{"id":51367,"date":"2023-03-11T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=51367"},"modified":"2023-03-11T14:47:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T19:47:56","slug":"not-sold-on-the-oscars-here-are-5-reasons-to-tune-in-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=51367","title":{"rendered":"Not Sold on the Oscars? Here are 5 Reasons to Tune In This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Hollywood\u2019s biggest night is always must-watch TV, never short on megawatt stars and spectacular red carpet fashion. At the\u00a02023 Oscars<\/a>,\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>\u00a0hosts for the third time. And this being the first Academy Awards since the infamous\u00a0Will Smith<\/a>\u00a0slap, there are surely curious fans wondering how the awards show will address last year\u2019s scandal (if at all).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of the potentially salacious moments, the event will feature exciting moments like live performances from nominated musicians like Rihanna (sadly, Lady Gaga<\/a>\u2018s Top Gun<\/em> hit won\u2019t be performed live<\/a>) and an in memoriam performance<\/a> from Lenny Kravitz<\/a>. On the list of presenters are Harrison Ford<\/a>(who became a TV star in 2022\/2023 with 1923<\/a> <\/em>and Shrinking<\/em><\/a>), Halle Berry<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are five reasons to tune in to 95th Annual Academy Awards. Say it with us: The Oscar goes to\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> Popular movies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Box office supernovas\u00a0Top Gun: Maverick<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Avatar: The Way of Water<\/em><\/a>\u00a0are among the 10 Best Picture nominees, along with hits\u00a0Elvis<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> Real-Life Drama<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Oscars always deliver unscripted moments \u2014 like an emotional and rousing acceptance speech or<\/em> last year\u2019s notorious Slap Heard \u2019Round the World. No doubt Kimmel will be cracking wise about that Will Smith<\/a>\u2013Chris Rock<\/a> imbroglio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> History in the Making<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Veteran star Michelle Yeoh<\/a> (Crouching<\/em> Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/em><\/a>) could be the first Asian woman to win the Best Actress prize for Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/strong> Comeback stories<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Former Hollywood hunk Brendan Fraser<\/a> is a Best Actor frontrunner for his role as a lonely overweight man in The Whale<\/em><\/a>. And Ke Huy Quan<\/a>, onetime child star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom<\/em><\/a>, is a Best Supporting Actor nominee for Everything Everywhere All at Once.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/strong> Career capstone<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg<\/a> could nab the Best Director prize for The Fabelmans<\/em><\/a>, a poignant origin story about his childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

95th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 12, 8\/7c, ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=3]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hollywood\u2019s biggest night is always must-watch TV, never short on megawatt stars and spectacular red carpet fashion. At the\u00a02023 Oscars,\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0hosts for the third time. And this being the first Academy Awards since the infamous\u00a0Will Smith\u00a0slap, there are surely curious fans wondering how the awards show will address last year\u2019s scandal (if at all). Outside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[13168],"class_list":["post-51367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-oscars","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}