Jimmy Kimmel jokes this year’s champagne-colored carpet at the Oscars means ‘no blood will be shed’ during tonight’s ceremony – one year on from the infamous Will Smith slap
- Jimmy Kimmel, the host of this year’s Oscars, hoping there won’t be any violent incidents such as the infamous Will Smith slap of the 2022 host, Chris Rock
- While preparing for the event, Kimmel has been asked if he expects any violence, but he remains optimistic about a calm night.
- He joked that the decision to go with a champagne carpet instead of a red carpet shows their confidence that no blood will be shed
Jimmy Kimmel, the host of this years Oscars, is hoping for a peaceful and incident-free evening, unlike last year’s ceremony, which was marred by the infamous Will Smith slap of host, Chris Rock.
While preparing for the event, Kimmel has been asked if he expects any violence, but said he remains optimistic about a calm night.
‘I think the decision to go with a champagne carpet rather than a red carpet shows how confident we are that no blood will be shed,’ Kimmel said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
He also mentioned that he hopes the audience can move past last year’s incident and refocus their attention on the awards and the celebration of cinema.
Kimmel, 55, said that he’d take on anyone who tried to ambush him, so long as he is bigger than them. However, he admitted that he would run if it was The Rock Dwayne Johnson, given his massive physique.
Jimmy Kimmel, the host of this years Oscars, is hoping for a peaceful and incident-free evening, unlike last year’s ceremony, which was marred by the infamous Will Smith slap
Kimmel addressed the media in attendance as seemingly referenced the Will Smith slap of Chris Rock last year as he joked: ‘People have been asking “is there going to be any trouble this year? Is there going to be any violence this year?” and we certainly hope not’
‘I size them up, and, if I’m bigger than they are, I beat the s**t out of them on television. And if it’s the Rock, I run,’ he joked.
Last year, host Chris Rock was presenting the Oscar for Best Documentary during the event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood when he joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
He compared her to the shaved head look of Demi Moore in the 1997 movie G.I. Jane. Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia and did not laugh at the joke.
Smith then approached the stage and slapped Rock hard across the face with his right hand.
‘Will Smith just smacked the s*** out of me,’ Rock said from the stage after being hit.
Smith returned to his seat next to his wife after the outburst and yelled at the comic.
‘Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!,’ Smith twice shouted at a shocked Rock.
Smith later won the Oscar for Best Actor for his work in King Richard after the incident.
Infamous: Kimmel was referencing the now notorious moment at last year’s ceremony which saw comedian Rock be slapped by Smith after the comedian cracked a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith
Kimmel also mentioned the mishap of the 2017 award ceremony, which went viral as #envelopegate.
During that incident, La La Land was mistakenly named Best Picture winner after presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the envelope for the wrong category.
Although drama Moonlight was winner, its win was only announced while the crew of La La Land were up on stage making their acceptance speech.
‘It’s disappointing in a lot of ways. If you’re gonna be part of a f**kup, it might as well be the biggest f**kup ever,’ Kimmel said. ‘Being part of the second-biggest f**kup doesn’t carry as much cachet.’
During the same THR interview, Kimmel also mocked the Golden Globes and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, calling the former ‘not a real awards show.’
He added that while he doesn’t think any awards show is necessarily valid, the Oscars and other awards where peers vote, such as the SAG Awards, Writer’s Guild Awards, and Director’s Guild Awards, are the most valid.
Despite the potential for drama and mishaps, Kimmel says he’s excited for the Oscars and sees it as a celebration of cinema and the talent involved in making movies.
He hopes that the night will be remembered for the deserving winners rather than any negative incidents or mishaps.
Kimmel said he hopes that the night will be remembered for the deserving winners rather than any negative incidents or mishaps
Kimmel is pictured speaking at the Oscars in 2018, the last time hosted
Moving on to this year’s ceremony, Top Gun: Maverick has been nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, in a sign that Hollywood is finally listening to audiences and honoring box office hits instead of arthouse favorites.
The movie starring Tom Cruise is nominated for Best Picture along with Elvis, Avatar: The Way of Water, All Quiet On The Western Front and The Fabelmans.
While Cruise missed out on a nomination for Best Actor, the nomination for Best Picture could bring him his first Academy Award.
However, Everything Everywhere All At Once led the pack with the most nominations with 11 and The Banshees of Inisherin earned nine nominations. The two films swept the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Elvis, by Baz Luhrmann, has eight nominations, including one for Austin Butler.
Infamous: Kimmel was referencing the now notorious moment at last year’s ceremony which saw comedian Rock be slapped by Smith after the comedian cracked a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith
Best Actress at the Oscars will be a toss-up between Cate Blanchett in Tar and Michelle Yeoh, who won the award at the Golden Globes for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Ana De Armas also earned a nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.
While Cruise missed out on a nomination for Best Actor, Austin Butler (Elvis) Brendan Fraser (The Whale) and Bill Nighy (Living) all received nods.
All Quiet On The Western Front, a German-produced film, earned multiple nominations, as did Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, including Best Original Song.
Angela Bassett is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and as is Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the pack with the most nominations with 11
Oscars 2023: Full list of 95th Academy Awards nominations
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
Best Director
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR
Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness
Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal -Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Andrea Riseborough -To Leslie
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor
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
Best Supporting Actress
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
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell – All Quiet on the Western Front
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kazuo Ishiguro – Living
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks – Top Gun: Maverick
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR
Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness
Best 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
Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
EO
The Quiet Girl
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny
Best 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
Best 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
Best Costume Design
Mary Zophres – Babylon
Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Catherine Martin – Elvis
Shirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jenny Beavan – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová – All Quiet on the Western Front
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine – The Batman
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti – Elvis
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley – The Whale
Best Production Design
Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper – All Quiet on the Western Front
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of Water
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino – Babylon
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Bev Dunn – Elvis
Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans
Best Music (Original Song)
“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, music and lyrics by Dianne Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR, music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once, music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski, lyrics by Ryan Lott
Best Music (Original Score)
Volker Bertelmann – All Quiet on the Western Front
Justin Hurwitz – Babylon
Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Son Lux – Everything Everywhere All at Once
John Williams – The Fabelmans
Best Sound
Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte – All Quiet on the Western Front
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges – Avatar: The Way of Water
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson – The Batman
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller – Elvis
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar – All Quiet on the Western Front
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy – The Batman
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Animated Short Film
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 Film
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
Best Documentary Short
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
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