There will be a huge elephant in the room at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12. This will be the first time Will Smith rushed on stage and slapped Chris Rock after he joked about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, leading to him resigning from the Academy and being banned from the awards show for 10 years. This will be the first Academy Awards ceremony since then. In his absence, the Academy is recruiting some serious star power, including stunning performers and A-list Oscar winners.
"All In" leads this year's Oscar nominations with 11 nominations, including best picture, best director and best actress for Michelle Yeoh. The Banshee of Inisherin "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" each received nine nominations, including a nomination for best picture. Michelle Yeoh will star alongside Cate Blanchett in "TÁR" , Michelle Williams in "The Febelmans" , Ana de Armas in "Blonde" and Andrea Rei It pitted Spurrog, whose surprise nomination for "For Leslie" led to an Academy investigation into the film's campaign strategy.
Here's everything you need to know about the 2023 Academy Awards.
Who will perform at the 2023 Oscars?
The 2023 Academy Awards will air live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 12 at 8pm ET/5pm PT. On February 23, ABC announced that Rihanna would make her first appearance at the 2023 Academy Awards, following her performance at the 2023 Academy Awards. During the Super Bowl halftime show, she announced she was pregnant with her second child. The nine-time Grammy winner will perform "Lift Me Up," from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ," which was nominated for Best Original Song, her first nomination.
On February 24, it was announced that Sofia Carson would also make her Oscar debut, singing "Applause" from " Tell Like a Woman," accompanied by songwriter Diane Warren, who won her first Oscar. Nominated for 14 Oscars for Best Original Song. It will also mark Warren's first time performing at the Academy Awards, after she accompanied Laura Pausini in a performance of her Oscar-nominated number from " The Life Ahead" during the 2021 pre-Oscars telecast. "Io sì (Seen)".
On February 27, the Academy announced that Best Supporting Actress nominee Stephanie Tsui will join Best Original Song nominees David Byrne and Son Lux to sing "This Is" from their nominated song " Everywhere All At Once" A Life". Hsu will succeed singer-songwriter Mitski, who is nominated for co-writing music with Bryne and Son Lux singer Ryan Lott.
The next day, it was announced that "Naatu Naatu" from RRR , nominated for Best Original Song, would be sung by singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava at the ceremony, beating out Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift to win the Golden Globe. On March 6, Billboard announced that Lenny Kravitz would be this year's In Memoriam performer. Another potential Oscar performer is Lady Gaga, who is nominated for best original song for "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick ," but as of March 6, she has not yet been cast.
Who is hosting the 2023 Oscars?
Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2023 Oscars, marking his third time hosting the show, alongside Jerry Lewis, Steve Martin, Conrad Nagel and David Nigel Wen Yiyi served as the host three times. The late-night host hosted the show in 2017 when "La La Land" was mistakenly announced as best picture instead of the actual winner, "Moonlight," and Kimmel had to live through the debacle in order to Ending the show, it makes him a safe choice to helm the first Academy Awards since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage.
Who will attend the 2023 Oscars?
- Riz Ahmed
- Halle Bailey
- Antonio Banderas
- Elizabeth Banks
- halle berry
- Emily Blunt
- Jessica Chastain
- John Cho
- Glenn Close
- Jennifer Connelly
- Paul Dano
- Ariana DeBose
- cara delevingne
- Harrison Ford
- Andrew Garfield
- Hugh Grant
- Danai Gurira
- Salma Hayek Pinault
- Kate Hudson
- samuel jackson
- Dwayne Johnson
- Michael B. Jordan
- Mindy Kaling
- Nicole Kidman
- Troy Kosur
- Eva Longoria
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Jonathan Majors
- Melissa McCarthy
- Andie MacDowell
- Janelle Monáe
- Elizabeth Olson
- Deepika Padukone
- Pedro Pascal
- Florence Pugh
- Questlove
- Zoe Saldana
- john travolta
- Sigourney Weaver
- Donnie Yen
Normally, Oscar tradition calls for last year's Best Supporting Actor winner Cort Soule to present the Best Supporting Actress award, and vice versa, for 2022 Best Supporting Actress winner DeBose to present the award. However, given the recent virality of DeBose after she sang "Angela Bassett Did That" at the 2023 BAFTA, it's a no-brainer for the producers to shake up tradition and Giving her the Best Supporting Actress spot was a smart move since Bassett was nominated and widely predicted to win this year. If DeBose had announced her victory by yelling "Angela Bassett did it," she would have won the night.
This article will be updated as more details become available.
