past her bedtime as the biggest winner of the night was everything everywhere all at once that not only won best picture but swept most of the major acting categories too. from the fashion to the musical perfo performances eject, eject. to host jimmy kimmel crash landing onto the stage but the biggest winner of the night, the quirky sci-fi film everything everywhere all at once which took home seven oscars including best picture and best director. the inspirational michelle yeoh becoming the first asian to win best actress in a leading role. for all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities her co-stars, ke huy quan and
office. receipts are up 11%. they grossed about $1.2 billion this year. attendance is way up, 6%. some of the big winners, audrey mcdonald made history winning her sixth tony award. she has won in all four leading acting categories. some of the stars made their way into the big show last night; we asked how they would rate the season overall. i think it s been extraordinary. it s great to hear, i heard today box office sales are booming compared to last year. we re big broadway enthusiasts. we ve been bringing our kids here since they were tiny. i m thrilled to be here. it is our first tony. phenomenal. the big frustration about being on broadway is you don t get to see all the shows you want to. it s a very interesting season. there s lots of different types of shows. it s almost akin to good cable tv watching.
nominated in all the major acting categories, which is quite a feat for movies to pull off. david o. russell s film did that last year and that is almost unprecedented in the history of the oscars. but no awards. shut out. yeah. there are so many good performances this year. so true. yes, absolutely. you mentioned there was a bit of an awkward moment with john travolta. oh, boy, john travolta. i m pretty sure he accidentally called idina menzel the spanish word for spanish flight attendance. he was sort of like, azatamanfana. i have no idea what he was saying. unfortunately for a movie as fantastic as frozen which won two academy awards, you would think he would have done his homework. she s been around for a while and she has quite a resume. so it is surprising he doesn t know who she is. no kidding, right? what do you think are the most memorable moments of the night? i loved lupita nyong o s speech. terrific. what a sincere, beautiful speech that was. her w
example of what she has been doing lately. i think there is a lot of lace on lace. on trend, on trend. i think we re going to see a bit of metallics. and for the older ladies, i think we re going to see a lot of raft dresses. but hey, you never know. it could be totally different and i didn t get the memo this year. but i think we re going to see a bunch of variety of things. it s the oscars. yes. anything can happen here. and i m ready for to it happen. piers, there also may be some firsts here at the academy awards tonight. first of all, there is no movie that has ever won all four acting categories. but american hustle has the chance to do that tonight, of course. christian bale nominated for best actor, jennifer lawrence for best supporting actors, amy adams and bradley cooper for best supporting actor. there have been a couple of films that came close, network but no one has won all four. also, if steve mcqueen wins best director, he will be the first black director to