2023 Oscars recap: Biggest wins, all the star-studded performances and more

Expect many famous faces to appear onstage during tonight’s telecast.

In the weeks leading up to the awards show, the academy revealed Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Harrison Ford, John Travolta, Jessica Chastain and more would be presenters at the 95th Oscars.

There are also plenty of performances to look forward to during tonight’s show from artists nominated in the best original song category.

Sofia Carson and Diane Warren will perform their nominated song "Applause" from "Tell It Like a Woman," Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava will make their Oscars performance debut singing "Naatu Naatu" from "RRR," David Byrne, Son Lux and Stephanie Hsu will perform "This Is A Life" from "Everything Everywhere All at Once," and Rihanna will also take the stage to perform "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

Sources with direct knowledge tell ABC News that Lady Gaga will also perform her nominated song "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick.”

Award-winning talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is hosting tonight’s ceremony.

This is Kimmel’s third time hosting the show. He first hosted the Oscars in 2017, and then again in 2018.

During an interview on “Good Morning America” earlier this week, Kimmel said he had thought about how he’ll address Will Smith’s now-infamous slap from last year’s Oscars.

“I know that a million jokes have been made about it, a million think pieces have been written on it,” he told “GMA” co-anchor Lara Spencer. “There has been a lot said about it, so whatever I say has to be I think -- you know, it has to be good.”
“And I do have some good things to say about it. I think that it’s gonna be on everybody’s mind,” he added. “Everybody’s gonna be waiting for that moment. And that will be part of the show, but certainly not the focus of the show.”

"CODA" won the top prize last year in a historic win for the Deaf community. The Sian Heder-directed film also made history as the first film distributed by a streaming service, Apple TV+ in this case, to win best picture.

Jane Campion won best director for her film "The Power of the Dog," becoming the third woman to do so.

Will Smith won best actor for "King Richard” -- moments after slapping presenter Chris Rock onstage -- and Jessica Chastain won best actress for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" while Troy Kotsur won best supporting actor for "CODA" and Ariana DeBose won best supporting actress for "West Side Story."

Denis Villeneuve’s "Dune" had the most wins of the night, snagging six trophies.

See the complete winners list from last year's show here.

Tonight’s show will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. It will air live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Before the awards ceremony, tune into ABC News’ live Oscars pre-show “On The Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95,” from 1-4 p.m. ET/10 a.m.-1 p.m. PT.

The three-hour special, which will also stream here on ABC News Live at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT, will be hosted by ABC News Live Prime anchor and “World News Tonight” weekend anchor Linsey Davis and “Good Morning America” weekend co-anchor and “World News Tonight” weekend anchor Whit Johnson.

Ahead of the show, you can also check out the official ABC pre-show, “Countdown to the Oscars,” which will be co-hosted by Ashley Graham, Vanessa Hudgens and Lilly Singh. The 90-minute special will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on ABC.