March 24th, 2023
For the third time, Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars. There were no slaps and no violence at this award show this year. There were, however, tears, but these were happy tears. This was the 95th (yes, 95th) Oscars. So that means, the Oscars will reach its milestone when it reaches its 100th show in 2028.
Jimmy started off with his monologue like the hosts before him had (and himself). He said some jokes in typical Jimmy Kimmel fashion, and then of course, he addressed what happened last year. He mentioned Will Smith's slap to Chris Rock. He then proceeded with the ceremony and the first award.
The first award went to the best animated film, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. It's on Netflix if you want to see why it won that award. All together, there were three Pinocchio films this year (Three in a single year, can you believe it?) But this Pinocchio is far more superior and much more worth your time than the other two. Pinocchio is Netflix's first animated feature win at an Oscars.
What if I told you that one of the kids from The Goonies won for best supporting actor, would you believe me? Well, he did. And boy, was he emotional while he gave it! His speech was so moving that it touched all of our hearts and made us all cry (even Roger). Way to go, Data! Goonies never say die!
In fact, his movie won a few more awards (including best picture). And it made history with the first Asian actress win. As a kid, Ke Huy Quan (Actor who played Data) said that seven is a lucky number. And it seems like he's still right 39 years later, for his film won 7 awards).
What was really sweet was that at the end of the show, Harrison Ford gave Ke Huy Quan a hug. Why was that especially sweet, you might ask? Well, Ke Huy Quan was that kid, Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. So it was like Indy hugging an adult Short Round after winning his award. It was a full-circle moment!
All Quiet on the Western Front, a German film, (come on, it's German, so of course, I have to mention it) won a few awards too, including Best Foreign film. A German film winning so many awards makes me so proud to be a German!
And of course, the Memorium made us cry too for all those who we have lost over the past year including the actor that played Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane, from the Harry Potter films, Olivia Newton- John's Sandy from Grease, and the incredible animated Mrs. Potts, Angela Lansbury. May they all R.I.P.
After that, the show went on for a little while later before it ended with zero incidents whatsoever. See you next year for the 96th!