, a house of fragments, Navalny (WINNER)
International feature: All quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)Argentina, 1985, Close, EO, The Quiet Girl
Photo: All quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths, Elvis, Empire Of Light, Tár
Clothing: Babylon, Everything Everywhere at Once, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Elvis, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (WINNER)
Film Editing: The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere Simultaneously (WINNER)Tár, Top Gun: Maverick
Make-up and hair: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, The whale (WINNER)
Production plan: All quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)Avatar: The Way Of Water, Babylon, Elvis, The Fabelmans
Original sheet music: All quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)Babylon, The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At With Touch, The Fabelmans
Original Song: Tell It Like A Woman, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, RRR (WINNER)Everything Everywhere Simultaneously
Sound: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)Batman
Visual effects: All quiet on the western front, Avatar: The Way Of Water (WINNER)The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Top Gun: Maverick
Short animations: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (WINNER)The Flying Sailor, Ice Merchants, My Year of Dicks, An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It
Short documentaries: The Elephant Whispers (WINNER)Haulout, How Do You Measure A Year?, The Martha Mitchell Effect, Stranger At The Gate
Live-Action Short: An Irish Farewell (WINNER)Ivalu, Le Pupille, Night Ride, The Red Suitcase
Key background
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show — last year, when Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall hosted, it was the first time since 2018 that the show had official hosts. The program featured performances by a number of Best Original Song nominees, including Rihanna (“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), and Lenny Kravitz will sing during the In Memoriam segment. Last year’s ceremony was overshadowed when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, who joked with Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during an award presentation. Will Smith was banned from attending the ceremony for 10 years. However, the incident is likely to be mentioned at this year’s ceremony. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Cramer said the group has created a “crisis team” to handle surprises at the future event. Usually, Oscar voters ignore blockbusters when it comes to best picture. But this year, three were up for the top prize: Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way Of Water and Elvis.
Further reading
Will Smith Can’t Present Best Actress at Oscars After Chris Rock Slap — And No One Knows Who Will (Forbes)
Most Best Picture Oscar Nominees Are Not Box Office Hits – But Blockbusters Get More Nods Than Usual (Forbes)
2023 Oscar Nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Leads Pack (Forbes)
Oscars Fire Over Host Donnie Yen’s Chinese Communist Party Ties (Forbes)
The Most Politically Outspoken Moments in Oscar History: From Brando to Halle Berry, Sean Penn to Spike Lee (Forbes)
