The Oscar awards surprise every year with the announcement of the winners of the golden statuettes that recognize the best of cinema, but the ceremony has always emotional and more memorable moments than the award ceremony itself.

Last year’s edition had one of the most controversial moments in the history of the Premios de la Academy of Film Arts and Scienceswhen Will Smith He stood on stage and hit him. Chris Rock for commentary on the illness of his wife, Jada Prinkett Smith. Although there was no physical violence during this edition of the gala, there were controversial incidents.

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The Oscars ceremony, which took place on Sunday, March 12 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, innovated first and foremost by changing the traditional red color of the carpet to a champagne hue on which all the movie stars walk. . In addition, it awarded prizes to various tapes that were the favorites of the spectators, such as Everything everywhere at oncewho won the Best Picture award.

These were some of the most memorable moments of the night:

1. Brendan Fraser’s speech

Brenda Fraser he won the Best Actor award for his performance in La Ballena. In his speech tohe accepts the statuette, the actor reflected on his career renaissance and thanked the film crew for “saving” him. Fraser experienced a career decline due to excessive body issues resulting from the physical demands of the stunts he had to do, as well as being sexually assaulted by the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The actor also dedicated the award to his eldest son Griffin Arthur Fraser, who has just turned 20 and is obese and was diagnosed with autism at the age of two.

2. The reunion of the Tapón and Indy actors

Ke Huy Quanthe Vietnamese who won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, reunited with Harrison Ford at the 2023 Oscars. Ford starred in the film of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984, when Huy Quan was just a child who came to the United States through political asylum and managed to get chosen to play Stopper in the Indiana Jones movie.

A big hug between the two accentuated the joy of the moment for Ke Huy Quan, who sent a funny and emotional greeting to his mother in his speech.

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3. The disappointment of Angela Bassett

When they announced that Jamie Lee Curtis as Best Actress in a Supporting Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, the cameras turned to the other nominees who just lost in the same category. It was then that Angela Bassett, who had hoped to win for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, was not happy for the winner, but kept her face straight, perhaps to show how much it hurt her to win the prize. not to have won.

4. John Travolta’s memory of Olivia Newton-John

In the segment that honors the actors and other characters in the film industry who passed away in 2022, the actor is John Travolta he was moved to tears as he gave a short speech. Among the movie personalities who died is Olivia Newton Johnher co-star in the musical Grease, and Travolta referenced one of the songs she sings in the film.

5. The chemistry between Salma Hayek and Pedro Pascal

Peter Pascal, the actor who captivated viewers in The Last of Us and The Mandalorian, made a brief appearance at the Oscars to present the award for Best Animated Short Film. But that wasn’t all, Salma Hayek she posed next to Pascal on the champagne carpet and ran over to him.

6. The donkey on stage

‘Jenny The Donkey’ was not nominated for any awards, but she still took the stage with host Jimmy Kimmel and was applauded for her performance in The Spirits of the Island.