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'Everything Everywhere All At Once' wins Oscar's best picture award

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It was a historic night at the Academy Awards for a truly distinctive² and radical³ film set in the multiverse — with an almost all-Asian cast.

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE⁴: One movie swept last night's Academy Awards.

(SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE)

HARRISON FORD⁵: And the Oscar goes to "Everything Everywhere All At Once."

ANDREW GARFIELD: "Everything Everywhere All At Once."

ZOE SALDANA: "Everything Everywhere All At Once."

SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:

A historic night for a distinctive, even radical, movie set in the multiverse with an almost entirely⁶ Asian cast.

FADEL: NPR's Mandalit del Barco was in Hollywood for the awards and joins us now. Good morning, Mandalit.

MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Good morning, Leila.

FADEL: OK, so "Everything Everywhere All At Once" made history.

DEL BARCO: It sure did.

FADEL: Yeah.

DEL BARCO: It won best picture and also best director and original screenplay for the Daniels - Scheinert and Kwan. You know, backstage, they told us their film was about joy and absurdity⁷ and chasing your bliss⁸. "Everything Everywhere" won seven awards in all, including two for fan favorites Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian to win the best actress award, and best supporting actor Ke Huy Quan.

(SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE)

MICHELLE YEOH: Dreams do come true. And, ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up.

KE HUY QUAN: My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp. And somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage.

DEL BARCO: You know, this film has been championed as a feel-good movie, and so many people were rooting for Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan - both in the business for so many years. It was really charming to see presenter⁹ Harrison Ford hugging Quan on stage, having started out as a child actor - Short Round in "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom¹⁰." And, Leila, after last year's Oscars drama with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage, well, this was a very positive night. No slaps.

FADEL: Yeah. Very inspiring words we just heard. Tell us more about some of the other big winners last night.

DEL BARCO: Well, there were definitely some upsets - you know, Jamie Lee Curtis beating out the "Black Panther's" Angela Bassett for best supporting actress, Brendan Fraser winning best actor for "The Whale" and not Austin Butler for playing Elvis. Netflix's German anti-war epic¹¹ "All Quiet On The Western Front" picked up four awards - best international feature, cinematography, original score, production design. Ninety-two years ago, the original film version won the top Oscar. But perhaps the most timely honor went to best documentary winner "Navalny" about Russian opposition¹² leader Alexei Navalny, who is a political prisoner. Here was his wife Yulia on stage.

(SOUNDBITE OF TELECAST OF 95TH ACADEMY AWARDS)

YULIA NAVALNAYA: Alexei, I am dreaming the day when you will be free and our country will be free. Stay strong, my love.

DEL BARCO: Backstage, we were told that Navalny's in solitary¹³ confinement¹⁴ and unwell. It was one of the more sobering moments in an otherwise upbeat, celebratory night.

FADEL: Now, I want to go back to the best picture winner, "Everything Everywhere All At Once," one more time. What do this year's Oscars say about the larger conversation about inclusion and diversity in Hollywood?

DEL BARCO: Yeah, there are still real struggles for racial, ethnic¹⁵ and gender¹⁶ representation in the film industry, but this year there was a lot of diversity among the winners. Now Hollywood has crowned its best picture a film about an older woman, a queer film, an Asian American story; Ruth Carter became the first Black woman to win two Oscars; and it was also a big year for South Asian artists. From India, the song from the movie "RRR" beat out songs by Rihanna and Lady Gaga, and the composer of "Naatu Naatu" accepted the award saying he had grown up in India listening to the Carpenters.

(SOUNDBITE OF TELECAST OF 95TH ACADEMY AWARDS)

M M KEERAVANI: (Singing) "RRR" has to win. Pride of every Indian...

(CHEERING)

KEERAVANI: (Singing) ...And must put me on the top of the world.

FADEL: That's NPR's Mandalit del Barco in Culver City, Calif. Thanks, Mandalit.

DEL BARCO: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

6 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

7 absurdity   

n.荒谬，愚蠢；谬论

参考例句：

• The proposal borders upon the absurdity.这提议近乎荒谬。
• The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh.情况的荒谬可笑使每个人都笑了。

8 bliss   

n.狂喜，福佑，天赐的福

参考例句：

• It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
• He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize.他非常高兴，因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。

9 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

10 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

11 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

12 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

13 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

14 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

15 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

16 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。