Jimmy Kimmel attends the world premiere of Netflix's "Your Place Or Mine" at Regency Village Theatre on February 02, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Chris Rock is seen backstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California.

Jimmy Kimmel is reflecting on last year’s Oscars telecast when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face onstage. The late-night talk show was watching the show from home.

“It’s still shocking that that happened,” Kimmel, 55, tells People. “To see something like that happen outside of like The Maury Povich Show is shocking. And then for it to happen on the Oscars magnifies it by about a million times…. I think it’s something that everybody regrets and that we will move past. One day it will be looked at in the same way as that guy running onstage naked is looked at: a weird moment that we all talked about and we hopefully learn from.”

While Kimmel hasn’t talked to Smith, he has touched base with Rock, and commends the comedian for keeping calm in the moment. “I mean, to be slapped in the face and to stay that cool is something that Chris should be proud of,” he says. “Chris’s grandchildren, I hope, will still be proud of that when he’s dead and gone.”

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This year’s Oscars takes place on Sunday, March 12, with Kimmel set to host the evening for a third time. The red carpet pre-show will be on at 6:30 p.m. Watch the 2023 Oscars on ABC live at 8 p.m. ET or stream it on the ABC app with your television provider, Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV (many of these services offer a free trial as well).

Meanwhile, Chris Rock will be performing this weekend for Netflix’s first-ever live, global streaming event. Chris Rock: Selective Outrage will stream at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday (March 4). Selective Outrage is the comedian’s second special for Netflix following 2018’s Tambourine. Since April 2022, Rock has been traveling the globe as part of his Ego Death World Tour, which marked his return to live comedy after a five-year break. Rock will perform in Baltimore, at Maryland’s iconic Hippodrome Theatre, with the pre-show, The Show Before the Show, to be hosted by comedian and actor Ronny Chieng with appearances from Arsenio Hall, Leslie Jones, Deon Cole and more.

Right after the show, David Spade and Dana Carvey will tap in as co-hosts for The Show After the Show. Taking place live from Los Angeles’ The Comedy Store, guests will include comedian JB Smoove and six-time NBA champion and MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Both The Show After the Show and The Show Before the Show will only be available live on March 4.

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Dominates Oscar Nominations

On Tuesday, Jan. 24, Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced the 23 nominees for the 95th Academy Awards at 8:30 a.m. ET. The presentation took place at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick dominated nominations, with Everything Everywhere All at Once leading the nominations with 11.

The 95th Oscars will take place Sunday, March 12 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood with host Jimmy Kimmel. This will be Kimmel’s third time hosting, having hosted the Oscars in both 2017 and 2018. Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment are serving as executive producers and showrunners, with Weiss also directing the show for the eighth consecutive year. The awards can be watched live on ABC and televised in over 200 territories worldwide.

See the full list of nominations below:

  • Actress In A Supporting Role

    Angela Bassett — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Hong Chau — The Whale

    Kerry Condon — The Banshees of Inisherin

    Jamie Lee Curtis — Everything Everywhere All At Once

    Stephanie Hsu — Everything Everywhere All At Once

  • Costume Design

    Babylon

    Black Panther

    Elvis

    Everything Everywhere

    Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris

  • Sound

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    The Batman

    Elvis

    Top Gun: Marverick

  • Original Score

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Babylon

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Everything Everywhere All At Once

    The Fablemans

  • Adapted Screenplay

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Living

    Top Gun: Maverick

    Women Talking

  • Original Screenplay

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Everything Everywhere All At Once

    The Fablemans

    Tar

    Triangle of Sadness

  • Best Live Action Short Film

    An Irish Goodbye

    Ivalu

    Le Pupille

    Night Ride

    The Red Suitcase

  • Best Animated Short Film

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

    The Sailor

    Ice Merchants

    My Year of Dicks

    An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It

  • Actor In A Supporting Role

    Brendan Gleeson — The Banshees of Inisherin

    Brian Tyree Henry — Causeway

    Judd Hirsh —The Fablemans

    Barry Keoghan — The Banshees of Inisherin

    Ke Huy Quan — Everything Everywhere All Once

  • Original Song

    “Applause”‘

    “Hold My Hand”

    “Lift Me Up”

    “Naatu Naatu”

    “This Is A Life”

  • Documentary Feature Film

    All That Breathes

    All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

    Fire of Love

    House Made of Splinters

    Navalny

  • Documentary Short Film

    The Elephant Whisperers

    Haulout

    How Do You Measure A Year?

    The Martha Mitchell Effect

    Stranger At The Gate

  • International Feature Film

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Argentina, 1985

    Close

    EO

    The Quiet Girl

  • Animated Feature Film

    Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

    Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

    Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

    The Sea Beast

    Turning Red

  • Makeup and Hairstyling

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    The Batman

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Elvis

    The Whale

  • Production Design

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    Babylon

    Elvis

    The Fablemans

  • Film Editing

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Elvis

    Everything Everywhere All At Once

    Tar

    Top Gun: Maverick

  • Cinematography

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

    Elvis

    Empire of Light

    Tar

  • Visual Effects

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    The Batman

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Top Gun: Maverick

  • Actor In A Leading Role

    Austin Butler — Elvis

    Colin Farrell — The Banshees of Inisherin

    Brendan Fraser — The Whale

    Paul Mescal — Aftersun

    Bill Nighy — Living

  • Actress In A Leading Role

    Cate Blanchett — Tar

    Ana de Armas — Blonde

    Andrea Riseborough — To Leslie

    Michelle Williams — The Fablemans

    Michelle Yeoh — Everything Everywhere All At Once

  • Directing

    The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh

    Everything Everywhere All At Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

    The Fablemans — Steven Spielberg

    Tar — Todd Field

    Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Ostlund

  • Best Picture

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Elvis

    Everything Everywhere All At Once

    The Fablemans

    Tar

    Top Gun: Maverick

    Triangle of Sadness

    Women Talking