The best moments from the 2023 Oscars
The producers of the 95th Academy Awards have promised a show that will pull audiences in and keep them entertained for the duration.
Actor Will Smith's slap of host Chris Rock dominated headlines after last year's show and a crisis team is in place for any unexpected twists, but the showrunners aimed to move forward with new material at this year's ceremony.
Here are the moments everyone is talking about from the 2023 Oscars. (All updates in ET).
11:35 p.m.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards.
The film was nominated for 11 Oscars and took home seven awards.
Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress, Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress, Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor and Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan won Best Director.
The film also won awards for Best Original Screenplay and Film Editing.
Taking home the top prize at the Oscars caps a night of nominations and wins for the cast and crew of the sci-fi action adventure film. The film centers around Evelyn, an exhausted middle-aged Chinese American woman who is attempting to finish her taxes when she is pulled into a madcap sci-fi conflict with nothing less than the fate of the multiverse at stake.
Harrison Ford presented the Oscar for Best Picture solo after Glenn Close had to drop out because of a COVID-19 diagnosis. Ford previously presented the top award in 1999 to “Shakespeare in Love.”
11:30 p.m.
Michelle Yeoh won the 2023 Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
She was the first Asian American awarded in this category.
After decades first as a star in Hong Kong cinema and then more mainstream hits like “Tomorrow Never Dies” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” the Malayasian-born Yeoh has grown into a movie queen. She’s had integral roles in what have been the first large U.S. studio movies in years with Asian-led casts — Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” and “Crazy Rich Asians.”
Yeoh, 60, was also recognized by the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild and Film Independent Spirit Award for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
11:20 p.m.
Brendan Fraser won the 2023 Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in “The Whale.”
The film, an adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play, shows a different side of Fraser as an actor than the affable action/comedy roles that made him beloved and famous in the 1990s.
11:10 p.m.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert have won the 2023 Oscar for Best Director for their film “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
The Daniels also picked up a best original screenplay Oscar. The movie has also picked up wins in editing, supporting actor and supporting actress.
In accepting the directing award, Kwan subverted the Asian dad trope by telling his son that winning an Oscar is not normal — and he won’t have to live up to this.
Scheinert used his speech to underscore that drag should not be under attack, as it has been from conservative activists.
“We want to dedicate this to the mommies, all the mommies of the world, to our moms, specifically to my mom and dad, Ken and Becky, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid — which is a threat to nobody,” Scheinert said.
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11:05 p.m.
Paul Rogers won the 2023 Oscar for Best Film Editing for “Everything Everywhere All at Once."
During his acceptance speech, Rogers said it was his second movie editing job before thanking his wife, mother and the cast and crew of the movie.
11 p.m.
John Travolta choked up while introducing the In Memoriam segment, which was soundtracked by Lenny Kravitz's live performance.
Without saying any specific names, he spoke of those “who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to,” Travolta said in a clear reference to his “Grease” co-star Olivia Newton-John. She died last August and was the first name shown.
With perennial complaints about the segment excluding some figures, a website was flashed at the end, encouraging people to check out legends lost. Among the many who were remembered during the telecast: Irene Cara, Ray Liotta, Nichelle Nichols, Angela Lansbury, Louise Fletcher, Burt Bacharach, Mary Alice, Gina Lollobrigida, James Caan and Raquel Welch. Among those who were not: the recently deceased actors Tom Sizemore and Robert Blake.
10:55 p.m.
“RRR” won the 2023 Oscar for Best Original Song for the song “Naatu Naatu."
The song from the Telugu-language film was performed by playback singers Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj and a phalanx of dancers earlier in the night.
“RRR has to win, pride of every Indian ... and has put me at the top of the world,” M.M. Keeravani sang to the tune of The Carpenters' “Top of the World” while accepting the award alongside Chandrabose.
10:50 p.m.
“Top Gun: Maverick” won the 2023 Oscar for Best Sound.
10:40 p.m.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
While Scheinert thanked his teachers in his acceptance speech, Kwan took time to thank his mother and their fellow nominees.
Sarah Polley won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Women Talking."
“First of all, I just want to thank the academy for not being mortally offended by the words ‘Women’ and ‘Talking’ put so close together like that,” Polley said in her acceptance speech. “Cheers.”
10:30 p.m.
At the end of Rihanna's performance of “Lift Me Up,” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” A$AP Rocky could be seen with a champagne toast. The couple has one son and another child on the way — iconically revealed in the wake of Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show last month.
10:25 p.m.
On her way on stage to present the Oscar for Visual Effects, actress and director Elizabeth Banks nearly tripped on her gown, but caught herself before arriving to the microphone.
When she finally announced the nominees, someone in a bear suit stood next to her, a reference to "Cocaine Bear," a film she directed that recently hit theaters. The bear made hand signals that Banks translated for the audience.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” won the 2023 Oscar for Visual Effects.
10:10 p.m.
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” scored by Volker Bertelmann, won the 2023 Oscar for Best Original Score. The film also won the Oscar for Best Production Design.
10 p.m.
Lady Gaga changed out of her elegant black Versace runway gown and opted for black ripped jeans and a black T-shirt for her performance of the Oscar-nominated song "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick."
The singer and actress showed up on the red carpet following reports that she would be unable to attend due to her filming schedule for the "Joker" sequel.
9:35 p.m.
Jenny, who played the donkey in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” graced the Oscars stage wearing a bedazzled emotional support animal vest.
“Not only is Jenny an actor, she’s a certified emotional support donkey,” host Jimmy Kimmel said. “At least that’s what we told the airline to get her on the plane from Ireland.”
As Kimmel pointed out her co-stars seated in the audience, Colin Farrell blew her a kiss.
Farrell thanked Jenny when he won a Golden Globe earlier this year.
9:30 p.m.
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” won the 2023 Oscar for Best Costume Design.
9:15 p.m.
“The Whale” won the 2023 Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
9:55 p.m.
“The Elephant Whisperers” won the 2023 Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. Shortly after, “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” won the 2023 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
9:50 p.m.
Bollywood superstar Deepika Padukone — who got her start in South Indian cinema with a Kannada-language film — introduced the performance of best original song nominee “Naatu Naatu,” from the Telegu-language “RRR.”
The high-energy performance, featuring playback singers Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj and a squadron of dancers, was still relatively tame — there was no dancing in the aisles like there's been at screenings in Hollywood.
9:40 p.m.
“All Quiet on the Western Front” won the 2023 Oscar for Best International Feature Film. Earlier in the ceremony, James Friend, who shot the movie, won the 2023 Oscar for Best Cinematography.
9:20 p.m.
Jenny, who played the donkey in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” graced the Oscars stage wearing a bedazzled emotional support animal vest.
“Not only is Jenny an actor, she’s a certified emotional support donkey,” host Jimmy Kimmel said. “At least that’s what we told the airline to get her on the plane from Ireland.”
As Kimmel pointed out her co-stars seated in the audience, Colin Farrell blew her a kiss.
Farrell thanked Jenny when he won a Golden Globe earlier this year.
8:55 p.m.
Melissa McCarthy and Halle Bailey took the Oscars stage to introduce a brand new trailer for Disney's newest live-action version of "The Little Mermaid."
In the trailer, audiences get a fuller glimpse of McCarthy as Ursula and Bailey as Ariel, along with Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric and Javier Bardem as King Triton.
"The Little Mermaid," which is directed by Rob Marshall, will hit theaters on May 26.
8:50 p.m.
“Navalny” won the 2023 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film.
"My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison just for defending democracy," Yulia Navalnaya said. “Alexei, I am dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free. Stay strong, my love.”
The documentary “Navalny ” follows the Russian opposition leader and his poisoning. Navalny is now in solitary confinement in prison in Russia.
8:45 p.m.
Here’s an Oscar song that wasn’t planned: “Happy birthday” was performed, on stage and by many in the audience, for “An Irish Goodbye” star James Martin after its win for Best Live Action Short Film. The actor turned 31 on Sunday.
Martin has Down syndrome, and his story — from Starbucks barista to the Oscar stage — has captured the imagination of many in recent weeks.
8:35 p.m.
Jamie Lee Curtis won the 2023 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
“My mother and father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories — I just won an Oscar," Jamie Lee Curtis said, crying. Her parents were actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
8:30 p.m.
Ke Huy Quan won the 2023 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Ke Huy Quan tends to get emotional any time he contemplates his sudden reversal of fate. Ever since “Everything Everywhere All at Once” opened in theaters earlier this year, 51-year-old Quan — who a lifetime ago was the iconic child star of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” as Short Round and Data in “Goonies” — has been, he says, “overwhelmed by emotions every day.”
After being one of the most recognizable faces of the 80s, Quan, disheartened by a lack of roles and opportunities, decided to quit in his 20s. At 49, he gave it one last shot and two weeks later booked “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
“For the longest time, all I wanted was just a job,” Quan said. “Just an opportunity to act, to show people what I can do. This movie, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ has given me so much beyond anything I could have ever asked for.”
“There are so many people out there who doubt themselves, who have dreams they’ve given up or didn’t think would ever come true,” Quan added. “To those people, I hope my story inspires them.”
8:20 p.m.
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio” has won the 2023 Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
8:15 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel opened the 95th Academy Awards with lighthearted jokes directed at several nominees after pretending to parachute onto the stage.
In an opening skit, Kimmel seemingly sits behind Tom Cruise in a "Top Gun" fighter jet, pulls off a helmet with the call sign "Meatball" and then appeared on stage shortly after being advised to eject from the plane.
Kimmel told jokes about "Top Gun: Maverick," Steven Spielberg and addressed the 2022 incident where Will Smith slapped Oscars host Chris Rock.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.