01of 05Ke Huy Quan Wins His First OscarKe Huy Quan.Kevin Winter/GettyKe Huy Quan nabbedhis very first Oscar, the Best Supporting Actor award, for his performance inEverything Everywhere All at Once. The comeback star was bursting with gratitude as he thanked his robust list of supporters, including his 84-year-old mother, whom he said was watching from home. “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” he exclaimed to start his acceptance speech.“They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it’s happening to me,” said the former child star, who got his start decades ago inIndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomandThe Goonies. “This —this— is the American dream!”

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Ke Huy Quan Wins His First Oscar

Ke Huy Quan.Kevin Winter/Getty

Ke Huy Quan accepts the Best Supporting Actor award “Everything Everywhere All at Once” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

Ke Huy Quan nabbedhis very first Oscar, the Best Supporting Actor award, for his performance inEverything Everywhere All at Once. The comeback star was bursting with gratitude as he thanked his robust list of supporters, including his 84-year-old mother, whom he said was watching from home. “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” he exclaimed to start his acceptance speech.

“They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it’s happening to me,” said the former child star, who got his start decades ago inIndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomandThe Goonies. “This —this— is the American dream!”

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Jamie Lee Curtis Wins Her First Oscar

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Jamie Lee Curtis accepts the Best Supporting Actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

The longtime Hollywood star took homeher first Oscarfor Best Supporting Actress — the same award her actress mother, Janet Leigh, was nominated for in 1960. TheEverything Everywhere All at Onceactress doled out thanks for the “hundreds of people” who helped her on her journey tothe Oscarsstage.

“To all of the people who have supported the genre movies I have made all these years, the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, we just won an Oscar together!” Curtis said, in addition to individually thanking her husband, daughters, agents and her film’s directors, the Daniels (Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan).

03of 05Ruth Carter Becomes the First Black Woman to Win Two OscarsRuth E. Carter.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via GettyWith asecond Academy Awardunder her belt, theBlack Panther: Wakanda Forevercostume designer made Oscar history: Carter is officially the first and only Black woman with two Oscar wins. In her acceptance speech, the Best Costume Design winner thanked the Academy for “recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman.“The record breaker also revealed that she’d recently suffered a family loss.“She endures, she loves, she overcomes. She is every woman in this film. She is my mother,” Carter said, explaining that her mom, Mabel Carter, had died the week prior at 101 years old. She added: “This film prepared me for this moment.”

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Ruth Carter Becomes the First Black Woman to Win Two Oscars

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US costume designer Ruth E. Carter accepts the Oscar for Best Costume Design for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2023.

With asecond Academy Awardunder her belt, theBlack Panther: Wakanda Forevercostume designer made Oscar history: Carter is officially the first and only Black woman with two Oscar wins. In her acceptance speech, the Best Costume Design winner thanked the Academy for “recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman.”

The record breaker also revealed that she’d recently suffered a family loss.

“She endures, she loves, she overcomes. She is every woman in this film. She is my mother,” Carter said, explaining that her mom, Mabel Carter, had died the week prior at 101 years old. She added: “This film prepared me for this moment.”

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Brendan Fraser Wins His First Oscar

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Brendan Fraser accepts the Best Actor award for “The Whale” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

Forhis leading performanceinThe Whale, Fraser took home the coveted Academy Award for Best Actor, making his own career history with his first Oscar win. The accolade is an especially meaningful win for Fraser, who took a hiatus from acting for much of the 2000s after making it big in the 1990s. The actor was emotional on stage as he accepted the golden statue.

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Michelle Yeoh Becomes the First Asian Woman to Win Best Actress

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Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh accepts the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2023.

Yeoh opened her acceptance speech on an inspiring note: “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that, dream big, and dreams do come true. And ladies don’t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime,” she said.

She thankedEverything Everywhere’s cast and crew, and then shined a special spotlight on “all the moms in the world, because they are really the superheroes. And without them none of us would be here tonight.” Yeoh gave a special dedication to her own mom, whom she said was watching from home in Malaysia. She added: “And also to my extended family in Hong Kong where I started my career. Thank you for letting me stand on your shoulders, giving me a leg up, so I can be here today.”

Before she took her first Oscar off stage, Yeoh thanked the Academy, too. “This is history in the making,” she said.

source: people.com