So, this year was my first year celebrating the Academy Awards in Hollywood and it was awesome. This years Oscars were the most enjoyable in a long time...so so many comedic moments to feast upon. Some of my faves were;
1) Jon Stewart's presenting...soooo funny
2) The campaign skits..yes..Keira is anointed with "god dust".
3) Jennifer Garner's near fall..come on..you all wanted it to happen
4) Larry McMurty wearing jeans and generally being odd
5)Charlize Theron's bow...just because..
Anyway let's get down to it..here are the winners of the night. I have to say I was very very surprised by some of the wins. No acting awards for "Brokeback Mountain"..kind of a shame. CRASH won best picture!!??!! I would never have predicted that, i thought there was more chance of a rap posse singing about pimps winning best original song..oh wait..that happened...
I have to say I am very upset that Munich did not win any awards, it really is an incredible movie..I think there is a lot of political positioning at play there.
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
George Clooney
SYRIANA
Achievement in Visual Effects
KING KONG
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
Nick Park and Steve Box
Best Live Action Short Film
SIX SHOOTER
Martin McDonagh
Best Animated Short Film
THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
Achievement in Costume Design
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Colleen Atwood
Achievement in Makeup
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Rachel Weisz
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Best Documentary Short Subject
A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN
Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
Best Documentary Feature
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
Achievement in Art Direction
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
John Myhre (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Gustavo Santaolalla
Achievement in Sound Mixing
KING KONG
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
"IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP" FROM HUSTLE & FLOW
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
Achievement in Sound Editing
KING KONG
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
TSOTSI
South Africa
Achievement in Film Editing
CRASH
Hughes Winborne
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Philip Seymour Hoffman
CAPOTE
Achievement in Cinematography
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Dion Beebe
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Reese Witherspoon
WALK THE LINE
Adapted Screenplay
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Original Screenplay
CRASH
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis
Achievement in Directing
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Ang Lee
Best Motion Picture of the Year
CRASH
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman
But of course what everyone really cares about are the clothes!
Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams. Michelle was hands down the best dressed of the evening..she looked so beautiful, classic Hollywood glamour with a modern twist.
Ziyi Zhang...stunning as usual
Jennifer Aniston...meh...
Keira Knightley..as much as I love her I think she didn't look too great. Her hair is way too light and the dress did nothing for her...bring back super hot dark haired Keira!
Uma Thurman...Beautiful
Rachel Weisz..boring and fat...i mean pregnant..whatever.
Salma Hayek....HOOOOOT
Ryan Philippe and Reese Witherspoon...like the human versions of orphan puppies...too cute and adorable
Jake Gyllenhaal..he was robbed! Very classic choice of tux
Jessica Alba...Bronzed goddess..
Naomi Watts...Shredded nightgown
Dolly Parton...there are no words..
Felicity Huffman...she looked really good!
and finally Charlize and that bow. I honestly thought it was going to swallow her head..
If you don't think it's too bad just wait for the close up...
HOLY MOTHER!
