![]() Oscars producers pointlessly changed the carpet color from the traditional red to “champagne,” which showed off every loose thread and bit of fuzzy detritus whenever cameras panned to stars’ feet. The questions and commentary, especially, seemed slightly less inane than usual (Christian Siriano’s couture commentary helped elevate the E! coverage). Oscars coverage on TV began Sunday afternoon with the E! “Live From” special, covering the celebrity arrivals. Maybe even give the assailant a hug,” a reference to Denzel Washington hugging Smith post-slap last year. Kimmel said if any violence does occur, the Oscars now have a crisis response team on standby so the audience should “sit there and do absolutely nothing. Instead he built to it, mocking the immediate reactions to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, telling the audience at the Dolby Theatre, “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech.” ![]() Kimmel didn’t reference last year’s on-stage violence at the start of his monologue. ![]() Returning host Jimmy Kimmel “parachuted” into the theater and started his monologue with somewhat soft, bland jokes (“Batgirl became the first superhero to be defeated by an accounting department”) that gradually built in intensity and edge, even biting the Oscars hand that feeds him for lack of women in the best director category (regarding James Cameron not receiving a best director nomination for the second “Avatar” film, Kimmel said, “How does the academy not nominate the guy who directed ‘Avatar’? What, do they think he is a woman?”). After last year’s shocking slap heard ‘round the world, this year’s 95th Oscars was a return to form as “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won best picture and took home six additional awards. ![]()
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