The 2023 Oscars hit almost all the right notes, with Jimmy Kimmel doing a terrific job of hosting, starting with a monologue that acknowledged last year’s slap heard around the world. Kimmel used his opening bit to point out there are 16 first-time acting nominees, including two from Encino Man – Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan.
Kimmel poked fun at Babylon for being a bust at the box office and noted Batgirl is the first superhero to be defeated by an accounting department. He also confirmed James Cameron declined his invitation, joking that you know a show is too long when even Cameron can’t sit through it.
“Some of the critics are saying Jim Cameron isn’t here because he didn’t get a ‘Best Director’ nomination. And, well, I find that very hard to believe about a man of such deep humility. He does have a point. I mean, how does the Academy not nominate the guy who directed Avatar? What do they think he is, a woman?” joked Kimmel.
But back to the slap. Kimmel claimed there are now strict policies in place to stop another incident. “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.”
Kimmel continued: “But, seriously, the Academy has a crisis team in place. If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year. Nothing. Sit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug.”
The 2023 Oscars returned to the usual format and gave out Oscars in all 23 categories during the live show. Everything Everywhere All at Once went into Hollywood’s big night with 11 nominations and went home with seven wins including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay.
Michelle Yeoh made Oscars history with her win, becoming the first performer who identifies as Asian to win in the Best Actress category. Ruth E. Carter’s win in Best Achievement in Costume Design makes her the first Black woman to win two Oscars in the Academy Awards’ 95-year history.
Other tidbits: The Banshees of Inisherin went home empty-handed, but Jenny the donkey made it onto the Oscar stage. Lady Gaga decided at the last minute to perform “Hold My Hand.” And although Kimmel joked about it in the show’s opening monologue, Encino Man can now boast that it stars two Oscar winners.
The Oscars took place on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
2023 Oscars – The Nominees and Winners:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Austin Butler in “Elvis”
• Colin Farrell in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• WINNER: Brendan Fraser in “The Whale”
• Paul Mescal in “Aftersun”
• Bill Nighy in “Living”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Brendan Gleeson in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Brian Tyree Henry in “Causeway”
• Judd Hirsch in “The Fabelmans”
• Barry Keoghan in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• WINNER: Ke Huy Quan in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Cate Blanchett in “Tár”
• Ana de Armas in “Blonde”
• Andrea Riseborough in “To Leslie”
• Michelle Williams in “The Fabelmans”
• WINNER: Michelle Yeoh in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Angela Bassett in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• Hong Chau in “The Whale”
• Kerry Condon in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• WINNER: Jamie Lee Curtis in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Stephanie Hsu in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best animated feature film of the year
• WINNER: “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
Achievement in cinematography
• WINNER: “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
Achievement in costume design
• “Babylon” Mary Zophres
• WINNER: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Ruth Carter
• “Elvis” Catherine Martin
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Shirley Kurata
• “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” Jenny Beavan
Achievement in directing
• “The Banshees of Inisherin” Martin McDonagh
• WINNER: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• “The Fabelmans” Steven Spielberg
• “Tár” Todd Field
• “Triangle of Sadness” Ruben Östlund
Best documentary feature
• “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
• WINNER: “Navalny” Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Best documentary short subject
• WINNER: “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
Achievement in film editing
• “The Banshees of Inisherin” Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
• “Elvis” Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
• WINNER: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Paul Rogers
• “Tár” Monika Willi
• “Top Gun: Maverick” Eddie Hamilton
Best international feature film of the year
• WINNER: “All Quiet on the Western Front” Germany
• “Argentina, 1985” Argentina
• “Close” Belgium
• “EO” Poland
• “The Quiet Girl” Ireland
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
• “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
• WINNER: “The Whale” Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
• WINNER: “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
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
• “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
• WINNER: “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”
Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
• “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
Best motion picture of the year
• “All Quiet on the Western Front” Malte Grunert, Producer
• “Avatar: The Way of Water” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Banshees of Inisherin” Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
• “Elvis” Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
• WINNER: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
• “The Fabelmans” Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
• “Tá”r 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
Achievement in production design
• WINNER: “All Quiet on the Western Front” Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
• “Avatar: The Way of Water” Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
• “Babylon” Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
• “Elvis” Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
• “The Fabelmans” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Best animated short film
• WINNER: “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 live action short film
• WINNER: “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
Achievement in sound
• “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
• WINNER: “Top Gun: Maverick” Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Achievement in visual effects
• “All Quiet on the Western Front” Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
• WINNER: “Avatar: The Way of Water” Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
• “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
Adapted screenplay
• “All Quiet on the Western Front” Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
• “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Written by Rian Johnson
• “Living” Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
• “Top Gun: Maverick” Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
• WINNER: “Women Talking” Screenplay by Sarah Polley
Original screenplay
• “The Banshees of Inisherin” Written by Martin McDonagh
• WINNER: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
• “The Fabelmans” Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
• “Tár” Written by Todd Field
• “Triangle of Sadness” Written by Ruben Östlund
And for those who really want to know who presented specific awards, here they are in order of appearance:
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt – Animated Film
Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose – Supporting Actor and Actress
Riz Ahmed and Questlove – Documentary, Live Action Short Film,
Michael B Jordan and Jonathan Majors – Cinematography
Jennifer Connelly and Samuel L Jackson – Makeup and Hairstyling
Paul Dano and Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Costume Design
Salma Hayek Pinault and Antonio Banderas – International Feature Film
Elizabeth Olsen and Pedro Pascal – Documentary Short Film, Animated Short Film
Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell – Production Designer
John Cho and Mindy Kaling – Original Score
Elizabeth Banks and Cocaine Bear – Visual Effects
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield – Original and Adapted Screenplays
Janelle Monae and Kate Hudson – Sound and Original Song
Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana – Editing
Idris Elba and Nicole Kidman – Director
Jessica Chastain and Halle Berry – Actor and Actress
Harrison Ford – Best Picture
