2023 Oscars recap: Biggest wins, all the star-studded performances and more

See all the biggest moments from the 95th Academy Awards.

The 95th Academy Awards have come and gone.

On Hollywood's biggest night, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" reigned supreme, winning seven Oscars, the most of any film, including best picture, best director and best original screenplay. It was nominated for 11 Oscars heading into the ceremony.

The film with the next highest number of wins was "All Quiet on the Western Front," with four.

In the acting categories, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" star Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win best actress, while Brendan Fraser won best actor for "The Whale."

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis also won in the supporting actor and actress categories, respectively.

Keep reading to see all the biggest moments from the 2023 Oscars.


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‘An Irish Goodbye’ wins best live action short film

“An Irish Goodbye” won the Academy Award for best live action short film.

Filmmakers Tom Berkeley and Ross White took the stage with the film’s star James Martin. During their acceptance speech, Berkeley and White pointed out that it was Martin’s birthday and sang “Happy Birthday” to him on stage.

Other nominees in the category included “Ivalu,” “Le Pupille,” “Night Ride” and “The Red Suitcase.”


'Navalny' wins best documentary feature film

"Navalny" won the Academy Award for best documentary feature film, with director Daniel Roher and producers Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris accepting the trophy.

Other nominees in the category included "All That Breathes," "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," "Fire of Love" and "A House Made of Splinters."


Jamie Lee Curtis wins best supporting actress

Jamie Lee Curtis won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

"I know it looks like I'm standing up here by myself but I am not, I am hundreds of people. I'm hundreds of people," she said before paying tribute to directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, her co-stars and the entire "Everything Everywhere All at Once" crew.

Curtis also shouted out her famous parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in her victory remarks, saying, "My mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories -- I just won an Oscar."

Curtis' Oscar win marks a special milestone: Her mother was nominated in the same category in 1961 for her role as Marion Crane in "Psycho."

Other actresses nominated in Sunday's best supporting actress category included Angela Bassett for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Hong Chau for "The Whale," Kerry Condon for "The Banshees of Inisherin," and Stephanie Hsu for "Everything Everywhere All at Once."


Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor

Ke Huy Quan won the Oscar for best supporting actor on Sunday night for his performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

Quan began his acceptance speech by sending a message to his 84-year-old mother, who he said was watching from home. "Mom, I just won an Oscar!" he said.

"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," Quan continued. "They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it's happening to me. This... this is the American dream."

Quan also gave a shout-out to his wife Echo, who he said told him his time would come one day.

"Dreams are something you have to believe in," he said. "I almost gave up on mine. To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive."

Other actors nominated in the category included Brendan Gleeson for "The Banshees of Inisherin," Brian Tyree Henry for "Causeway," Judd Hirsch for "The Fabelmans" and Barry Keoghan for "The Banshees of Inisherin."


Rihanna performs ‘Lift Me Up’

Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna took the stage to perform her Oscar-nominated song “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

The music superstar, actress and Fenty Beauty CEO, who is nominated for her first Oscar tonight, took the stage wearing a diamond-embellished outfit and delivered a moving performance with a live orchestra and backup singers.

“Lift Me Up” was written by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who died in August 2020 after a years-long battle with colon cancer.

The performance follows Rihanna’s [memorable Super Bowl halftime performance] () in February, during which she revealed she is pregnant with her second child.