#stephanie hsu you are an oscar winner TO ME

[seizethedeansofproduction]

Everything everywhere all at once winning best picture and all the other awards makes me very emotional. From a representational standpoint yes. But I guess also from a filmmaker standpoint.

(I KNOW THIS IS LONG BUT IF YOU COULD READ THIS, THAT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD)

I’ve been making films for 10 or so years and for many years never saw much outward success. I would put my all into a project, down to hand making the sets, costumes, editing it myself (etc), but when I would submit to festivals for kid filmmakers, I would be left heartbroken sitting in the theater knowing that my film wasn’t good enough. That is had been too weird, not shot on a good enough quality camera, and that it simply wasn’t the “type of film” that could win awards.

Then enter this film. It marched to the beat of its own drum, it told a story that was authentic and sincere, it told a story about a Chinese immigrant and her family (A STORY WHICH RARELY GETS TOLD TO A MASS AUDIENCE IN MAINSTREAM HOLLYWOOD), it told a story about a queer woman struggling with family issues and depression and suicide, it gave no fucks, it gave them all. It was goofy. It was chaotic. It was heart wrenching. It was everything.

I’m a filmmaker, but I’m also sometimes a cynic. At times I am worried about the future of creative fields I hope to enter given AI threatening real artists, the increasing difficulty to break into Hollywood with no connections, and of course a litany of reboots, sequels, and franchises (not to say that this is bad, but there’s a tiny part of me that fears that this is all it will end up being. At least in terms of studio funding). I worry that while I may make films now, there may not be a place for me one day.

Seeing this film changed that. EEAAO was so boldly itself that it relit my creative spark to make work that would do the same.

And of course the awards. 

If you had told me a couple years ago that a film about rocks and hotdog fingers would win best picture, I would have been confused then probably laughed. Even as the award season beast was beginning to awaken from it’s year long slumber, I remained skeptical that this film would get awards, much less hundreds of them. Yet it destroyed the competition and with every win and every speech, my heart got a bit more full and damn it, I believed that maybe there was a chance this film could take the title.

Last Sunday, I wasn’t able to watch the oscars. I had just gotten over being sick and needed the sleep. The next morning I woke up and by some stroke of fate the people on the radio were talking about the Oscars, I held my breath, and I heard it. Best Picture Winner Everything Everywhere All At Once. I later watched the acceptance speeches that day and wept. This meant the world to me now but also to the me years ago who sat in those theaters with a broken heart thinking that their movies weren't good enough.

Now of course you can still be a cynic (or a realist who knows?) and assume that this changes nothing. No needle was moved. And next year the films getting awarded and produced with tons of eyes on them will be the next Green Book or whatever. But if this movie’s taught me anything, its that feeling optimism is ok.

And yeah given all it's wins, people are probably now gonna rag about it and say it's overrated. They can have their opinions, but I don't care. Like what you want to like, life's too short.

I’m gonna keep on making movies, the kind of movies I want to make not what I try to make to win awards or impress other people. I’m gonna try to be a kinder person. I’m going try to keep on telling stories of queer people, of found families, of hope, of comedy, and of whatever else I can think of. I’m gonna hope that people continue to create just as they always do and that this time they get the attention, platform, and opportunities that they deserve instead of it going to those who don’t.

Thank you Michelle Yeoh. Thank you Stephanie Hsu. Thank you Ke Huy Quan. Thank you Jamie Lee Curtis. Thank you James Hong. Thank you Paul Rogers. Thank you Jonathan Wang. Thank You Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Thank You Everything Everywhere All At Once.

You changed my life and countless others. Thank you thank you thank you.

[reel-drone]

If Joshua Picked the Oscars

Best Picture of The Year : Tár

For notable

Direction: Todd Field

Writing: Todd Field

Performance(s): Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, & Noémie Merlant

Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister

Editing: Monika Willi

Best Director

WINNER: Moneyboys by C. B. Yi

RUNNERS-UP:

Charlotte Wells for Aftersun

Kristoffer Borgli for Sick of Myself

Jerzy Skolimowski for EO 

Luca Guadagnino for Bones and All

Best Actor

WINNER: Eden Dambrine in Close

RUNNER UPs

Colin Farrell in After Yang

Cosmo Jarvis in It Is In Us All

Kai Ko in Moneyboys

Paul Mescal in Aftersun

Best Actress

WINNER: Kristine Thorpe in Sick of Myself

RUNNERS-UP

Kayije Kagame in Saint Omer

Guslagie Malanda in Saint Omer

Françoise Lebrun in Vortex

Mia Goth in Pearl

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER: Charlotte Wells for Aftersun

RUNNERS-UP:

Kristoffer Borgli for Sick of Myself

Saul Williams for Neptune Frost

C.B. Yi for Moneyboys

Laura Paredes & Laura Citarella for Trenque Lauquen

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER: David Kajganich for Bones and All

RUNNERS-UP:

Jerzy Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska for EO

Andrew Litvack, Léa Mysius, and Claire Denis for Stars at Noon

Kogonada for After Yang

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Score

WINNER: Athena by Benoit Heitz (GENER8ION)

Best Song of 2022 (Featured in a Movie) 

WINNER: Stars at Noon by Tindersticks

Best Editing of 2022

WINNER: After Yang (dir. Kogonada)

RUNNER UPS

Bret Morgen for Moonage Daydream

Blair McClendon for Aftersun

Paul Rogers for Everything Everywhere All At Once

Agnieszka Glińska for EO

Best Cinematography of 2022

WINNER (TIE): Athena (by Matias Boucard) and EO (by Michal Dymek)

RUNNERS-UP:

Joyland (by Joe Saade)

Moneyboys (by Jean-Louis Uialard)

Close  (By Frank van den Eeden)

Neptune Frost (by Anisia Uzeyman)

Best Sound of 2022

WINNER: Kyle Edward Ball for Skinamarink 

Best Short Live Action Film

WINNER: Tremor by Rudolf Fitzgerald-Leonard

RUNNER UP: Starfuckers by Antonio Marziale

Best Short Documentary Film 

WINNER: Will You Look At Me? by Huang Shuli

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Justin H. Min (in After Yang)

RUNNERS-UP:

Bai Yufan (in Moneyboys)

Sami Slimane (in Athena) 

Gustav De Waele (in Close)

Pablo Schils in Tori & Lokita

Best Actress in a Supporting Role 

WINNER: Alina Khan (in Joyland) 

RUNNERS-UP:

Hong Chau (in The Whale)

Charlbi Dean Kriek (in Triangle of Sadness)

Dolly De Leon (in Triangle of Sadness)

Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Documentary of The Year

WINNER: Moonage Daydream

RUNNERS-UP

All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

The Fire Within

Best Costume and Production Design

WINNER: Neptune Frost

Best Horror Film

WINNER: Terrifier 2

RUNNERS-UP

Skinamarink

Pearl

You Won’t Be Alone

The Outwaters

[salonduthe]

What a night for Asian representation! The luminous Michelle Yeoh and the effervescent Ke Huy Quan, now both Oscar winners. Michelle is only the second non-white woman to be granted this honour. Ke Huy, a refugee and a 1980s child star, returning to an acting career he thought long dead because of a lack of Asian male roles in Hollywood. One is Malaysian Chinese, the other Vietnamese American (the Asian diaspora is diverse and multitudinous).

Asian shout out also to one of the directors (a Daniel) and the producer of Everything Everywhere All At Once who thanked their Taiwanese parents. And to James Hong, Michelle's character's father who began his acting career in a Clark Gable movie and lost Asian roles to white men who pulled their eyes into slits. (I'm thinking of you, Mickey Rooney in your revolting impersonation of a Chinese man in Breakfast At Tiffany's).

My Asian heart is full and proud for both of them. Particularly Michelle, who looks and speaks like someone who could be family.

And I'm very excited by the next generation of young Asian actors, such as Stephanie Hsu, also Oscar-nominated for her role as Michelle and Ke Huy's daughter in the film.

As Michelle said in her acceptance speech: "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that dreams do come true."

Representation. It's just so important.

Tuesday, 14 March 2023.

[cyarsk52-20]

Story from UNBOTHERED

Angela Bassett Doesn’t Owe The Oscars A Thing — Not Even A Smile

INEYE KOMONIBO

LAST UPDATED MARCH 13, 2023, 11:53 AM

PHOTO: GILBERT FLORES/VARIETY/GETTY IMAGES.

My expectations for this year’s Oscar Awards were low. After another long awards season of Hollywood doing what it does best — ignoring Black art — I wasn’t particularly looking forward to the show besides judging the celebrity fashions on the red carpet, watching Rihanna perform live (Twice in one month? What a time to be alive!), and getting these tweets off. Still, the promise of Angela “Thee Original Thespian” Bassett doing the thing and finally getting the Oscar she’s  long been due for her powerful performance as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever fueled me. Dressed in a gorgeous purple Moschino gown, Bassett looked every bit of the Wakandan royalty she brought to life (and – spoiler – death) just months ago. I just knew that this was going to be her night.

ADVERTISEMENT

Sigh. 

In the stacked category of Best Supporting Actress, it was Jamie Lee Curtis who walked away with the Oscar for her role in the box office giant Everything Everywhere All At Once. Curtis’ win was a surprise. Besides Bassett, Curtis’ co-star Stephanie Hsu was the other fan favorite and natural shoe-in for the category, bringing audiences to tears as Michelle Yeoh’s daughter and nemesis in the A24 film (which also took home seven different Oscars, including Best Picture).

However, knowing the Academy’s history of excluding Black women and having read some of the blatantly and violently anti-Black rationale behind their votes, we shouldn’t have been surprised by Bassett’s snub. (Days before the awards show took place, several nameless trolls within the voting body freely discussed their resentment towards the Black actors and directors in EW’s annual secret ballot reveal. One voter’s beef with Bassett’s Wakanda Forever performance? “It's a comic book, and she was a comic book character.” How astute.) Nonetheless, the loss still stung. When Bassett’s name wasn’t called, the fans weren’t the only people taken aback. Most of her fellow nominees offered up big smiles and overeager cheers, but Bassett’s face fell, and you could very clearly see the disappointment in her eyes. She couldn't mask the fact that her feelings were hurt — and she shouldn’t have had to.

Hawk-eyed Oscars viewers took notice of the actress’ crestfallen reaction, and unfortunately, some actually took it upon themselves to try to teach her a lesson in etiquette. (Before you even ask: yes, they were.) Many people on social media took issue with the fact that Bassett didn’t stand to applaud for Curtis or fake a smile in the moment. Some jumped at the chance to call her a “sore loser,” suggesting that her very human reaction was more about ego and “entitlement.” Let them and the racist anonymous Academy voters tell it, Bassett should’ve been thankful just to be included in the nominations.

ADVERTISEMENT

Here’s the thing: losing sucks. No matter what field or industry you’re in, no matter which way you look at it, not winning is a crappy feeling, and it doesn’t get easier the older you are or the longer you’ve been in the game. In Bassett’s case, it probably feels even worse because it’s yet another slap in the face. After an awards season (there are multiple other award shows that lead up to the Oscars and act as predictors of the winners) where Bassett was the clear favorite, her omission from the winners’ circle is even more frustrating. It’s a reminder that no matter how talented she is — and she is so talented — her work may  never be good enough for this establishment.

Bassett has been working in Hollywood since the late 1980s, becoming a household name through the success of projects like Boyz in the Hood, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, What’s Love Got to Do with It, The Jacksons: The American Dream, Malcolm X, Waiting to Exhale, and countless others. Her work, just like her beauty, is timeless, and it has always been excellent, no matter the role. Yet, in these almost 40 years of consistently incredible performances, Bassett has been overlooked by the Academy. It’s hard to wrap my mind around it, but with hundreds of acting creditsunder her belt, she has never won an Oscar. Not a single one.

The Hollywood veteran has been candidly optimistic about the trajectory of her career and the fact that she doesn’t have an Oscar yet. We may feel that she should have won in for What’s Love Got to Do with It — a portrayal so convincing that a whole generation was convinced that Bassett was Tina Turner — and should have at least been nominated for several more roles over the years, but Bassett hasn’t taken it too personally. In a recent interview with CBS’ Gayle King, the actress shrugged off the losses and chalked them up to fate.

ADVERTISEMENT

"Of course, in the moment you're hoping and praying and wishing, but I never walk away thinking I've been robbed,” Bassett shared. "That's too negative of an emotion to carry with me for the rest of my life. I choose to believe there was a reason why it didn't happen."

That typically sunny outlook and the humility that she projects despite literally being Angela Bassett makes this loss (and the subsequent negative discourse about her response to it) feel especially egregious. Following the global success of Black Panther, the stakes for its sequel were sky high, and the cast and crew of the Marvel Cinematic Universe knew that picking up the story of one of the most beloved superheroes of our time without our real-life hero would be a Herculean task. But Ryan Coogler and the cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever were up for the challenge and exceeded expectations by telling a new kind of superhero story. From its soundtrack to its historic Oscar-winning costuming, every single aspect of the film was moving, but Bassett’s performance as the grieving Queen Ramonda was especially poignant; her grief-stricken throne room monologue shook audiences to their core. (Months later, we stillhaven’t forgiven Ryan Coogler for what he did.) Her final act as the Wakandan matriarch was so impactful that it made history, earning the MCU its first ever Oscar nomination for acting — a significant achievement considering the industry’s snobbery towards the superhero genre. With her performance, the MCU was finally seen as real cinema, as real art. 

ADVERTISEMENT

Given the heavy lifting Bassett did for her film, for the genre, and for Hollywood with her portrayal, it’s only natural for her to feel letdown by the loss at the Oscars. But in a space where Black art, feelings, and people aren’t a priority, she was demonized for a perfectly normal reaction. Interestingly enough, Bassett wasn’t the only loser in her category to not plaster on a smile after the announcement; The Banshees of Inisherin’s leading lady Kerry Condon was also noticeably stone-faced upon learning that she’d lost. And across other categories, many of the male nominees didn't crack a smile either. Yet Bassett’s facial expression is the only one being picked apart, criticized, and demonized. Wonder why that is. 

Beyond my natural instinct to want to defend Bassett (that’s Muva!), I have so much empathy for her in that moment and in the conversation that resulted from it because I’ve been in her position. All Black women have. We know that society holds us to the highest standards while simultaneously leaving us no margin for error. Misogynoir demands that we always be the best and brightest in every room — the most talented, the most put together, the friendliest — but it also intentionally strips us of our humanity in the process. The emotions of Black women are rarely respected or taken into consideration within these spaces. Having a bad day at work and being quieter than usual? People take issue with it and single you out. Standing up for yourself in an unfair situation? You’re quick to be labeled “aggressive” or “intimidating.” Even when you’re on the opposite end of the emotional spectrum, happily doing your thing and feeling yourself á la Beyoncé, it’s a problem. They want to humble us in triumph and then ask us not to be human in defeat. The perpetual policing of our emotions is the reason why so many of us are constantly performing happiness and trying to be agreeable, even to our own detriment. It’s not about masking or trying to fit in; it’s about survival. 

Angela Bassett was robbed at the 2023 Oscars, point blank period. It wasn’t the first snub, and knowing this industry’s thinly veiled resentment towards talented Black women, it unfortunately will likely not be the last. Even though she’s been rejected and ignored by the establishment time and time again, Bassett has never let it stop her from doing the work that she loves. She’s an artist through and through, a thespian dedicated to her craft, a maverick devoted to the culture. She does this because she’s passionate about it. And that love of telling stories — telling our stories — will always serve a purpose far more important than anything the Academy has to offer.

Still, before anything else, Bassett is a human being first. And while the Academy may owe her an Oscar or two (or five), she doesn't owe them a single thing. Not even a smile.

IN DEFENSE OF ANGELA BASSETT'S DISAPPOINTMENT

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MARCH 13, 2023, 7:53 AM

UNBOTHERED • ENTERTAINMENT • MOVIES • OSCARS

WRITTEN BY INEYE KOMONIBO

PHOTO: GILBERT FLORES/VARIETY/GETTY IMAGES

Sent from my iPhone

[bisamwilson]

mak’s 95th oscar picks

i have somehow managed to watch all 54 films nominated for an academy award this year (!!!), so here’s my #1 pick for each category and my runner up! this isn’t what i think the academy will choose, but what i think personally deserves it

(note: these don’t necessarily represent my favorite film in each category, for example my runner up in best picture is not what i enjoyed second most, but what i think is second most deserving of the oscar)

some categories will also have a “i will be actively angry if this wins” pick and also some major snubs (only of films i’ve seen though. for example, many agree danielle deadwyler was snubbed for Till but i have not seen it so that snub will not be listed)

to find my review out of 5 stars for all these films, and also a list of 2022 feature length films (non-documentaries) ranked in my personal favorite order, check out my letterboxd!

best picture:

winner: everything everywhere all at once

runner up: the banshees of inisherin

second runner up (bc this category is huge): all quiet on the western front

will be actively angry if it wins: tr*angle of sadness, t*r, avatar: the way of water

snubs: the woman king, NOPE

best director:

winner: steven spielberg, the fabelmans

runner up: the daniels, everything everywhere all at once

will be actively angry if they win: t*dd field, t*r; ruben ostl*nd, tr*angle of sadness

snubs: park chan-wook, decision to leave; jordan peele, NOPE; gina prince-bythewood, the woman king

best actor:

winner: colin farrell, the banshees of inisherin

runner up: austin butler, elvis

will be actively angry if he wins: br*ndan fr*ser, the wh*le (do NOT @ me for this if you haven’t actually seen the movie. i love him as a person and an actor too but that movie was a dehumanizing spectacle that shouldn’t have been nominated for anything, and his performance wasn’t great bc the script wasn’t anything that lent itself to a good performance)

best actress:

winner: michelle yeoh, everything everywhere all at once

runner up: cate blanchett, t*r (blocking this out bc i’m otherwise really negative about the movie)

will be actively angry if she wins: an* de arm*s, bl*nde

snub: viola davis, the woman king

extra note: whatever the FYC said, michelle williams was not a lead in fabelmans. her performance was fantastic, but she deserved a best supporting nom, bc the solo lead was gabriel labelle, but we don’t appreciate young actors enough to acknowledge that

best supporting actor:

winner: ke huy quan, everything everywhere all at once

runner up: barry keoghan, the banshees of inisherin (though a very close runner up race with brian tyree henry for causeway)

snub: paul dano, the fabelmans

best supporting actress:

winner: angela bassett, black panther: wakanda forever

runner up: stephanie hsu, everything everywhere all at once

will be actively angry if she wins: jam*e lee c*rtis, everything everywhere all at once (if she wins over both bassett and hsu i swear to GOD)

snubs: keke palmer, NOPE; lashana lynch, the woman king

best original screenplay:

winner: everything everywhere all at once

runner up: the banshees of inisherin

will be actively angry if it wins: tr*angle of sadness

best adapted screenplay:

winner: women talking

runner up: all quiet on the western front

best animated feature film:

winner: puss in boots: the last wish

runner up: marcel the shell with shoes on 

best international feature film:

winner: argentina, 1985

runner up: all quiet on the western front

snub: decision to leave (dir. park chan-wook)

best documentary feature:

winner: all the beauty and the bloodshed

runner up: fire of love

will be actively angry if it wins: nav*lny (which will most likely actually win)

best documentary short subject: 

winner: the elephant whisperers

runner up: haulout

will be actively angry if they win: stranger at the gate, how do you measure a year? (not bothering to block these out bc stranger is actively infuriating, and how do you measure barely anyone saw)

extra note: i didn’t super care for any of these, but i found the elephant whisperers cute and heartwarming, so it definitely gets my vote

best live action short film:

winner: the red suitcase

runner up: an irish goodbye

will be actively angry if it wins: night ride (please don’t watch this. the vast majority of the film is just a bunch of transphobia couched in a “happy” ending to make it apparently okay)

best animated short film:

winner: ice merchants

runner up: an ostrich told me the world was fake, and i think i believe it

will be actively angry if it wins: honestly anything in this category that isn’t ice merchants bc it deserves it that much, but particularly the flying sailor and the boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse

best original score:

winner: justin hurwitz, babylon

runner up: volker bertelmann, all quiet on the western front

snubs: michael giacchino, the batman; harold faltermeyer, hans zimmer, lady gaga, and lorne balfe, top gun: maverick

best original song:

winner: “naatu naatu,” RRR

runner up: “lift me up,” black panther: wakanda forever

will be actively angry if it wins: “applause,” tell it like a woman

snub: “i ain’t worried,” top gun: maverick

best sound:

winner: top gun: maverick

runner up: the batman

extra note: the academy needs to split this one back up into best sound mixing and best sound editing

best production design:

winner: elvis

runner up: all quiet on the western front

best cinematography:

winner: all quiet on the western front

runner up: bardo, false chronicle of a handful of truths

will be actively angry if it wins: t*r, emp*re of light (this category SUCKS this year)

snubs: decision to leave; NOPE; top gun: maverick; the batman (this category SUCKS this year!!!! the only one of the nominees that should be there is all quiet and these four should’ve gotten the other spots)

best makeup and hairstyling:

winner: all quiet on the western front

runner up: black panther: wakanda forever

will be actively angry if it wins: the wh*le

best costume design:

winner: black panther: wakanda forever

runner up: mrs. harris goes to paris

will be actively angry if it wins: babylon (those costumes are NOT period accurate!!!!)

best film editing:

winner: everything everywhere all at once

runner up: elvis

will be actively angry if it wins: t*r, the banshees of inisherin, top gun: maverick

extra notes: literally the other three don’t come anywhere near fucking close to the top two. i switched back and forth between my winner and runner up a decent amount tbh, they’re both fantastic editing wise)

best visual effects:

winner: avatar: the way of water

runner up: top gun: maverick

will be actively angry if it wins: anything but avatar. the movie sucked but it’s the obvious winner here. the special effects are insane

[joeygoeshollywood]

Oscars 2023: My Fantasy Winners and Nominees

Here are my fantasy winners and nominees of this year’s Oscars. And I encourage you all to share yours!

Best Picture

Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

The Banshees of Inisherin Barbarian Emergency The Fabelmans Good Luck to You, Leo Grande The Northman RRR Top Gun: Maverick Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor

Winner: Brendan Fraser - The Whale

Nominees:

Austin Butler - Elvis Nicholas Cage - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Colin Farrell  - The Banshees of Inisherin Paul Mescal  - Aftersun

Best Actress

Winner: Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Cate Blanchett - TÁR Viola Davis - The Woman King Danielle Deadwyler  - Till Emma Thompson  - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Ke Huy Quan -  Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Paul Dano - The Fabelmans Brandon Gleeson - The Banshees of Irisherin Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Irisherin Rory Kinnear - Men

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Dolly De Leon -  Triangle of Sadness

Nominees:

Hong Chau - The Whale Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Irisherin Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director

Winner: The Daniels -  Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Robert Eggers - The Northman Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Irisherin Ruben Östlund - Triangle of Sadness Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: The Banshees of Irisherin

Nominees:

Everything Everywhere All at Once Good Luck to You, Leo Grande TÁR Triangle of Sadness

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Women Talking

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front Emergency She Said The Whale

Best Cinematography

Winner: The Batman

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front Empire of Light The Northman Top Gun: Maverick

Best Editing

Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Elvis The Fabelmans The Northman Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Winner: Babylon

Nominees:

The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Elvis Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Costume Design

Winner: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Nominees:

Babylon Elvis Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris The Woman King

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Winner: Elvis

Nominees:

The Batman Blonde Crimes of the Future The Whale

Best Score

Winner: The Batman

Nominees:

Babylon The Banshees of Irisherin Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Women Talking

Best Original Song

Winner: “Naatu Naatu” - RRR

Nominees:

“Ciao Papa” - Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio "Hold My Hand” - Top Gun: Maverick "Lift Me Up” - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever “Still Holding My Hand” - Ronald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

Best Sound

Winner: Top Gun: Maverick

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front Avatar: The Way of Water Elvis Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Avatar: The Way of Water

Nominees:

The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Nope Top Gun: Maverick

Best International Feature

Winner: RRR (India)

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) Close (Belgium)  Petite Maman (France)

Best Animated Feature

Winner: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Nominees:

The Bad Guys Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Minions: The Rise of Gru Turning Red

ORIGINAL CATEGORIES

Best Ensemble

Winner: Triangle of Sadness

Nominees:

Babylon Everything Everywhere All at Once The Menu Women Talking

Best Comedy

Winner: Emergency

Nominees:

Bodies Bodies Bodies Brian and Charles Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Triangle of Sadness Vengeance 

Best Stunts

Winner: RRR

Nominees:

The Batman Bullet Train Everything Everywhere All at Once The Woman King

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker 

Winner: Cooper Raif - Cha Cha Real Smooth

Nominees:

Zach Cregger - Barbarian BJ Novak - Vengeance S.S. Rajamouli - RRR Charlotte Wells - Aftersun

Best Breakthrough Actor

Winner: Donald Elise Watkins - Emergency 

Nominees:

Daryl McCormick - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Paul Mescal - Aftersun Brandon Perrea - Nope Michael Ward - Empire of Light

Best Breakthrough Actress

Winner: Alisha Weir - Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

Nominees:

Vanessa Burghardt - Cha Cha Real Smooth Charlbi Dean - Triangle of Sadness Li Jun Li - Babylon Thuso Mbedu - The Woman King

[nearmidnightannex]

Michelle Yeoh: “We mustn’t take our foot off the pedal”

‘Everything’ Is Set For Michelle Yeoh, SAG’s Newly-Crowned Best Actress Winner, But “We Mustn’t Take Our Foot Off The Pedal” (deadline.com) by Joe Utichi March 1, 2023 9:02am

( Michelle Yeoh shot exclusively for Deadline by Josh TellesJosh Telles/Deadline)

Michelle Yeoh’s mother is a worrier. Janet Yeoh has spent the past four decades watching her wildest dreams for her daughter come true. She has witnessed her ascent from Hong Kong action heroine to Oscar-nominated international icon. But when she saw Everything Everywhere All at Once — the film that has brought Michelle Yeoh the best reviews of her career, and that landed her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, breaking new ground for Southeast Asian performers — Janet had one main reaction: “Why do you have to look so old?”

“She still treats me like I’m six,” laughs Michelle Yeoh, settling into lunch at a Michelin-starred eatery in London and looking every bit as chic as she does at any red-carpet event. A superficial observation it feels important to include when Yeoh adds that if her mother could see her now, she’d almost certainly say to her, “Did you comb your hair? Why don’t you put on some make-up, and wear a nicer dress?”

“If we were back home right now, she would have laid some clothes out for me,” Yeoh says. “It’s how she shows love.”

It might be this universal truth of motherhood that has made Everything Everywhere All at Once — a multiverse-bouncing treatise on complicated family dynamics from directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan — such an unlikely awards frontrunner. Yeoh’s character Evelyn has such a tenuous relationship with her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu), that in some obscure alternate universe, an even more extremely dispirited version of Joy called Jobu Tupaki would rather dispatch with all known existence than endure any more of her mother’s misunderstanding.

But what Joy can’t comprehend about Evelyn is that her mother worries because she wants nothing less for her daughter than the best possible life. Her definition of what that looks like may have to change, but Evelyn Wang is a true warrior for her family. “Moms are the real superheroes,” says Yeoh. “They carry the weight of the world on their shoulders every day. So many women do that. They march on steadfastly, but nobody ever gives them the superhero cape.”

(With Stephanie Hsu and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once / A24)

One of the amazing details about this whole thing is that Yeoh probably wouldn’t have had the career that she does if her mother hadn’t forged her signature on the Miss Malaysia World application.

[sugaredrhubarb]

I got bored one day and put everything on a bagel.

Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once you will always be an oscar winner to me

Rewatched last night with my mom for the first time, and oh boy

[pynkhues]

Okay, as requested by @riosnosestud, my faves off the Golden Globes Red Carpet:

Monica Barbaro looking chic and timeless and like she's having fun invites you in.

The red carpet was a total mess, which is what the Golden Globes deserves, but there were a few winners and a few almosts among the fray. One thing's for sure, floral accents, dipped hems, satin and sparkles were back in a big way.

My faves though were:

Jessica Chastain. Gorgeous from head to toe! Spider web dresses are hard to pull off, but this one really works. The unusual neckline elevates it too beyond the excpected, and I adore the matching mask!

Sheryl Lee Ralph I'm not usually into super high necklines as I think they can really shorten a torso in a way that can make your silhouette top heavy if you're anything over a B-cup, but this colour and detailing is next level. She looks really, really beautiful.

Angela Bassett The dress itself is just fine to me - like it's beautiful and fits her well, but it's a little boring, y'know? Overall though its elevated by flawless hair and make-up, and her choice of accessories. She looks full old Hollywood glamour, as she should!

Okay, they're pretty much it for my best dresseds, but there were a few almosts in there too, so I'll share them as well:

Ayo Edebiri This is soooo close for me, but I hate the trend of dipped hems - I just think they look like you've been walking in puddles. Viola Davis' dress had the same look and just - - yeah, not for me. Th drape of the skirt isn't quite right either, and I think her hair's been done badly. It's limp and lacks volume, which is a real bummer, because the overall look is lovely. I especially love the colour combo of light blues and tan, so the opera gloves are really working for me.

Stephanie Hsu Adoooore the skirt on this one, and I like the idea of the top, but I don't think it quite works? Also I would've preferred the look with an up-do as opposed to a ponytail.

Lauren Miller and Seth Rogan I loveher dress and his suit actually. I love it when men take chances, and this shade of pink and the thick waistband in lieu of a belt really work for him! The black shoes are a big miss for me though - they really jar. A lighter shoe would've really pulled it together.

Viola Davis

Stunning colour and draping, but this dipped hem is almost worse than Ayo's, and I don't like silver accessories with this shade of blue? Doesn't quite work for me.

Rhea Seehorn She looks beautiful, but the patterning of the florals with the full coverage shape feels matronly to me in a way that I think she deserves better than.

Barry Keoghan Love the shade of blue and the tie, but hate the fit of the blazer. It's like a square crop?? Bizarre. Also Kodi Smit-McPhee did it better at the Oscars last year. Loved his performance in The Banshees of Inisherin though!

What were your favourite looks?

[melicmedia]

Predictions for the 95th Academy Awards (March 12, 2023)

And the Oscar goes to...

KEY: Predicted Winner | My pick*

Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once*

The Banshees of Inisherin

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

Elvis

The Fabelmans

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Best Actor

Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Collin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)*

Austin Butler (Elvis)

Paul Mescal (Aftersun)

Bill Nighy (Living)

Best Actress

Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)*

Ana de Armas (Blonde)

Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)

Cate Blanchett (Tár)

Michelle Williams (The Fablemans)

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)*

Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)

Judd Hirsch (The Fablemans)

Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)*

Hong Chau (The Whale)

Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On*

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

The Sea Beast

Turning Red

Best Director

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)*

Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

Todd Field (Tár)

Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Women Talking (Sarah Polley)*

All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)

Living (Kazuo Ishiguro)

Top Gun: Maverick (Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Peter Craig and Justin Marks)

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)*

Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert)

The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner)

Tár (Todd Field)

Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund)

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front

Tár*

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Elvis

Empire of Light

The Banshees of Inisherin was SNUBBED here

Best Film Editing

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Banshees of Inisherin*

Elvis

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score

The Fabelmans

The Banshees of Inisherin*

All Quiet on the Western Front

Babylon

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Song

Naatu Naatu (RRR)*

Applause (Tell it Like a Woman)

Hold my Hand (Top Gun: Maverick)

Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

This Is a Life (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water*

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Sound

Top Gun: Maverick

All Quiet on the Western Front*

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Elvis

Best Costume Design

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever*

Bablyon

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

The Whale

The Batman*

All Quiet on the Western Front

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

Best Production Design

Avatar: The Way of Water

All Quiet on the Western Front*

Babylon

Elvis

The Fabelmans

Best Documentary Feature

Fire of Love*

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject

Haulout*

The Elephant Whisperers

How Do You Measure a Year

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Stranger at the Gate

Best Animated Short

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

The Flying Sailor

Ice Merchants

My Year of Dicks

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best Live-Action Short

An Irish Goodbye

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

Best International Film

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)

EO (Poland)*

Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)

Close (Belgium)

The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

DISCLAIMER:

It is unlikely I will be able to see everything nominated for an Award either due to time or accessibility (or both). I chose not to predict or say my pick in categories where I haven't seen enough of the nominations to form a good enough opinion.

Also, these are my opinions, if you have different predictions or are rooting for another film/person, please let me know! Please stay tuned for my next post: explaining my picks & predictions. Happy watching!

[yessadirichards]

From Xerox to TV box, long awaited adaptation of 'American Born Chinese' book hits Disney+

LOS ANGELES

Gene Luen Yang remembers feeling pumped in 2007 when Hollywood came calling about his trailblazing graphic novel “American Born Chinese.” But that excitement turned into exasperation when it became clear the interested party completely missed the point of the book.

“It came out that the reason why they were interested is because the Beijing Olympics were coming up in 2008. And they wanted some property that had the word China or Chinese in it,” Yang said in a recent interview. “Every now and then there would be an inquiry. But I really think the world needed to change in order for there to be an appetite for a story about an Asian American protagonist.”

Change has finally come. After 17 years, the cartoonist is seeing his American dream play out.

“American Born Chinese" debuted on Disney+ on Wednesday with a mostly Asian cast that now includes two new Oscar winners — Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan. The show, which also boasts Asian American showrunners, centers on high school soccer player Jin Wang (Ben Wang) growing up amid pressure to reconcile his American and Chinese sides. Mixing elements of teen drama, fantasy and fight sequences, the show, like the book, jumps between Jin’s storyline and one involving the Monkey King, an iconic character in Chinese folklore. The story threads eventually intertwine.

“It feels like a very surreal moment to have this book that I did as Xerox copies that I would put together at my local Kinko’s eventually become a show on Disney+,” Yang said.

The first two episodes have been screened around the country from San Francisco to New York City to the White House, partly to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The predominantly Asian American audiences have praised the show’s heartfelt and at times humorous portrayal of an Asian American family

“‘American Born Chinese,’ you can’t do it in one long movie,” said Yeoh, who’s proud of how the series turned out. “There’s so many different aspects of it that need to be shown, it needs that space and time on screen.”

Yeoh, who made history as the first Asian to win her Oscar category for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” plays Guanyin, the goddess of mercy. She was invited to the project by her “Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings” director, Destin Daniel Cretton, an executive producer.

In the show, Yeoh gets to don a sweeping gown and headdress as well as sweats and a baseball cap. Being a revered Chinese folklore figure, many people already have an image of Guanyin. The Malaysia-born Yeoh didn’t dwell on the pressure of playing someone larger than life.

“What I do think about is how we have to be very respectful of this goddess of mercy because she represents so many things to so many followers all around the world,” Yeoh said. “We gave her the gravitas the she deserved and the respect to show you what we love about her.”

Yeoh and Quan had already wrapped up “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” when they started filming “American Born Chinese.” Castmates Stephanie Hsu and James Hong also guest-star in an episode. The best picture winner premiered in the middle of production and then “we watched the whole world change,” executive producer Kelvin Yu said.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Wang is the star after doing mostly one-episode guest spots. He still isn’t quite used to seeing himself on posters. Having grown up seeing little on-screen Asian representation, it's a novel concept that he could be an example for a teenage Asian American boy today.

“It's very surreal and strange,” Wang said. “I still can't believe that it's me. I just feel like it's someone who looks like me, which is double weird. It's like seeing your doppelgänger.”

The television adaptation comes in the wake of other teen shows with an Asian American lens. Disney+ also has “Ms. Marvel” featuring a Muslim American female superhero. Jenny Han’s two book series, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” have been hits for Netflix and Amazon Prime, respectively. The fourth and final season of “Never Have I Ever,” about an Indian American high schooler, drops in June.

“We’re standing on the shoulders of those kinds of things, going back to ‘Joy Luck Club’ ... all the way up to ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ and shows like ‘Never Have I Ever,’” Yu said. “We’ll take all that momentum. We’ll take all that sort of education for an audience to get used to faces like ours and we’ll embrace it and move forward.”

The graphic novel was landmark literature for Asian American millennials. Reviews lauded it as a fresh take on adolescence, bi-cultural identity and racism. It won several accolades and was a National Book Awards finalist.

For many young Chinese American readers, it was the first time they had seen themselves and the Monkey King — a legend they likely heard about from their parents — in that genre. The character first appeared in the epic 16th century Chinese novel, “Journey to the West." The tome has been adapted several times including a memorable 1980s TV series created by China Central Television (CCTV). The super-powered simian is well-known across Asia like Batman or Spider-Man, according to Yu.

Daniel Wu, who grew up in California but began his acting career in Hong Kong, plays the Monkey King. This project brings him full circle from when he dealt with his own “American-born Chinese” issues.

“Even though I was warmly accepted by the audiences there, I always felt like slightly being an outsider because I was American,” Wu said. “Because we knew we were trying to tell Gene's story of what it's like to be of both sides, there was this kind of special energy that was on set. We knew that we were trying to tell authentically what our story was.”

[vickiabelson]

We recapped the Oscars––winners, non-winners, grace, and gross, snide looks to self-serving, attention-grabbing hoodie BS looks, new ground at last broken, new themes discussed, new trends in filmmaking, new faces holding gold, a lot of gem colors to varied success, Cara Delevigne, the lady in red, and Stephanie Hsu, so pretty in pink, killing it, The Rock too in that pink champagne satin tux jacket,  black strangely looking blah, Jimmy Kimmel perfect for me… smart, funny, relaxed and on point. Viewing update- The Last of Us, Yellowjackets,  All Quiet, The Voice, what are you binging? Tell, please. My health report. Ouch. A great time was had by...all? For sure, by me. 

Shooting The Shit With Vicki

Monday, March 13th, 2023

Streamed Live @5 PT on FB

Replay here:

bit.ly/3JBGeI5

[haroldgross]

New Post has been published on Harold Gross: The 5a.m. Critic

New Post has been published on http://literaryends.com/hgblog/oscars-2023-results/

Oscars 2023 (results)

Well, I did pretty well this year, especially on the main awards. And if I’d stuck with my gut, I’d have had a couple more (and even those I missed I called the actual winner as a possibility).

Major: 7 of 8 (88%) Minor:  6 of 8 (75%)  – those darned shorts again Technical:  4 of 7 (58%) Overall:  18 of 23 (78%)

The list with some minor commentary.

Actor In A Leading Role

Austin Butler (Elvis) Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin) Brendan Fraser (The Whale) Paul Mescal (Aftersun) Bill Nighy (Living)

My Choice: Brendan Fraser Winner: Brendan Fraser

Actress In A Leading Role

Cate Blanchett (Tár) Ana De Armas (Blonde) Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans) Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

My Choice: Michelle Yeoh Winner: Michelle Yeoh

Actor In A Supporting Role

Brendan Gleeson  (The Banshees Of Inisherin) Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway) Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans) Barry Keoghan (The Banshees Of Inisherin) Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

My Choice: Ke Huy Quan Winner: Ke Huy Quan

Actress In A Supporting Role

Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Hong Chau (The Whale) Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin) Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once) Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

My Choice: Angela Bassett Winner: Jamie Lee Curtis

This was always a toss-up and not at all disappointing. It was also out of the gate for the evening and it was clear at that moment that EEAAO was going to sweep the evening.

Directing

Martin Mcdonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin) Danel Kwan/Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once) Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans) Todd Field (Tár) Ruben Östlund (Triangle Of Sadness)

My Choice: Danel Kwan/Daniel Scheinert Winner: Danel Kwan/Daniel Scheinert

Animated Feature Film

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Marcel The Shell With Shoes On Puss In Boots: The Last Wish The Sea Beast Turning Red

My Choice: Pinocchio Winner: Pinocchio

International Feature Film

All Quiet On The Western Front Argentina, 1985 Close Eo The Quiet Girl

My Choice: Argentina, 1985 My Prediction: All Quiet on the Western Front Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Picture

All Quiet On The Western Front Avatar: The Way Of Water The Banshees Of Inisherin Elvis Everything Everywhere All At Once The Fabelmans Tár Top Gun: Maverick Triangle Of Sadness Women Talking

My Choice: Women Taking My Prediction: Everything Everywhere All At Once Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Documentary Feature Film

All That Breathes All The Beauty And The Bloodshed Fire Of Love A House Made Of Splinters Navalny

My Choice: Navalny Winner: Navalny

Documentary Short Film

The Elephant Whisperers Haulout How Do You Measure A Year? The Martha Mitchell Effect Stranger At The Gate

My Choice: The Martha Mitchell Effect Winner: The Elephant Whispers

Again, not a huge surprise, but it wasn’t as effective a movie for me and I wasn’t willing to listen to the street whispers. Lesson learned: Never bet against baby animals.

Short Film (Animated)

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse The Flying Sailor Ice Merchants My Year Of Dicks An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It

My Choice: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse Winner: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse

Short Film (Live Action)

An Irish Goodbye Ivalu Le Pupille Night Ride The Red Suitcase

My Choice: Le Pupille Winner: An Irish Goodbye

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

All Quiet On The Western Front Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson

Living Kazuo Ishiguro

Top Gun: Maverick Screenplay By Ehren Kruger And Eric Warren Singer And Christopher Mcquarrie; Story By Peter Craig And Justin Marks

Women Talking Sarah Polley

My Choice: Women Talking Winner: Women Talking

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Banshees Of Inisherin Martin Mcdonagh

Everything Everywhere All At Once Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner

Tár Todd Field

Triangle Of Sadness Ruben Östlund

My Expectation: Everything Everywhere All At Once Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Music (Original Score)

All Quiet On The Western Front Volker Bertelmann

Babylon Justin Hurwitz

The Banshees Of Inisherin Carter Burwell

Everything Everywhere All At Once Son Lux

The Fabelmans John Williams

My Expectation: All Quiet On The Western Front Winner: All Quiet On The Western Front

Music (Original Song)

Applause From Tell It Like A Woman; Music And Lyric By Diane Warren

Hold My Hand From Top Gun: Maverick; Music And Lyric By Lady Gaga And Bloodpop

Lift Me Up From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever); Music By Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler And Ludwig Goransson; Lyric By Tems And Ryan Coogler

Naatu Naatu From RRR; Music By M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric By Chandrabose

This Is A Life From Everything Everywhere All At Once) ; Music By Ryan Lott, David Byrne And Mitski; Lyric By Ryan Lott And David Byrne

My Choice: Naatu Naatu Winner: Naatu Naatu

Cinematography

James Friend (All Quiet On The Western Front) Darius Khondji (Bardo: False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths) Mandy Walker (Elvis) Roger Deakins (Empire Of Light) Florian Hoffmeister (Tár)

My Choice: Mandy Walker Winner: James Friend

This was the early favorite and where I originally landed. But it felt like a year where more records were wanting to be set. And, honestly, none of the nominees were bad. Truly some beautiful work across the field, regardless of what you may think of any of the films.

Costume Design

Mary Zophres (Babylon) Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Catherine Martin (Elvis) Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All At Once) Jenny Beavan (Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris)

My Choice: Catherine Martin Winner: Ruth Carter

OK, this one really did surprise me. While inventive, I expected this to go to something a bit more grounded in reality. But, then again, a genre film took Best Pic, so cool.

Film Editing

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (The Banshees Of Inisherin) Matt Villa And Jonathan Redmond (Elvis) Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All At Once) Monika Willi (Tár) Eddie Hamilton (Top Gun: Maverick)

My Choice: Everything Everywhere All At Once Winner:  Everything Everywhere All At Once

Makeup And Hairstyling

All Quiet On The Western Front The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Elvis The Whale

My Choice: Elvis Winner: The Whale

I had this. I wanted this, and I blinked. Drat.

Production Design

All Quiet On The Western Front Avatar: The Way Of Water Babylon Elvis The Fabelmans

My Choice: Babylon Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front

Another actual surprise for me. I would have expected a domestic flick to pick up the award given the possibilities. Not a bad choice for the win, but Elvis and Babylon both had much greater scope. Perhaps they split the vote.

Sound

All Quiet On The Western Front Avatar: The Way Of Water The Batman Elvis Top Gun: Maverick

My Choice: Top Gun Winner: Top Gun

Visual Effects

All Quiet On The Western Front Avatar: The Way Of Water The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Top Gun: Maverick

My Choice: Avatar Winner: Avatar

[cyarsk52-20]

Toggle navigation

6 Comments

Angela Bassett & Marvel Fans ERUPT After Screen Diva Loses Best Supporting Actress at 95th Annual OSCARs

156

SHARES

ShareTweet

Published: Sunday 12th Mar 2023 by Rashad

30 years after landing her first Academy Award nomination for bringing the life story of Rock Queen Tina Turner to the big screen in ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?,’ legendary film and television actress Angela Bassett was expected to finally capture her first OSCAR at the event’s 95th annual ceremony Sunday (March 12).

Lojay - IYD [Live on That Grape Juice]

Much to the surprise of viewers at home, she went home empty-handed.

ADVERTISEMENT

▼

Scroll for more

▼

Play Angela 

on Apple Music 

Details inside.

Bassett had long been considered a frontrunner for the year’s Best Supporting Actress Academy Award given her victory laps at the season’s Golden Globes, NAACP Image Awards, Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, and others thanks to her captivating performance as “Queen Ramonda” in 2022’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’

However, her lap ended at Sunday night when she and fellow nominees Hong Chau, Kerry Condon, and Stephanie Hsu were defeated by Jamie Lee Curtis for the golden statuette.  The upset was particularly bittersweet as last year’s winner, Ariana DeBose, presented the award – leaving most to expect the 64-year-old would win given the popularization of the phrase “Angela Bassett did the thing.”

Despite the loss, Angela still remains in Academy Award history books for being the first performer nominated for a Marvel role.

She was set to join an exclusive club of Black Best Supporting Actress winners that includes Hattie McDaniel (1940), Whoopi Goldberg (1991), Jennifer Hudson (2007), Mo’Nique (2010), Octavia Spencer (2012), Lupita Nyong’o (2014), Viola Davis (2017), Regina King (2019), and Ariana DeBose (2022).

Alas, she will have to wait another year.

Look below to see outraged Bassett fans.

See the full list of 2023 Academy Award winners here.

[main photo source: Getty Images]

Your thoughts?

6 COMMENTS

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE YOURS!

Posted under:

Angela Bassett

oscars

156

SHARES

ShareTweet

From the Web

These Black Celebs Insist They're Not African-American

Nia Long & Omarion Debut New Relationship On Red Carpet

Whatever Happened To Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick?

The Tragedy Of Fantasia Barrino Is Just Heartbreaking

Malia Obama's Transformation Has Been Turning Heads

DJ tWitch Allegedly Did This One Day Before His Body Was Found

Rihanna Claps Back To Backlash Of 'Fine' Comment About Her Son

Kelly Rowland Spills The Beans About Chris Brown

Powered by ZergNet

Comments 6

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Let us know what you have to say:Your NameYour EmailWebsite

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Recommended Posts

Lady Gaga & Rihanna Rocket Into iTunes Top 10 After Their Stunning… 

35 Years & 14 Nominations Later, Diane Warren’s Best Song OSCAR Losing… 

Rihanna & Tems Lose Out on What Would’ve Been a History-Making Best… 

Watch: Rihanna Rocks 95th Annual Academy Awards with ‘Lift Me Up’ Performance 

GET THE JUICE ON OUR SOCIAL NETWORKS

© 2023 ThatGrapeJuice.net. All Rights Reserved. A Member Of Townsquare MusicWEBSITE BY EDWRPrivacy Preferences

.**

blob:https://www.tumblr.com/2b185147-8be2-4424-b0eb-c2ff799c97eb

blob:https://www.tumblr.com/2b185147-8be2-4424-b0eb-c2ff799c97eb

blob:https://www.tumblr.com/2b185147-8be2-4424-b0eb-c2ff799c97eb

Sent from my iPhone

[cyarsk52-20]

7 SLEEP ESSENTIALS FOR YOUR BEST REST YET, ACCORDING TO GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGSKIP TO CONTENT

SHARE THIS —

SEARCH TODAY

SECTIONS

Health & Wellness

Parenting

Food

Shop

Pop Culture

News

Life

Style

SHOWS

TODAY

3rd Hour of TODAY

TODAY with Hoda & Jenna

Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist

WATCH FULL EPISODES

MORE

NEWS

BOOKS

TRENDING

RECIPES

READ WITH JENNA

TODAY TABLE

HELP

NEWSLETTERS

CITI MUSIC SERIES

PETS & ANIMALS

ASIAN AMERICAN VOICES

BLACK VOICES

LATINO VOICES

LGBTQ VOICES

LISTEN ALL DAY

FOLLOW TODAY

MORE BRANDS

AWARDS

Fans rally around Angela Bassett after she loses Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis 

Bassett was nominated for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Queen Ramonda in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

YOUR VIDEO BEGINS IN00:09

March 12, 2023, 9:53 PM EDT / Source: TODAY

By Samantha Kubota

Fans are rallying around "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" star Angela Bassett after she did not take home an Academy Award on March 12. 

Bassett was nominated for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Queen Ramonda. Other nominees in the category included Jamie Lee Curtis for "Everything Everywhere All at Once," Hong Chau for "The Whale," Kerry Condon for "The Banshees of Inisherin" and Stephanie Hsu from "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

In the end, Curtis took home the award for her portrayal of Deirdre Beaubeirdre in "Everything Everywhere All At Once." In her euphoric speech, Curtis thanked her family, friends and everyone she's worked with to get her to this point. 

"To my family, my beautiful husband, Christoper Guest, our daughters, Annie and Ruby, my sister Kelly, we just won an Oscar," she said. "To all of the people who have supported the genre movies that I have made for all these years, the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, we just won an Oscar together." 

She tearfully noted that both her parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, had been Oscar nominees as well. 

While many celebrated Curtis' win, others were not thrilled Bassett did not win and tweeted their disappointment. 

"Me stealing the oscar to give it to Angela Bassett," @bvbhive wrote alongside a video of someone moving a giant Oscar statuette. 

"Angela Bassett is still a winner to me," @DJNYC1 tweeted. 

Spencer Althouse, the editorial director of Buzzfeed, also tweeted.

"Angela Bassett’s reaction to Jamie Lee Curtis’ name being called…you can tell how much that Oscar would have meant to her. she is, was, and always will be incredible. I better see her on that stage SOON," he wrote.

"Angela Bassett was absolutely stunning in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," writer Michael Patterson tweeted. "That performance was worthy of an Oscar, and incredibly worthy of being the first MCU performance to win an Oscar."

Despite Bassett not winning the award for best supporting actress, Michael B. Jordan, who appeared in the first "Black Panther" film, and Jonathan Majors paid tribute to her soon thereafter when they appeared to announce another award. 

"Hey Auntie," Jordan quipped at Bassett as he walked onstage. It was a reference to a moment they shared in the first film.

When asked ahead of the ceremony by ABC what it was like to be the first person to be nominated for a Marvel film, Bassett said it was "pretty exciting," but they'd just gone into the movie focused on honoring the late "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died of cancer on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43.

"I think we just went into it with all our hearts set on honoring our dear brother, Chadwick Boseman," Bassett told ABC on March 12. "And we didn’t think about anything other than that. And for this to come about as part of it is very satisfying."

Bassett did win a Golden Globe for her performance back in January. In her acceptance speech, she also paid tribute to the the "Black Panther" crew and their love for Boseman. 

Angela Bassett talks new 'fabulous' chapter of her career

NOV. 4, 202206:54

“Weeping may come in the evening,” she told them. “But joy comes in the morning. We embarked on this journey together with love. We mourned. We loved. We healed. And we were surrounded each and every day by the light and the spirit of Chadwick Boseman.

"We have joy in knowing that with this historic ‘Black Panther’ series, it is a part of his legacy that he helped to lead us to. We showed the world what Black unity, leadership and love looks like beyond, behind in front of the camera."

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the third time, the 2023 Oscars are broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, with the red carpet starting earlier. The 2023 Oscars are available to watch on ABC and various streaming platforms. Leading the list of nominees include “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Banshees of Inisherin.” 

Recommended

BEAUTYIt's a big week for beauty sales: We found the best deals from Ulta, Sephora and more

The list of performers and presenters includes Rihanna, following her Super Bowl halftime show, and the viral Telugu-language hit “Naatu Naatu.” 

Follow TODAY.com for complete Oscars coverage, including this year’s winners and unexpected moments.

Samantha Kubota

Samantha Kubota is a senior digital editor and journalist for TODAY Digital based in Los Angeles. Originally from the Chicago area, she grew up dreaming of working for TODAY. Prior to joining NBC, Sam worked in local news around the country, most recently covering Washington D.C. Sam is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri - Columbia.

Shop TODAY

BEAUTYIt's a big week for beauty sales: We found the best deals from Ulta, Sephora and more

STYLEMy go-to spring dress has a versatile, comfortable and flattering fit — it's on sale

STYLEThe 8 biggest fashion mistakes you might be making, according to a stylist

SEE MORE

VIBRIANCE/ 

SPONSORED

This "Botox In A Bottle" Sold Out At Target (in Just 2 Days)

GALATEA APP - ROMANCE STORIES/ 

SPONSORED

Fifty Shades of Grey Can't Hold A Candle to This Book

DATEMYAGE.COM/ 

SPONSORED

Ohio is actually full of single handsome men

PRIME PROMETICS / 

SPONSORED

Reveal 5 Eyelash Secrets For Mature Women

THE PLEASANTON GUIDE/ 

SPONSORED

New Weight Loss Delicacy Has Americans Dropping Pounds

Are you switching out your underwear enough? Here's what experts say

SMARTSECURITYNOW/ 

SPONSORED

iPhone Users Don't Forget To Do This Before Tuesday

SIMPLEFUNGUSFIX/ 

SPONSORED

If You Have Toenail Fungus Try This Tonight (It's Genius!)

VIDEO / VIDEOOscars 2023 fashion roundup: See the iconic looks

LIPOSUCTION - MEDICARE | SPONSORED LINKS/ 

SPONSORED

Just Released: Medicare Now Covers Liposuction (2023 Update)

ABOUT

CONTACT

HELP

VISIT

TODAY APPS

AD CHOICES

PRIVACY POLICY

YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES

CA NOTICE

TERMS OF SERVICE

CAREERS

CLOSED CAPTIONING

TODAY SITEMAP

ADVERTISE

TODAY STORE

SHOP TODAY

SELECT SHOPPING

SELECT PERSONAL FINANCE

© 2023 NBC UNIVERSAL

­

Sent from my iPhone