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...Sunday, and Roger Ebert has led the same “Best...acting...ever” critical charge that helped propel Halle Berry to her Monster’s Ball Oscar two years ago. And if Return of the King doesn’t win Best Picture (and director Peter Jackson doesn’t win Best Director), it’ll be the biggest upset since Miramax bought the 1999 Best Picture Oscar for Shakespeare in Love...
This year is no different, and I can’t accept your contention that the big awards are predictable, because I disagree with two of your choices and foresee possible upsets in two others. Peter Jackson and his trilogy have pulled so far ahead in the Director and Picture races that their competitors can barely see them, even if they happen to be blind...
Arad added renowned landscape architect Peter Walker to his team before the final round of the competition. “I insisted that he have a landscape architect of national stature added to the team,” says Van Valkenburgh. “I said I wouldn’t care who it was and I didn’t think it was appropriate that we tell him who to use...I think his wisdom in choosing Walker was the beginning of him winning...
...downward movement of water into the abyss will continue to mark the collapse that made this the site of tragedy. Van Valkenburgh believes the addition of the landscape component has made a compelling idea that much stronger. “What happened for me was when Arad added Peter Walker, he turned the upper level into a place with civic responsibility. I mean it was an austere and mean plaza initially. But Walker made it a very humane place,” he says...
...Peter Neumann, associate professor of policy and decision sciences at the HSPH, singled out Hammitt’s ability to integrate academic and pragmatic considerations...