The 2023 Oscars are over, but Variety always celebrates the winners who graced our covers, spoke on our podcasts and participated in Actors on Actors this season. Revisit our best coverage and interviews with the big winners below.
Variety covers:
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”), Best Actor: Brendan Fraser’s triumphant return: How playing a 600-pound gay man in ‘The Whale’ resurrected his career
Michelle Yeo (“Everything, everywhere, all at once”)best actress: Women do better: Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh on creating iconic characters from roles written for men
Actors on Actors:
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”), Best Actor: Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler’s Epic ‘Airheads’ Reunion: ‘You Made Me Cry a Lot, You’re My Buddy’
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything, everywhere, all at once”)supporting actress: ‘We’re going to die and make big mistakes’: Colin Farrell and Jamie Lee Curtis confront their acting legacy and sobriety
Awards Circuit Podcast:
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”), Best Actor: How well does Brendan Fraser know his love interests? Oscar nominee guesses lines from ‘The Whale,’ ‘Blast From the Past’ co-stars and more
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), best film, director and original screenplay: ‘Everywhere’ meets ‘Top Gun’: The Daniels ‘learned a lot’ from Tom Cruise at Oscars luncheon
Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front”), international feature film: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ director Edward Berger: ‘I could never say I’m proud to be German’
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), supporting actress: Jamie Lee Curtis Gets Oscar Nomination For ‘Everything Everywhere’: ‘Michelle Yeoh Is The Reason’
Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”), adapted screenplay: ‘Women Talking’ Director Sarah Polley Explains How a Brain Injury Nearly Halted Her Career
Guillermo del Toro (“Pinocchio”), animated feature film: Guillermo Del Toro on the Set of 1,000 Days’ ‘Pinocchio’ and Its 22 Finished Scripts Waiting to Be Made
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), supporting actor: How Ke Huy Quan’s Emotional Role Can Win It All This Awards Season
Variety Special issues
Ruth Carter (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”), costume design: Ruth Carter’s advice for budding costume designers: “Be an original thinker”
Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”), adapted screenplay: How Sarah Polley inspired ‘talking women’ with hope, humor and reasonable working conditions