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Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win best actress, taking the award for her lauded performance in B次元官网网址淓verything Everywhere All at Once.B次元官网网址� The 60-year-old Malaysian-born for a performance that relied as much on her comic and dramatic chops as it did her kung fu skills. ItB次元官网网址檚 the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years.
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B次元官网网址淓verything Everywhere,B次元官网网址� released all the way , helped revive arthouse cinemas after two years of pandemic, racking up more than $100 million in ticket sales with scant initial expectations of Oscar glory. In winning best director, the Daniels B次元官网网址� both 35 years old B次元官网网址� are just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (B次元官网网址淲est Side StoryB次元官网网址�) and Joel and Ethan Coen (B次元官网网址淣o Country for Old MenB次元官网网址�). Scheinert dedicated the award B次元官网网址渢o the moms of the world.B次元官网网址�
Best actor went to Brendan Fraser, culminating the to center stage for his physical transformation as a 600-lb. reclusive professor in B次元官网网址淭he Whale.B次元官网网址� The best-actor race had been of the night, but Fraser in the end edged out Austin Butler.
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B次元官网网址淓verything Everywhere All at Once,B次元官网网址� a shock of freshness in a movie industry awash in sequels and reboots, helped Hollywood turn the page from one of the most infamous moments in Oscar history: The Slap. Jimmy Kimmel, hosting for the third time, pledged a ceremony with B次元官网网址渘o nonsense.B次元官网网址� He said anyone who wanted to B次元官网网址済et jiggy with itB次元官网网址� this year would have to come through a fearsome battalion of bodyguards, including Yeoh, Steven Spielberg and his showB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址渟ecurity guardB次元官网网址� Guillermo Rodriguez.
The former child star capped his own extraordinary comeback with the for his performance in the indie hit B次元官网网址淓verything Everywhere All at Once.B次元官网网址� Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in B次元官网网址淚ndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomB次元官网网址� and Data in B次元官网网址淕oonies,B次元官网网址� had all but given up acting before being cast in
His win, among the most expected of the night, was nevertheless one of the ceremonyB次元官网网址檚 most moving moments. The audience B次元官网网址� including his B次元官网网址淭emple of DoomB次元官网网址� director, Steven Spielberg B次元官网网址� gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears.
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Minutes later, QuanB次元官网网址檚 castmate Jamie Lee Curtis won for . Her win, in one of the , denied a victory for comic-book fans. Angela Bassett (B次元官网网址淏lack Panther: Wakanda ForeverB次元官网网址�) would have been the first performer to win an Oscar for a Marvel movie. Curtis is the rare Oscar winner whose parents were both Oscar nominees: Tony Curtis was nominated for B次元官网网址淭he Defiant OnesB次元官网网址� in 1959 and Janet Leigh was nominated in 1961 for B次元官网网址淧sycho.B次元官网网址�
The German-language WWI epic B次元官网网址淎ll Quiet on the Western FrontB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� NetflixB次元官网网址檚 top contender this year B次元官网网址� took four awards as the academy heaped honors on the craft of the harrowing anti-war film. It won for cinematography, production design, score and .
Though Bassett missed on supporting actress, Ruth E. Carter won for the costume design of B次元官网网址淲akanda Forever,B次元官网网址� four years after becoming the first Black designer to win an Oscar, for B次元官网网址淏lack Panther.B次元官网网址� This one makes Carter the .
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ABCB次元官网网址檚 telecast opened traditionally: with a montage of the yearB次元官网网址檚 films (with Kimmel edited into a cockpit in B次元官网网址淭op Gun: MaverickB次元官网网址�) and a lengthy monologue. Kimmel struggled to find lessons from the yearB次元官网网址檚 prior scandal when Will Smith smacked presenter Chris Rock, and went on to win best actor. If anyone tried any violence this year, Kimmel said, B次元官网网址測ou will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.B次元官网网址�
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After last yearB次元官网网址檚 Oscars, which had stripped some categories from being handed out in the live telecast, the academy restored all awards to the show and leaned on traditional song and and dance numbers. That meant some show-stopping numbers, including the elastic suspenders dance of B次元官网网址淣aatu NaatuB次元官网网址� from the an intimate, impassioned performance by Lady Gaga of B次元官网网址淗old My HandB次元官网网址� from B次元官网网址淭op Gun: Maverick,B次元官网网址� and an Super Bowl follow-up by Rihanna. B次元官网网址� from B次元官网网址淩RR.B次元官网网址�
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After last yearB次元官网网址檚 slap, the academy created a crisis management team to better respond to surprises. Neither Rock, who recently made his about the incident in a live special, nor Smith, who was banned by the academy for 10 years, attended.
Last year, Apple TVB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淐ODAB次元官网网址� became the first streaming movie to win best picture. But this year, nine of the 10 best picture nominees were theatrical releases. After the movie business cratered during the pandemic, moviegoing recovered to about 67% of pre-pandemic levels. But it was an up and down year, with smash hits and anxiety-inducing lulls.
This year, ticket sales have been strong thanks to and B次元官网网址� which made not one but two cameos at SundayB次元官网网址檚 show. Meanwhile, the Writers Guild and the major studios are set to begin contract negotiations March 20, a looming battle that has much of the industry girding for a possible work stoppage.
The Oscars, too, are seeking steadiness. Last yearB次元官网网址檚 telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the scaled-down 2021 edition, watched by a record-low 10.5 million.
B次元官网网址擩ake Coyle, The Associated Press
