Was this the ‘Year of the Comeback’ at the Oscars?

Brendan Fraser accepts the award for lead actor for his role in “The Whale” at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday. This year even saw industry figures such as super producer Jerry Bruckheimer receive his first-ever Oscar nomination for “Top Gun: Maverick,” where Tom Cruise’s nomination as a producer on the film was his first in more than 20 years, since a supporting actor nod for “Magnolia.” Quan was 12 years old when he was cast as the streetwise sidekick Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” The next year he had a role in “The Goonies.” But as he grew up, roles became fewer and further between. Awards Here’s the list of 2023 Oscar winners The 2023 Oscar winners include “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh and “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Now 51, Quan has said he continued to pay his Screen Actors Guild membership dues even for the years he was not acting, in hopes that one day he would return. Jamie Lee Curtis, winner of the supporting actress Oscar, and Ke Huy Quan, winner of the supporting actor Oscar, both for “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” backstage at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. Though the “Halloween” franchise has been something of a constant — from her film debut in the 1978 original up to 2022’s “Halloween Ends” — she has appeared in many other notable films showing her range as a performer, including “Trading Places,” “A Fish Called Wanda,” “Road Games,” “Blue Steel,” “True Lies” and more recently “Knives Out.” When her name was announced as the winner, a seemingly disbelieving Curtis could be seen mouthing the words, “Oh, shut up!” In accepting the Oscar, Curtis said, “I know it looks like I am standing up here by myself, but I am not.