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Oscar celebrates 75th anniversary in midst of war
Hollywood, Mar 24: It was the ultimate triumph of reality over gloss as the prosthetic nose sported by Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in `The Hours` won her the best actress Oscar today. Elegantly attired in black with her parents as her escorts to the ceremony, the Australian actress won her first Oscar though she was nominated last year in the same category.
Hollywood, Mar 24: It was the ultimate triumph of reality over gloss as the prosthetic nose sported by Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in “The Hours” won her the best actress Oscar today. Elegantly attired in black with her parents as her escorts to the ceremony, the Australian actress won her first Oscar though she was nominated last year in the same category.
The other most prestigious acting honour sprang a major surprise with Adrien Brody becoming the youngest ever recipient of the best actor Oscar.The feat was the all the more commendable as in doing so, the first time nominee upped four best actor veterans who were up for the same honour.
Less of a surprise was the heavily pregnant Catherine Zeta-Jones’ win for best supporting actress for ‘Chicago’. Undaunted by her advanced pregnancy for which the organisers had arranged for an emergency team on stand by, the Welsh actress joined co-star Queen Latifah for a musical performance at the ceremony.
Chris Cooper scooped the best supporting actor award for “Adaptation”. Japanese animation industry had reason to rejoice as its animation fantasy “Spirited Away” romped home with the best animated feature film award. Germany took the honour for best foreign film for “Nowhere In Africa”.
The year clearly belonged to “Chicago” which grabbed the ultimate honour of best picture, in addition to four other wins. Roman Polanski overcame a tainted reputation in Hollywood and intense speculation in winning best director for “The Pianist”, but was unable to receive the award in person due to his conviction in the US for sex offence with an underage girl. Despite the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s elite under the same roof, the on-going conflict in Iraq was far from forgotten at the 75th annoversary of the Academy Awards. Many of the winners made references to the war but none was as blatant as Michael Moore who won for his documentary, “Bowling For Columbine”. He minced no words in slamming the US-war in Iraq and targetting his ire at US President George Bush. Loud boos as well as cheers rang through the audience during his acceptance speech, denoting a mix of opions of the country`s film industry.
- Jigme Palden Pazo.
Bureau Report
The year clearly belonged to “Chicago” which grabbed the ultimate honour of best picture, in addition to four other wins. Roman Polanski overcame a tainted reputation in Hollywood and intense speculation in winning best director for “The Pianist”, but was unable to receive the award in person due to his conviction in the US for sex offence with an underage girl. Despite the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s elite under the same roof, the on-going conflict in Iraq was far from forgotten at the 75th annoversary of the Academy Awards. Many of the winners made references to the war but none was as blatant as Michael Moore who won for his documentary, “Bowling For Columbine”. He minced no words in slamming the US-war in Iraq and targetting his ire at US President George Bush. Loud boos as well as cheers rang through the audience during his acceptance speech, denoting a mix of opions of the country`s film industry.
- Jigme Palden Pazo.
Bureau Report