‘This should be the highlight of the night’: Lady Gaga is praised for her kindness towards a frail Liza Minnelli, 76, as she whispers ‘I got you’ during the Oscars ceremony
Lady Gaga was hailed as a ‘person to look up to and admire’ after a touching interaction with Liza Minnelli at the Oscars went viral online.
The global superstar, 35, co-presented the award for Best Picture alongside actress Liza, 76, at the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday.
After wheeling Liza out in a wheelchair, the Bad Romance songstress was later seen comforting the accoladed star by whispering: ‘I got you’, as she tried to read her lines.
‘This should be the highlight of the night’: Lady Gaga has been praised for her kindness towards a frail Liza Minnelli, 76, as she whispered ‘I got you’ during the Oscars ceremony on Sunday
Showing her appreciation, Liza replied: ‘I know.’
The poignant moment saw an abundance of praise piled onto the House Of Gucci actress, with one moved fan saying it should be the ‘highlight of the night.’
Another chimed: ‘Lady Gaga showing us all what respect, love, and admiration look like. And Liza Minnelli being the absolute queen that she is.’
On stage: The global superstar, 35, co-presented the award for Best Picture alongside actress Liza, 76 (pictured) at the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood
Support: After wheeling Liza out in a wheelchair, the Bad Romance songstress was later seen comforting the accoladed star by whispering: ‘I got you’, as she tried to read her lines
Grateful: Showing her appreciation, Liza replied: ‘I know’
Talking: The poignant moment saw an abundance of praise piled onto the House Of Gucci actress, with one moved fan saying it should be the ‘highlight of the night’
Another tweet read: ‘Lady GaGa has consistently shown real humanity understanding kindness support and respect. Genuinely a super person a consummate vocal Artist and performer. A person to look up to and admire.’
Liza received a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd on Sunday night, with Gaga also taking the time to applaud the legendary star.
‘Oh! That’s so exciting!’ exclaimed the Cabaret actress with a laugh.
‘Do you see that? The public, they love you,’ said the Poker Face singer, before helping Liza get her cue cards in order.
Legend: Liza received a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd on Sunday night, with Gaga also taking the time to applaud the legendary star
‘Good evening, you know how I love working with legends,’ said Gaga, while staring down and placing a hand on Liza’s shoulder.
‘Aw, my baby!’ said Liza as she grasped onto the Grammy Award-winner’s hand.
Gaga continued: ‘And I am honoured to present the final award of the evening with a true show business legend.’
The likes of Kristen Stewart and Javier Bardem were all captured applauding Liza.
‘She’s celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cabaret,’ announced Gaga, with Liza famously winning Best Actress for her leading role in the 1972 musical feature.
‘Oscar award-winning actress Liza Minelli,’ continued the singer, which earned around round of applause for the star.
Standing ovation: ‘Oh! That’s so exciting!’ exclaimed the Cabaret actress with a laugh
Liza then proceeded to announce they’d be unveiling the winner for Best Picture, with Gaga elaborating that they’d be reading out the nominees first.
After unveiling the nominees, Liza told Gaga she was her ‘biggest fan’ and ‘so happy’ to be there with the singer.
Liza, opening a red envelope, announced the winner for Best Picture to be Apple Tv+’s feature CODA.
All love: ‘Do you see that? The public, they love you,’ said the Poker Face singer, before helping Liza get her cue cards in order
The 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony saw Jessica Chastain win her first Best Actress trophy and CODA make history as the first ever streaming film to earn Best Picture.
But Will Smith has no doubt become the most talked about moment of The Oscars after his Best actor victory was marred following a physical altercation with Chris Rock.
He beat out Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos, Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog, Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!, and Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Respect: ‘Good evening, you know how I love working with legends,’ said Gaga, while staring down and placing a hand on Liza’s shoulder
Sweet: ‘Aw, my baby!’ said Liza as she grasped onto the Grammy Award-winner’s hand
Will snapped up the award for his portrayal of Richard Williams, the determined father who raised tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, in King Richard.
But the win was overshadowed as the actor, 53, earlier stormed on to the Oscars stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s haircut.
Stand-up comedian Chris upset Will when he compared his wife’s hair to that of G. I. Jane’s, who has a shaved head. Pinkett Smith suffers from hair loss condition alopecia.
Honored: ‘And I am honored to present the final award of the evening with a true show business legend,’ said Gaga
Lots to celebrate: ‘She’s celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cabaret,’ announced Gaga, with Liza famously winning Best Actress for her leading role in the 1972 musical feature
After Will strode out on stage and slapped Chris with an open right hand, the comedian staggered and exclaimed ‘wow, Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me.’
Will, visibly emotional, walked back to his seat in the audience and shouted: ‘Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth.’
The exchange was muted on a delayed telecast in much of the US, but was aired in full to some international audiences.
Will was still allowed to make his acceptance speech and, with tears streaming down his face, he appeared to defend hitting Chris because he said he wanted to protect his family.
Major: Liza then proceeded to announce they’d be unveiling the winner for Best Picture, with Gaga elaborating that they’d be reading out the nominees first
Here we go! After unveiling the nominees, Liza told Gaga she was her ‘biggest fan’ and ‘so happy to be there with the singer
Winners: Liza, opening a red envelope, announced the winner for Best Picture to be Apple Tv+’s feature CODA
Shocking: Will Smith has no doubt become the most talked about moment of The Oscars after his Best actor victory was marred following a physical altercation with Chris Rock
‘Love makes you do crazy things’, the rapper admitted as he accepted his Best Actor Oscar statuette.
He added that being a Hollywood star means you should be able to ‘have people disrespecting you and that ‘you just gotta smile and pretend it’s ok,’ he said.
But he added that he admired Richard Williams who ‘was a fierce defender of his family.’
‘I’m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people,’ he explained.
OSCARS 2022: WINNERS
BEST PICTURE
Belfast (Focus Features)
Coda (Apple) – WINNER
Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Drive My Car (Janus Films/Sideshow)
Dune (Warner Bros)
King Richard (Warner Bros)
Licorice Pizza (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
The Power Of The Dog (Netflix)
West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
History: Coda became the first ever streaming film to win Best Picture as it upset The Power Of The Dog
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story – WINNER
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst- The Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – Coda – WINNER
Jesse Plemons – The Power Of The Dog
J.K Simmons – Being The Ricardos
Kodi Smitt-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
Amazing: Troy Kotsur became the first male actor to win an Oscar for Coda
COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella (Jenny Beavan) – WINNER
Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parrini)
Dune (Jacqueline West)
Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira)
West Side Story (Paul Tazewell)
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Belfast
Dune – WINNER
No Time To Die
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story
ORIGINAL SCORE
Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)
Dune (Hans Zimmer) – WINNER
Encanto (Germaine Franco)
Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)
The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA (Sian Heder) – WINNER
Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe)
Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve)
The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
Shining moment: Sian Heder earned Best Adapted screenplay for the film as it went three for three on the night
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast (Kenneth Branagh) – WINNER
Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay & David Sirota)
Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)
King Richard (Zach Baylin)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt)
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Affairs Of The Heart
Bestia
Box Ballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper – WINNER
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye – WINNER
On My Mind
Please Hold
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car – WINNER
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune (Zsuzsanna Sipos & Patrice Vermette) – WINNER
Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau)
The Power of the Dog (Grant Major & Amber Richards)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh)
West Side Story (Rena DeAngelo & Adam Stockhausen)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard – WINNER
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
All eyes on her: Jessica Chastain finally won her first Best Actress trophy for her titular role in The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
DIRECTING
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
FILM EDITING
Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin)
Dune (Joe Walker) – WINNER
King Richard (Pamela Martin)
The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras)
Tick, Tick… Boom! (Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum)
MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye – WINNER
House Of Gucci
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto – WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells VS The Machine
Raya And The Lost Dragon
ORIGINAL SONG
Be Alive — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard)
Dos Oruguitas — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
Down to Joy — Van Morrison (Belfast)
No Time to Die — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die) – WINNER
Somehow You Do— Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
Not a bad guy: Billie Eilish and brother FINNEAS earned Best Original Song for No Time To Die from the James Bond film of the same name
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball – WINNER
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
Writing with Fire
VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune – WINNER
Free Guy
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Epic: Dune swept the technical awards as Greig Fraser is shown accepting the Best Cinematography gong
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune (Greig Fraser) – WINNER
Nightmare Alley (Dan Lausten)
The Power of the Dog (Ari Wegner)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonnel)
West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski)
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