Rihanna's Oscars Performance Lifted Up Everyone, Including A$AP Rocky

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Exactly 1 period aft her showstopping halftime show show astatine Super Bowl LVII, Rihanna erstwhile again took halfway signifier astatine the 2023 Oscars on March 12.

The pregnant vocalist performed her ballad "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which is nominated for Best Original Song. The single, which honored the precocious Chadwick Boseman, earned Rihanna her archetypal Oscar information and marked the 35-year-old's first caller solo way successful six years.

Danai Gurira introduced Rihanna, who wore an original Maison Margiela Artisanal portion covered successful diamonds created by John Galliano. Onstage, she was joined by a full orchestra and stood successful spot for her show earlier receiving a cheers of a champagne solid from A$AP Rocky at the extremity of her song. 

Elsewhere successful the awards show, Rihanna's Best Original Song contention Sofia Carson and Diane Warren performed "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman, Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava performed "Naatu Naatu" from RRR, and David ByrneSon Lux and Stephanie Hsu performed "This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All astatine Once.

While fellow nominated creator Lady Gaga was primitively not expected to execute "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick, she ended up making a surprise, stripped-down appearance aft all.

Additionally, Lenny Kravitz is acceptable to execute the In Memoriam tribute, portion Ricky Minor led the location orchestra passim the night.

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While she has attended aggregate of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Oscar after-parties implicit the years, the 2023 ceremony, which was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, was Rihanna's archetypal clip astatine the existent awards themselves.

For the reddish carpet, she wore a black, body-hugging longsleeve formal that revealed her babe bump done sheer cloth complemented by an updo.

(Click present to spot each prima astatine the 2023 Oscars.)

Plus, see which different couples supported each different astatine the 95th Academy Awards, below...

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Jamie Lee Curtis & Christopher Guest

The Everything Everywhere All astatine Once star, who won the Best Performance by an Actress successful a Supporting Role Oscar, dazzled successful her Dolce & Gabbana gown and was joined by her filmmaker husband. During Live From E!, Jamie shared however she kicked off Oscars morning, including reading The Book of Awakening.

"I bash meditation," she said. "I'm a sober person. I speech to people. I pass with my friends. My hubby made maine a small breakfast."

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Nicole Kimpel & Antonio Banderas

The prima of Puss successful Boots: The Last Wish, which is up for Best Animated Feature Film, wore a tuxedo that was purrrrrfection portion his woman wore a ravishing reddish ensemble.

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Miles Teller & Keleigh Sperry

The Top Gun: Maverick prima and his wife made a stylish landing connected the reddish carpet.

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Jeanne Moore & Brendan Fraser

The actor, who is nominated for his pb relation successful The Whale, and the constitution creator were each smiles connected the carpet. Just a fewer weeks before, Jeanne celebrated Brendan's SAG Awards win, penning connected Instagram, "Congrats to my incredibly talented man!!! What an unthinkable honor!!! I americium truthful arrogant of you!!!"

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Hugh Grant & Anna Eberstein

From Notting Hill to the L.A. Oscars, the histrion arrived astatine the Academy Awards with his shaper wife, some matching successful all-black ensembles.

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Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban

No big little lies astir it! The Oscar winner, who's been nominated for 5 Academy Awards truthful acold successful her career, and the state euphony singer appeared to bask their day nighttime astatine the Oscars and kicked disconnected the evening with a buss connected the carpet.

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Seth Rogen & Lauren Miller

The actor, who appears successful the Oscar-nominated movie The Fabelmans, deed the carpet successful a cream-colored jacket, grey trousers and a matching bow necktie and was joined by his wife, with the histrion donning a greenish gown.

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Mark Consuelos & Kelly Ripa

Live from the Oscars reddish carpet it's Mark and Kelly!

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Alexander Dreymon & Allison Williams

The Girls prima turned heads successful her Giambattista Valli couture gown arsenic she walked the carpet with her histrion fiancé.

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Halle Berry & Van Hunt

The Monster's Ball star, who made history as the archetypal Black pistillate to triumph an Oscar successful the Best Actress successful a Leading Role class successful 2002, stunned successful her Tamara Ralph gown and was joined by her instrumentalist love, who wore a dapper tux.

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Alyson Sandro & Barry Keoghan

The Banshees of Inisherin actor, who was nominated for his supporting relation successful the film, rocked a periwinkle suit with angiosperm buttons as helium celebrated the Academy Awards with his girlfriend, who dazzled successful a achromatic gown.

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Sabrina Dhowre Elba & Idris Elba

The Luther star rocked a bluish tuxedo overgarment portion his woman sported a gorgeous greenish gown.

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Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick

While it isn't clip to kick off the Sunday shoes conscionable yet, the Footloose histrion and the histrion were acceptable to person a bully clip and observe the 2023 Oscars.

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Troy Kotsur & Deanne Bray

The actor—who won the Oscar past twelvemonth for his supporting relation successful CODA—arrived connected the champagne carpet with his wife. During his interview on Live From E!, Troy reflected on his history-making Academy Award, successful which helium became the archetypal deaf antheral histrion to triumph an Oscar.

"Well astir importantly is erstwhile I mentioned that my grant was dedicated to the Deaf community, the disabled assemblage and the CODA community, I saw that animate truthful galore folks, and I judge it's opening galore much doors and opportunities," helium said. "So I'm seeing overmuch much diverseness and inclusion successful Hollywood. So that's what was rather inspiring astir my moment. And of course, we haven't seen a deaf antheral histrion for rather a while. Ever since Marlee Matlin, the pistillate victor successful the '80s. And Marlee said, 'I'm not unsocial anymore,' which was truly touching."

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Felicitas Rombold & Daniel Bruhl

The actor, who appeared successful the Oscar-nominated film All Quiet connected the Western Front, and his wife coordinated successful achromatic and achromatic ensembles astatine the grant show.

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Marco Perego & Zoe Saldaña

The prima of Avatar: The Way of Water, which is nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, rocked a Fendi couture gown and vintage Cartier jewels portion her shaper hubby sported a achromatic tuxedo.

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Malala Yousafzai & Asser Malik

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist sparkled successful Ralph Lauren and was joined connected the champagne carpet with her Mettle Cricket laminitis husband.

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Katie Lowes & Adam Shapiro

Now this is however to bash meal and a movie. The Scandal alum and the Never Have I Ever actor brought a pretzel to the champagne carpet.

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Lauren Ridloff & Douglas Ridloff

The Walking Dead star glimmered successful her Elie Saab gown, and the writer suited up successful a classical tuxedo.

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Kathy Crawford & Joel Crawford

The director of Puss successful Boots: The Last Wish, which is nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, and his emotion celebrated Oscars nighttime successful style.

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David Byrne & Mala Gaonkar

The musician—whose Everything Everywhere All astatine Once opus "This Is a Life" is nominated for an Oscar—and the businesswoman arrived astatine the lawsuit to spot if he'll instrumentality location his 2nd Academy Award.

Watch E!'s 2023 Oscars After Party Sunday, March 12, astatine 11:30 p.m. connected E! aft the 2023 Academy Awards telecast connected ABC. And don't miss E! News the adjacent time astatine 11 p.m. for a afloat recap of the biggest Oscars moments.

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