‘Everything’ wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars March 13, 2023 “Everything” won Best Picture and is ubiquitous at the Academy Awards<br /> March 13, 2023 Creation time: 09:31 AM Last updated: 09:31 AM Views: 34 LOS ANGELES, March 13 (U.S.): The multiverse’s metaphysical comedy “Everything is Everywhere at the Same Time” wrapped its hot fingers around the Hollywood major on Sunday, winning Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with other awards. By Michelle Yeoh, Ki Hwi Kwan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Although worlds away from the Oscars taste, Danielle Scheinert’s messy ballet of buns, scary-eyed rockers, and messy tax revision have emerged as an unlikely Oscars leader, the Associated Press reports. The indie film, the second best A24 winner after Moonlight, has won seven Academy Awards. Only two other films in Oscar history “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Network” have won three Oscars for acting. Fifty years after “The Godfather” won the Academy Awards, “Everything Everywhere at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. A whimsical tale about a Chinese immigrant family — the second feature only to the Daniels family, as the duo is known in the film industry — blends science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and a laundromat. “The world is changing so fast and I’m afraid our stories aren’t keeping up with that pace,” said Cowan, who shared Best Director and Best Original Screenplay with Scheinert. “Sometimes it’s a little scary knowing that movies move at the rate of years and the world on the Internet moves at the rate of milliseconds. But I have great faith in our stories.” Yoh became the first Asian woman to win Best Actress, winning the award for her acclaimed performance in Everything Everywhere Every Time. The 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comedic and dramatic chops as on her kung fu skills. She is the first actress to win Best Actress for a non-white actress in 20 years. Yeoh, who received a standing ovation, said, “Ladies, don’t let anyone tell you that you’re past your birthday. Everything Everywhere, released in March 2022, helped revive arthouse cinemas two years into the pandemic, raking in more than $100 million in ticket sales with slim initial expectations for Oscar glory. In winning Best Director, the Daniels — both 35 years old — are the third directing duo to win the award, after Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story”) and Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”). Scheinert dedicated the award to “the mothers of the world”. Best Actor went to Brendan Fraser, capping the former action star’s return to center stage due to his physical transformation as a 600-pound. A reclusive professor in “Whale”. The Best Actor race was one of the closest of the night, but Frasier eventually bested Austin Butler. “This is what the multiverse looks like,” said Frasier, clearly animated, pointing to the “everything everywhere at once” crew. “Everything everywhere at once,” a shocking freshness in filmmaking steeped in sequels and reboots, helped Hollywood turn the page from one of the most iconic moments in Oscars history: The Slap. Jimmy Kimmel, who for the third time hosted the “No Bullshit” gala, vowed. Anyone who wants to “get along with it” this year, he said, has to come across an intimidating phalanx of bodyguards, including Yoh, Steven Spielberg, and his show’s “security guard” Guillermo Rodriguez. Former child star Quan capped off his phenomenal comeback with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the independent film ‘Everything Everywhere All at One’. Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and Data in “Goonies,” gave up acting before being cast in Everything Everywhere at Once. His victory, which was among the most anticipated of the night, was one of the most exciting moments of the ceremony. The audience — including his “Temple of Doom” movie director Steven Spielberg — gave Kwan a standing ovation as he fought back tears. “Mom, you just won an Oscar!” said Kwan, 51, whose family fled the Vietnam War when he was a child. “They say stories like this only happen in movies. I can’t believe they happen,” Kwan said. “This is the American dream.” Minutes later, Chuan’s co-star Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress. Her win, in one of the most competitive categories this year, denied comic book fans a win. Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would have been the first actress to win an Oscar for a Marvel movie. Curtis is the rare Academy Award winner, and both of her parents were nominated for Academy Awards: Tony Curtis was nominated for 1959’s The Defiant Ones and Janet Leigh in 1961 for Psycho. Netflix’s biggest competitor this year’s German-language World War I epic All Quiet on the Western won four awards as it scooped up Academy honors for the craft of apocalyptic anti-war film. It won cinematography, production design, score, and Best International Film. Although Bassett missed out on supporting actress, Ruth E. Carter won the costume design for “Wakanda Forever,” four years after becoming the first black designer to win an Oscar for “Black Panther.” This makes Carter the first black woman to win two Oscars. “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing a superhero who is a Black woman,” Carter said. “She endures, she loves, she overcomes, she’s every woman in this movie.” The ABC telecast opened traditionally: with a movie-of-the-year montage (with Kimmel editing in the cockpit of Top Gun: Maverick) and a long monologue. Kimmel struggled to find lessons from the previous year’s scandal when Will Smith hit announcer Chris Rock, and he won Best Actor. If anyone attempts any violent acts this year, Kimmel said, “You get an Oscar for Best Actor and you’re allowed to give a 19-minute speech.” After historic triumphs for Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“Dog Force”), no woman has been nominated for Best Director. Despite this, Sarah Polley won Best Adapted Screenplay for the metaphor-rich Mennonite drama “Women Talking.” “Thank you, the Academy, for not being so offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talk,'” Polly said. Daniel Rohr’s “Navalny” won Best Documentary Feature. Some of the big names were not present for other reasons. Neither Tom Cruise, whose film Top Gun: Maverick, won Best Picture, nor James Cameron, director of the Best Picture nominee “Avatar: The Way of Water,” attended the ceremony. Both have been at the forefront of Hollywood’s efforts to bring back moviegoers after years of the pandemic. “The two guys who asked us to come back to the stage are not in the stage,” Kimmel said, adding that Cruise without his shirt in Top Gun: Maverick was “L. Ron Hubba Hubba.” Blockbuster nominees usually help boost Oscar ratings. However, neither Maverick nor Avatar with around $3.7 billion combined box office took in much. “Waterway” won for Visual Effects; “Maverick” won Best Vocal. After last year’s Academy Awards, which stripped some of the categories from distribution in the live broadcast, the Academy returned all awards to the show and relied on traditional song and dance numbers. That meant some amazing numbers, including the floppy suspenders dance to “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu thriller “RRR,” an intimate and soulful Lady Gaga rendition of “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick,” and the follow-up to the Super Bowl by Rihanna. Best Song went to “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”. It also meant a long show. “That kind of makes you miss slapping a little bit, doesn’t it?” Kimmel said halfway through. After last year’s slap, the Academy created a Crisis Management Team to better respond to surprises. Rock, who recently made his strongest statements about the incident in a live special, did not attend, nor did Smith, who has been banned by the Academy for 10 years. Last year, Apple TV’s “CODA” became the first streaming movie to win Best Picture. But this year, nine of the 10 Best Picture nominees were stage performances. After the movie business exploded during the pandemic, those who went to the movies have recovered to around 67% of pre-pandemic levels. But it’s been an up and down year, with smash hits and unnerving lulls. This year, ticket sales have been strong thanks to releases like “Creed III” and “Cocaine Bear” — which made not one but two hits on Sunday’s show. Meanwhile, major writers and studios are set to begin contract negotiations on March 20, a looming battle that has much of the industry preparing for a possible shutdown. The Oscars also strive for consistency. Last year’s telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the 2021 mini-version, and was watched by a record low of 10.5 million. Source link Related READ MORE Met Opera drops vaccine requirement, still mandates masks
March 13, 2023 Creation time: 09:31 AM Last updated: 09:31 AM Views: 34 LOS ANGELES, March 13 (U.S.): The multiverse’s metaphysical comedy “Everything is Everywhere at the Same Time” wrapped its hot fingers around the Hollywood major on Sunday, winning Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with other awards. By Michelle Yeoh, Ki Hwi Kwan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Although worlds away from the Oscars taste, Danielle Scheinert’s messy ballet of buns, scary-eyed rockers, and messy tax revision have emerged as an unlikely Oscars leader, the Associated Press reports. The indie film, the second best A24 winner after Moonlight, has won seven Academy Awards. Only two other films in Oscar history “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Network” have won three Oscars for acting. Fifty years after “The Godfather” won the Academy Awards, “Everything Everywhere at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. A whimsical tale about a Chinese immigrant family — the second feature only to the Daniels family, as the duo is known in the film industry — blends science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and a laundromat. “The world is changing so fast and I’m afraid our stories aren’t keeping up with that pace,” said Cowan, who shared Best Director and Best Original Screenplay with Scheinert. “Sometimes it’s a little scary knowing that movies move at the rate of years and the world on the Internet moves at the rate of milliseconds. But I have great faith in our stories.” Yoh became the first Asian woman to win Best Actress, winning the award for her acclaimed performance in Everything Everywhere Every Time. The 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comedic and dramatic chops as on her kung fu skills. She is the first actress to win Best Actress for a non-white actress in 20 years. Yeoh, who received a standing ovation, said, “Ladies, don’t let anyone tell you that you’re past your birthday. Everything Everywhere, released in March 2022, helped revive arthouse cinemas two years into the pandemic, raking in more than $100 million in ticket sales with slim initial expectations for Oscar glory. In winning Best Director, the Daniels — both 35 years old — are the third directing duo to win the award, after Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story”) and Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”). Scheinert dedicated the award to “the mothers of the world”. Best Actor went to Brendan Fraser, capping the former action star’s return to center stage due to his physical transformation as a 600-pound. A reclusive professor in “Whale”. The Best Actor race was one of the closest of the night, but Frasier eventually bested Austin Butler. “This is what the multiverse looks like,” said Frasier, clearly animated, pointing to the “everything everywhere at once” crew. “Everything everywhere at once,” a shocking freshness in filmmaking steeped in sequels and reboots, helped Hollywood turn the page from one of the most iconic moments in Oscars history: The Slap. Jimmy Kimmel, who for the third time hosted the “No Bullshit” gala, vowed. Anyone who wants to “get along with it” this year, he said, has to come across an intimidating phalanx of bodyguards, including Yoh, Steven Spielberg, and his show’s “security guard” Guillermo Rodriguez. Former child star Quan capped off his phenomenal comeback with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the independent film ‘Everything Everywhere All at One’. Quan, beloved for his roles as Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and Data in “Goonies,” gave up acting before being cast in Everything Everywhere at Once. His victory, which was among the most anticipated of the night, was one of the most exciting moments of the ceremony. The audience — including his “Temple of Doom” movie director Steven Spielberg — gave Kwan a standing ovation as he fought back tears. “Mom, you just won an Oscar!” said Kwan, 51, whose family fled the Vietnam War when he was a child. “They say stories like this only happen in movies. I can’t believe they happen,” Kwan said. “This is the American dream.” Minutes later, Chuan’s co-star Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress. Her win, in one of the most competitive categories this year, denied comic book fans a win. Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would have been the first actress to win an Oscar for a Marvel movie. Curtis is the rare Academy Award winner, and both of her parents were nominated for Academy Awards: Tony Curtis was nominated for 1959’s The Defiant Ones and Janet Leigh in 1961 for Psycho. Netflix’s biggest competitor this year’s German-language World War I epic All Quiet on the Western won four awards as it scooped up Academy honors for the craft of apocalyptic anti-war film. It won cinematography, production design, score, and Best International Film. Although Bassett missed out on supporting actress, Ruth E. Carter won the costume design for “Wakanda Forever,” four years after becoming the first black designer to win an Oscar for “Black Panther.” This makes Carter the first black woman to win two Oscars. “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing a superhero who is a Black woman,” Carter said. “She endures, she loves, she overcomes, she’s every woman in this movie.” The ABC telecast opened traditionally: with a movie-of-the-year montage (with Kimmel editing in the cockpit of Top Gun: Maverick) and a long monologue. Kimmel struggled to find lessons from the previous year’s scandal when Will Smith hit announcer Chris Rock, and he won Best Actor. If anyone attempts any violent acts this year, Kimmel said, “You get an Oscar for Best Actor and you’re allowed to give a 19-minute speech.” After historic triumphs for Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“Dog Force”), no woman has been nominated for Best Director. Despite this, Sarah Polley won Best Adapted Screenplay for the metaphor-rich Mennonite drama “Women Talking.” “Thank you, the Academy, for not being so offended by the words ‘women’ and ‘talk,'” Polly said. Daniel Rohr’s “Navalny” won Best Documentary Feature. Some of the big names were not present for other reasons. Neither Tom Cruise, whose film Top Gun: Maverick, won Best Picture, nor James Cameron, director of the Best Picture nominee “Avatar: The Way of Water,” attended the ceremony. Both have been at the forefront of Hollywood’s efforts to bring back moviegoers after years of the pandemic. “The two guys who asked us to come back to the stage are not in the stage,” Kimmel said, adding that Cruise without his shirt in Top Gun: Maverick was “L. Ron Hubba Hubba.” Blockbuster nominees usually help boost Oscar ratings. However, neither Maverick nor Avatar with around $3.7 billion combined box office took in much. “Waterway” won for Visual Effects; “Maverick” won Best Vocal. After last year’s Academy Awards, which stripped some of the categories from distribution in the live broadcast, the Academy returned all awards to the show and relied on traditional song and dance numbers. That meant some amazing numbers, including the floppy suspenders dance to “Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu thriller “RRR,” an intimate and soulful Lady Gaga rendition of “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick,” and the follow-up to the Super Bowl by Rihanna. Best Song went to “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”. It also meant a long show. “That kind of makes you miss slapping a little bit, doesn’t it?” Kimmel said halfway through. After last year’s slap, the Academy created a Crisis Management Team to better respond to surprises. Rock, who recently made his strongest statements about the incident in a live special, did not attend, nor did Smith, who has been banned by the Academy for 10 years. Last year, Apple TV’s “CODA” became the first streaming movie to win Best Picture. But this year, nine of the 10 Best Picture nominees were stage performances. After the movie business exploded during the pandemic, those who went to the movies have recovered to around 67% of pre-pandemic levels. But it’s been an up and down year, with smash hits and unnerving lulls. This year, ticket sales have been strong thanks to releases like “Creed III” and “Cocaine Bear” — which made not one but two hits on Sunday’s show. Meanwhile, major writers and studios are set to begin contract negotiations on March 20, a looming battle that has much of the industry preparing for a possible shutdown. The Oscars also strive for consistency. Last year’s telecast drew 16.6 million viewers, a 58% increase from the 2021 mini-version, and was watched by a record low of 10.5 million.
