After a year in which Apple took home the big award with its Best Picture winner, CODA, the Oscars are back — and there’s quite a bit of excitement. Part of that has to do with the list of nominees. This year, Best Picture could go to fan-favorite Everything Everywhere All At Once, more subtle fare like Tár or Banshees of Inisherin, or maybe even a blockbuster like Avatar: The Way of Water or Top Gun: Maverick. The field feels pretty wide open.
When it comes to the big streaming services, Netflix once again racked up a bunch of nominations (16 in total) for the likes of All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. Apple managed a pair of nominations (for Causeway and the short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse), while the massive conglomerate known as Disney had a whopping 22, led by Avatar and Banshees.
There’s a lot of intrigue over who will win what — and you can follow along with all of the latest right here.
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Lucky number seven.
And there it is: Everything Everywhere All At Once won best picture, for a total of seven Oscars. This movie rules, and if you still haven’t seen it for yourself, let our original review convince you.
Mar 12, 2022
The real-life superhero Michelle Yeoh now has an Oscars statue for best actress in a leading role (it’s another win for Everything Everywhere All At Once). She did not wear hot dog fingers to accept the award.
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Brendan Fraser was named best actor in a leading role for his performance in The Whale, and he seemed as surprised as he was grateful.
And another one: the Daniels also won best director at the Oscars. The title Everything Everywhere All At Once really turned out to be prophetic.
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As if the amazing live performance of “Naatu Naatu” wasn’t enough, the RRR song also earned the Oscar for best original song. Good luck getting it out of your head.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — better known as the Daniels — just scooped up the award for best original screenplay for Everything Everywhere All At Once. For more on the unique duo, check out this interview from last year that digs deep into the film.
The singer performed Wakanda Forever’s “Lift Me Up” which is nominated for Best Original Song tonight.
it at least looked good. So it’s no surprise that it came away with the best visual effects Oscar. I hope that talking space whale parties hard tonight.
Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front just picked up Oscars for best original score and production design, bringing its total to four awards so far. (It also won best international film and best cinematography.) It’s now leading the way mid-way through the show.
Best Supporting Actress nominee Stephanie Hsu might not have won at this year’s Oscars for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once. But she, and David Byrne, and David Byrne’s pair of hot dog fingers absolutely brought the house down with their performance of ‘This Is a Life.’
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The Oscars are primarily about awards, of course, but this year we also got a fresh glimpse at Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid — which includes a good look at Melissa MccArthy as Ursula.
While presenting the award for best documentary (Navalny was the winner), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson had what I believe is an Oscars first by wearing a pair of Crocs on stage. Who says fashion can’t be comfortable?
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Everything Everywhere All At Once just keeps racking up awards: Jamie Lee Curtis took home best supporting actress, giving hope to IRS agents everywhere.
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The feel-good moment of the night might’ve happened near the beginning, when Ke Huy Quan nabbed the best supporting actor award for his performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once. After nearly giving up on the world of acting, seeing him on stage with that trophy was a real tear-jerker.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio took home the Oscar for best animated picture, and — as you can probably guess — the director had some strong words about the power of animated films, saying, simply that “animation is cinema, animation is not a genre, and animation is ready to be taken to the next step.”
For more on what makes the stop-motion movie so special, check out our review.
Jan 24, 2023, 2:43 PM UTCAndrew Webster
Everything Everywhere All At Once got plenty of love, and the nominations featured a lot of expected names like The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, and Tár.