The 2023 Oscars’ Biggest Moments, Snubs And Surprises
deadline.comMaybe it was the way Brendan Gleeson pointed at Jenny the emotional support donkey, or how Julia Louis-Dreyfus jazzed up what could have been a sleepy introduction to the costume design category by saying how she was donning a dress from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
Either way, the 95th Annual Academy Awards served up plenty of delightful moments for awards show-weary viewers. Here are (more than a few) from Sunday’s telecast on ABC. SURPRISE that no one got overtly political in their speeches.
Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson were right: Oscars definitely aimed for less conservative dings, though host Jimmy Kimmel did a few slip about Tucker Carlson’s edit of the Jan.
6 insurrection and George Santos while Daniel Scheinert said dressing drag was “a threat to nobody” while accepting the prize for directing Everything Everywhere All At Once. GREAT MOMENT when producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner kept it delightfully old school at the top of the show by featuring behind-the-scenes moments from this year’s nominated films, before humorously tossing it to Kimmel riding shotgun with Tom Cruise in a fighter jet.
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