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| 1939 |
Hattie McDaniel, Best Actress in a Supporting
Role for Gone with the Wind.
Role for Gone with the Wind.
Black Academy Award Winners:
| 1946 |
James Baskett, Honorary
Award "for his able and
heart-warming
characterization of Uncle
Remus, friend and story teller
to the children of the world in
Walt Disney's Song of the
South." [awarded at the 1948
Academy Awards Ceremony].
Award "for his able and
heart-warming
characterization of Uncle
Remus, friend and story teller
to the children of the world in
Walt Disney's Song of the
South." [awarded at the 1948
Academy Awards Ceremony].
| 1963 |
| 1971 |
Sidney Poitier,
Best Actor in a
Leading Role
for Lilies of
the Field.
Best Actor in a
Leading Role
for Lilies of
the Field.
Isaac Hayes
Original Song for "Theme
from Shaft" from Shaft.
Original Song for "Theme
from Shaft" from Shaft.
| 1996 |
| 1983 |
| 2001 |
| 1984 |
| 1985 |
| 1995 |
| 1986 |
| 1982 |
Louis Gossett Jr.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role for An
Officer and a Gentleman.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role for An
Officer and a Gentleman.
Irene Cara,
Best Music,
Original Song
"Flashdance...
What a
Feeling" from
Flashdance.
Best Music,
Original Song
"Flashdance...
What a
Feeling" from
Flashdance.
Prince, Best
Music, Original
Song Score for
Purple Rain.
Music, Original
Song Score for
Purple Rain.
Stevie Wonder, Best Music,
Original Song for "I Just Called
to Say I Loved You" from The
Woman in Red.
Original Song for "I Just Called
to Say I Loved You" from The
Woman in Red.
| 1984 |
Lionel Richie,
Best Music,
Original Song for
"Say You, Say Me"
from White Nights.
Best Music,
Original Song for
"Say You, Say Me"
from White Nights.
Herbie Hancock,
Best Music, Original
Score for 'Round
Midnight.
Best Music, Original
Score for 'Round
Midnight.
Willie D. Burton,
Best Sound for Bird
(1988) [shared with
Les Fresholtz, Rick
Alexander, and Vern
Poore].
Best Sound for Bird
(1988) [shared with
Les Fresholtz, Rick
Alexander, and Vern
Poore].
| 1988 |
| 1989 |
Denzel Washington,
Best Actor in a Supporting
Role for Glory.
| 1989 |
Russell Williams II
Sound for Glory [shared with
Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg
Rudloff, and Elliot Tyson].
Sound for Glory [shared with
Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg
Rudloff, and Elliot Tyson].
Whoopi Goldberg, Best
Actress in a Supporting Role
for Ghost.
Actress in a Supporting Role
for Ghost.
Russell Williams II
Dances With Wolves [shared with
Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, and
Gregory H. Watkins].
Dances With Wolves [shared with
Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, and
Gregory H. Watkins].
| 1990 |
Quincy Jones,
Humanitarian
Award.
Humanitarian
Award.
Cuba Gooding, Jr.,
Best Actor in a
Supporting Role for
Jerry Maguire.
Best Actor in a
Supporting Role for
Jerry Maguire.
Halle Berry, Best Actress in a
Leading Role for Monster's Ball.
Leading Role for Monster's Ball.
| 2002 |
| 2001 |
Denzel
Washington,
Best Actor in a
Leading Role for
Training Day.
Washington,
Best Actor in a
Leading Role for
Training Day.
Sidney Poitier
Honorary Lifetime
Achievement Award "for
his extraordinary
performances and unique
presence on the screen
and for representing the
industry with dignity, style
and intelligence."
[awarded at the 2002
Academy Awards
Ceremony]
Honorary Lifetime
Achievement Award "for
his extraordinary
performances and unique
presence on the screen
and for representing the
industry with dignity, style
and intelligence."
[awarded at the 2002
Academy Awards
Ceremony]
| 2004 |
Jamie Foxx, Best Actor in
a Leading Role for Ray.
a Leading Role for Ray.
| 2004 |
Morgan Freeman,
Best Actor in a
Supporting Role for
Million Dollar Baby.
Best Actor in a
Supporting Role for
Million Dollar Baby.
| 2006 |
| 2005 |
| 2006 |
Jordan Houston, Cedric
Coleman, and Paul
Beauregard [aka Three 6
Mafia], Best Music, for a Pimp"
from Hustle & Flow.
Coleman, and Paul
Beauregard [aka Three 6
Mafia], Best Music, for a Pimp"
from Hustle & Flow.
Forest
Whitaker
Best Actor in The
Last King of
Scotland.
Whitaker
Best Actor in The
Last King of
Scotland.
Jennifer Hudson, Best
Actress in a Supporting
Role for Dreamgirls.
Actress in a Supporting
Role for Dreamgirls.
| 2006 |
Burton
Dreamgirls (2006)
[shared with
Michael Minkler
and Bob Beemer].
Dreamgirls (2006)
[shared with
Michael Minkler
and Bob Beemer].
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Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker
emerged victorious in what had been touted
as a David vs. Goliath showdown with her ex-
husband James Cameron and Avatar, the
biggest moneymaker in box-office history.
Each entered the competition with 9
nominations, with Bigelow’s Iraq War saga
netting 6 Academy Awards, including Best
Picture, Director and Original Screenplay, as
well as a trio in technical categories.
Meanwhile, Avatar had to settle for just 3
Oscars, in Cinematography, Visual Effects
and Art Direction.
Bigelow made history as the first female ever
to be named best director. An obvious hint
that she was about to triumph, the
supposedly sacrosanct secret ballots
notwithstanding, was the fact that the
presenter in the category was Barbara
Streisand who had herself won a golden
Globe but not an Oscar for directing Yentl way
back in 1984.
There were no surprises in the lead acting
categories with veteran thespians Jeff
Bridges (Crazy Heart) and Sandra Bullock
(The Blind Side) both winning more for their
body of work than for this particular role.
Bridges, in his heartfelt acceptance speech,
thanked his late parents “for turning me on to
such a groovy profession.” And the self-
effacing Bullock was equally-gracious,
thanking her mom, and acknowledging each
of her fellow nominees by name. Sandra was
most effusive about Gabby Sidibe (Precious),
about whom she gushed, “I love you so
much. You are exquisite. You are beyond
words to me.”
As for supporting roles, prohibitive favorites
Mo’Nique (Precious) and Christoph Waltz
(Inglourious Basterds) prevailed as
expected. Mo’Nique got the last laugh after
having been subjected to considerable
criticism during awards season for not
campaigning or kissing the ring of the
Hollywood establishment. This explains why
she began her acceptance remarks with,
“First, I would like to thank the Academy for
showing that it can be about the
performance, and not the politics.”
In terms of upsets, the biggest surprise
arrived when Geoffrey Fletcher and Precious
won for Best Adapted Screenplay over Up in
the Air. However, the evening’s most
shocking incident was undoubtedly the
reverse Kanye West moment when Roger
Ross Williams, who is black, was rudely
interrupted during his acceptance speech as
the director/producer of Best Documentary
Short Film-winner Music by Prudence.
For midway in, this ostensibly-inebriated
white woman appeared out nowhere to give
him the bum’s rush, just like Kanye did to
Taylor Swift. Then she started rambling into
the microphone like a mental patient until her
voice was drowned out by the orchestra. As it
turns out, Elinor Burkett apparently wasn’t a
complete lunatic, but a former co- producer of
Music by Prudence, who had abandoned the
movie over a year ago but now wanted back
in to bask in the glory when the project turned
out to be a tremendous success.
Among other Oscar lowlights were Sean
Penn’s mumbling presentation of the Best
Actress award, a sleep-inducing,
interpretative dance number choreographed
to musical selections from the Best Score
nominees, and Tom Hanks’ failure to
introduce the 10 nominees before opening
the envelope to announce the Best Picture.
So much for dramatic effect.
Overall, the 82nd Academy Awards Show
was rather entertaining and engaging,
especially how it devoted time to intimate
introductions of the acting nominees, and to
detailing the contributions made by a variety
of craftsmen to the magic that is
moviemaking. The festivities were capably co-
hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin,
whose hilarious, offhand introduction of
Sandra Bullock with, “Please welcome my
longtime dear friend, and by that, I mean I've
never met her,” was nothing short of brilliant.
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
Motion Picture: The Hurt Locker
Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
(Inglourious Basterds)
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique (Precious)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Foreign Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos
(Argentina)
Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher
(Precious)
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal (The Hurt
Locker)
Original Score: Michael Giacchino (Up)
Original Song: The Weary Kind (Theme from
Crazy Heart) by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone
Burnett.
Animated Feature Film: Up
Documentary Feature: The Cove
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: Avatar
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Costume: The Young Victoria
Makeup: Star Trek
Visual Effects: Avatar
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Documentary Short Film: Music by Prudence
Animated Short Film: Logorama
Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
emerged victorious in what had been touted
as a David vs. Goliath showdown with her ex-
husband James Cameron and Avatar, the
biggest moneymaker in box-office history.
Each entered the competition with 9
nominations, with Bigelow’s Iraq War saga
netting 6 Academy Awards, including Best
Picture, Director and Original Screenplay, as
well as a trio in technical categories.
Meanwhile, Avatar had to settle for just 3
Oscars, in Cinematography, Visual Effects
and Art Direction.
Bigelow made history as the first female ever
to be named best director. An obvious hint
that she was about to triumph, the
supposedly sacrosanct secret ballots
notwithstanding, was the fact that the
presenter in the category was Barbara
Streisand who had herself won a golden
Globe but not an Oscar for directing Yentl way
back in 1984.
There were no surprises in the lead acting
categories with veteran thespians Jeff
Bridges (Crazy Heart) and Sandra Bullock
(The Blind Side) both winning more for their
body of work than for this particular role.
Bridges, in his heartfelt acceptance speech,
thanked his late parents “for turning me on to
such a groovy profession.” And the self-
effacing Bullock was equally-gracious,
thanking her mom, and acknowledging each
of her fellow nominees by name. Sandra was
most effusive about Gabby Sidibe (Precious),
about whom she gushed, “I love you so
much. You are exquisite. You are beyond
words to me.”
As for supporting roles, prohibitive favorites
Mo’Nique (Precious) and Christoph Waltz
(Inglourious Basterds) prevailed as
expected. Mo’Nique got the last laugh after
having been subjected to considerable
criticism during awards season for not
campaigning or kissing the ring of the
Hollywood establishment. This explains why
she began her acceptance remarks with,
“First, I would like to thank the Academy for
showing that it can be about the
performance, and not the politics.”
In terms of upsets, the biggest surprise
arrived when Geoffrey Fletcher and Precious
won for Best Adapted Screenplay over Up in
the Air. However, the evening’s most
shocking incident was undoubtedly the
reverse Kanye West moment when Roger
Ross Williams, who is black, was rudely
interrupted during his acceptance speech as
the director/producer of Best Documentary
Short Film-winner Music by Prudence.
For midway in, this ostensibly-inebriated
white woman appeared out nowhere to give
him the bum’s rush, just like Kanye did to
Taylor Swift. Then she started rambling into
the microphone like a mental patient until her
voice was drowned out by the orchestra. As it
turns out, Elinor Burkett apparently wasn’t a
complete lunatic, but a former co- producer of
Music by Prudence, who had abandoned the
movie over a year ago but now wanted back
in to bask in the glory when the project turned
out to be a tremendous success.
Among other Oscar lowlights were Sean
Penn’s mumbling presentation of the Best
Actress award, a sleep-inducing,
interpretative dance number choreographed
to musical selections from the Best Score
nominees, and Tom Hanks’ failure to
introduce the 10 nominees before opening
the envelope to announce the Best Picture.
So much for dramatic effect.
Overall, the 82nd Academy Awards Show
was rather entertaining and engaging,
especially how it devoted time to intimate
introductions of the acting nominees, and to
detailing the contributions made by a variety
of craftsmen to the magic that is
moviemaking. The festivities were capably co-
hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin,
whose hilarious, offhand introduction of
Sandra Bullock with, “Please welcome my
longtime dear friend, and by that, I mean I've
never met her,” was nothing short of brilliant.
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
Motion Picture: The Hurt Locker
Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
(Inglourious Basterds)
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique (Precious)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Foreign Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos
(Argentina)
Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher
(Precious)
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal (The Hurt
Locker)
Original Score: Michael Giacchino (Up)
Original Song: The Weary Kind (Theme from
Crazy Heart) by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone
Burnett.
Animated Feature Film: Up
Documentary Feature: The Cove
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: Avatar
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Costume: The Young Victoria
Makeup: Star Trek
Visual Effects: Avatar
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Documentary Short Film: Music by Prudence
Animated Short Film: Logorama
Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
| 2010 Oscar Recap |
Mo'Nique, Best Actress in a
Supporting Role for Precious.
Supporting Role for Precious.
| 2009 |
Geoffrey Fletcher, Best
Adapted Screen Play for Precious.
Adapted Screen Play for Precious.
| 2009 |
Roger Ross Williams, Best
Documentary Short for Music
by Prudence.
Documentary Short for Music
by Prudence.
| 2009 |
| 1990 |
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Totsi, Best Foreign Language Film.
| 2005 |
