As it happened: all the drama from the 95th Academy Awards as The Banshees of Inisherin and An Cailín Ciúin brought the ‘green wave’ of Irish film to Hollywood’s champagne carpet
All Quiet on the Western Front is having quite the night, taking its fourth Oscar, adding best original score to its best production design, best cinematography and best international feature film wins.
AQOTWF, having already taken the cinematography Oscar tonight, isn’t out of the best picture running just yet. Even if it doesn’t take that prize, its success – it won the BAFTA for best film last month – will deeply please Netflix, which adores awards prestige almost as much as I adored that cheeseburger I just made for myself.“It’s not my birthday, but it feels like it is.”
In a break from tradition, the two supporting awards were presented consecutively, with Ariana DeBose and Troy Kotsur, last year’s winners, doing the presenting honours. “Animation is cinema, animation is not a genre, and animation is ready to be taken to the next step. We’re all ready for it. Please help us. Keep animation in the conversation,” says del Toro.Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue acknowledges what I’m just going to keep on calling the “green wave” at this year’s Oscars.
Paul Mescal poses for a selfie with fans at the 95th Annual Academy Awards. Photograph: Valerie Macon/AFPAn Irish hello: the An Irish Goodbye team of Tom Berkeley, James Martin, Seamus O'Hara and Ross White attend the 95th Annual Academy Awards. Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images In important hair news, impeccably debonair first-time nominee Bill Nighy, nominated tonight for Living, says he is wearing Cool Hair Bairly There by Sam McKnight, which Google tells me is a “texture mist”.
It’s the A-lister-stuffed pinnacle of the film calendar, a prime-time celebration of art and creative skills and the climax of a marathon industry awards season powered by tens of millions of marketing dosh. It basks in nostalgia even as it mints future careers. Back to the red/champagne carpet, where Irish actor Kerry Condon poses for photographers. What a night for Condon, who thoroughly deserves the recognition of a best supporting actress nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin.
Often the choice of best picture nominees, plus the fact that many of the winners appear to be foregone conclusions, is blamed for the slide in ratings, though the more salient explanation is that live television viewership is in inexorable long-term decline more generally and introducing gimmicks to the telecast is unlikely to reverse this.
“My first movie was with Clark Gable,” he said, after the EEAAO stars won the SAG gong for best cast in a motion picture. Alternatively, the two Catherine Martins are different people who exist in the same universe, but merely have the same name. This Catherine Martin is nominated for best picture, best production design and best costume design for Elvis, directed by her husband Baz Luhrmann.
Pedro Pascal: The Last of Us actor is best known for his struggle to survive a dystopian world ravaged by infection. He is therefore the most relatable person in Hollywood right now.Will Smith: Last year’s best actor winner won’t be present at the 95th Academy Awards on account of what happened at the 94th Academy Awards.
Catherine Martin: The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, who is in Los Angeles as part of a trade mission with Screen Ireland, will instead be at an Oscars viewing party at the Irish consulate, which is almost as glamorous.21:45
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