By Tori B. Powell, Mike Hayes, Matt Meyer and Seán Federico O'Murchú, CNN
From CNN's Chloe Melas
During the acceptance speech for "An Irish Goodbye," which won for best live action short film, one of the film's stars received an unexpected surprise.
James Martin was not just celebrating his Oscar win, but his birthday as well.
Midway through the speech, his co-stars told the audience that they wanted to sing him "Happy Birthday," and they did. The audience sang along and some even had tears in their eyes.
"An Irish Goodbye" has won the Oscar for best live action short film.
This movie is set on a farm in Northern Ireland where two estranged brothers are forced to spend time together following the death of their mother.
"Navalny" won the Academy Award for best documentary feature.
The CNN Film follows Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny through his political rise, attempted assassination and search to uncover the truth.
In his acceptance speech, filmmaker Daniel Roher thanked the Navalny family.
"Thank you for your courage, the world is with you," he said.
After Roher spoke, Alexey Navalny's wife Yulia Navalny said her husband "is in prison just for telling the truth" and "defending democracy."
Navalny, a Kremlin critic and activist, was sentenced to nine years in prison on fraud charges that he said were politically motivated.
The award for "Navalny" is the first Oscars win for CNN Films.
Some background: Dasha Navalnaya speaks to CNN about her father's condition on the champagne carpet at the 95th Academy Awards.
From CNN's Marianne Garvey
Jamie Lee Curtis appeared to be truly surprised upon hearing her name as best actress in a supporting role, yelling "shut up" from her seat when she was announced.
While Curtis has had a prolific career in film and television, making her an indelible Hollywood figure, this was her first Academy Awards nomination — and now, her first win.
From CNN's Lisa Respers France
In his acceptance speech after winning best supporting actor, Ke Huy Quan once again delivered an earnest and emotional speech, which spoke to never giving up on your dreams.
The former child star, who for years worked behind the camera after roles for him dried up, tearfully thanked his mother to start.
"My mom is 84 years old and she’s at home watching," he said. "Mom, I just won an Oscar."
He also thanked her for her sacrifices and paid tribute to his status as a former refugee.
"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 said. "They say things like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe this is happening to me. This is the American dream."
He also paid tribute to his wife, Echo, whom he said "month after month, year after year for 20 years told me that one day my time will come."
"Dreams are something you have to believe in. I almost gave up on mine," he said. "To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive."
Earlier on the red carpet, Quan mentioned that his family, including his brother whom he also thanked, had traveled from Houston to support him on Oscars night.
The actor has been the darling of the awards season as the comeback story of the year, moving many to tears with each of his wins.
Jamie Lee Curtis won the award for best actress in a supporting role for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" as Deirdre Beaubeirdre.
It's the beloved American actress' first Oscar, and it came shortly after her "Everything" co-star Ke Huy Quan won best supporting actor for his role in the film.
"I just won an Oscar," she said tearfully, acknowledging the "hundreds of people" who helped her get to this point.
Ke Huy Quan won the Oscar for best actor in a supporting role for his performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
Huy Quan, who was a child actor in some iconic films like “The Goonies” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” is the first Vietnam-born actor to win the Oscar for an acting performance.
He’s also the first actor to win an Oscar for portraying a Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese-speaking character in his role as Waymond Wang.
From CNN"s Lisa Respers France
Two of the people being credited with getting audiences back in the theater apparently have skipped the biggest night that celebrates movies.
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel mentioned in his opening monologue that both Tom Cruise and James Cameron were not in attendance, though he joked that perhaps Cruise was there, dressed as nominee Judd Hirsch.
While Cruise's blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick" is nominated for best film, Deadline reported the star was skipping the show because of work.
Meanwhile, Kimmel mentioned there was some speculation that Cameron sat this one out because he had not been nominated in the directing category for "Avatar: The Way of Water," which is also nominated for best film.
"Avatar" producer Jon Landau said on the red carpet (which was really champagne-colored) that Cameron was not coming for “personal reasons."
Guillermo Del Toro's "Pinocchio" took home the Academy Award for best animated feature. It was the first award announced of the night.
"Animation is ready to be taken to the next step," Del Toro said while accepting the award. "We are all ready for it. Please help us. Keep animation in the conversation."
The filmmaker, who used stop-motion animation to create the latest "Pinocchio" adaptation, went on to thank his family and Netflix.
