Theres a bit in one episode of Veep where Selina Meyer tries to smile as graciously as she can while muttering What the fuck? to herself. Best yet. Actress Ariana DeBose made history Sunday as the first Afro Latina and openly queer actor of color to take home an Oscar with her win for Best Actress in a ", "There's a view that the BAFTAs have to be this slightly stiff, traditional British, middle-England messaging," said Bullen, adding that "American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz and perhaps a broader range of people being involved. Ariana, who plays Anita in West Side Story, was up against Caitrona Balfe (Belfast), Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley), Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) and Ruth Negga (Passing). It is a look of placid befuddlement. Did. Your culture and entertainment cheat-sheet. A group of dancers performed alongside the Oscar winner, 32, as she sang "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" and "We Are Family" and also rapped about the night's female nominees. Stars hit the red carpet at the BAFTA Film Awards 2023! She understands that DeBose only said You are all of us because all of us nearly rhymes with genius. appreciated. February 28, 2023. I dont quite know what to do with myself I have jitters, Im not normally a super jittery person, I feel them tonight. Lesser mortals would have given up by now, but Ariana DeBose is pushing through like a true hero. Grateful that we have a national holiday in America today to celebrate the fact that Angela Bassett did the thing pic.twitter.com/Bun4jjpH7A, Ariana DeBose wasnt lying!! This story has been shared 127,060 times. pic.twitter.com/G9YgKN2e1t, DeBose, who admittedly performed the rap like any musical theater pro probably would, also got a lot of attention for one cryptic line in which she said, Angela Bassett did the thing.. Its dangerous, actually., A$AP Rocky Supports Pregnant Rihanna at Super Bowl Halftime Performance. WebDeBose made her television debut competing on the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2009, where she finished in the top 20. ", Im not kidding this will make Ariana DeBose a gay icon for the rest of her life. We've received your submission. She is, however such a pro (non more pro) so hardly matters'. But, no, lets just say she did the thing. Ariana DeBose knows how to "do the thing" when it comes to poking fun at herself. "@bafta Some moments I loved with ppl I love," the actress captioned her post. We are here to talk about Angela Bassett Did the Thing; in which Academy Award-winning actress Ariana DeBose, already quite out of puff from the aforementioned horse-scaring, rapped about most of the female nominees in turn, while performing a terrifyingly high energy dance. "I think it's incredibly unfair, to be frank," said producer Nick Bullen while speaking to Variety about the musical performance. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. The West Side Story star put in one of the all-time great berserk musical performances with a bespoke song celebrating, by name, many of this years female nominees. Shes a huge star, she was amazing.. In partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2022 Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Entertainment News Program, Ariana DeBose Cried 7 Times Before Winning Her First SAG Award. Actress: West Side Story. Ariana DeBose didn't just "do the thing" at the 2023 BAFTA Awards she rehearsed the thing, too! It's giving Adele Dazeem at the Tonys, Galinda with a "Ga," Effie declaring she's not going, Ellie Woods' video essay. "You try hosting SNL, reading cue cards with slight dyslexia and then get back to me, brah," the Hamilton actress responded to a user who referred to DeBose accidentally saying the wrong year during her opening monologue. Or, as DeBose calls it, the one. Bullen said the rap was meant to celebrate a great year for women in film performed by a woman of color who is at the absolute top of her game., When asked by Variety if the mocking may be due to a culture clash or because people only saw the rap portion of her performance, Bullen responded by saying that the rap was meant to resonate with younger people and diverse groups and not the the traditional British award ceremony audience., I think a lot of people dont like change, and theres a view that the BAFTAs have to be this slightly stiff, traditional British, middle-England messaging, Bullen told Variety. Angela Bassett did do the thing, a fourth person said alongside a faked screenshot that replaced John Carpenter as the director of the 1982 film The Thing with Bassett. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, the actor said during her acceptance speech. Movies will be made about it. 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Ariana DeBose faced criticism on social media following her performance at the 2023 BAFTA Awards but a producer of the While it seems the moment at least temporarily drove DeBose offline, we suspect that shell be fine in the long run. Viola Davis, my Woman King DeBose commits to the lyrics as audience members look on. Before West Side Story star Ariana DeBose won Outstanding Performance by a Honestly I love this, commented The Prom star. See how stars are getting in the holiday spirit! Best Supporting Actress winner Ariana DeBose is a triple threat 10 years in the making. Elena Snchez Bellot, meanwhile, has collapsed into fits of disbelieving giggles. Bullen was also asked if he thought the number was not so well received because of the different sensibilities between U.S. and U.K. audiences. The Oscar-winning West Side Story star also said that director Baz Luhrmann, who won two BAFTAs in 1998, told her she did well. Its the same show-stopping role that won Rita Moreno an Academy Award for best supporting actress 60 years ago in 1962. Don't miss a beat. Discovery Company. The actor and singer was widely mocked online for awkwardly rapping about all the nominated women at Sundays British Academy Film Awards. Here, though, all she had to do literally the only thing she had to do was find something to rhyme with the word room. She danced her way into the audience and called out the female acting nominees by name: Angela Bassett did the thing. The songs she was singing are very familiar songs, the room was clapping, and people were sort of dancing to the music,Bullen said to Variety. The singer's return to the stage for the first time in five years has been accompanied by some news about her growing family. DeBose performing in front of Viola Davis (right). Terms of Use | Its tricky to deliver a universally beloved performance, particularly at an awards show. Cate Blanchett in the audience of the Baftas. First, by this point DeBose is audibly out of breath, because shes singing and dancing and trying to fit several lines of awkward syntax into a legitimately dreadful song. Ill take it.. On Saturday, the actor reposted an Instagram video of Lizzo emulating her rap at a concert in Amsterdam, writing, The internet is wild yall. In the comments section, The Last of Us star Melanie Lynskey told DeBose she was amazing, and actor Gabrielle Union chimed in with several red heart emojis. Though she has yet to reactivate her account, DeBose has garnered some high-profile supporters. I think thats because Im with my peers, exciting to be in this moment, coming from the Broadway stage making the leap to the silver screen to have this work seen and recognized Its a privilege to be seen but its always even more special when its by your guild., Revealing, Ive already cried like seven times Im pretty sure I full out balled earlier this evening and the night has just begun., As for who she is looking forward to seeing, DeBose shared, We are celebrating the great Helen Mirren She is my religion and I stand by it Kerry Washington she played my mother in The Prom, Im like please give me a hug and tell me its okay Lin, Leslie and David are opening the show so a little mini Ham Fam reunion I dont know that there is an actor here I am not excited to see or meet., Adam said, I dont know if there is an actor here who is not excited to see you., I never thought of it that way, she confessed, I am always surprised when people know who I am I am so used to being a super fan of everyone else, its an adjustment to realize and fully acknowledge people are seeing your work They seem to like the work I will take that as a sign I am doing something good in the world, not for the world., Adam insisted for the world, too. She replied, Okay, Ill take it for the world., Ariana also has an Oscar nomination, saying that when she first heard, I was walking along the East River I freaked out and scared the myriad of runners who were running along the path I cried then, too, Im a weeper.. "So thats good. And yet, despite this, she went with supporting or leading, all here I presume. She has deactivated her Twitter account after getting canned for her opening number at the awards. This might be my favourite reaction shot of the lot. First, the pair shared a laugh about how to quiet down the crowd -- in both Spanish and English, before DeBose beckoned to Luna to read the list of nominees. Ever the visionary, Jimmy Fallon showed his Tonight Show viewers what it would be like if Ariana DeBoses viral BAFTAs rap Angela Bassett did the thing, you You're a troll. Bassett herself even poked fun at the new meme when she acceptedher Entertainer of the Year awardat the 2023 NAACP Awards on Saturday. 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