Hollywood’s biggest stars descended upon Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on Sunday to celebrate moviemaking magic at the 95th Academy Awards.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to host the Oscars for the third time and brought that special movie charm with a nod to Top Gun: Maverick. Kimmel took to the stage wearing a parachute after he appeared in a brief sketch that saw Tom Cruise eject Kimmel from the back seat of his jet.
In the end, the comedy-drama Everything Everywhere All at Once came out on top with seven Oscar wins and was honoured with the prestigious Best Picture award. Writer and director duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, alongside much of the film’s cast, swarmed the stage after winning Best Picture.
“One of the best things we can do for each other is shelter each other from the world we live in,” said Kwan.
The Daniels also won an Oscar for Directing.
Actor Ke Huy Quan has been lionized for his comeback performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once and went on to win Best Supporting Actor. Quan, who has not had mainstream success since his childhood role in Encino Man, was emotional as he accepted the award for his role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
“Mom, I just won an Oscar!” Quan declared through tears as he held up his award. “This is the American dream.”
“Dreams are something you have to believe in. I almost gave up on mine. To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive,” he said.
Everything Everywhere All at Once continued its win streak as Jamie Lee Curtis took home Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. Curtis shed tears as she thanked the crew, her family and the “hundreds of thousands” of people who have watched her movies over the years.
Continuing the movie’s sweeping success, Michelle Yeoh of Everything Everywhere All at Once became the first ever Asian actor to win an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” said Yeoh. “This is proof to dream big, and dreams do come true.”
“And ladies, don’t let anyone tell you that you’re past your prime.”
Like Quan, Brendan Fraser has recently earned the title ‘comeback king’ for his career-reviving role in The Whale. Fraser, who starred alongside Quan in the 1992 film Encino Man, won Best Actor for his portrayal of Charlie, a morbidly obese English teacher who tries to mend a broken relationship with his teenage daughter.
Fraser was breathless and crying when he took the stage. He thanked Darren Aronofsky for throwing him a “creative lifeline.”
All of the nominees for Best Original Song performed on stage, including Lady Gaga and Rihanna. Lady Gaga appeared with a fresh face and wore a plain black tee to sing a stripped-down version of Top Gun: Maverick’s Hold My Hand. Rihanna performed Lift Me Up in a show stopping number dedicated to the late Chadwick Boseman.
There were a handful of Canadians up for an Oscar this year, including Sarah Polley, who was nominated for Best Screenplay for Women Talking and the animated movie Turning Red, which takes place in Toronto, Ont. Turning Red, however, lost to Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.
Polley, of Toronto, Ont., won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and joked that she was grateful to the Academy for not being offended by the words “women” and “talking” together.
Throughout the night there were plenty of jokes about last year’s “slap heard around the world.” During the 2022 Oscars ceremony, comedian Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith after he made a G.I. Jane joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from the skin condition alopecia. Smith shouted for Rock to “keep my wife’s name out of your f–-ing mouth!”
Smith was not in attendance at this year’s Oscars, as he has been banned for 10 years.
Find a complete list of the winners below.
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Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Actor in a Supporting Role
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Directing
Todd Field, Tár
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
Film Editing
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
International Feature Film
Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, Argentina, 1985
Belgium, Close
Poland, EO
Ireland, The Quiet Girl
Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red
Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Live-Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
Music (Original Song)
Applause from Tell It like a Woman
Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick
Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Naatu Naatu from RRR
This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once
Music (Original Score)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny
Documentary Short Film
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
Makeup and Hairstyling
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale
Costume Design
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Production Design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
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