Best Picture 2023

It was a historic night at the Academy Awards for a truly distinctive and radical film set in the multiverse — with an almost all-Asian cast.

Every year, she covers the Oscars and the Grammy awards for NPR, as well as the Sundance Film Festival and other events. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. As an arts correspondent based at NPR West, Mandalit del Barco reports and produces stories about film, television, music, visual arts, dance and other topics.

The film cleaned up with seven awards, including for Best Actress, which went to Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win the category. More On: oscars ...

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis also became first-time winners Sunday, taking home trophies for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively. Martin, who has Down syndrome and rose to prominence after working as a Starbucks barista, turned 31 Sunday. Brendan Fraser clinched Best Actor for “The Whale,” his first Academy Award win in his 30-year career, and David Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won Best Director for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”

The film won seven Oscars including Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Screenplay, and Best Director for Daniel Kwan and ...

[making one of the greatest comebacks in Hollywood](https://www.prestigeonline.com/my/lifestyle/culture-plus-entertainment/ke-huy-quan-and-everything-about-oscars-2023/), won the Best Supporting Actor award. Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose made history for India when they won the award for Best Original Song for “Naatu Naatu” from the movie RRR. This is the first win for an Indian film in the category. The first was Black Panther (2018), which won three Oscars including one for Carter for costume design. Sarah Polley won the Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking. Yeoh, the [first Asian to win in the category](https://www.prestigeonline.com/my/lifestyle/culture-plus-entertainment/michelle-yeoh-wins-best-actress-award-oscar-2023/), accepted the trophy with an emotional and inspiring speech. The film had a clean sweep at the ceremony, winning in all the categories. Both Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu were nominated in the best supporting actress category. Ngor was the first when he won in 1984 for his performance in The Killing Fields. Of the six nominations, Everything Everywhere All at Once won two Golden Globe awards. The film earned three of the unprecedented four nominations for Asian actors in the acting categories at the Oscars 2023. Everything Everywhere All at Once was the biggest winner at the 95th Academy Awards, or Oscars 2023, on 12 March (13 March MYT).

Most Historic Victory: Michelle Yeoh Becomes the First Asian Best Actress Winner · Quickest Pivot: Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About the Slap · Most Heartfelt Acceptance: ...

“Nice to see you again,” she told the crowd on Sunday, and thanked the academy for recognizing the supernatural skills that every Black woman has, not just in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On Sunday, Hong could be seen onstage holding an Oscar, at the end of the night, when “Everything Everywhere” was named best picture. [not the ](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-03-12/oscars-2023-jenny-the-donkey-the-banshees-of-inisherin#:~:text=That%20wasn't%20Jenny%2C%20that,But%20it%20was%20an%20impostor.) [real](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-03-12/oscars-2023-jenny-the-donkey-the-banshees-of-inisherin#:~:text=That%20wasn't%20Jenny%2C%20that,But%20it%20was%20an%20impostor.) [ Jenny](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-03-12/oscars-2023-jenny-the-donkey-the-banshees-of-inisherin#:~:text=That%20wasn't%20Jenny%2C%20that,But%20it%20was%20an%20impostor.).) If the Tonys can tote a [goat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svc26VIJ2pM) through the audience, it’s about time the Oscars hopped on the furry bandwagon … That’s what one of the animated short filmmakers, Matthew Freud (“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”), said as he apologized to all those who helped but couldn’t be onstage with him. And without the winning live-action short “An Irish Goodbye,” starring James Martin as a man with Down syndrome, would we have had the entire Dolby Theater serenading him with a round of “Happy Birthday”? Yes, the two are stars of the live-action “Little Mermaid,” with Bailey in the lead role, and the ceremony has often had actors in coming projects announce winners. After rare wins for women in the last two years — Chloé Zhao for “Nomadland” and Jane Campion for “The Power of the Dog” — no female directors were recognized at this year’s ceremony. The first-time nominee had been considered a front-runner for the Oscar since the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival at the end of the summer, and his win was the grace note on a lovely comeback story. “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech,” he joked near the top of the show, starting a string of jokes related to the Slap. Unlike the decision to swap the red carpet for a champagne-colored version, which was supposed to make the arrival segment feel contemporary but instead mostly made a lot of the dresses disappear, the reworn looks came closest to making the carpet seem relevant. Equally successful was Rihanna’s homage to Chadwick Boseman in “Lift Me Up,” with her band and backup singers ensconced in designs that resembled thatched roofs and the singer on a movable riser. Her win — also the first for a Malaysian performer — was one of many breakthroughs for Asian artists on Sunday.