No one was slapped.
“Everything Everywhere at Once” dominated the Academy Awards Sunday night, winning seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay.
“Everything Everywhere” received 11 nominations and was among the favorites that night.
Throughout awards season, the film, which is a cornerstone of Asian representation in American cinema, racked up wins for acting, directing, and best picture from various groups.
Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert took home the award for directing. Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress, making her the first Asian star to win the award. Cowan and Schinert won Best Original Screenplay.
Everything Everywhere at Once was not nominated for Best Actor, a category that for the first time since 1935 included five actors who had not previously been nominated. Brendan Fraser won for “The Whale”.
Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Everything Everywhere,” and Jamie Lee Curtis, who’s been a movie icon since the 1978 horror classic “Halloween,” took home a surprise win.
This year’s ceremony marked the first time that four Asian actors competed across multiple acting categories.
Yeoh, 60, is the first Asian woman to be nominated for Best Actress. The distinction was made because Merle Oberon, who was technically of mixed British and South Asian descent, was the first in 1935 to receive a nomination for her work in “Dark Angel,” but she hid her heritage from fear of discrimination in Hollywood at the time. .
Ana de Armas was the first Cuban actress to be nominated for Best Actress, for her role as Marilyn Monroe in Netflix The movie “Blonde”.
Angela Bassett also received another award at the ceremony, becoming the first actress to receive a nomination for a role in a Marvel movie. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The film won for costume design.
“All Quiet on the Western Front” won four times early on, mainly in the technical categories.
This year’s party got extra attention after Will Smith punched Chris Rock during last year’s show. Host Jimmy Kimmel gave every opportunity Sunday night possible.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Picture: “Everything, Everywhere, at Once”
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, “Everything, Everywhere, at Once”
Best Actor: Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Best Director: Daniel Cowan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere at Once”
Best Original Song: “Naatu Naatu” and “RRR”
Best Documentary: “Navalny”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Women Talking”
Best Original Screenplay: “Everything and Everywhere at Once”
Best Costume Design: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Best International Film: “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Animated Feature: “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
Best Cinematography: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything, Everywhere, at Once”
Best Film Editing: “Everything, Everywhere, at Once”
Best Score: “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Best Sound: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Production Design: “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “Pisces”
Best Documentary Feature (Short Subject): “The Elephant Whisperers”
Best Short Film (Animated): “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
Best Short Film (Live Action): “A Irish Goodbye”