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...Good Luck. ?All right,? he 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...
...Leave it to Clooney, winner of the night?s first award, to address the question whether Hollywood was out of touch. He said that movie industry had addressed questions of civil rights and AIDS when the rest of America was afraid of them. ?I?m proud to be part of this Academy,? he said as the applause cresecendoed, ?proud to be part of the community, and proud to be out of touch.? He exited to cheers. If there were four strong men nearby, he would have been carried on their shoulders...
...Clooney is too big a star to consider it, but already Hollywood is thinking aloud-and the thoughts must have percolated further after his performance last night as a winner, a stud emblem and a defender of liberal values-George Clooney for Best Supporting Actor? Maybe. George Clooney for President-yeah...
...night?s most mature speech came from a hot, young thing. You were counting on George Clooney for the evening?s gravitas? Best Actress winner Reese Witherspoon delivered the most eloquent thanks, without notes, tears, or gimmicks. June Carter Cash would approve...
...Moms, not agents, got credit for this year?s successes. Best Actor winner Philip Seymour Hoffman gave a shout out to his mom, who raised him and three siblings on her own. Crash director Paul Haggis shared that he was wearing his late mother?s ring. Best Director Ang Lee sent a message to his Mama in Mandarin. Just about every winner named Mom as an inspiration. Hopefully Dads cleaned up at the Technical Awards...