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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian politicians took to social media to congratulate Michelle Yeoh on her historic win at the Academy Awards in the Best Actress ...

“This might be the first time the words ‘Malaysia’ and ‘KL’ appear in a major show on American TV. It swept seven awards, including best picture, directing as well as three of the four acting categories. History in the making indeed!” said a netizen on Twitter, referencing Yeoh’s speech. Also commending Yeoh on her win was Mr Lim Guan Eng, the chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP). We are so happy that she won, that our auntie won…,” she reportedly said. Been following her and the movie's success all year ... “I’m taking this (trophy) home to (my mom). I love you guys, I’m bringing this home to you.” I'm proud of my daughter. Malaysia’s Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Nancy Shukri was also present at the event. “Congratulations to Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh! First Malaysian to win an Oscar!

"Malaysia boleh!" Janet Yeoh said, blowing kisses to her daughter. "Boleh" - which means nothing is impossible - certainly captured the mood not just in Los ...

Closing her acceptance speech, Yeoh took on the ageism in Hollywood that is biased against women. "This is proof that dreams - dream big, and dreams do come true," a tearful Yeoh said in her acceptance speech on Sunday night. This, this, is the American Dream." Yeoh's award was one of seven picked up by Everything Everywhere All at Once, which swept the evening. And popular Hong Kong singer-actress Josie Ho Chiu posted a photo of Yeoh's Oscar moment with the words, "Dreams do come true". And go watch Everything Everywhere All at Once, a must-see movie about the multiverse and the meaning of life. Yeoh burst into Hollywood in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing a Chinese femme fatale opposite Pierce Brosnan's 007. And billboards on display on the highways of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, proclaimed her as the pride of the country. This is a great movie, one the best I’ve seen a long time. At the watch party in Kuala Lumpur, Janet Yeoh was promptly drowned in news camera lights as soon as her daughter was proclaimed the winner. Twitter in Asia had some some 350,000 congratulatory posts while Weibo, China's version of Twitter, said a hashtag lauding her win was viewed about 360 million times. And the elation was there to see.

Family and friends of Malaysia's Michelle Yeoh responded with screams, jubilation and pride on Monday at her winning the Academy Award for best lead actress ...

Yeoh made her Hollywood breakthrough when she was cast as the first ethnic Chinese Bond girl in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies" opposite Pierce Brosnan. "Jaw dropping moment ... "She's a very hardworking girl, you know.

The Malaysian-born actor made history by winning the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at ...

This is the only way we will get more opportunities — if we fight for it and no longer be able to say, OK, I'll turn the other cheek. Michelle Yeoh accepted the Oscar for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, in which she plays Evelyn Wang, the Chinese first-generation immigrant owner of a laundromat around whom the film's absurdist multiverse revolves. We are part of the society and very, very much an intricate part of this whole community.

The Malaysian-born Yeoh is only the second woman of color ever to win best actress at the Oscars.

"If this is your passion, this is your love, you have to stand up for yourself and for what you believe in and for what you want to do," she told reporters backstage. "She's 84, and I'm taking this home to her," Yeoh added. "I think this is something that we have been working so hard towards for a very long time, and tonight we freaking broke that glass ceiling," she continued. "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. The Malaysian-born Yeoh is only the second woman of color ever to take home the award. This is proof — dream big and dreams do come true," Yeoh said during her acceptance speech.

Winners and also-rans shared cocktails and In-N-Out burgers with moguls, musicians and models at the annual post-awards gala.

Earlier, she had taken the best actress prize for her role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” which made her the first woman of color to win in that category since 2002, when Halle Berry was honored for “Monster’s Ball.” For a moment he seemed to consider taking the burger, only to decide against that, too. Quan’s work dating back to “The Goonies,” which the actor had co-starred in at age 13. “It’s all sort of a haze,” Ms. On the other, holding her statue, was Ms. Perhaps it was the press room, where she had faced a phalanx of interviews. “I want to dance.” The “Ozark” star Julia Garner was to her left. Cate Blanchett arrived in the blue and black Dior gown she had worn to the ceremony. The director seemed happy to see Hailee Steinfeld, a star of the AppleTV+ series “Dickinson” who happens to be the niece of someone Mr. Was he hoping to soft-pitch his way back into the Academy’s good graces? A little ways off, Steven Spielberg stood with his wife, the actress and artist Kate Capshaw.

The seven-time Oscar-winning crew was on hand to celebrate alongside a wide range of luminaries from Hollywood and beyond.

James Murdoch appeared to avoid talking to the multiple cast members from Succession, though he couldn’t help but fall into a long talk with Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan. Justin Bieber, wearing what appeared to be a quilted blanket on his back, arrived with his wife, Hailey Bieber, and immediately went up to Clippers star Russell Westbrook, who was clad in head-to-toe Thom Browne. But it’s pretty clear that at the

Our intrepid reporters braved the wilds of the big-name Oscar parties: Elton John, Vanity Fair, the Governors Ball. Here's what they learned.

— M.O. Dolly De Leon, breakout star of “Triangle of Sadness,” is happy for the night’s winners. and the exodus to the satellite parties is in full effect. And that even cool people gravitate toward people they think are cooler — Super Bowl champ Travis Kelce, “The White Lotus” stars, newly minted Oscar winners — so they can feel the shine. The emotion is palpable as an overjoyed Quan not only kisses his Academy Award for the cameras but jumps up to sit on the table and raises his Oscar in triumph as photographers snap away. (The event will wind up raising more than $9 million.) — J.R. It’s as official as official can be: She’s the first Asian woman to win for lead actress. With live feeds projecting on jumbo screens, everyone can watch the high emotion on the faces of the night’s winners as they see their names added to their trophies for posterity. 5:20 p.m.: Elton and husband David Furnish take the podium to greet guests. Florence Pugh, Old-Hollywood elegant in a bejeweled necklace and white off-the-shoulder gown, is stopped by an awestruck little girl (in suit and tennis shoes) who couldn’t be more thrilled to meet Yelena Belova, the next Black Widow. 4:05 p.m.: It’s cocktail hour at Elton John’s 31st annual viewing party in West Hollywood Park for the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). [Elton John](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-11-18/elton-john-dodger-stadium-farewell-yellow-brick-road-tour) and by Vanity Fair, and the academy’s own Governors Ball?

The independent studio behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Whale” became the first to sweep the acting awards and win best director and best ...

The Australian horror film “Talk to Me” was just shown to rave reviews at the SXSW film festival and is scheduled to hit theaters this summer. “I felt like ‘The Whale’ in the theater would be a great experience because it would bring people together to feel in such a deep way and in a different way than the theater has been used for a very long time,” Mr. “It’s actually just amazing, what they’ve done,” said Stephen Galloway, the dean of Chapman University’s film school. The film was made for $3 million and turned into a modest hit, with a worldwide gross of $37 million and Oscar nominations for Mr. “The economics for everyone now are really screwed up,” he added. Darren Aronofsky, director of “The Whale,” said he had the opportunity to sell his film to a streaming service for more money. [Michelle Yeoh](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/movies/michelle-yeoh-oscars-best-actress.html) (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) and Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) in the lead categories, along with [Jamie Lee Curtis](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/movies/jamie-lee-curtis-oscars-win.html) and [Ke Huy Quan](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/movies/ke-huy-quan-oscars-win.html), both from “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” for their supporting roles. “It’s clear that they love their movies and they’re proud of their movies and I think that’s how they choose their movies,” he said. “Between him and his partners, they had an instinct to go even edgier — moving into the indie fringes — and they have proven a business that no one else has done, as a true independent, over time.” It felt like a fitting exclamation point to a triumphant evening for his genre-bending film and the studio that helped make it a reality. The company issued a pat statement instead: “It was a special night. They’re helping us and the world realize that it’s OK to be strange.

Michelle Yeoh's mom may not have been present in the Dolby Theater on Sunday to see her daughter win an Oscar but cameras were rolling as she watched the ...

Carter](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/ruth-carter-oscar-black-panther-cec/index.html) became the first woman of color to win two Academy Awards on Sunday, she revealed in her speech that her mother recently died at the age of 101. Carter said her work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” prepared her for the moment and dedicated the award to her late mom. He spoke about spending a year in a refugee camp as a child and finding himself as an adult on Hollywood’s biggest stage. [Ke Huy Quan](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/ke-huy-quan-oscars-acceptance-speech/index.html), who won the award for best supporting actor for his role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” also thanked his mom for the sacrifices she made during his acceptance speech. [“Everything Everywhere All at Once”](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/entertainment/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-academy-awards-takeaways/index.html) is a film about the importance of family and the dynamics of familial relationships, particularly between a mother and daughter (Stephanie Hsu). [Michelle Yeoh’s](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-oscars-winner/index.html) mom may not have been present in the Dolby Theater on Sunday to see her daughter win an [Oscar](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/oscar-winners-2023/index.html) but cameras were rolling as she watched the historic moment live in Malaysia.

The studio claimed a total of nine Academy Awards, with Everything Everywhere All At Once receiving seven Oscars and The Whale receiving two.

It was the lone award for Warner Bros Discovery, whose Elvis biopic received multiple nominations. Its documentary short film, The Elephant Whisperers, also received an Academy Award. The studio claimed a total of nine Academy Awards, with Everything Everywhere All At Once receiving seven Oscars and The Whale receiving two.

India has made movie history by scooping its first Oscar for the best original song, "Naatu Naatu."

A clip from the movie featuring Telugu superstars Charan and N. Rama Rao Jr., known as Jr NTR, dancing in perfect synchronization to the lyrics has more than 125 million views on Jai Hind,” they wrote, using a popular rallying cry which means “Victory to India.” Keeravani and featuring lyrics by Chandrabose – beat both Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” and Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Chandrabose simply added: “Namaste.” Dedicating this to all our amazing fans across the world.

A song from the blockbuster Indian film RRR won the Oscar for best song and is now the talk of India's music biz. But will it lift other musicians to — well ...

"A lot is lost," he says. "They would be occasionally annoyed" by his devotion to making music "but always are supportive," he says. In many cases, we're driven by passion and just looking to survive," he says. No one talks about the struggle musicians face, he says — the many years where you run after a dream in spite of financial, social and family pressures. Sometimes that's all the fuel a dreamer needs." And to promote his music, he would need to hire a production team—a video editor, a make-up artist, sound and lighting. Back in 2014, after the release of his first album, he was painting a house. "People like me don't usually dare to dream of a career in music," Kadhiravel says. "Poor musicians are forced to sell their original content to bigger companies for peanuts because they cannot afford these production costs," he says. "Wins like 'Naatu Naatu' put us on the world map, which is so fantastic," says Berty Ashley, a musician in Bengaluru, and co-founder of "It was incredibly exciting to see an Indian musical get worldwide recognition," he says. The song shot to viral global fame on TikTok and Instagram.

Oscar ratings weathered a fungus-infected zombie invasion -- in the form of the season finale of HBO's hit drama "The Last of Us" -- to post their second ...

Tune-in for the series steadily built from 4.7 million same-day viewers for the premiere in January. Executive producers Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann sent a letter to critics on Monday thanking them for all the “beautiful attention” they had showered on the series, a callback to a line from the third episode. By any measure, the video game adaptation has been a huge hit for the pay service. The Oscars sank to a record-low audience of 10.5 million viewers in 2021, amid an across-the-board crash for award-show ratings. Notably, streaming titles “CODA” and “Nomadland” won the previous two years. The 95th annual Academy Awards averaged 18.7 million viewers, per Nielsen data, a 12% boost compared to last year, and the biggest audience for any awards show in three years.

Ke Huy Quan's comeback story from childhood star of '80s flicks coupled with Michelle Yeoh's historic win as the first Asian best-actress winner Sunday ...

Ngor ("The Killing Fields") and Yuh-Jung Youn ("Minari"), according to Oscar historians. Merle Oberon, a best actress nominee in 1935 for “The Dark Angel," hid her South Asian heritage and passed for white, according to birth records discovered after her death. “This changes that whole mindset for the community — even for our families. But all the movie's Oscars (it also won best supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis and film editing) mean a lot to Asian Americans, she said. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars bring the total number of Asians who have earned acting Oscars to just six in the awards' 95-year history. The only previous Asian winners of acting Oscars have been Miyoshi Umeki ("Sayonara"), Ben Kingsley (“Ghandi”), Haing S. He called the impact of the wins massive. “It does tell the community that we have done enough ... “I feel like they already like completely made history with being like the most awarded film and just all the other awards that they’ve been receiving,” Cho said of the possibility the two might not have taken home Oscars. To actually see it happen was “phenomenal.” Written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (known as the Daniels), who won best-directing and best original screenplay Oscars, the story centers on a glammed-down Yeoh as Evelyn Wang, a frazzled laundromat owner preparing for an IRS audit. It really just kind of lets us feel like we can accomplish things that normally are not in our lane.”

Ke Huy Quan's comeback story from childhood star of '80s flicks coupled with Michelle Yeoh's historic win as the first Asian best-actress winner Sunday ...

He called the impact of the wins massive. But all the movie’s Oscars (it also won best-supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis and film editing) mean a lot to Asian Americans, she said. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars bring the total number of Asians who have earned acting Oscars to just six in the awards’ 95-year history. “It does tell the community that we have done enough … To actually see it happen was “phenomenal.” It really just kind of lets us feel like we can accomplish things that normally are not in our lane.”

Michelle Yeoh's historic Oscar win is hailed by film industry insiders, movie fans and officials in Hong Kong and Malaysia. 'It's not an accident at all,' ...

In their acceptance speeches, this year's winners gave all the credit to their mothers – except Paul Mescal, who brought his mum along for the show.

Paul Mescal, nominated best actor for Aftersun, took his mother, Dearbhla, as his date for the Oscars, as he had for the Baftas. The emphasis on mothers also chimed with an Oscars in which older women were some of the biggest winners – or instance Jamie Lee Curtis, who is 64. Daniel Scheinert said that his family had encouraged his creativity even when he was making disturbing horror films, “or dressing in drag, which is a threat to nobody” – a reference to the pushback against drag performances in some American states. Michelle Yeoh, who won best actress for her lead role in the film, said her mother was also 84 and at home watching the ceremony from Malaysia. Ruth Carter, the first Black woman to win two Oscars when she took best costume design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, paid tribute to her mother, Mabel, who had died the previous week. Their film, which netted seven awards, the most of the night, is centred on a mother, played by Michelle Yeoh, struggling with her laundry business and marriage, but also her daughter’s sexuality.

Performer is the first Asian to win the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role.

“History created for Asia and Malaysia,” wrote Syed Saddiq, a legislator. Dedicating her triumph to her mother and all the mothers in the world, she also said, “Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. In her acceptance speech, Yeoh called her win a “beacon of hope and possibilities” for “all the boys and girls who look like me”. On Malaysian social media, Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh was trending. Yeoh made her Hollywood breakthrough when she was cast as the first ethnic Chinese Bond girl in 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies opposite Pierce Brosnan. “She’s a very hardworking girl, you know.

The image, misusing the identity of Malaysian news outlet The Star, showed Yeoh giving her acceptance speech after she was named the Academy Award winner for ...

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Michelle Yeoh's history-making Oscar win caused jubilation this week in her native Malaysia, but it also sparked false rumors that a national holiday had ...

“I’ll call her to come home (to Malaysia) and celebrate very soon. “I’m taking this home to her,” Yeoh said in her acceptance speech. “The news is false,” it said. I’m bringing this home to you,” she said. She is very hardworking,” her mother told local reporters. There was “no truth” to claims of an Oscar public holiday, the statement from Anwar’s office read.

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' director Daniel Kwan, producer Jonathan Wang and star Ke Huy Quan thanked their immigrant parents at the Oscars.

I know that she wanted this for me as much as I wanted it myself.” And they do it because they really want you to be better, so you have more opportunities and you will have a better life. “This film prepared me for this moment. “[My mom is] 84, and I’m taking this home to her. There’s nine of us, and every single one of them are so grateful to my parents.” “The first image that I had in my mind was my mom ... “So this movie is very much a love song to our Taiwanese parents.” “Without them, none of us would be here tonight,” Yeoh said. But I think that actually makes it even more beautiful — knowing how much she gave up for me and my siblings.” She had a great life where we came from, and and she gave all that up so that all her children — there’s nine of us. “She is someone who loves to change her passions every couple of years. “I spent a year in a refugee camp.