Is Oscar.Although the somewhat lackluster and looong 79th Annual Academy Awards got down to business as expected on Sunday, there was still some room for a few surprises.
Yes, Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), and Martin Scorsese picked up their first Oscars, but Dreamgirls’ Eddie Murphy lost to Little Miss Sunshine’s Alan Arkin in the Best Supporting Actor category.
And, in the Best Picture category, The Departed emerged victorious over Babel (thought to be the Boston-set drama’s most direct competition) and Producers Guild Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Independent Spirit Award winner Little Miss Sunshine in the Best Picture category.
For a complete list of winners, click here.
My favorite parts of the night were the ladies (Helen Mirren looked every bit the winner, and I absolutely adored Reese Witherspoon’s Nina Ricci dress – she gets my vote for best dressed), seeing both Daniel Craig and Clive Owen on stage, and the montage about writers on film.
Ellen DeGeneres’s turn as host, on the other hand…. It was a great shot, but it missed the mark a little, don’t you think?
Anyway, I also got a kick out of seeing a previously-thought-not-to-be-pregnant Naomi Watts appear to be, indeed, expecting (although she wouldn’t confirm or deny it), and out of seeing that Madonna put a thoroughly modern spin to Old Hollywood glamour at the Vanity Fair party, and out of seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar out on the town once again (‘cause you know…Long Live the Slayer!).
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