Brendan Fraser has won the best actor Oscar for 'The Whale' at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Upon accepting his award, Fraser thanked director Darren Aronofsky for 'throwing me a creative lifeline.' 9News FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe 60-year-old Malaysian-born Yeoh won her first Oscar for a performance that relied as much on her comic and dramatic chops as it did her kung fu skills."Ladies, don't let anyone ever tell you you're past your prime," said Yeoh, who received a raucous standing ovation.
They're just the third directing pair to win the award, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and Joel and Ethan Coen .Best actor went to Brendan Fraser, culminating the former action star's return to centre stage for his physical transformation as a 600-lb. reclusive professor inThe best-actor race had been one of the closest contests of the night, but Fraser in the end edged Austin Butler.
She's the rare Oscar winner whose parents were both Oscar nominees, something she emotionally referenced in her speech.PsychoJamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to her famous parents in her speech.Wakanda ForeverThis one makes Carter the first Black woman to win two Oscars."She endures, she loves, she overcomes, she is every woman in this film.
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