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‘This Is the American Dream’

Ke Huy Quan’s and Jamie Lee Curtis’s affecting Oscars speeches underscored just how much each actor deserved a happy ending.
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The Oscars have a lot to navigate this year, between their ongoing struggles to increase diversity and atone for last year’s . But the 95th ceremony began with two powerful wins, which in turn delivered two powerful speeches. Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis—both nominated for the first time—won.

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