The Oscars were awarded for the 95th time in Los Angeles. Who won? Who cried? And what were the highlights of the night? Get the rundown here in the Academy Awards live blog.
Will the multiverse action Everything Everywhere All at Once really dominate the 2023 Oscars? How many awards will the German entry Im Westen nichts Neues win? Will Michelle Yeoh win or will Cate Blanchett thwart her? And can Brendan Fraser crown his comeback with an Academy Award?
These and many more questions we didn’t dare ask ourselves will be answered tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. That’s when the Academy Awards, the most prestigious prize in the North American film industry, will be presented for the 95th time.
The 2023 Oscars live blog: On the beige carpet
23:30 – Welcome to the live blog, or as In the West Nothing New director Edward Berger puts it on the beige carpet in an interview with Steven Gätjen, “I don’t feel anything. “
A guided tour of the carpet:
What’s it like to walk the carpet at the Oscars? I went through it from beginning to (almost) end pic.twitter.com/jYqRu3D88v
– Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) March 12, 2023
Florence Pugh looks divine… in a gown that only Florence Pugh could look divine in. Oscars pic.twitter.com/TJ4hRsDa45
– Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 12, 2023
23:40 – Great cinema: Steven gives Sunnyi Melles from Triangle of Sadness a flip book of her iconic puking scene. — “I’m about to grab Florence Pugh,” Steven declares, and I’m scared for both of them now.
23:50 – Steven and his star singer Grae Drake talk about rugs, then Steven talks about rugs alone while the camera focuses on the champagne rug and I’ve never felt so much like tackling a vacuuming marathon at an Oscars ceremony.