The 95th Academy Awards saw historic wins yesterday as science fiction family adventure “Everything Everywhere All At Once” brought home seven Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actor and Actress in a Supporting Role.
“Thank you. Thank you,” said Best Actress winner Michelle Yeoh, who won for her role as overworked mom Evelyn Wang. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibility. This is proof that dreams dream big, and dreams do come true. And, ladies, don’t let anybody ever tell you, you are ever past your prime. Never give up.”
Yeoh makes history is the first Asian Best Actress winner in Academy Award history.
“I have to dedicate this to my mom, all the moms in the world because they are really the superheroes, and without them, none of us will be here tonight,” Yeoh continued. “She is 84, and I’m taking this home to her. She is watching right now in Malaysia Kao with my family and friends. I love you guys. I’m bringing this home to you. And also, to my extended family in Hong Kong where I started my career. Thank you for letting me stand on your shoulders, giving me a leg up so that I can be here today.”
The “Everything Everywhere All At Once” cast rallied behind Producer Jonathan Wang as he accepted the award on behalf of his colleges for Best Picture.
“This is incredible,” Wang said. “There is no movie without our brilliant and bighearted cast and crew, but not just these beautiful souls here, also, up there and in Little Tokyo. We see you. So this award, it’s ours. I really it is intimidating speaking up here. Let me just tell you that. I never thought I would get to say this, so I will say it with one voice with all these people, ‘Thank you to the Academy.'”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” earned more Oscar wins with both supporting role categories.
“To all of the people who have supported the genre movies that I’ve made for all these years, the thousands and hundreds and thousands of people, we just won an Oscar. Together,” said Jaime Lee Curtis, who won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Tax Auditor Deirdre Beaubeirdre in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once.’ “And my mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories, I just won an Oscar.”
Former child actor Ke Huy Quan, who started out in 80s classics like “Indiana Jones” and “The Goonies,” won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role honor for his portrayal of wayward Waymond Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”
“My journey started on a boat,” said Quan. “I spent year in a refugee camp. And somehow I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage. They say, ‘Stories like this only happen in the movies.’ I cannot believe it’s happening to me. This this is the American dream.”
Fan favorite Brendan Fraser won the Best Actor honor for his role as Charlie in “The Whale,” a film about an overweight teacher attempting to reconnect with his estranged teen daughter, played by Sadie Sink.
“I feel a bit light in the head,” Fraser said during an interview backstage. “This [Academy Award] is actually kind of heavy. One arm might be longer than the other by the end of the evening. This has been incredibly rewarding and affirming, and it’s given me a lesson in humility and gratitude. What did I hear when I first heard my name? I heard my name but I thought, ‘that can’t be right.’ But it was, so I guess I should get up there and say something quick.”
Find the full list of winners and nominees below.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
BRENDAN FRASER
Brendan Fraser
NOMINEE
AUSTIN BUTLER
COLIN FARRELL
PAUL MESCAL
BILL NIGHY
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
KE HUY QUAN
Ke Huy Quan
NOMINEE
BRENDAN GLEESON
BRIAN TYREE HENRY
JUDD HIRSCH
BARRY KEOGHAN
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
MICHELLE YEOH
Michelle Yeoh
NOMINEE
CATE BLANCHETT
ANA DE ARMAS
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH
MICHELLE WILLIAMS
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
JAMIE LEE CURTIS
Jamie Lee Curtis
NOMINEE
ANGELA BASSETT
HONG CHAU
KERRY CONDON
STEPHANIE HSU
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
NOMINEE
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH
Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
THE SEA BEAST
Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
TURNING RED
Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
James Friend
NOMINEE
BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS
Darius Khondji
ELVIS
Mandy Walker
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
Roger Deakins
TÁR
Florian Hoffmeister
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Ruth Carter
NOMINEE
BABYLON
Mary Zophres
ELVIS
Catherine Martin
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Shirley Kurata
MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
Jenny Beavan
DIRECTING
WINNER
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
NOMINEE
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Martin McDonagh
THE FABELMANS
Steven Spielberg
TÁR
Todd Field
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Ruben Östlund
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
WINNER
NAVALNY
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
NOMINEE
ALL THAT BREATHES
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
FIRE OF LOVE
Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
WINNER
THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
NOMINEE
HAULOUT
Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR?
Jay Rosenblatt
THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT
Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
STRANGER AT THE GATE
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
FILM EDITING
WINNER
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Paul Rogers
NOMINEE
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
ELVIS
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
TÁR
Monika Willi
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Eddie Hamilton
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
WINNER
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Germany
NOMINEE
ARGENTINA, 1985
Argentina
CLOSE
Belgium
EO
Poland
THE QUIET GIRL
Ireland
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
WINNER
THE WHALE
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley
NOMINEE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
THE BATMAN
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
ELVIS
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
WINNER
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Volker Bertelmann
NOMINEE
BABYLON
Justin Hurwitz
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Carter Burwell
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Son Lux
THE FABELMANS
John Williams
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
WINNER
NAATU NAATU
from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
NOMINEE
APPLAUSE
from Tell It like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
HOLD MY HAND
from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
LIFT ME UP
from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
THIS IS A LIFE
from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
BEST PICTURE
WINNER
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
NOMINEE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Malte Grunert, Producer
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
ELVIS
Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
THE FABELMANS
Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
TÁR
Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
WOMEN TALKING
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers
PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
NOMINEE
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
BABYLON
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
ELVIS
Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
THE FABELMANS
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
WINNER
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
NOMINEE
THE FLYING SAILOR
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
ICE MERCHANTS
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
MY YEAR OF DICKS
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT
Lachlan Pendragon
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WINNER
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Tom Berkeley and Ross White
NOMINEE
IVALU
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
LE PUPILLE
Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
NIGHT RIDE
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
THE RED SUITCASE
Cyrus Neshvad
SOUND
WINNER
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
NOMINEE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
THE BATMAN
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
ELVIS
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
NOMINEE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
THE BATMAN
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
WINNER
WOMEN TALKING
Screenplay by Sarah Polley
NOMINEE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Screenplay – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Written by Rian Johnson
LIVING
Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
WINNER
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
NOMINEE
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Written by Martin McDonagh
THE FABELMANS
Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
TÁR
Written by Todd Field
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Written by Ruben Östlund
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