{"id":29961,"date":"2023-03-13T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29961"},"modified":"2023-03-13T06:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T06:52:50","slug":"everything-everywhere-all-at-once-dominates-oscars-with-seven-wins-including-best-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29961","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everything Everywhere All at Once\u2019 Dominates Oscars With Seven Wins, Including Best Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cEverything Everywhere All at Once\u201d was named best picture at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, capping off an improbable awards season run by winning the movie business\u2019s highest honor.<\/p>\n

The film, a gonzo adventure about a Chinese-American laundromat owner grappling with an IRS audit and inter-dimensional attackers, earned seven statues, including original screenplay and directing honors for its creators Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (collectively known as the Daniels). The victory is a triumph for A24, the indie studio that pushed the zany film to an impressive $100 million at the box office, a stunning achievement at a time when the market for arthouse movies has shriveled. The studio also managed the rare feat of nabbing all four acting honors \u2014 three of which were won by \u201cEverything Everywhere All at Once\u201d and one by \u201cThe Whale.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a night of comebacks and reassessments. \u201cEverything Everywhere All at Once\u2019s\u201d Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to be recognized as best actress. The honor came after a long career in martial arts and action movies like \u201cCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon\u201d and \u201cYes, Madam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLadies, don\u2019t ever let anyone tell you that you are past your prime,\u201d Yeoh said. \u201cFor all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibility,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Brendan Fraser took best actor honors for his performance as a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter in \u201cThe Whale.\u201d Fraser, once a prominent actor known for his work in popcorn flicks such as \u201cGeorge of the Jungle\u201d and \u201cThe Mummy,\u201d had spent the last decade and change away from the spotlight dealing with health and personal struggles. His win continues his remarkable resurgence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started in this business 30 years ago, and this \u2013 they certainly didn\u2019t come easily to me, but there was a facility that I didn\u2019t appreciate at the time until it stopped,\u201d Fraser said, acknowledging his career setbacks. He thanked his director Darren Aronofsky for \u201cthrowing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ke Huy Quan won best supporting actor for his performance as Yeoh\u2019s frazzled husband in \u201cEverything Everywhere All at Once.\u201d A former child star who appeared in \u201cIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\u201d and \u201cThe Goonies,\u201d Quan had given up on acting in recent years, frustrated by his lack of opportunities. Accepting his award, he fought back tears while sharing his personal history. \u201cMy journey started on a boat,\u201d he said. \u201cI spent a year in a refugee camp and somehow I ended up here on Hollywood\u2019s biggest stage. They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it\u2019s happening to me. This is the American dream.\u201d \u201cDreams are something that you have to believe in,\u201d he added. \u201cI almost gave up on mine. To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jamie Lee Curtis, a veteran headliner of horror hits such as \u201cHalloween\u201d and the daughter of Hollywood legends Janet Lee and Tony Curtis, won best supporting actress for her turn as an IRS inspector in \u201cEverything Everywhere All at Once.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curtis dedicated her statue \u201cto all of the people who have supported the genre movies that I\u2019ve made for all these years\u201d and also acknowledged her family history in entertainment, noting, \u201cmy mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories.\u201d Choking up, she ended with: \u201cI just won an Oscar.\u201d<\/p>\n

With its multiverse storyline, and off-beat touches such as a character with hot dog hands and weaponized dildos, \u201cEverything Everywhere All at Once\u201d represents a radical departure from the kind of staid prestige fare that historically dominated the Oscars, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has changed dramatically in recent years. In the wake of the#OscarsSoWhite controversy after no actors of color were nominated in two consecutive years, the Academy made a big push in 2016 to diversify the pool of voters. In subsequent years its membership has gotten younger, and now includes more people of color and women.<\/p>\n

The ceremony unfolded at a tense time for Hollywood. As consumers have shifted away from cable and towards subscription streaming services, major studios and their corporate parents have spent a lot of time and coin launching their own in-house Netflix challengers. The entertainment industry has also undergone a period of consolidation, with Discovery merging with WarnerMedia, Disney buying much of 21st Century Fox and Amazon snatching MGM, deals that in the first two cases left the purchaser with a lot of debt on their balance sheet. Investors have become increasingly concerned that major media companies are over-leveraged and that the new ways that they are making money with streaming have failed to replace the old ways they once profited from such as cable subscriptions and movie ticket sales. That\u2019s hurt the share prices of everyone from Netflix to Disney to the newly rechristened Warner Bros. Discovery, sparking a period of layoffs and cost-cutting. With a possible recession looming and studios facing tangled labor negotiations with the unions representing writers, directors and actors that could lead to strikes, there were dark clouds gathering that could have overshadowed the Oscars\u2019 celebratory air. <\/p>\n

Presiding over it all and (mostly) keeping things light and breezy was Jimmy Kimmel, returning for the third time as the host of the Oscars. The late night comic wasted no time bringing up the big moment from last year\u2019s ceremony, when Will Smith charged the stage and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s bald head (Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia which leads to hair loss).<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during this show you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech,\u201d Kimmel joked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year \u2014 nothing,\u201d he added. \u201cSit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll Quiet on the Western Front,\u201d an adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque\u2019s novel about trench life during World War I, picked up four Oscars, including the prize for best international features. Other major winners included \u201cPinocchio,\u201d Guillermo del Toro\u2019s stop-motion musical, which was named best animated film, as well as \u201cWomen Talking,\u201d which earned best adapted screenplay for Sarah Polley.<\/p>\n

\u201cNavalny,\u201d a look at Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, won best documentary. Yulia Navalny, the imprisoned politician\u2019s wife, came to the stage after the award was announced with a message aimed at Vladimir Putin. \u201cI\u2019m dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Oscars did opt not to wade fully into international affairs. For the second year in a row, the program turned down overtures by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address the global audience about his country\u2019s struggles against Russia\u2019s illegal invasion.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s crop of best picture nominees included smaller films such as \u201cT\u00e1r,\u201d but also several popular favorites like \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d and \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water.\u201d It\u2019s unclear how much that will help this year\u2019s ratings, but the Oscars have been on a ratings nosedive. Last year\u2019s telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, the second-lowest ratings in history. In contrast, in 2014, the Oscars drew 43 million viewers, a sign of the telecast\u2019s propitious drop in popularity.<\/p>\n

The Oscars made some notable cosmetic changes, subbing in a champagne-colored carpet for the usual red one. That choice, however, led to some last minute scrambling after a rainy weekend left organizers cutting up sections of the carpet that had been ruined by the bad weather and dirty shoe soles. However, some near disasters were averted. On Saturday, Ovation Hollywood, the shopping center and entertainment complex that hosts the Academy Awards, suffered power outages. By Sunday, though, the skies cleared and the only sign of flickering lights were the flashbulbs greeting the stars as they made their way into the auditorium.<\/p>\n

Here is the full list of Oscar winners:<\/p>\n

Best Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n