Everything Everywhere All at Once tops Oscar nominations with 11; Michelle Yeoh first Asian actor nominated for best actress
- Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh will compete with double Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett; Vietnamese-American Ke Huy Quan is up for best supporting actor
- Anti-war All Quiet on the Western Front and black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin received 9 nominations; India’s RRR got one, for best song
Surreal sci-fi Everything Everywhere All At Once topped the Oscar nominations Tuesday with 11, as Hollywood formally kicked off the race to the all-important Academy Awards.
The indie film portrays a Chinese-American immigrant family undergoing a tax audit, who are quickly drawn into an inter-dimensional battle to save the multiverse from a powerful villain.
It became a huge word of mouth hit and has grossed over US$100 million worldwide.
Its 11 nominations were followed by German anti-war movie All Quiet on the Western Front and Irish black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin, which each received nine.
As expected, Academy voters also rewarded blockbusters such as Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water for helping to bring audiences back to cinemas after the pandemic.
Both were nominated for best picture, Tinseltown’s most coveted prize, although another crowd-pleaser, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, missed out.
The remaining best picture slots went to rock 'n' roll biopic Elvis, Steven Spielberg’s quasi-memoir The Fabelmans, Cate Blanchett’s latest tour-de-force Tár, Cannes festival winner Triangle of Sadness and literary adaptation Women Talking.
