Oscars 2023: Will Smith slap jokes, big wins for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' moving speeches and upsetting snubs

While last year the Academy Awards essentially ended up being about the slap seen around the world, the 2023 Oscars tried to move on from that controversial moment.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once came out as the most notable winner of the night, winning seven of the 11 awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan) and Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis).

Here are must-see moments you missed at the 2023 Oscars:

Jimmy Kimmel takes a stab at Will Smith slapping Chris Rock

Jimmy Kimmel started off the event and of course, the comedian couldn't avoid taking a stab at last year's biggest controversy, when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars stage.

This is the first year the Oscars have assembled a "crisis team" in the event of any other unexpected circumstances.

"If anyone in this theatre commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for Best Actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech," Kimmel joked to the audience.

"If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year, nothing. Sit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug."

For those who wanted to even try, Kimmel had a warning:

“If any of you get mad at a joke and you decide to get up here and 'get jiggy with it,’” you'll have to go through Adonis Creed to get to me,” he said, as the cameras cut to Creed III star Michael B. Jordan.

“You'll have to do battle with Michelle Yeoh before you get to me,” Kimmel continued, as she hit a fierce pose from her seat, before the camera flashed to other protectors including Pedro "The Mandalorian" Pascal, Andrew "Spider-Man" Garfield, Steven "Jaws" Spielberg and, of course Guillermo, Kimmel's late-night sidekick.

"The sweet little man will beat the Lydia Tár out of you."

But Kimmel's quips weren't just Smith/Rock-focused, he also took a stab at Avatar director James Cameron (and women directors generally).

"How does the Academy not nominate the guy who directed Avatar? What do they think he is, a woman?" Kimmel said.

The Oscars host also poked fun at Steven Spielberg, who is the first person to be nominated in six different decades, this year for his film The Fabelmans.

"Steven Spielberg and Seth Rogen. What a pair. The Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood," Kimmel said.

In a moment that got a particularly loud response, Kimmel compared TV shows to movies and he said there are some things movies can do that TV can't do, like lose $100 million.

"Is the gang from Babylon here? They know," Kimmel said following the setup.

Michelle Yeoh and Brendan Fraser’s emotional Best Actress and Best Actor speeches

The Best Actor and Best Actress awards went to two favourites in the awards season, with Michelle Yeoh and Brendan Fraser making particularly moving speeches.

Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars, for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

"For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this a beacon of hope and possibility," she said in her acceptance speech. "This is proof that, dream big and dreams do come true."

"And ladies don’t let anybody tell you, you are ever past your prime."

Brendan Fraser, who grew up in Toronto, won the Best Actor award for The Whale.

“I started in this business 30 years ago and things, they didn’t come easily to me,” Fraser said. "But there was a facility that I didn't appreciate at the time, until it stopped.

“I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement."