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Feb. 28, 2005
Def Oscar Jam
With no surprises, the 77th annual Academy Awards were split
between The Aviator (five awards) and Million
Dollar Baby (four awards). Hilary "I'm just a girl
from a trailer park" Swank won her second Best Actress
award. Jamie Foxx won Best Actor for his portrayal of Ray
Charles, who with the Golden Globes, Grammys and Oscars is
having the best career year of his life in death. Martin Scorsese
and Leonardo DiCaprio went home empty-handed, but Leo can
stand some bad luck with Giselle Bundchen to keep him warm
at nights.
After the controversy surrounding his choice as Oscar emcee
and the Drudge-designed trouble over remarks made
last week, just how dangerous was Chris Rock? The network
was ready with the five second delay, but Rock's starter
of "sit yo' asses down" and presenter Robin Williams'
musing about Disney's Chip and Dale "coveting nuts"
was as naughty as it got. Unless you count dissing Jude
Law. Rock brought life to the ceremony, which suffered from
a boring list of nominees and films. The winners were easy
to predict and among the general public there was not much
excitement for the nominated films. As Rock demonstrated
with his visit to the Magic Johnson Theatres. The distance
between Academy members and ordinary people was further
strained by the first song of the night being performed
in French for a film that no one saw (The Chorus).
What's next, a tribute to Jean Cocteau?
To spice up the lamer awards, there was an American
Idol style line-up and call-out for the winner. The
producers paired up Hollywood's most glamorous stars, Halle
Berry, Pierce Brosnan, DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, with the
most average of looking nominees for these awards. Salma
Hayek and Penelope Cruz announced the winners for best ess-sound
mixing, which would have sounded lovely had it gone to ess-Spiderman
2.
Since the Oscars are as much fashion as awards show, who
were the hits and misses?
  Best-dressed
Female: Halle Berry, Natalie Portman (tie)
Worst-dressed Female: Renée Zellweger
Best-dressed Male: Sean Combs (his Sean John line
provided Chris Rock's tuxedo as well)
Worst-dressed Male: Johnny Depp, Adam Duritz
of the Counting Crows (tie)
| Will
Win Prediction (X) /
Should Win (Y)
Bold = Actual Winner
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| Best Picture
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby (X,
Y)
Ray
Sideways
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Best Director
Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)
(X)
Clint Eastwood (Million
Dollar Baby) (Y)
Taylor Hackford (Ray)
Alexander Payne (Sideways)
Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)
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Best Actor
Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)
(Y)
Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
Jamie Foxx (Ray)
(X)
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Best Actress
Annette Bening (Being Julia)
Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace)
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
(X,
Y)
Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind)
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Best Supporting Actor
Alan Alda (The Aviator)
Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
Jamie Foxx (Collateral) (Y)
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
(X)
Clive Owen (Closer) |
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
(X)
Laura Linney (Kinsey)
Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda)
Natalie Portman (Closer) (Y) |
| Best Documentary
Born Into Brothels (X)
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Super Size Me
Tupac: Resurrection (Y)
Twist of Faith |
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Before Sunset (R. Linklater,
E, Hawk, J. Delpy)
Finding Neverland (David Magee)
Million Dollar Baby (Paul Haggis) (Y)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Jose Rivera)
Sideways (Alexander
Payne, Jim Taylor) (X) |
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Aviator (John Logan)
(X)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(Charlie Kaufman) (Y)
Hotel Rwanda (Keir Pearson)
The Incredibles (Brad Bird)
Vera Drake (Mike Leigh) |
Full
List of Winners
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Preview and Predictions
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