IN 95th Academy Awards, which took place on Sunday evening in Los Angeles, went down in history. And that’s because the big awards in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories went to Asians Michelle Yeoh and Ki Hui Kwan for their performances in the film that won 7 Oscars.All(“Everything and everywhere all at once”).

Costume designer Ruth Carter became the first black woman to win two Oscars, while the award for best song went to Naat Naat, the first Indian film to win in this category.

In second place behind Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s project All Quiet was the Netflix war drama All Quiet on the Western Front, while the films Elvis, Fabelmans, The Spirits of Inisherin and Tar ‘left empty-handed.

Absence

At all award ceremonies, from January through the Golden Globes to the Oscars, the winner in the Supporting Actress category has not been so obvious. While Bassett appeared to be in the lead with two wins already for her role, she ultimately fell short of a third award. But no one can dispute her performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever or the impact of words of gratitude when her work is recognized.

“ELVIS” took zero #Oscar pic.twitter.com/85m6JNno9G

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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Production Design and Costume Design. For many, Austin Butler could have won the Best Actor award as he won a BAFTA in that category. But at the Oscars, he beat favorite Brendan Fraser for his role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale. Added to the absence on the set of the film “Elvis” is Mandy Walker for photography. The Oscar for Cinematography went to James Fred for his amazing performance in No Younger than the Western Front.

Steven Spielberg could have won an Oscar for best director for Fabelmans, Martin McDonough’s The Haunting of Innsbruck, which received a total of 9 nominations, did not receive a single gold statuette from the Academy, and Cate Blanchett missed out on the third Oscar of her career for the film the role of conductor Lydia Tarr in the film ‘Tar’.

“Thanks to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a black woman.”

Ruth Carter receives the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.#Oscar#Oscar95https://t.co/OizA2V1EIT pic.twitter.com/G74FY9udl5

— ABC News (@ABC) March 13, 2023

surprises

Ruth Carter not only managed to stand out with her work in the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but also became the first black woman in the history of the institution to receive two Oscars.

Avatar: The Way of the Water director James Cameron and Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick) were not present at the awards ceremony. As Jimmy Kimmel, host of the evening, said in his opening remarks, “The two men who insisted that we return to the theaters did not come to the hall.”

Two favorites in the Best Music category were Justin Hurwitz for the soundtrack to Damien Sazel’s film Babylon and five-time award-winning legendary composer John Williams for the score to Steven Spielberg’s Fabelmans. Volker Bertelmann made a surprise with the music he wrote and “dressed” the drama “No Younger From the Western Front”. This is the first “Oscar” of the German composer.

Last year, Live was missing categories such as Best Sound, Best Editing, and Short Documentary. The academy cut a total of eight technical categories to save time on the four-hour ceremony. But after a storm of reactions from people in the cinema this year, we saw the winners of technical achievements on our screens. And she was beautiful.

According to Deadline, Variety