Oscars 2023: 'Everything Everywhere...' helmers, Daniels win Best Director award
Everything Everywhere All at Once scripted history at the 95th Academy Awards, held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (Monday morning in India). Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert collectively known as the Daniels won the Oscar for Best Direction. Notably, the "multiverse of madness" film Everything Everywhere... was nominated in a total of 11 categories, and won a total of seven awards.
Daniels' 'Everything Everywhere...' won the Best Picture award
The sci-fi action drama took home the biggest award of the night—the Best Picture award—the one it was heavily favored to win! The multiverse epic had an impressive run, as it nabbed over 260 awards from various festivals, ahead of the Oscars. After 2018's The Shape of Water, Everything Everywhere... became another sci-fi genre movie to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars.
Michelle Yeoh scripted history; won the Best Actress award
Everything Everywhere... had an incredible win! Lead actor Michelle Yeoh took home the award for Best Actress and subsequently, the film scripted history on at least two counts. Yeoh became the first Asian person to win an award in the Best Actress category, and secondly, with her big win, Everything Everywhere... became the first film to win top-three acting honors at the Oscars.
Yeoh dedicated her big win to all the mothers
"Because they really are the superheroes," stated Yeoh while accepting the award and dedicating her win to her mother and all the mothers in the world. She said, "Without them, none of us would be here tonight, and I'm taking this home to her." Her 84-year-old mother was watching the ceremony from Malaysia, where Yeoh plans to return with the trophy in her hand.
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'Everything Everywhere...' won several awards
After nabbing awards in the categories of Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing, Everything Everywhere All at Once nabbed the third Oscar award back-to-back. The film features an ensemble cast including Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu. Notably, Quan won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, while Lee Curtis took home the award for Best Supporting Actress.
