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[00:00.40] Everything Everywhere All at Once won the best picture Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night in Los Angeles, California.

[00:13.15] The unusual movie about a Chinese-American immigrant family won seven Oscars, including three acting awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

[00:29.89] The Malaysian-born Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win a best actress Oscar.

[00:38.12] In the film, she plays the laundromat owner with superpowers in a different universe.

[00:45.56] "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities," the 60-year-old actress said.

[00:58.04] "And ladies, don't let anybody ever tell you you’re past your prime," Yeoh added.

[01:05.74] As a boy, Quan starred in the 1984 Indiana Jones movie and The Goonies in 1985.

[01:16.10] The 51-year-old said he quit acting for many years because he saw too few opportunities for Asian actors.

[01:26.46] On Sunday night, Quan won the best supporting actor Oscar.

[01:32.04] In the film, he plays Yeoh's husband.

[01:36.02] Quan, who was born in Vietnam, cried as he gave his speech Sunday.

[01:41.87] He said, "My journey started on a boat.

[01:45.59] I spent a year in a refugee camp.

[01:48.77] Somehow I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage."

[01:55.15] "They say stories like this only happen in the movies," he added.

[02:01.00] "I cannot believe it's happening to me.

[02:04.45] This is the American dream."

[02:08.16] The 64-year-old Curtis won best supporting actress for her role as the tax agent in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

[02:19.33] In her speech, Curtis looked upward and addressed her parents, Academy award nominees Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

[02:30.21] Both of her parents have passed away.

[02:33.41] "I just won an Oscar,” Curtis told them.

[02:37.91] Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert together won best director and best original screenplay.

[02:45.62] Everything Everywhere All at Once was made with a small $14.3million budget and has brought in more than $100 million so far.

[02:59.69] The fourth acting award went to Brendan Fraser who won best actor for his work in The Whale.

[03:07.93] In the film, he plays an extremely overweight man trying to reconnect with his daughter.

[03:15.90] A German remake of the World War I story All Quiet on the Western Front was named best international feature film.

[03:27.05] The movie, which streamed on Netflix, shows the horrors of war through the eyes of a young man.

[03:35.29] The movie also won Oscars for music, production design and cinematography.

[03:42.73] Director Edward Berger thanked the film's young star, Felix Kammerer, who joined him on stage.

[03:50.96] "This was your first movie, and you carried us on your shoulders as if it was nothing," Berger said.

[03:59.99] Navalny won the Oscar for best feature documentary.

[04:05.04] The movie is about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was nearly killed by poison and has been jailed since his 2021 return to Moscow.

[04:18.06] "Alexei, I am dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free," his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, said at the award presentation. "Stay strong my love."

[04:33.19] Naatu Naatu, the song from the Indian movie RRR that created a viral dance, earned an Oscar for best original song.