"We are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while," Clooney acknowledged referring to an earlier joke by Oscar host Jon Stewart. "We were the ones who talked about AIDS when it was being whispered. We talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular," he said. "This Academy gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be part of this Academy. I'm proud to be part of this community. I'm proud to be out of touch."
Best Supporting Academy Award Winner - Racehl Weisz: Constant Gardener
Weisz thanked author John le Carre during her acceptance speech for playing a reporter investigating a global pharmaceutical conspiracy in 'The Constant Gardener.' "He really paid tribute to the people who are willing to risk their own lives to fight injustice - they are greater men and women than I."
Best Foreign Film: Tsotsi
"Nkozi Sikelele Afrika - God bless Africa!" director Gavin Hood said as he accepted the award.
He praised his fellow nominees, saying that while the films were in different languages, "our stories are the same as your stories. They're about the human heart."
"Paradise Now," which won a Golden Globe award, generated some protest when it was designated a submission from Palestine, a country that does not technically exist.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences initially referred to the film as a submission from Palestine on its Web site, then later said it would refer to the film as coming from the Palestinian Authority. That decision angered the film's director, who said it represented a slap at the Palestinian people and their national identity. Finally, the academy decided to say the film was from the "Palestinian Territories," a compromise designed to be the "least controversial" option according to academy spokesman John Pavlick.
Best Film: Crash
Best Director - Ang Lee: Brokeback Mountain
Lee mentioned that the fictional characters in the movie had taught audiences "the greatness of love, itself."
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There was an interesting article in the UK Sunday Times newspaper last weekend on the quality of Oscar acceptance speeches in recent years. The theme of the article was the poor quality of speeches and how most could have been written by school children. A reliable and proven method of measuring such things was used and it showed, for example, that Halle Berry’s acceptance speech for her award two years ago could have been written by a nine year old child. Most impressive on the list was Russell Crowe’s acceptance speech in 2002 for his role in Gladiator – he reached the standard that might be expected of a 16 year old. An amusing article, but I suspect a little unfair. How many of us ‘regular people’ routinely use language that is of a much higher standard in our everyday lives?
in all honesty - us "regular" folks do have a higher standard in our everyday life :-) why just the other day a grcery store cashier said to me in avid surprise "you speak good English". I was tempted to correct him and say "it's 'you speak English well' " - but I only smiled and said, "thanks" - genuinely
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