Angela Bassett offered nothing but support to Austin Butler during the Oscars on Sunday night.
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went down largely as expected. However, there were some tight acting races that turned out differently from what many pundits assumed and some shocking slights in the less-glamorous categories. Here are the biggest snubs and surprises from the 95th Academy Awards.Austin Butler, who played the King, versus Brendan Fraser in “The Whale” for Best Actor was always a neck-and-neck fight. Even after Fraser was victorious at the SAG Awards, many thought Butler would still nudge him out at the Academy Awards.
He didn’t. Few, however, expected Baz Luhrmann’s popular biopic to be such a huge loser overall.
It was defeated in all eight categories it was nominated in, including Best Hair and Makeup Styling where it was favored to win.Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” went home empty-handed, too, but that result was less bruising as the front-runner had been sliding for weeks.Angela Bassett was riding high for her acclaimed performance in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” after winning the Golden Globe Award for Supporting Actress and beating competitor Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”). But Curtis swung back at the SAGs a week ago, and managed her first Oscar Sunday night.
Angela Bassett offered nothing but support to Austin Butler during the Oscars on Sunday night.
95th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night — and now a touching video of the two holding hands has gone viral.Bassett was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which she lost to Jamie Lee Curtis, 64, for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”Meanwhile, Butler was nominated for Best Actor for his role as Elvis Presley in the Baz Luhrmann biopic.The “Elvis” star lost to Brendan Fraser (“The Whale“) in what was widely considered to be a neck-and-neck race, with the two plus Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin“) considered to be front-runners.Angela Bassett holding Austin Butler’s hand while he’s nervous…is exactly the kind of woman I imagined she was
Brendan Fraser has won the best-actor Oscar for “The Whale,” a transformative role in which he revived a career that was once so bright.
Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor History was made at this year’s Academy Awards, thanks to historic wins for Asian actors Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, along with costume designer Ruth E. Carter becoming the first Black woman to win two Oscars and best original song winner “Naatu Naatu” marking the first victory in the category for an Indian film. As expected, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated with five wins, with “All Quiet on the Western Front” right behind it with four. In the meantime, acclaimed best picture nominees including “Elvis,” “The Fabelmans,” “Banshees of Inisherin” and “Tar” went home empty-handed despite 30 nominations between them. Here, Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 95th Annual Academy Awards.
2023 Oscars on Sunday.Will Smith didn’t return to violently clobber Chris Rock. He couldn’t.
Brendan Fraser came out on top to take home the highest acting honor at the 2023 Oscars!
Not all of the moments that happened at the Oscars were aired on television, but thankfully we have tons of photos of what happened backstage and in the audience during commercials breaks.
Talk about awkward. Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens attended the Oscars 2023 three years after their breakup, but seemed to avoid each other on the red carpet.
awards season with the 2023 Oscars. The 95th annual Academy Awards will be handed out live at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, during a ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Going into the ceremony, led the pack with 11 nominations total, including nods for Best Picture and Best Director, while its stars -- Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu — all competed in the acting categories. The four co-stars are among the acting categories' record 16 first-time Oscar nominees, which also included Ana de Armas (), Austin Butler (), Colin Farrell (), Hong Chau () and Paul Mescal ().
Steve Pond‘s final analysis of the race, the year’s seemingly unstoppable breakout hit probably won’t sweep Sunday’s ceremony, taking all 11 of its nominations, but it will definitely win a lot. And despite the film’s momentum, there are still plenty of big potential surprises in store, namely in three of the four acting races.
It’s going to be an emotional night for Austin Butler.
Hollywood is descending on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the 95th Academy Awards.
Best Picture “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Malte Grunert, producer “Avatar: The Way of Water” — James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
Colin Farrell is hitting the red carpet with his son!
Jessica Chastain singlehandedly makes a case for red and green being a perfect combination outside the holidays while posing on the red carpet at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday (March 12).
Paul Mescal is hitting the champagne-colored carpet.
Brendan Fraser has arrived on the champagne carpet!
Hong Chau is a vision in a sleek pink dress on the red carpet at the 2023 Oscars.
Oscars are here, and the red carpet is underway. Er, make that the champagne carpet. Indeed, the Academy mixed things up this year and eschewed the traditional red tones for a champagne-colored carpet, but one thing remains the same: the nominees are looking terrific.If you’re wondering how to watch the Oscars red carpet, you can see all the goings-on in the livestream video embedded above.
The 2023 Academy Awards ceremony is happening tonight!