In comparison to last year’s Oscars ceremony, this year’s show was markedly more drama-free, after the 2022 event was overshadowed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage.
As was expected, the 2023 host Jimmy Kimmel didn’t shy away from mentioning the incident, joking that with five Irish actors nominated for accolades, ‘the odds of another fight onstage just went way up’.
He also added: ‘If any person in this theatre commits an act of violence, you will be awarded best actor and be allowed to give a 19-minute speech.’
However, the comedian originally planned on going ‘harder’ with jibes about the slap, which occurred after Rock made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Molly McKeaney, an executive producer for Jimmy Kimmel Live, opened up on the quips that the 55-year-old concocted that ended up being cut.
‘We didn’t want to make this year all about last year,’ McNearney told Variety.
‘I cannot tell you how many Will Smith jokes we had that then we got rid of. We think that only the best for that room made it. There were certainly some that went harder, but we didn’t think that was our place to do that. That should be Chris Rock, not us.’
In light of the slap last year, the bosses behind the Academy Awards put in new measures to ensure that there wouldn’t be an instance of similar behaviour.
Oscar winners 2023
Here are the winners for the 95th Oscar Awards:
Best motion picture of the year
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Naatu Naatu from RRR, Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
Achievement in directing
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Best animated feature film of the year
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Achievement in cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
Achievement in costume design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best documentary feature
Navalny
Best documentary short subject
The Elephant Whisperers
Achievement in film editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best international feature film of the year
All Quiet on the Western Front – Germany
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
The Whale
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
Achievement in production design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Best animated short film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Best live action short film
An Irish Goodbye
Achievement in sound
Top Gun: Maverick
Achievement in visual effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Adapted screenplay
Women Talking
Original screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once
This included putting together a ‘crisis committee’, as they assured that Kimmel would be ‘ready for anything’ on the night.
‘Well, I have been studying the martial arts since they asked me to host the show, so I think that’s what they’re referring to,’ he joked to USA Today.
However, he then added: ‘The truth of the matter is I am not ready for anything. I’m ready for some things, but anything that involves violence or me having to run, I’m very not ready.’
Kimmel said that he wasn’t involved in the ‘crisis management meeting’, stating: ‘So if there is a crisis, I’ll be the only one left in the dark.’
‘Not only am I not a member of the team, my welfare doesn’t seem to be of particular concern. I don’t know what they’re worried about, but hopefully I won’t get slapped,’ he said.
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