Oscars: Hollywood will parade on the champagne carpet

The stars attending the Oscars gala this Sunday will, for the first time in decades, parade on a carpet that will not be red but champagne-colored, which the Hollywood Academy has already installed this Wednesday.

“People wonder if there will be any violence this year, we hope not, but I think the decision is yes the mat should be the color of champagne It shows us how confident we are that no blood will be spilled,” joked the host of the 95th awards show, Jimmy Kimmel, minutes before the award ceremony.

A joke with which Kimmel recalled the slap that Will Smith he told Chris Rock during last year’s ceremony, an incident that overshadowed that ceremony and which the Academy, criticized for its late response, now hopes to put behind it.

Change from the color of the carpet The fact that it is no longer red is nothing more than a stylistic decision, according to those responsible at the Academy.

“We asked our team (in charge of decoration) for a style that would be good for day and night,” explained Bill Kramer, director of the Academy, present at the event along with the president of the institution Janet Yang.

The champagne of the carpet contrasts with dark red curtains, the whiteness of the columns of the theater of decoration, which is completed with iconic statuettes.

While three people from production unrolled two huge scrolls of carpetKimmel – who has hosted the awards show three times – took the opportunity to make a joke first.

“This is probably the dumbest thing they’ve ever had to cover,” Kimmel told reporters, adding that “big plans” have been made for the production of this year’s gala.

He also assured that it was production This year, he has “big plans” for the gala night, which will feature Rihanna, Diane Warren and Sofia Carson, David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu and Son Lux, among others.

Nominated stars like Cate Blanchett, Michelle Yeoh, Ana de Armas, Austin Butler, Colin Farrell and Brendan Fraser are all nominated in the main acting categories, among others.

The films competing for the title of best film are: “All Quiet on the Western Front”, “Avatar: The Way of Water”, “The Banshees of Inisherin”, “Elvis”, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, “The Fabelmans”, “Tár”, “Top Gun: Maverick”, “Triangle of Sadness” and “Woman Speaks”.

Among the stars who will participate in the presentation of the gala evening will be Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close and Samuel L. Jackson.