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Oscars night: five talking points

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" won top honors at the Oscars on Sunday, claiming seven prizes including best picture.. But small, indie arthouse distributor A24 walked away with an astonishing sweep of the top prizes, including all four acting awards, thanks to "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and "The Whale."

'Naatu Naatu,' Gaga and Riri: Oscars night in music

The viral dance song "Naatu Naatu" made Oscars history Sunday as the first song from an Indian film to win the Academy Award for best original song -- besting heavyweights Lady Gaga and Rihanna to snag the prize.. The track "This Is a Life" also earned a nomination for best song, performed for the film by Byrne, Mitski and Son Lux.

Oscar winners in main categories

Here are the winners in key categories for the 95th Academy Awards, which were handed out in Hollywood on Sunday.. - Key winners - Best picture: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best actor: Brendan Fraser, "The Whale" Best actress: Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best supporting actor: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best supporting actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best international feature film : "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Germany) Best cinematography: "All Quiet on the Western Front" Best animated feature: "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" Best documentary feature: "Navalny" Best original song: "Naatu Naatu" from "RRR" Best original score: "All Quiet on the Western Front," Volker Bertelmann  bur/sst

Michelle Yeoh makes history as first Asian to win best actress Oscar

Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner thrust into a zany multiverse in the sci-fi trip "Everything Everywhere All at Once.". But even amid such a haul, the 60-year-old Yeoh praise for her portrayal of middle-class immigrant Evelyn, who must navigate life in America as well as a complex multiverse that contains endless variations of her existence.

The Daniels, duo behind 'Everything Everywhere', scoop directing Oscar

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan unleashed a film featuring people with hot dogs for fingers, rocks with googly eyes and emotions, and an everything bagel as the ultimate universal truth -- that nothing matters. . At one point, she caresses the face of her tax auditor with her feet, because both have hot dogs for fingers.

'Navalny' wins best documentary feature Oscar

"Navalny," a film that examines the poisoning of jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, on Sunday won the Oscar for best documentary feature.. The film, which premiered at the Sundance film festival in January 2022, won a BAFTA last month.

From Pakistani 'kill list' to comic book author

He barely escaped Pakistan with his life after angering its powerful military with his journalism.. His fearless criticism of the powerful Pakistani military made him a target, particularly a front-page story for the New York Times exposing their secret prisons.