Roll out the (champagne) carpet! The biggest movie stars will gather in Los Angeles for the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12.Everything Everywhere All at Once is leading the pack with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan) and Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu).“I am overwhelmed and overjoyed with happiness!” Yeoh said in a statement about her nomination. “Every single person who worked on this film poured their heart and soul into it, and we are all so grateful to the Academy for recognizing so many from our ‘EEAAO’ family.
Playing Evelyn Wang has been one of the great privileges of my 40 year career. It is truly the role of a lifetime. Thank you to Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for seeing me and for this opportunity, I will forever cherish this moment.”Quan, meanwhile, said he wanted to give a “HUGE thank you to @theacademy” for the “unbelievable” honor.“I am screaming so loud, I’m sure I’ll lose my voice by the end of day.
Thank you to EVERYONE who’s reached out with congratulations and to ALL OF YOU who have been following me along on this incredible journey,” the actor wrote via Instagram. “I am so grateful to you all.
This is for sure one of the happiest days of my life. CONGRATULATIONS to the entire #EEAAO family for our 11 nominations. And lastly, CONGRATULATIONS to our matriarch @michelleyeoh_official for her historic nomination.
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