Oscars 2023 Recap: Red Carpet, Winners & More
The Oscars 2023 have wrapped up, and the team behindEverything Everywhere All at Oncehas plenty of reasons to celebrate. The genre-bending sci-fi epic took home seven Oscars, including best picture and an almost-unprecedented three acting Oscars, the most since 1976’sNetwork.
And after the awards, of course, the biggest stars of the night made their way to theVanity Fair Oscar party, where dancing, celebration, and In-N-Out burgers all awaited. Revisit every moment of the big night with our live blog, including updates from inside the Oscars and on the red carpet andexclusive looks inside theVanity Fair event. And when there are more updates to be had, we'll bring them here—the Oscar celebration continues!
Katey Rich
3 years ago
In Conclusion
TheLittle Gold Men team gathered early Monday morning to discuss the highs and lows — but mostly highs! — of the 2023 Oscars. As David Canfield wrote in his summary of the awards, “the Academy seemed to listen to its critics and try to meet a rapidly changing moviegoing public where it’s at. They could’ve done worse than deliver a historic night to the movie that, in more ways than one, defined American cinema in 2022.”
Kenzie Bryant
3 years ago
Megan Fox Goes Red for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Last nightMegan Fox switched up her look for theVanity Fair Oscars Party. Gone was her signature raven mane, and in its place was something altogether Fox-ier—hair the color of copper. See her transform before your eyes in our video.
Hillary Busis
3 years ago
For the Win
Yes,Everything Everywhere All at Once ruled the night—but if you feel the need to refresh your memory about how the rest of the Oscars shook out, here’s a full list of winners.
Kase Wickman
3 years ago
A$AP Rocky Retains Status as Admiral of Rihanna Navy
You may think you're a bigRihanna fan, but you've got nothing onA$AP Rocky, her boyfriend and the father of one external child and one pending baby with the singer. See how the rapper supported Rihanna at the Oscars, where she performed “Lift Me Up,” her best original song nominee fromBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Laura Regensdorf
3 years ago
The Story Behind Hong Chau’s Custom Prada Look
Hong Chau has an eye for detail—like the tattoos she requested for her Oscar-nominated turn in The Whale, even if they didn’t make it on camera. (Makeup department head Judy Chin hand-drew a tattoo design of two koi fish: “A larger one for Charlie and a smaller one for Alan, and they were kind of wrapped around each other. It was so beautiful,” Chau told Vanity Fair.)
Her custom Prada look for the Oscars was another moment for storytelling, by way of a mandarin collar she noticed in the Italian label’s spring 1997 collection. “I was like, ‘I don't know if you’re going to be very offended by this, but I just wanted to incorporate my roots a little bit,’” said Chau, whose parents left postwar Vietnam before settling in New Orleans. The result—pink satin, a darkly shimmering rectilinear train, and that collar—was something of a self-portrait in Prada.
Kase Wickman
3 years ago
Identifying History
This year'sbest actress winner,Michelle Yeoh ofEverything Everywhere All at Once, is the first Asian woman to take the category, and only the second non-white winner (Halle Berry was the first). If you've noticed Yeoh being described in some outlets as the “first self-identifying Asian” woman to win and wondered why some are making that specific designation, you may be interested in reading up on Merle Oberon and the secret that she took to her grave.
A star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Oberon was nominated for Best Actress in 1935 forThe Dark Angel. Though no one knew it at the time, she was the first nominee of South Asian descent in the category. Oberon was actually born in Bombay, India in 1911 and was of Anglo-Indian descent, but, afraid of how her heritage could work against her in the rigid structures of Hollywood, she lied that she'd been born in Tasmania, Australia, and that her birth records had been destroyed in a fire. In fact, it appears that Oberon only visited Australia twice before her death in 1979.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novelThe Last Tycoon, there's a character based on Oberon, named Margo Taft. In a later television adaptation of the story,Jennifer Beals played the part.
Maggie Coughlan
3 years ago
Change Is Good
Wardrobe! For some stars, going from theOscars ceremony to theVanity Fair Oscars Party requires an outfit change.
See who transformed their look before partying the night away at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, because every red carpet deserves its own look.
Savannah Walsh
3 years ago
The Future of the Oscars?
Sure,Jamie Lee Curtis just won best supporting actress—but she understands the case for doing away with gendered categories in the future. “How do you include everyone when there are binary choices?” she said in the press room after winning her award. “As the mother of a trans daughter, I completely understand that.”
Kase Wickman
3 years ago
Ozempic, Explained
If Oscars hostJimmy Kimmel quipping last night that many viewers must be thinking, “I can’t help but wonder, ‘Is Ozempic right for me?'” has you wondering, “Oh, I wonder what Ozempic is?" we have great news. Wonder no more! Read up on the insulin drug's controversial use for weight loss withEmily Jane Fox's story.
Kase Wickman
3 years ago
Super, No Thanks for Asking
The official awards ceremony may be over, but the winners for best crowd reaction shots have yet to be decided in the people's court. Your Monday morning mission, should you choose to accept it, is to considerAndrew Garfield's reluctance to accept his own mission of protectingJimmy Kimmel from would-be attackers during the ceremony. Spiderman may just….stay in the web for this one, thanks.
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Erin Vanderhoof
3 years ago
Elizabeth Banks in Vivienne Westwood
“The color scheme of this dress is pretty classic, but the shape is very interesting and very Vivienne Westwood,”Elizabeth Banks toldVanity Fair of her Oscars look. “She always did such incredible things with the female body and showing it off.”
Westwood, who brought elements of punk and new-wave style to the mainstream,died last December.
Delia Cai
3 years ago
Dolly De Leon Suits Up
Before heading to the Oscars on Sunday,Triangle of Sadness starDolly De Leon spoke withVanity Fair about the divine feminine power of a killer suit, a perfect playlist—and her greatest role models.
“When I see women on the red carpet wearing these very masculine-looking tuxedos or the suits with a necktie, I find that very sexy and powerful and also very feminine at the same time,” she said.
Photo Assistant:Miles Caliboso
Kase Wickman
3 years ago
FOMO No More
If you closed out the Oscars with a to-watch list longer than the receipt from your convenience store run, fret not: We've rounded up how to watch every one of last night's winners at home, so you can start your marathon whenever you want. FromThe Whale toThe Elephant Whisperers, we have, well,Everything Everywhere All at Once when it comes to last night's Oscar champs.
Katey Rich
3 years ago
Golden Hour
If you’re just waking up on the East Coast, you might have a lot to catch up on from our party. Might we suggest theMark Seliger portrait studio—featuringBrendan Fraser and many more—as a place to start?
Katey Rich
3 years ago
The Report
Nate Freeman is your eyes and ears inside the party, and he’s seeing it all, fromRobert Kraft meetingAndrew Garfield to everyone—includingJeff Bezos!—proclaiming their love forEverything Everywhere All at Once. Don’t miss a moment:
Katey Rich
3 years ago
Inside the Party
There’s already so much to see inside theVanity Fair Oscar party — as we write this theEverything Everywhere All at Once crew has arrived, with a whole lot of Oscars in tow. They’re the center of attention already, much as they were at the Oscars themselves.
Vanity Fair
3 years ago
PhotographerMark Seliger has returned to theVanity Fair Oscar Party to capture the likes ofOlivia Wilde,Donald Glover, and evenNancy and Paul Pelosi.
Emily Kirkpatrick
3 years ago
Ready for Their Close-Up
While thered carpet at the Oscars 2023 is great for big, dramatic entrances, over-the-top glamour, and show-stopping fashions, in the mad rush to the award show, the little details can often get lost. Enter the glam cam.
Joy Press
3 years ago
Woman of the Hour
Michelle Yeoh has an extra bit of hardware with her as she enters the Governors Ball.
