The 95th Academy Awards will be held on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be broadcast live on ABC. The Oscars will be hosted for the third time by Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night comedian. He previously hosted the ceremony in 2017 and 2018. After going host-less for the previous two years, the Oscars returned to a host format last year with Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall.
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“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once,” a twisty sci-fi adventure, led the 95th Academy Awards nominations with 11 nods. “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a World War I epic, and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” a darkly comic look at friendship unfolding against the backdrop of the Irish civil war, both received nine nominations.
All three films will compete for best picture in what is shaping up to be a much more commercially successful group of nominees than in previous years. The best picture race includes the year’s two highest-grossing films, “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” as well as “Elvis,” a musical biopic that did well with audiences last summer. Other contenders include Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans,” a drama about an abusive conductor, “TΓ‘r,” a drama about an abusive conductor, “Women Talking,” a look at the residents of a repressive religious community, and “Triangle of Sadness,” a satire of the 1% that takes place partly on a mega-yacht.
“Triangle of Sadness,” one of the year’s most divisive films, received nominations for both his screenplay and the direction of Ruben Stlund, the Swedish filmmaker who conceived of the satire. He’ll be up against Spielberg, Todd Field (“TΓ‘r”), Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), and the directing team of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once”). It’s an entirely male-dominated category. The last two best director nominees, Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”) and Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), were both women, and there were some hopes that “Women Talking” director Sarah Polley would be nominated.
Ke Huy Quan, a former child actor best known for his work in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” was nominated for best supporting actor for his performance in “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.” Quan had given up acting a few years ago, convinced that his career in front of the camera was over. Brendan Fraser, a former action star whose career was derailed by health issues and personal struggles, has re-emerged as a powerful character actor in “The Whale,” playing a morbidly obese man. He was nominated for best actor.
And there were some unexpected additions, perhaps none more stunning than Andrea Riseborough, whose performance as an alcoholic woman in the underappreciated indie “To Leslie” earned her a nomination for best actress. An advocacy campaign involving A-list supporters such as Edward Norton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, and Cate Blanchett, who was also nominated for her performance in “TΓ‘r,” aided her candidacy. Riseborough and Blanchett join Ana de Armas (“Blonde”), Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”), and Michelle Yeoh (“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once”) in the race for best actress.
In addition to Fraser, the best actor race includes Austin Butler (βElvisβ), Colin Farrell (βThe Banshees of Inisherinβ), Bill Nighy (βLivingβ) and Paul Mescal (βAftersunβ). All five actors are first-time nominees, a distinction that they share with Yeoh, de Armas and Riseborough. Blanchett has won two Oscars and been nominated eight times. βThe Fabelmansβ marks Williamsβ fifth nomination.
Even when the list’s celebrants are seated on one side,Others wonβt have much to celebrate. Thatβs because many of the yearβs most heralded performances, a group that includes Viola Davis in βThe Woman King,β Brad Pitt in βBabylonβ and Danielle Deadwyler in βTill,β failed to make the final crop of contenders.
