The display’s chilly open poked amusing at a number of Oscar-nominated stars together with “The whole lot In all places All At As soon as” actor Jamie Lee Curtis in conjunction with “The Banshees of Inisherin” actors Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
The Get right of entry to Hollywood hosts (performed through Heidi Gardner and Andrew Dismukes) introduced of their first visitor ― Tyson ― who mentioned he’d deal with safety “judicially and expeditiously” within the wake of Will Smith’s slap of presenter Chris Rock closing 12 months.
Probably the most hosts ― Mario Lopez (performed through Dismukes) ― quizzed Thompson on whether or not there are new security features following the slap heard ’spherical the arena.
“Thanks for that query, Mario Luigi. This 12 months all of the nominees had been given tasers, all of the seat fillers had been given weapons and [host] Jimmy Kimmel has been given a flamethrower,” he replied.
He later added that the Oscars is taking the conceivable danger of a 2d assault through Smith “very severely.”
“Thankfully we had been ready to slide a kind of Apple AirTags into Will Smith’s pocket, so we all know precisely the place he’ll be always ― except, after all, he alters his pants after which he can also be anyplace, so keep frosty everyone,” Thompson mentioned.