Best Pics From the Show – Billboard

The ninety fifth Academy Awards, which aired dwell on ABC, took over the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday (March 12).

Every thing All over the place All at As soon as was the night’s largest winner, nabbing seven trophies out of its 11 nominations, together with greatest image, greatest directing, greatest actress, greatest supporting actress and greatest supporting actor.

Pop royalty was current and accounted for, with Rihanna performing “Elevate Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually and Woman Gaga belting “Maintain My Hand” from Prime Gun: Maverick. Each have been nominated in the perfect authentic music class, however misplaced out to M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose for “Naatu Naatu” from RRR. In the perfect authentic rating class, Volker Bertelmann gained for All Quiet on the Western Entrance.

John Travolta launched Lenny Kravitz’s efficiency of “Calling All Angels” in the course of the In Memoriam section. Travolta paid homage to “expensive pals who we’ll all the time stay hopelessly dedicated to,” choking up whereas referencing his late Grease co-star Olivia Newton-John, who died final August at age 73. Travolta teared up whereas saluting his pal and musical collaborator.

It was host Jimmy Kimmel’s third time steering the Academy Awards. In his opening monologue, Kimmel naturally had a joke about Will Smith’s notorious slap of 2022 Oscars host Chris Rock. “We would like me to really feel protected. Now we have strict insurance policies in place. If anybody on this theater commits an act of violence at any level throughout this present, you’ll be awarded the Oscar for greatest actor and permitted to provide a 19-minute-long speech,” Kimmel stated.