News about Merle Oberon

Historians were shocked to learn that sorting of the late Queen's personal papers had been given to a mere footman rather than a senior courtier or a Royal family representative. The royals have a long tradition of setting fire to their past, leaving behind only what they feel would portray their character in a positive light.

Michelle Yeoh has officially nominated for the Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the 2023 awards on Monday, and the 60-year-old Malaysian-born actor is up for best actor in a leading role. Yeoh is up against Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas, Andrea Riseborough, and Michelle Williams in her class. In A24's "Everywhere All At Once," Yeoh made history by naming Evelyn Wang, a dimension-hopping, immigrant, mother, and laundromat owner. Though past winners, including 1936 actor Merle Oberon, and contemporaneous names such as Salma Hayek, Cher, and Natalie Portman, have links to Asian roots (Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Armenia, and Israel/Russia, respectively), Yeoh is the first Asian-identifier.