Oscars 2023: A24–How Charming Actors and Savvy Social Media Elevated ‘Everything Everything Everywhere All at Once’
To win its Oscars for Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Whale, the indie studio capitalized on the underdog charisma of the films’ casts.
But some competitors complain about alleged breaches of Academy rules.

“This time last year, all I was hoping for was just a job.” That’s how Ke Huy Quan opened a tearful acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards in November, when the possibility that the Vietnamese-American actor might be nominated for — and win — an Oscar for his performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once was starting to crystallize.