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TheWorldJournal.com Presents… “The Aftermath: The 77th Annual Academy Awards” 
E-MAIL FRANK OCHIENG February 27, 2005. The 77th Annual Academy Awards came out with a big bang in anticipation of controversial emcee Chris Rock’s hosting duties. Rock put the audience at ease with his trademark flippant yet toned-down observational monologue. The ceremony started out in traditional fashion with motion picture images reminding the worldwide observers why we were celebrating the film industry’s most significant evening of the year. The story of the evening had to be the prominence of the films The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby. Remarkably, Million Dollar Baby garnered four Oscar wins out of its seven nominations. The terrific trio of capable Clint Eastwood (his second best director Oscar), revered Morgan Freeman (best supporting actor), and the resilient Hilary Swank (her second best actress Oscar) won for their dynamic boxing drama. And of course Million took home the best picture Oscar as well. The Aviator started out strong by grabbing five Oscars during the ceremony. And as expected, there was a well-deserved win for the exuberant Jamie Foxx in the best actor category for his brilliant turn as the late great Ray Charles in the poignant biopic Ray. Foxx is only the third black leading actor in Academy Award history to win in this category (Sidney Poitier won for Lillies of the Field and Denzel Washington won for Training Day). What’s very impressive about Foxx’s glorious win is that he copped Oscar gold on his first nomination. Overall, the 77th Annual Academy Awards ran smoothly throughout the night as there were a pleasant mixture of emotions in terms of frontrunners copping the golden statuette (i.e. Foxx, Swank, Cate Blanchett, etc.) while sentimental favorites finally got their due (such as the overlooked Freeman). The festivities saw continued disappointment for the legendary film director Martin Scorsese whom many thought would be his career year to finally grasp Oscar recognition. Now, let’s take a look at the list of Oscar winners and their fellow competitors to see who and what captured the attention at the Academy Awards. Incidentally, for those who were keeping track at yours truly in reference to my Oscar predictions, I didn’t do so well!! (smile) Of the 24 major categories, I got 8 correct and 16 incorrect! (Yikes!!) So much for my insight, huh? And now, the winners for the 77th Annual Academy Awards: (Winners will be denoted in bold print with a star next to its name) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY *Jamie Foxx-RAY ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL *Morgan Freeman-MILLION DOLLAR BABY Clive Owen - CLOSER ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Annette Bening - BEING JULIA Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE *Hilary Swank-MILLION DOLLAR BABY Kate Winslet – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE *Cate Blanchett-THE AVIATOR Laura Linney - KINSEY Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA Natalie Portman – CLOSER ANIMATED FEATURE FILM *THE INCREDIBLES SHARK TALE SHREK 2 ART DIRECTION *THE AVIATOR FINDING NEVERLAND LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT CINEMATOGRAPHY *THE AVIATOR HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT COSTUME DESIGN *THE AVIATOR FINDING NEVERLAND LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS RAY TROY DIRECTING THE AVIATOR *MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY SIDEWAYS VERA DRAKE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE *BORN INTO BROTHELS THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL SUPER SIZE ME TUPAC: RESURRECTION TWIST OF FAITH DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT AUTISM IS A WORLD THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY HARDWOOD *MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN’S MARCH SISTER ROSE'S PASSION FILM EDITING *THE AVIATOR COLLATERAL FINDING NEVERLAND MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AS IT IS IN HEAVEN THE CHORUS DOWNFALL *THE SEA INSIDE YESTERDAY MAKEUP *LEMONY SNICKET’S: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE SEA INSIDE MUSIC (SCORE) *FINDING NEVERLAND HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE VILLAGE MUSIC (SONG) "Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2 *”Al Otro Lado Del Rio”-THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES "Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS "Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS BEST PICTURE THE AVIATOR FINDING NEVERLAND *MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY SIDEWAYS SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) BIRTHDAY BOY GOPHER BROKE GUARD DOG LORENZO *RYAN SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST LITTLE TERRORIST 7:35 IN THE MORNING TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT *WASP SOUND EDITING *THE INCREDIBLES THE POLAR EXPRESS SPIDER-MAN 2 SOUND MIXING THE AVIATOR THE INCREDIBLES THE POLAR EXPRESS *RAY SPIDER-MAN 2 VISUAL EFFECTS HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN I, ROBOT *SPIDER-MAN 2 WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) BEFORE SUNSET FINDING NEVERLAND MILLION DOLLAR BABY THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES *SIDEWAYS WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) THE AVIATOR *ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND HOTEL RWANDA THE INCREDIBLES VERA DRAKE Click here to comment on this article or post your own thoughts. Frank Ochieng © TheWorldJournal.com |
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