The Oscars were “Everything.“ The critically-acclaimed multiverse movie stole the show on Hollywood’s biggest night, with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nabbing seven of the night’s top honors, including best picture, best actress, best directing, best editing, best original screenplay, and the best supporting actor and best supporting actress awards.
But there were plenty of other memorable moments during the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday — although none could quite live up to the infamous incident during last year’s show, when Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock onstage. Still, Hollywood’s biggest night kicked off by swapping the red carpet for a “champagne-colored” walkway (which drew mixed reactions), plus show-stopping performances by Rihanna and Lady Gaga — and, yes, references to Smith’s slap. See: 2023 Oscars: A list of all the winners, as ‘Everything Everywhere’ dominates So whether you missed the Academy Awards to tune into “The Last of Us” finale on HBO instead, or you just want to relive the highlights, here are some of the most memorable moments from the 2023 Oscars.Red-carpet watchers rued the ‘champagne carpet,’ a beige fashion flop The red carpet is a staple to any awards show, but fashion lovers consider the Oscars red carpet, in particular, to be their sartorial Super Bowl. Yet the Academy Awards ripped up the red carpet this year — for the first time since it rolled out the red runner in 1961 — in favor of a champagne-colored one. This is because the arrivals area was covered up this year, and the show’s creative director felt that a darker carpet, like a red one, would appear too dark beneath the covered tent. Alas, m …