Oscar ceremony 2023: The winners at a glance

Luca Fontana

13.3.2023

Translation: machine translated

Once again, "And the Oscar goes to..." echoed through the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A total of 23 times, to be precise: that's how many Oscars were awarded. A brief look at the highlights, winners and losers.

It was an old-fashioned 2023 Oscars ceremony that took place last night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles: A few singing numbers here. A few emotional moments there. And above all: no scandals. Except perhaps this Hugh Grant interview, which the 62-year-old British acting star was obviously absolutely not in the mood for.

But first things first. Who were the big winners this year - and who were the big losers?

The big winners

With 11 nominations, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" was the favourite at the 95th Academy Awards - and rightly so. The science fiction adventure, which understood the concept of the "multiverse" better than Marvel, won a total of seven golden statuettes. Including the most important of all Oscars: "Best Film".

Also honoured for "EEAAO" were Michelle Yeoh as Best Actress, Jamie Lee Curtis as Best Supporting Actress, Ke Huy Quan as Best Supporting Actor and Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert as Best Directors. There was also an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Hollywood's favourite, Ke Huy Quan, was once again particularly heart-warming. He became famous as a child actor in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "The Goonies". Then nothing was heard of him for a long time until he got another chance in Hollywood 30 years later - with "EEAAO". Since then, he has moved everyone to tears with his emotional acceptance speeches. His performance yesterday was no less emotional: "My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp. And somehow, I ended up here, on Hollywood's biggest stage."

Also "right in the feels" were the acceptance speeches by Michelle Yeoh ("Ladies, don't let anyone tell you you are ever past your prime!") and Brendan Fraser, who was honoured with the Oscar for "Best Actor" for his impressive acting performance in "The Whale".

Other winners of the evening included the German film "Im Westen nichts Neues". The Netflix production was honoured as best international film and also won in the categories "Best Production Design" and "Best Film Music". Important for animation fans was the now best animated film "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" and the best animated short film "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse". There were technical awards for "Avatar: The Way of Water" in the category "Best Visual Effects", for "Top Gun: Maverick" in the "Best Sound" category and for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" in the "Best Costume Design" category.

Apropos: If you want to know where you can watch the Oscar films, then take a look at the following article.

The big losers - and the Golden Raspberry

Where there are winners, there are also losers. Accordingly, films such as the nine-time nominated tragicomedy "The Banshees of Inisherin", the female conductor drama "Tár", Steven Spielberg's autobiographical drama "The Fabelmans" and Baz Luhrmann's biopic "Elvis" came away empty-handed. For the latter, it was even really big: the Golden Raspberry, the antithesis to the Oscars, was awarded the evening before. "Elvis" supporting actor Tom Hanks won in two categories: "Worst Supporting Actor" and "Worst Screen Couple" - namely for Hanks' lousy interaction with his latex mask in the film.

Colin Farrell, who was overlooked at the Oscars as the lead actor in "The Banshees of Inisherin", can look forward to perhaps the only honourable Golden Raspberry: the "Redeemer" Raspberry. This is awarded to all those who once won a Raspberry for Worst Actress or Actor but have now redeemed themselves with a really good performance; according to the jury, Farrell's performance in "Banshees" makes up for his 2005 Golden Raspberry for "Alexander".

Have you been following Oscar night? Did "Everything Everywhere All at Once" rightly win? What were your highlights? Let us know in the comments. <p

Luca Fontana

Senior Editor

Luca.Fontana@digitecgalaxus.ch

I'm an outdoorsy guy and enjoy sports that push me to the limit – now that’s what I call comfort zone! But I'm also about curling up in an armchair with books about ugly intrigue and sinister kingkillers. Being an avid cinema-goer, I’ve been known to rave about film scores for hours on end. I’ve always wanted to say: «I am Groot.» more

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