James Hong, 94, Attends First Oscars in Googly-Eyed Bowtie Honoring 'Everything Everywhere'

Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh's acting roots can be traced back to Manchester, as the city's Metropolitan university has revealed she graduated with a BA in creative arts in 1983.

In an awards season dominated by Oscars rules discussion and the multiversal “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the night is finally here. And guess what? Everything went just about as expected.

Big wins!

Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to take home the best actress accolade at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night.

The Oscars 2023 returned to our screens on Sunday night, celebrating the very best talent in film, design and sound.

In at least one universe, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is a Best Picture winner!

Celebrities from far and wide flocked to Los Angeles for this year's highly anticipated Oscars on Sunday night, from Rihanna and Cara Delevingne to Florence Pugh and Lady Gaga, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting the star-studded affair this year. It's been a busy awards season this year, with Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, The Banshees of Inisherin and Tár proving as some of the critics' favourites.

Katie Reul editor Winning best picture at the Academy Awards, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” capped off a ground-breaking awards season and became the most-awarded best picture winner since 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire.” “Everything Everywhere” took home seven Oscars on Sunday night, including best picture, director, original screenplay, lead actress, supporting actress, supporting actor and editing. At the 2009 Oscars, Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” scored eight awards, including best picture, director, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, score, original song and sound mixing. Before “Everything Everywhere,” the closest a best picture winner has gotten to topping that number was the 2010 ceremony, when “The Hurt Locker” won six Oscars.

Everything Everywhere All at Once is the big winner of the night!

is a Best Picture winner!The lauded absurdist film took home the top honor at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, following wins earlier in the night for Jamie Lee Curtis's Best Supporting Actress, Ke Huy Quan's Best Supporting Actor, Michelle Yeoh's Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, the Daniels' Best Director and Best Editing. «There is no movie without our brilliant and big-hearted cast and crew,» producer Jonathan Wang said. «I never thought I would get to say this, so I say this with one voice: Thank you to the Academy.» Wang went on to dedicate the win to his wife, quoting one of his film's most famous lines, «In another life, I would have really liked doing laundry and taxes with you.» The film now holds the most Oscars of all time, and is the first film in over three decades to win three acting Academy Awards. The Daniels gave similarly moving speeches when accepting Best Director. «Our fellow nominees, our nominees in this category, you guys are our heroes,» Daniel Scheinert said.

“We’ve come a long way that two men can share an Oscar,” joked Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel after the commercial break following Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s win for Best Director for A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once.

scoring the award for Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars.Harrison Ford presented the award onstage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where Hollywood’s biggest stars gathered to celebrate the big night, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who had won earlier in the evening, were joined on stage by the entire cast to accept the historic award.“The world is changing rapidly and I fear our stories are not keeping at pace and sometimes it’s a little scary,” Kwan said, “but I have great faith in these stories.”“Everything Everywhere All At Once” received more Oscar nominations than any film this year with a whopping 11: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, two for Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Score and Best Song.The movie ended up winning seven of the 11 noms, including Best Picture, Best Actress for star Michelle Yeoh and Best Director for filmmakers Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan.The film was the movie to beat this year, having won the top prizes at both the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards.The comedy-drama beat “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Triangle of Sadness” and “Women Talking” for Oscar victory.“Everything Everywhere All At Once” made history as the first sci-fi film to ever win Best Picture.The movie stars Michelle Yeoh — who won Best Actress — as a Chinese immigrant who is swept into parallel universes in order to save all of existence and connects with the other lives she could have led.“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is also the first film to win

Some in the industry might be irked that the Oscars and SXSW are colliding on the same weekend this year, however, it’s a win-win for both tonight: For a year ago, A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once blasted off here in Austin, TX as the festival’s opening night film. The movie becomes the first world premiere to debut at SXSW and win Oscar’s Best Picture.

It’s crowning achievement almost inevitable for weeks, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” was named Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards. Directed, written and produced by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who also twon Oscars earlier in the telecast, the film also makes history as A24 Films second Best Picture winner in just 12 years.

From Crazy Rich Asians to an Oscar nomination! Michelle Yeoh started off her acting career in Hong Kong with action and martial arts films and has since become a critically acclaimed actress.

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Oscars red carpet.Hong, 94, walked the champagne-colored carpet wearing a bowtie with googly eyes — an ode to the movie.He portrays Gong Gong in the film, the father of Michelle Yeoh’s character, Evelyn Quan Wang.Googly eyes play a big role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” — and might have even caused a shortage at Michaels arts stores.Yeoh’s character initially is annoyed at her husband’s obsession with sticking googly eyes everywhere and rejects all his attempts to bring joy and humor into their lives.But Evelyn ends up growing an appreciation toward them, putting one on her forehead during the film’s climactic fight scene.The googly eyes represent existentialism and the human desire to create meaning in their lives.“Everything Everywhere All At Once” has been cleaning up in the 2023 awards season, with 11 Oscar nominations and winning two Golden Globe Awards.

Considering the breathless ease of “Everything Everywhere All At Once’s” award season so far, it’s sort of remarkable how many categories are up for grabs when the Academy Awards begin on Sunday evening. Oscar’s top prize is pretty much all locked up and should reward A24 with their second Best Picture win in less than 12 years of existence.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” swept all the major guild awards, the first time that grand slam had happened in a decade and only the fifth time in history, the suspense seemed to drain out of the 95th Academy Awards. After all, how suspenseful can it be if everything goes to “Everything?” But it’d be a mistake to think that Sunday’s show won’t be a nail-biter in many ways.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Class…put your books away, and clear your desks. It’s now time for your Oscars test. We’ve watched all the movies and seen all the precursor ceremonies that have provided all the necessary hints and clues on which films will emerge victorious at the 95th annual Academy Awards on March 12.