On March 13th 2023, the biggest movie night of the year took place as Hollywood's biggest stars gathered together to participate in the 95th annual Academy awards.
Spielberg, Yeoh, Blanchett, Gaga, Bassett, del Toro, you name it - they were there. And a lucky few of this talented bunch, even took home some Oscar gold.
One of the biggest surprises of the night, came very early on through the form of Ariana de Bose and Troy Kotsur announcing the annual winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Eyebrows were raised and jaws were dropped as it was Jamie Lee Curtis who made her way onto the stage to receive her first ever Academy Award, following her first ever nomination, for her work in Everything Everywhere All At Once. A win that would go on to be only one of the film's 7 awards that night.
The Best Supporting Actress category followed the Best Supporting Actor category, also announced by last year's winners de Bose and Kotsur.
Although this time around, not as many jaws were dropped as Ke Huy Quan made his way to the stage, Ince again, to receive his very first Academy Award. The much-loved actor took home the award for his performance as Waymond in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and certainly set the tone early on for the rest of the night.
Although, before the night began, there was next to no people predicting anything but an EEOAO sweeping of the award categories, there was a certain point in the night where time seemed to stop and questions were asked as to whether All Quiet On The Western Front could be the one to take home the prestigious Best Picture award.
Following the films success at the Bafta's, just a couple of weeks ago, the film seemed to gain some momentum and place an increment of pressure upon the throats of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The height of this pressure took place the moment the film received two back-to-back awards through the form of Best Production Design and Best Original Score, two honours it was not expected to receive.
But this would soon go on to be nothing but gossip, as the extremely talented directing duo, known as "The Daniels", took home the first of their three awards of the night, in Best Original Screenplay.
To rub even more salt into the wound of All Quiet On The Western Front's Best Picture chances, Sarah Polley then went on to receive the Best Adapted Screenplay award for her work in the film Women Talking. A film that was only nominated throughout two categories on the night.
Last year was the first time ever that two females have won the Best Director category for two years running (Chloe Zhao & Jane Campion), but this streak would then go on to be broken as The Daniels were invited back on to the stage to receive their second award of the night, titling themselves as the Best Directors of 2023.
"There is greatness in every single person. You just need to find the right person to unlock it" - Daniel Kwan
To top off an already exciting and entertaining evening, last years Best Actress winner Jessica Chastain and 2002's Best Actress winner entered the stage to announce the winners for this years best leading role performances.
First up, was the one and only, Brendan Fraser.
Brendan Fraser made his comeback to the Hollywood stage by playing an extremely obese and unhealthy English teacher, looking to rekindle his relationship with his daughter, in Darren Aronofsky's "The Whale".
Fraser received a number of accolades throughout this year's awards season, but having his name engraved into the Best Actor's hall of fame, will by far be the greatest.
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