Pregnant Rihanna exposes her baby bump at the Academy Awards

Pregnant Rihanna exposes her baby bump in an emerald green shawl as proud partner A$AP Rocky leans in for a backstage kiss following triumphant performance at the 95th annual Academy Awards

A triumphant live performance at the 95th annual Academy Awards was followed by an equally mesmerising backstage appearance as Rihanna posed for photos with partner A$AP Rocky. 

The pregnant singer and actress showed off her growing baby bump in a green silk skirt and shawl while joining the rapper for a series of snaps at the star-studded event. 

Rihanna, 35, added to her glamorous look with a pair of matching gloves, while strappy heels and statement earrings rounded off the ensemble. 

Accompanying his girlfriend, a clearly smitten Rocky looked appropriately dapper in a white tuxedo jacket and contrasting black dress trousers. 

The rapper, 34, appeared to be bursting with pride after joining Rihanna backstage following her live performance, during which he was seen cheering her on from the audience. 

Rocky, who will welcome his second child with the Bajan star later this year, placed an affectionate hand on her exposed baby bump while leaning in to plant a kiss on her neck.  

Side by side: A triumphant live performance at the 95th annual Academy Awards was followed by an equally mesmerising backstage appearance as Rihanna posed for photos with partner A$AP Rocky


She’s expecting: The pregnant singer and actress showed off her growing baby bump in a green silk skirt and shawl while joining the rapper for a series of snaps

All mine: Rocky, who will welcome his second child with the Bajan star later this year, placed an affectionate hand on her exposed baby bump while leaning in to plant a kiss on her neck 

Oscar winners 2023: AT A GLANCE

Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor: Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Sarah Polley – Women Talking

Best Animated Feature Film: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best International Feature Film: All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Documentary Feature: Navalny

Best Film Editing: Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Music (Original Song): “Naatu Naatu” from RRR

Best Sound: Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water

Earlier that night the pregnant singer looked flawless as she took to the stage for a powerful rendition of her nominated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, Lift Me Up.

Her boyfriend – with whom she shares a 10-month old son – cheered on proudly and raised his champagne glass to the singer after her performance came to an end.

The hitmaker was draped in diamonds as she rocked a black bra underneath a bejeweled sheer top which revealed her growing baby bump.

She completed the look with matching trousers and diamond jewelry, while her hair was styled into loose waves.

The star commanded attention as she hit all the notes while accompanied by a full orchestra.

Finishing touches: Rihanna added to her glamorous look with a pair of matching gloves,

Close: The couple were inseparable while posing for a series of intimate photos at the event

Centre stage: Rihanna delivered a moving performance on Sunday night at the Oscars 2023 ceremony

The singer looked delighted to perform on the coveted Oscars stage after receiving her first-ever Academy Award nod for the track – which is a ode to the late actor Chadwick Boseman.

Rihanna created the original song alongside Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, Nigerian singer Tems and composer Ludwig Göransson.

The group faced stiff competition in the best original song category.

Previous winner Lady Gaga was nominated with Bloodpop for Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, while David Byrne, Ryan Lott, and Mitski landed a nod for Everything Everywhere All at Once’s This Is a Life.

Honorary Oscar winner and 14-time nominee Diane Warren landed yet another nomination for Applause from Tell It Like a Woman.

However the gong went to Naatu Naatu from international sensation RRR, written by Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, and Rahul Sipligunj.

Proud partner: Rocky raised his champagne glass to the singer after her performance came to an end

 Getting involved: The hitmaker was draped in diamonds as she rocked a black bra underneath a bejeweled sheer top which revealed her growing baby bump

The release of the ballad marked Rihanna’s first solo vocal effort since the release of her last album, Anti, in 2016.

Earlier in the evening, the Pour It Up singer put her baby bump on full display as she wowed in a dominatrix-style sheer leather look on the ‘champagne’ carpet.

The expecting mother, 35, teamed a flowing black skirt with a long train, see-through body suit, and leather bra.

The Battleships actor completed the bold look with dazzling earrings and an enormous gem ring.

Rihanna kept her hair up into a bun and wore fierce makeup – including a bright red lip and dramatic eyeliner.

She first revealed she was expecting her second child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky when she performed a the Super Bowl halftime show last month.

After she took to the stage at the football game, many were quick to notice that she had a baby bump, and her publicist confirmed that her second child was on the way soon after.  

The Fenty Beauty founder is already the mother to her 10-month-old baby boy, whose name has not been shared with the public.

Lovely: Earlier in the evening, Rihanna put her baby bump on full display in a dominatrix-style sheer leather look

Oscars 2023: Full list of 95th Academy Awards winners

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

The Fabelmans

TÁR

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Winning EVERYTHING: Everything Everywhere All At Once earned seven including coveted Best Picture

 

Best Director

Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNERS

Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Todd Field – TÁR

Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

 

Best Actor

Austin Butler – Elvis

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser – The Whale – WINNER

Paul Mescal -Aftersun

Bill Nighy – Living

Comeback king: Brendan Fraser won Best Actor for his performance in The Whale

 

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – TÁR

Ana de Armas – Blonde

Andrea Riseborough -To Leslie

Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

 

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway

Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans

Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

 

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau – The Whale

Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once

 

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell – All Quiet on the Western Front

Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Kazuo Ishiguro – Living

Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks – Top Gun: Maverick

Sarah Polley – Women Talking – WINNER

 

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans

Todd Field – TÁR

Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

 

Best Animated Feature Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio -WINNER

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

The Sea Beast

Turning Red

Quite the imagination: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won Best Animated Feature Film

 

Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Argentina, 1985

Close

EO

The Quiet Girl

 

Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny – WINNER

 

Best Film Editing

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, The Banshees of Inisherin

Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, Elvis

Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Monika Willi, TÁR

Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick

 

Best Cinematography

James Friend – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Darius Khondji – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Mandy Walker – Elvis

Roger Deakins – Empire of Light

Florian Hoffmeister – TÁR

Best Costume Design

Mary Zophres – Babylon

Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – WINNER

Catherine Martin – Elvis

Shirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Jenny Beavan – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Iconic: Ruth E. Carter won Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová – All Quiet on the Western Front

Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine – The Batman

Camille Friend and Joel Harlow – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti – Elvis

Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley – The Whale – WINNER

 

Best Production Design

Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of Water

Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino – Babylon

Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Bev Dunn – Elvis

Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans

 

Best Music (Original Song)

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, music and lyrics by Dianne Warren

“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop

“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR, music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose – WINNER

“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once, music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski, lyrics by Ryan Lott

Dynamic duo: M.M. Keeravaani (left) and Chandrabose won Best Music (Original Song) for Naatu Naatu from RRR

 

Best Music (Original Score)

Volker Bertelmann – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Justin Hurwitz – Babylon

Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Son Lux – Everything Everywhere All at Once

John Williams – The Fabelmans

 

Best Sound

Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte – All Quiet on the Western Front

Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges – Avatar: The Way of Water

Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson – The Batman

David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller – Elvis

Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor – Top Gun: Maverick – WINNER

Flying: The Tom Cruise led sequel Top Gun: Maverick won the Academy Award for Best Sound on Sunday during a ceremony which the 60-year-old leading man skipped

 

Best Visual Effects

Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar – All Quiet on the Western Front

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water – WINNER

Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy – The Batman

Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher – Top Gun: Maverick

 

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse – WINNER

The Flying Sailor

Ice Merchants

My Year of Dicks

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake, and I Think I Believe It

 

Best Live Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye – WINNER

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

 

Best Documentary Short

The Elephant Whisperers – WINNER

Haulout

How Do You Measure a Year?

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Stranger at the Gate

 

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