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...Jennifer Hudson addresses being the third African-American actress to win an Oscar: "This represents change." Press room cheers as Martin Scorsese wins the Best Director Oscar on the monitor behind her for The Departed. That represents change, too. Then the inevitable happens - someone asks the first Britney Spears question of the night. Says Hudson of the pop star's meltdown, "I don't know what's going on and it ain't my business...
...make it through 12 security checkpoints to the press room at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. Esteemed members of the Fourth Estate are fighting over dial-up lines and a starch-laden buffet and debating in which Star Trek series Best Supporting Actress nominee Jennifer Hudson's dress belongs...
...Another little film that scored big was Half Nelson, about a crack-addicted junior high-school teacher and his student, which took both acting awards: Ryan Gosling for Best Actor and newcomer Shareeka Epps for Best Actress. "Forest called me last night and asked if I would win for him," said Gosling, who is nominated for a Best Actor Oscar against Forest Whitaker. "He said it's exhausting winning all the time. I wouldn't know. He better win tomorrow night. I've got a lot of money on him." In a sign of just how far under-the-radar...
...Paul Greengrass wrote and directed the acclaimed Sept. 11 film “United 93,” garnering him a Best Director nod. Other Brits picked up nominations in the screenplay categories, as well. Mirren is favored to take home the Best Actress statuette, assuming Academy voters ignore her earlier on-the-record remark calling the Oscars “the crème-de-la-crème of bullshit.” Her Majesty is quite right, in my opinion, as this year’s Oscars are rife with the usual mistakes and oversights...
...campy 1950 movie classic All About Eve, a dewy young understudy insinuates herself into the social circle of a great but aging actress. As the older performer, played unforgettably by Bette Davis, begins to realize what's up - that the ingenue's real goal is to supplant her on the stage - she issues a raspy warning that has become one of the immortal lines in film: "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night...