no applause or standing ovation and the video immediately goes viral – Corriere.it

He didn’t even try to hide Angela Bassett’s disappointment when the Oscar for best supporting actress went to Jamie Lee Curtis for her performance in «Everything Everywhere All at Once» and not to her. Sitting in the front row and dressed in purple, when she heard the name of her colleague, Queen Ramonda of «Black Panther: Wakanda Forever» that everyone gave as a favorite (thanks also to the Golden Globe she just won) she remained motionless.

Unlike the other nominees (Hong Chau, Kerry Condon and Stephanie Hsu) and the room which instead exploded in a roar of happiness, the 64-year-old Bassett – who hoped to be the first Marvel actress to win an Oscar – did not mention a single smile of circumstance neither applauded nor participated in the standing ovation that accompanied Curtis on stage to receive her first statuette. As often happens in these cases, video that caught his clearly annoyed expression immediately made the rounds on the net.