Witty one-liners, excessive trend, tearful acceptance speeches spotlight movie trade’s premier night time
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This 12 months’s Oscars noticed “One Battle After One other” cap its excellent awards season by taking house the night time’s prime prize for finest image, as “Sinners” additionally gained huge.
It was a very aggressive night time rife with spectacular performances, quippy one-liners, excessive trend on the crimson carpet and tearful acceptance speeches.
Here is a rundown of the night time’s highlights:
Musical moments… and a uncommon tie
The night time’s first musical quantity recreated a rare scene from vampire horror flick “Sinners,” a montage that traces the historical past of Black music from West Africa to the Delta Blues to hip-hop. Actor Miles Caton led different castmates within the rendition of “I Lied to You,” joined by different A-list performers resembling ballerina Misty Copeland — who danced regardless of not too long ago present process a hip substitute.
Politics take the stage
As he offered the award for finest worldwide movie, previous winner Javier Bardem made an announcement: “No to struggle and Free Palestine.”
Norwegian household dramedy “Sentimental Worth” gained the prize.
In his speech, filmmaker Joachim Trier paraphrased African American creator James Baldwin, who he mentioned “makes us keep in mind that all adults are answerable for all kids.” High winner Paul Thomas Anderson mentioned he made “One Battle After One other” — the highest winner with six prizes — for his youngsters as an apology “for the housekeeping mess that we left on this world we’re handing off to them.”
Farewell to the greats
A prolonged In Memoriam phase was given ample airtime after a 12 months that took plenty of movie legends with it.
Billy Crystal — himself a veteran Oscars host — delivered a heartfelt tribute to his late buddy and common collaborator Rob Reiner, who was murdered alongside along with his spouse at their Los Angeles house late final 12 months.
Promo alternative
The Oscars have been broadcast by the community ABC, which is owned by Disney, and organizers took the chance to promote the studio’s upcoming movies.
Whereas presenting awards, Sigourney Weaver and Pedro Pascal — stars of this 12 months’s “Star Wars” movie “The Mandalorian & Grogu” — carried out a bit that featured Grogu (also referred to as Child Yoda) within the viewers.
Conan’s jokes
Host Conan O’Brien nodded to politics and pulled a couple of punches, some with international attraction and some one-liners for the insiders.
“It is nice to be again internet hosting the Oscars. Final 12 months, once I hosted, Los Angeles was on hearth. However this 12 months, all the pieces’s going nice,” he joked, pausing for impact.
O’Brien additionally had a pointed trade comment for Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos: “It is his first time in a theater.”
