A slew of A-list stars attended Oscars 2023—and walked that surprisingly stylish champagne carpet—in celebration of the ninety fifth Academy Awards, the place Every part All over the place All At As soon as was the evening’s huge winner. However celebrities can not, the truth is, be all over the place suddenly—and a number of other main gamers had been lacking from Sunday’s ceremony as effectively.
Host Jimmy Kimmel famous just a few of those absences throughout his monologue, the place he joked: “You understand, Tom Cruise and James Cameron didn’t present up tonight. The 2 guys who insisted we go to the theater didn’t come the theater.”
There have been just a few shock attendees Sunday, together with Cocaine Bear, Jenny the Donkey and Woman Gaga. However for those who’re questioning the place a few of these lacking main gamers had been as a substitute of the 2023 Oscars, learn on.
Tom Cruise
Cruise, nominated as a producer for finest image contender Prime Gun: Maverick, has been largely lacking from the awards circuit this 12 months—exterior of the Oscar nominees luncheon, the place Steven Spielberg reportedly advised him he “saved Hollywood’s ass.” However his absence on the ninety fifth Academy Awards was sudden, as Kimmel advised The Hollywood Reporter that Cruise was anticipated to attend. Alas a consultant for the actor later advised Folks that Cruise was abroad filming Mission: Unattainable 8, making any look on the Oscars—effectively, inconceivable. Kimmel took Cruise’s truancy as a chance to make a Scientology joke. “Tom Cruise along with his shirt off? L. Ron Hubba Hubba,” he quipped.
James Cameron
Cameron, whose blockbuster epic Avatar: The Approach of Water was nominated for finest image, didn’t attend due to “private causes,” his fellow producer Jon Landau told The New York Occasions’ Kyle Buchanan. However Kimmel appeared to counsel that Cameron’s failure to safe a directing nod was a contributing think about his nonattendance. “I imply, how does the Academy not nominate the man who directed Avatar?” Kimmel requested. “What do they suppose he’s, a girl?” (Solely seven ladies have been nominated for finest director within the Oscars’ 95-year historical past——and nil in 2023.)
Glenn Shut
The eight-time Academy Award nominee, who has but to win an Oscar, continued her unfortunate streak with the group by testing constructive for COVID forward of the ceremony, as reported by the Related Press. Shut was meant to reunite with Harrison Ford, her co-star in 1997’s Air Drive One, to current finest image. Whereas Shut isolates and rests, Ford went it alone for the evening’s largest award. Not less than Shut’s Oscars historical past will all the time have “Da Butt.”
Chris Rock
The 2 males on the middle of the largest scandal in Oscars historical past had been unsurprisingly not in attendance at Sunday’s ceremony, though jokes in regards to the incident had been littered all through the telecast. Through the present, Rock, who declined the Oscar internet hosting job in favor of talking out through his personal stay Netflix particular, was noticed at a Miami viewing social gathering. As seen in a video posted to Twitter, comic Whitney Cummings seems shocked to see Rock, excitedly declaring “Chris Rock is within the fucking constructing!” earlier than elevating a glass.
Will Smith
Custom has it that final 12 months’s best-actor Oscar winner presents the perfect actress trophy on the following ceremony, however all of that modified when Smith slapped Rock onstage. As a substitute of an invitation to current, Smith acquired himself banned from attending the Academy Awards for a decade. It was final 12 months’s finest actress winner Jessica Chastain and Halle Berry, who in 2002 was the first Black girl to win finest actress, who collectively offered the dignity this 12 months as a substitute. Smith, who resigned from the Academy days after his actions, reportedly spent the weekend taking his household to see life coach to the celebs Jay Shetty at an occasion in Los Angeles.
