It won’t fall because of the most exciting Oscars on record – no slap or Envelope mix After all – but for this year’s Academy Awards, it ended unexpectedly cacophonous awards season With a smooth, disaster-free ritual is arguably the best of all possible outcomes in less than four hours.
The biggest winner of the night, Anorareceived five nominations in six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Mikey Madison (sorry, Demi!). this Barbarians Also stretched for several wins, including the actor slash –chewing gum Adrien Brody Although there are several more public political films, such as the Palestine-Israel documentary Land without people and anti-authoritarian Brazilian movies I’m still herepick up some trophys.
Overall, the atmosphere is significantly optimistic – a series of solid comedies beat politics, with the appearances of Adam Sandler, Bowen Young, Ben Stiller, Amy Poller and June Squibb being fun. In the Dolby Theatre, the atmosphere is chilly, the music is good, most of the speeches are short (no thanks to Brody), and most of the matter? We were not trapped until after midnight. Can we do this every year?
Nevertheless, as always, not everyone stayed overnight unscathed, and some attendees came home happier than others. Check out our winners and losers below!
Winner: Conan O’Brien keeps up with something weird
From his slightly tiny entrance from Demi Moore’s back to his routine of cheeky songs and dances, they promised not to keep the TV broadcast for too long, Conan O’Brien played the most unpleasant gig in the performance business this year and played a little weirder than you think. We are grateful alone.
During his monologue, O’Brien roasted himself for not doing enough work, Karla Sofía Gascón For many of her offensive tweets, Timothée Chalamet Because of his baby face. He also gave anyone who had been too long for the admissions speech to John Lithgow, plus another long fluffy dog, along with a warlike Adam Sandler, a disappointing face to anyone who took too long. (Sandler is reluctant to wear pants because he is too good to care about his clothes, he boasts.)
Making the Oscars fun is a feat, but at the end of his monologue, O’Brien Los Angeles opens fire. He admits that after so much destruction, the awards of wealthy celebrities will feel superficial, but the Oscars also provide an incredible platform for less-known downline talents. Are these awards also instilling nominees in the technical category with the kind of compliments they usually save for actors? Well, that’s the icing on the cake. – Constance Grady
Losers: Karla Sofía Gascón and bad PR
Early in the awards season, inter-actress Karla Sofía Gascón Emilia Pérez. But things Fast spiral This movie: Audience criticism Return and unreal storytelling storylines, but Gasćon caught negative attention for covering her candidate Fernanda Torres – and then the real mines exploded: Twitter users dug up old tweets from Gascón.
It turns out that Gascón Contemplation in public Hitler “just had an objection to the Jews.” Although Gascon quickly apologized to her and deleted her Twitter account, the scandal prompted many onlookers to wonder why people have such a view on this on Earth, especially among all the flaws of the script, a breakthrough trans character. exist Very At least, the question of why no one deleted her tweet before the awards It should bother Hollywood PR employees In the next few years.
this Emilia Pérez The production was out of reach with Gascón and worked hard to support its other nominated actress Zoe Saldaña, who won the best supporting actress. (Saldaña did not mention Gasćon in her acceptance speech, although she did thank the cast). At the ceremony, the Academy Awards also seemed eager to keep a distance from Vaschi. Some preview clips of the movie hardly quote her, though Emilia Perez As a nomination for the best film in the musical “Oscars”, the actors did not have it on the stage. Eventually, the film initially led by 13 nominations, with only 2 wins, while Gasćon returned empty-handed. – Aja Romano
Winner: Non-Emilia Pérez Musical numbers
It seems to be both a blessing and a curse when it was announced that this year’s Oscars will not include performances for the best original song nominations. This music show has long been a key part of the ceremony, interrupting the awards and keeping the audience excited. However, this year’s nomination list includes Emilia Pérezthere are songs Excessive ridicule Online. Still, a number “El Mal” took the best original song. However, that’s what the Academy seems to want to give the music of the film at the ceremony, which is ultimately a good choice.
evil Stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande open to celebrate the film’s legacy The Wizard of Oz Pay tribute to Los Angeles after a catastrophic wildfire last January. Grande performs “Somewhere in the Rainbow” The Wizard of Ozand Cynthia Erivo from Wizending with her shocking “Dravening Gravity” improvisation. Then there is a pleasant random James Bond tribute (perhaps eulogy, given its The latest Amazon acquisition?) features pop stars Lisa, Doja Cat and Raye, with a slightly shaken, but interesting “Skyfall”, “Diamonds are Forever”, and “Living and Let Death”. Finally, Queen Latifah pays tribute to Quincy Jones, performing his work “Easy and Easy” Wiz.
The Oscars seem to have taken notes from the Grammys and put as many divas as possible on the stage. It was a welcome distraction in the ritual of the boring nominee definition. – Kyndall Cunningham
Winner: Starting at 7 p.m. Eastern
Hollywood’s largest nighttime™ is almost the second year, and it is actually late afternoon – the ceremony begins at 4 p.m. in the Pacific. Do you know? OK! For the Academy Observer on the East Coast, the show means getting closer to midnight. It’s a school night – not everyone can stay up late.
Starting from an hour, it also makes the viewing experience more enjoyable. Time buffering makes everything less stress (especially when you’re taking a speech for a long time), because there’s basically an hour left. Host Conan O’Brien even has a whole music number/a promise him”No waste of time.transparent
Praise ABC and Sunday’s show ended before the age of 11! – Alex Abad-Santos
Loser: Actors talk about their private business in public
Blame it on the shift of the atmosphere, blame it on the fire in Los Angeles shaking Hollywood, blame it on who knows what, but frankly, a lot of The private business in Hollywood takes place in front of the camera on the biggest night of the movie. Kiernan Culkin accepted Oscar, the actor who best supported Oscar, who told a long and recognized funny story about his wife’s punch, who only agreed to win Emmy and Oscars, and she only agreed to have a third and fourth child because she thought he had ever done so. Meanwhile, Andrew Garfield attempts to make her a recently-dead mother’s favorite actor by telling her about the impromptu performance, which they were supposed to have awarded awards in two animation categories, making her an impressive Goldie Hawn.
Not necessarily bad, but traditionally, things you have to take care of when you don’t have a live stream. Hollywood decides to remove the boundaries tonight. – Constance Grady
The winner of the Best Documentary – the result of cooperation between Israel and Palestinian militants – is a frustrating thing, even if it’s just because of it Lack of US distributors It hurts in some of the Oscars’ predictions, including Producer and Directors Association Awards. The creator of the film is also its theme: Palestinian displaced activist Basel Adra navigates the destruction of Gaza, while his friend and creative partner Yuval Abraham is an Israeli journalist living in relative security and stability.
Although the Oscars gave largely political speeches (no one mentioned President Donald Trump’s name), the directors succeeded in delivering unusually straightforward speeches. “We call on the world to take serious action to stop injustice and to stop ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people,” Adra said in an uncompromising speech. “We meet with each other, the destruction of Gaza and its people must end, and the Israeli hostages were cruelly released in the crime of October 7 and must be released,” then pointed directly at the US foreign policy that blocked the path to peace. – Meredith Haggerty
Loser: The remodeled “fab Five” demonstration
one of the The most popular The repetitive features at the Oscars are “Fab Five” format In the Performance category. Important points: Five former winners in each category – Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress – were brought to the stage to express and praise the nominee and announce the winner. It is a touching feeling of respecting the history and importance of the award.
Fab5 Should be used Again this year, but probably due to the tricky optics of introducing the best actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón and controversy surrounding his Islamophobia and anti-black tweets, The format is faded. Instead, Oscar merged. Last year’s three winners – Robert Downey Jr. Meanwhile, Emma Stone, who played Best Actress, more or less introduced the category and didn’t say anything specific about the nominated actresses, including Demi Moore, Fernanda Torres, Cynthia Erivo and winner Mikey Madison.
The result is a little less and more embarrassing. Downey Jr. Gascon explosion affected the atmosphere during this year’s show. – Alex Abad-Santos
