The metaphysical multiverse comedy wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood91裸聊视频檚 top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the , along with awards for , Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert91裸聊视频檚 anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as The indie hit, A2491裸聊视频檚 second best picture winner following 91裸聊视频淢oonlight,91裸聊视频� won seven Oscars in all. Only two other films in Oscar history 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淎 Streetcar Named Desire91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淣etwork91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� won three acting Academy Awards.
Fifty years after 91裸聊视频淭he Godfather91裸聊视频� won at the Oscars, 91裸聊视频淓verything Everywhere All at Once91裸聊视频� triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. Its eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family 91裸聊视频� just the , as the filmmaking duo is known 91裸聊视频� blended science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and laundromat owner.
91裸聊视频淭he world is changing rapidly and I fear our stories are not keeping that pace,91裸聊视频� said Kwan, who shared best director and best original screenplay with Scheinert. 91裸聊视频淪ometimes it91裸聊视频檚 a little scary knowing that movies move at the rate of years and the world on the internet is moving at the rate of milliseconds. But I have great faith in our stories.91裸聊视频�
Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win best actress, taking the award for her lauded performance in 91裸聊视频淓verything Everywhere All at Once.91裸聊视频� 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. It91裸聊视频檚 the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years.
91裸聊视频淟adies, don91裸聊视频檛 let anyone ever tell you you91裸聊视频檙e past your prime,91裸聊视频� said Yeoh, who received a raucous standing ovation.
91裸聊视频淓verything Everywhere,91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频� both 35 years old 91裸聊视频� are just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (91裸聊视频淲est Side Story91裸聊视频�) and Joel and Ethan Coen (91裸聊视频淣o Country for Old Men91裸聊视频�). Scheinert dedicated the award 91裸聊视频渢o the moms of the world.91裸聊视频�
Best actor went to Brendan Fraser, culminating the to center stage for his physical transformation as a 600-lb. reclusive professor in 91裸聊视频淭he Whale.91裸聊视频� The best-actor race had been of the night, but Fraser in the end edged out Austin Butler.
91裸聊视频淪o this is what the multiverse looks like,91裸聊视频� said a clearly moved Fraser, pointing to the 91裸聊视频淓verything Everywhere All at Once91裸聊视频� crew.
91裸聊视频淓verything Everywhere All at Once,91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频渘o nonsense.91裸聊视频� He said anyone who wanted to 91裸聊视频済et jiggy with it91裸聊视频� this year would have to come through a fearsome battalion of bodyguards, including Yeoh, Steven Spielberg and his show91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渟ecurity guard91裸聊视频� Guillermo Rodriguez.
The former child star capped his own extraordinary comeback with the for his performance in the indie hit 91裸聊视频淓verything Everywhere All at Once.91裸聊视频� Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in 91裸聊视频淚ndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom91裸聊视频� and Data in 91裸聊视频淕oonies,91裸聊视频� had all but given up acting before being cast in
His win, among the most expected of the night, was nevertheless one of the ceremony91裸聊视频檚 most moving moments. The audience 91裸聊视频� including his 91裸聊视频淭emple of Doom91裸聊视频� director, Steven Spielberg 91裸聊视频� gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears.
91裸聊视频淢om, I just won an Oscar!91裸聊视频� said Quan, 51, whose family fled Vietnam in the war when he was a child.
91裸聊视频淭hey say stories like this only happen in the movies. I can91裸聊视频檛 believe it91裸聊视频檚 happening,91裸聊视频� said Quan. 91裸聊视频淭his is the American dream.91裸聊视频�
Minutes later, Quan91裸聊视频檚 castmate Jamie Lee Curtis won for . Her win, in one of the , denied a victory for comic-book fans. Angela Bassett (91裸聊视频淏lack Panther: Wakanda Forever91裸聊视频�) 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 91裸聊视频淭he Defiant Ones91裸聊视频� in 1959 and Janet Leigh was nominated in 1961 for 91裸聊视频淧sycho.91裸聊视频�
The German-language WWI epic 91裸聊视频淎ll Quiet on the Western Front91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� Netflix91裸聊视频檚 top contender this year 91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频淲akanda Forever,91裸聊视频� four years after becoming the first Black designer to win an Oscar, for 91裸聊视频淏lack Panther.91裸聊视频� This one makes Carter the .
91裸聊视频淭hank you to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman,91裸聊视频� said Carter. 91裸聊视频淪he endures, she loves, she overcomes, she is every woman in this film.91裸聊视频�
ABC91裸聊视频檚 telecast opened traditionally: with a montage of the year91裸聊视频檚 films (with Kimmel edited into a cockpit in 91裸聊视频淭op Gun: Maverick91裸聊视频�) and a lengthy monologue. Kimmel struggled to find lessons from the year91裸聊视频檚 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, 91裸聊视频測ou will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.91裸聊视频�
After landmark wins for Chlo茅 Zhao (91裸聊视频淣omadland91裸聊视频�) and Jane Campion (91裸聊视频淭he Power of the Dog91裸聊视频�), no women were nominated for best director. Sarah Polley, though, won best adapted screenplay for
91裸聊视频淭hank you to the academy for not being mortally offended by the words 91裸聊视频榳omen91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频榯alking,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� said Polley.
Daniel Roher91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淣avalny,91裸聊视频� about the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, . The film91裸聊视频檚 win came with clear overtones to Navalny91裸聊视频檚 ongoing imprisonment and Vladimir Putin91裸聊视频檚 continued war in Ukraine. Yulia Navalnaya joined the filmmakers on the stage.
91裸聊视频淢y husband is in prison just for telling the truth,91裸聊视频� said Navalnaya. 91裸聊视频淪tay strong, my love.91裸聊视频�
Some big names weren91裸聊视频檛 in attendance for other reasons. Neither Tom Cruise, whose 91裸聊视频淭op Gun: Maverick91裸聊视频� was up for best picture, nor James Cameron, director of best-picture nominee 91裸聊视频淎vatar: The Way of Water,91裸聊视频� were at the ceremony. Both have been forefront in Hollywood91裸聊视频檚 efforts to get moviegoers back after years of pandemic.
91裸聊视频淭he two guys who asked us to go back to theater aren91裸聊视频檛 in the theater,91裸聊视频� said Kimmel, who added that Cruise without his shirt on in 91裸聊视频淭op Gun: Maverick91裸聊视频� was 91裸聊视频淟. Ron Hubba Hubba.91裸聊视频�
Blockbuster nominees typically help boost Oscar ratings. Neither 91裸聊视频淢averick91裸聊视频� or 91裸聊视频淎vatar91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� with some $3.7 billion in combined box office 91裸聊视频� took home much, though. 91裸聊视频淭he Way of Water91裸聊视频� won for visual effects; 91裸聊视频淢averick91裸聊视频� took best sound.
After last year91裸聊视频檚 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 91裸聊视频淣aatu Naatu91裸聊视频� from the an intimate, impassioned performance by Lady Gaga of 91裸聊视频淗old My Hand91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淭op Gun: Maverick,91裸聊视频� and an Super Bowl follow-up by Rihanna. 91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淩RR.91裸聊视频�
It also meant a long show. 91裸聊视频淭his kind of makes you miss the slapping a little bit, right?91裸聊视频� Kimmel said midway.
After last year91裸聊视频檚 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 TV91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淐ODA91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频� which made not one but two cameos at Sunday91裸聊视频檚 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 year91裸聊视频檚 telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the scaled-down 2021 edition, watched by a record-low 10.5 million.
91裸聊视频擩ake Coyle, The Associated Press
