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Was this the 'Year of the Comeback' at the Oscars?

From left, Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser and Jamie Lee Curtis backstage at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 12, 2023, in Hollywood, California.

LOS ANGELES — This year's acting prizes were marked by a recognition of veteran performers, some in what can only be called comebacks. Others may have never gone away, but they have never before received the acclaim and prestige of an Academy Award.

Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh all received recognition this year that was a long time coming. For all of them it was their first Oscar nomination and first win. 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

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