The 2023 Oscars happened last night and with it came a storm of monumental wins and nominations. And while these awards are a huge step in the right direction, it just proves that the Academy still has a ways to go in terms of representation.
Here are all the records broken this year:
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And with seven wins at the ceremony, EEAAO is now the second most-awarded Best Picture since Slumdog Millionaire.
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And she’s the first Asian woman to ever be nominated for the award and win.
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Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh are now the first actors to win acting awards for portraying Mandarin-Chinese and Cantonese-speaking characters.
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Elvis cinematographer Mandy Walker is only the third woman to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
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The Fabelmans‘ star Judd Hirsch holds the record for the longest gap between acting nominations at the Academy Awards, which is 41 years 341 days.
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Ryan Coogler is the first person of color to be nominated in the Best Original Song category for co-writing a song that appears in a movie they’ve directed.
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Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are the first non-related directing duo to win Best Director in the last 45 years, and overall the third duo to win ever.
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Cate Blanchett has become the first woman with the most roles in Best Picture nominees, after appearing in 10 films.
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Alfonso Cuarón is now tied for nominations across seven different and individual Oscars categories — Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Film editing, Director, Cinematography, and Live Action Short Film.
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This year, Ireland had its biggest year of representation at the ceremony with 12 nominations in various categories.