Oscars: Fashion Review — Part II
Let’s look at the Best and Worst Dressed Celebrities
- **REPOST***
By The New York Times
March 11, 2024Updated 3:24 p.m. ET
Fittingly for an Academy Awards celebrating 2023, the year of “Barbenheimer,” the movies that made up that phenomenon commanded our attention on Sunday night, too. None of it was a surprise, exactly — we knew Ryan Gosling was going to perform the song “I’m Just Ken,” from “Barbie.” And “Oppenheimer” had been the ceremony’s front-runner since awards season started last fall. Still, we weren’t prepared for just how much the ceremony, which for the most part ran smoothly, would get a boost from those twin blockbusters. Here are the highs and lows as we saw them.
Most Charming Performance: Ryan Gosling, ‘I’m Just Ken’
America’s №1 Ken, the “Barbie” star Ryan Gosling — who was also nominated for best-supporting actor and presented a tribute to stunt performers with Emily Blunt — brought the house down with his performance of “I’m Just Ken,” one of two nominated “Barbie” songs. In a shimmering hot pink tuxedo, backed by some of his co-stars (Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa) and a bevy of…
