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...crazy about the Crash win. During the acceptance speech, musical director Bill Conti seemed to be indicating the vexation of a minority in the room when he brought up the orchestra volume before Haggis could say his piece. (This year, the orchestra played softly through each of the spoken thank-you speeches, making the winners? comments sound like song cues in an old musical.) But Haggis had been on stage earlier, as a Screenplay winner. Besides, his victory was unique, at least to lovers of Oscar trivia. He became the first person to have written two consecutive Best Pictures (after...
...fake-sulked when he accepted his trophy, ?so I?m not winning Director.? But he did serve, with handsome grace, as Hollywood?s poster boy for glamour, taking a few genial shots from Stewart (?I kid because I envy?) and hearing a female winner of the Short Subject Oscar ?thank the Academy for seating me next to George Clooney at the nominees? luncheon.? (The star, who knew a camera was trained on him throughout the ceremony, flashed a look of mild chagrin...
...THANK THE LITTLE PEOPLE...
...This is a moment I’ve wanted for a long time, and I couldn’t have lost to a greater opponent,” she said. Newman, staying true to the jovial mood of the night, was a gracious winner, remembering to thank those that made his triumph possible. “Dara and Sophia are sweet for giving me $20 in Finale food, and all I had to do was play games...
...Whenever someone thanks their lawyer or publicist. Four shots if they forget to thank their spouse...