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Best actress nominee Michelle Yeoh wows in white at the Oscars 2023 following ‘voting post controversy’ drama on social media-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro
It’s alleged she shared and then deleted a post ahead of Oscar voting closing.
Michelle stunned on the carpet for her first ceremony as a nominee (Picture: Frederic J. Brown / AFP)
Michelle Yeoh was a vision in white as one of the earlier Oscar nominees to arrive on the Oscars’ champagne-coloured red carpet on Sunday night, despite a reported social media controversy earlier this week.
The 60-year-old Malaysian actress is a first-time nominee and frontrunner in the best actress category for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once
The surreal multiverse comedy is also the most-nominated film with 11 nods.
Opting for a cascading Dior tiered white gown with a see-through mesh top panel, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon accessorised with chandelier-style diamond drop earrings and a matching hair band and slides.
She wore her long hair in loose waves.
Her serene appearance on the carpet ahead of the awards show came after the actress reportedly shared – and later removed – a post featuring a Vogue article from Tuesday titled ‘It’s Been Over Two Decades Since We’ve Had a Non-White Best Actress Winner’.
The Malaysian actress is a frontrunner (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
She opted for a white Dior gown (Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Earlier in the week, she reportedly shared an article on social media about it being two decades since the last non-white best actress winner (Picture: REUTERS)
This came after the Baftas last month failed to award a single non-white nominee this year, leading to a resurgence of the hashtag ‘#BaftasSoWhite’.
In Yeoh’s alleged post, the publication mentioned her fellow Oscar nominee Cate Blanchett, considered her main competition in the best actress category, which is completed by Andrea Riseborough, Ana de Armas and Michelle Williams.
Yeoh sharing such a post is potentially not allowed according to the Academy rules, as they forbid nominees from using ‘any tactic’ that singles out ‘the competition’ by name.
Michelle posed with fellow nominee Angela Bassett, who was vibrant in purple (Picture: REUTERS)
Cate Blanchett is considered the other likely best actress winner for her turn in Tár (Picture: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
She reportedly shared her post hours before the Oscars voting was set to close on Tuesday, but it was deleted soon after.
The potentially problematic extract in the article read: ‘Detractors would say that Blanchett’s is the stronger performance – the acting veteran is, indisputably, incredible as the prolific conductor Lydia Tár – but it should be noted that she already has two Oscars.
It continued: ‘A third would perhaps confirm her status as an industry titan but, considering her expansive and unparalleled body of work, are we still in need of yet more confirmation?
‘Meanwhile, for Yeoh, an Oscar would be life-changing: her name would forever be preceded by the phrase “Academy Award winner,” and it should result in her getting meatier parts, after a decade of being criminally underused in Hollywood.’
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Oscar nominations 2023
Here are the nominations for the 95th Oscar Awards:
Best motion picture of the year
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Austin Butler in Elvis
Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Bill Nighy in Living
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in Tár
Ana de Armas in Blonde
Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau in The Whale
Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Applause from Tell It like a Woman, Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Hold My Hand from “Top Gun: Maverick, Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
Naatu Naatu from RRR, Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
This Is A Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once, Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
Achievement in directing
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg
Tár – Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund
Best animated feature film of the year
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red
Achievement in cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
Achievement in costume design
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Best documentary feature
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalnys
Best documentary short subject
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
Achievement in film editing
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Best international feature film of the year
All Quiet on the Western Front – Germany
Argentina, 1985 – Argentina
Close – Belgium
EO – Poland
The Quiet Girl – Ireland
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”Elvis
The Whale
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux
The Fabelmans – John Williams
Achievement in production design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Best animated short film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Best live action short film
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
Achievement in sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Achievement in visual effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
Adapted screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Original screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
This rule also hit the headlines earlier this year when many Hollywood stars campaigned for Andrea Riseborough to receive a nomination for her role in indie film To Leslie.
A review into potentially unfair tactics found ‘social media outreach campaigning tactics that caused concern’ although they did not retract the nomination.
Metro.co.uk previously contacted the Academy for comment.
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