MICHELLE Yeoh has made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner in the sci-fi trip “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

The Hollywood veteran won over Academy voters with her complex take on Evelyn Wang, a Chinese-American laundromat owner who is mired in a tax audit, stuck in a crumbling marriage and struggling to connect with her daughter Joy.

With its unique blend of action, humour and existential angst, the adventures of Wang battling a multiverse-hopping supervillain entered the Academy Awards as the clear favourite with 11 nominations – and ended the night with seven total awards, including the night’s most coveted.

The zany sci-fi featuring hot dog fingers, sex toys, bagels and talking rocks yesterday became surely the wackiest film ever to win the Oscar for best picture.

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan scored the Oscar for best director for their quirky film.  – AFP, March 13, 2023.