Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell treated fans of the romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral to a treat as they returned to the stage at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday.
But the actor couldn’t resist cracking a crude joke about the passage of time during the onstage reunion.
Hugh, 62, and Andie, 64, are back on stage together nearly 30 years after starring as love interests together in the modern classic.
The Notting Hill star – who went viral before the show started while dating Ashley Graham briefly. on the red carpet – quipped that the time had been kinder for Andie when he was waving tot that he looked like “a scrotum”.
Hugh opened up her segment to announce the nominees for Best Production Design, Junge saying they were there to “do two things”.
Back together: Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell rejoined the stage at the 95th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood after starring together in ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’
Decades: Hugh, 62, and Andie, 64, were back on stage together nearly 30 years after appearing together as love interests in the modern classic
“The first is to raise awareness of the vital importance of using a good moisturizer,” he continued. “Andie has worn one every day for 29 years. I’ve never used one in my life.’
He then pointed at her – “Still stunning” – and back at himself – “Basically a scrotum,” he said, drawing a roar of laughter from the audience while Andie flashed an indignant smile.
She quickly got the hang of it and moved on to the award for production designers who create the look of the sets and the film as a whole.
Then they announced the winners, Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper, who had worked on the adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front.
This wasn’t the first time Grant and MacDowell got back together after starring in Four Weddings and a Funeral, as they appeared in a 2019 sequel short film commemorating Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
The original film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, but lost both.
Earlier, Hugh had an awkward interaction with Ashley Graham on the red carpet.
She seemed to scare him off with a question about his role in Glass Onion, suggesting that she might not have seen the film since his blink-and-miss role is the shortest of all the cameos.
Uh oh: Hugh made a naughty joke after realizing Andie had been using moisturizer for years and he never used it
Oops! He then pointed to her – “Still gorgeous” – and back to himself – “Basically a scrotum,” he said, drawing a roar of laughter from the audience
Winner! She quickly got the hang of it and moved on to the award for production designers who create the look of the sets and the film as a whole. Then they announced the winners, Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper, who worked on All Quiet On The Western Front
Cringe-worthy: Previously, Hugh had an awkward interaction with Ashley Graham on the red carpet after she appeared to reveal she hadn’t seen his film Glass Onion by asking him about working in the film, where he only has a few seconds can be seen on the screen
Oscar winners 2023: AT A GLANCE
Best Picture: Everything everywhere at once
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh – All at once
Best Actor: Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis – All at Once
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan – All at Once
Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – All at once
Best Screenplay (Original Screenplay): Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – All at once
Best Screenplay (Adapted Screenplay): Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Best Animated Feature Film: Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro
Best International Feature Film: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Documentary: Navalny
Best Film Editor: Paul Rogers – All at once
Best Music (Original Song): “Naatu Naatu” by RRR
Best Sound: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water
“What was it like being in Glass Onion? How much fun is it to shoot something like that?’ she asked
“Well, I’m barely in, I was in for about three seconds,” he joked before providing more curt answers.
Tonight’s ceremony will be hosted by late-night chat show host Jimmy Kimmel and will be held at their regular venue, the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a sign that Hollywood is finally listening to audiences and honoring box-office hits over art-house favorites.
The film, starring Tom Cruise, is nominated for Best Picture along with Elvis, Avatar: The Way of Water, All Quiet On The Western Front and Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans.
While Cruise missed out on a Best Actor nomination, the Best Picture nomination could land him his first Oscar, since he also produced the film.
However, Everything Everywhere All At Once led the most nominations with 11, and The Banshees of Inisherin received nine nominations. The two films swept the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis has eight nominations, including one for Austin Butler.
The Academy Awards for Best Actress will be contested between Cate Blanchett in “Tár” and Michelle Yeoh, who won the award at the Golden Globes for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Ana De Armas also received a nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.
While Cruise missed out on a Best Actor nomination, Austin Butler (Elvis), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), and Bill Nighy (Living) all received nods.
Flying high: Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a sign that Hollywood is finally listening to audiences and honoring box-office hits over art-house favourites
Big Favorite: Everything Everywhere All At Once, however, led the most nominations with 11
All Quiet On The Western Front, a film produced in Germany, received several nominations, as did Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, including Best Original Song.
Angela Bassett is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, as is Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The winners are chosen by approximately 10,000 actors, producers, directors and filmmakers from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The academy added more women and people of color to its ranks after the #OscarsSoWhite riots of 2015 and 2016, and increased membership from outside the United States.
This year, seven of the 20 nominated actors were People of Color, including Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Quan, the castmates of Yeoh’s Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences will surely celebrate a best picture field populated with blockbusters; According to data company Comscore, their collective domestic treasury of $1.574 billion at the time of the nominations is the highest ever.
Last year’s awards looked like a comeback edition before “the slap” ruled the ceremony. As a result, the Academy banned Will Smith from participating for the next 10 years.
Although he could still have been nominated, Smith’s performance as a runaway slave in Emancipation did not resonate with voters.
Notorious: Last year’s awards looked like a comeback edition before “the slap” ruled the ceremony. As a result, the Academy banned Will Smith from participating for the next 10 years
But there are bigger concerns in the movie business. Last year saw flashes of triumphant resurgence for cinemas, like the success of Top Gun: Maverick, but less stellar results for most dramas.
Partly due to an inconsistent stream of major releases, ticket sales for the year recovered to only about 70 percent of pre-pandemic business.
Streaming services stocks, meanwhile, have tumbled as Wall Street has bet on streaming services to make profits, not just add subscribers.
Last year’s Oscars show drew 16.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen, up from a record low of 10.5 million viewers for 2021’s pandemic-damaged show.
Oscars 2023: Full List of 95th Academy Awards Winners
best picture
nothing new in the West
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees by Inisherin
elvis
All everywhere at once – WINNER
The Fabelmans
TAR
Top Gun: Maverick
triangle of sadness
women talk
Win EVERYTHING: Everything at once earned seven, including the coveted Best Picture
Best Director
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – All everywhere at once – WINNER
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Todd Field-TAR
Ruben Ostlund – Triangle of Sadness
Best actor
Austin Butler-Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale – WINNER
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighty – Life
Comeback King: Brendan Fraser won Best Actor for his performance in The Whale
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett-Tar
Ana de Armas- Blonde
Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – All Everywhere at Once – WINNER
Best supporting actor
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees from Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Dam
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees from Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – All everywhere at once – WINNER
The best supporting actress
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – All Everywhere at Once – WINNER
Stephanie Hsu – All everywhere at once
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell – All quiet on the Western Front
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kazuo Ishiguro – Life
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks – Top Gun: Maverick
Sarah Polley – women speak – WINNER
Best Screenplay (Original Screenplay)
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – All everywhere at once – WINNER
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Todd Field-TAR
Ruben Ostlund – Triangle of Sadness
Best Animated Feature Film
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro – WINNER
Marcel wears the shell with shoes on
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Creature
To redden
Pretty imaginative: Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro was awarded best animated feature film
Best International Feature Film
All quiet on the western front – WINNER
Argentina, 1985
Close
EO
The quiet girl
Best Documentary
Anything that breathes
All the beauty and the bloodshed
fire of love
A house of splinters
Navalny – WINNER
Best film editing
Mikkel EG Nielsen, The Banshees of Inisherin
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, Elvis
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere at Once – WINNER
Monika Willi, TAR
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
Best cinematography
James Friend – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
Darius Khondji – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mandy Walker-Elvis
Roger Deakins – Empire of Light
Florian Hoffmeister – TAR
Best Costume Design
Maria Zophres – Babylon
Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – WINNER
Catherine Martin – Elvis
Shirley Kurata – All everywhere at once
Jenny Beavan – Mrs. Harris goes to Paris
Iconic: Ruth E. Carter won Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best make-up and hairstyling
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová – All quiet on the western front
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine – The Batman
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti – Elvis
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley – The Whale – WINNER
Best Production Design
Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter and Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of Water
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino – Babylon
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy and Bev Dunn – Elvis
Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans
Best Music (Original Song)
“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, music and lyrics by Dianne Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” by Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson
“Naatu Naatu” by RRR, music by MM Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose – WINNER
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once, music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski, lyrics by Ryan Lott
Dynamic duo: MM Keeravaani (left) and Chandrabose won Best Music (Original Song) for RRR’s Naatu Naatu
Best Music (Original Score)
Volker Bertelmann – calm on the western front – WINNER
Justin Hurwitz – Babylon
Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Son Lux – Everything everywhere at once
John Williams – The Fabelmans
best sound
Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte – all quiet on the western front
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges – Avatar: The Way of Water
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson – The Batman
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller – Elvis
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor – Top Gun: Maverick – WINNER
Flying: The Tom Cruise-led sequel Top Gun: Maverick won the Oscar for Best Sound on Sunday during a ceremony the 60-year-old lead actor skipped
Best visual effects
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar – all quiet on the western front
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water – WINNER
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy – The Batman
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Animated Short Film
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse – WINNER
The Flying Sailor
ice cream vendor
My Year of Cocks
An ostrich told me the world is wrong and I think I believe it
Best Live Action Short Film
An Irish farewell – WINNER
Value
Le pupil
night drive
The red suitcase
Best Documentary
The Elephant Whisperers – WINNER
transport
How do you measure a year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
stranger at the gate