The Ankler 100: Dead Reckoning, Part 1

The flubs, embarrassments, misfires and meltdowns that defined Hollywood in 2023

Every year in entertainment brings some incredible moments to make the hearts of the world soar. This year was no exception: Barbenheimer, the Taylor Swift tour, the triumph of the Daniels at the Oscars, and finally, at last, ending the strike on a relatively okay note after half a year of strife.

But alongside the highs, Hollywood wouldn’t be Hollywood if each year wasn’t packed full of some jaw-dropping lows, and those are the moments we’re here to salute in the Ankler 100 of 2023: The flubs, the missteps, the failures of nerve and vision, the bad luck, the bad timing and the things that came our of our mouths that we wish hadn’t — these are all part of life’s rich pageant on the streets of Tinseltown.

It hasn’t been all terrible but as The Bard tells us, “The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones.”

So let it be with Caesar and with 2023. And without further ado, let’s get into it. In no particular order are the 100 moments Hollywood would like to forget. Ladies and gentlemen: counting down your Ankler 100 for 2023, Part 1 (Part 2 comes in two days).