Oscars 2007

Oscars 2007

The 79th Academy Awards took place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles in February 25, 2007. The reality-show star and comedian Ellen DeGeneres hosted the Oscars and did a great job, making the ceremony humorous yet appropriate. The ratings of this year were of 39.92 million. The most award-winning movie of the night was The Departed, winning 4 awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese. Pan's Labyrinth came after with 3 awards.

Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for his role in The Last King of Scotland. Helen Mirren won Best Actress for her incredible and powerful performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen. Alan Arkin won Best Supporting Actor and Jennifer Hudson won Best Supporting Actress. This year's Oscars were amazing and very entertaining to watch. They were very well hosted and also, all of the winning movies deserved their awards for the deep effort that the staff and crew put into them. 

Forest Whitaker's Acceptance Speech:

Helen Mirren's Acceptance Speech:

Oscars 2006

Oscars 2006

The 78th Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles in March 5, 2006. Jon Stewart hosted the grand ceremony which received a rating of 38.64 million. Crash won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Brokeback Mountain, King Kong, and Memoirs of a Geisha won each 3 awards as well. 

Ang Lee won Best Director for Brokeback Mountain. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his amazing performance in Capote. Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for her performance as country star, June Carter Cash, in Walk the Line. George Clooney won Best Supporting Actor while Rachel Weisz won in the category of Best Supporting Actress. The Academy Awards of 2006 went very well and all of the winners of the night truly deserved their awards. Their was a big mixture of movie genres among the winning movies, which was interesting.

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Acceptance Speech:

Reese Witherspoon's Acceptance Speech:

Oscars 2005

Oscars 2005

The 77th Academy Awards took place on February 27, 2005 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Chris Rock hosted the ceremony which aired in ABC and received a rating of 42.16 million. The Aviator won the most awards (5). This was one of the few occasions in which a different movie wins more awards than the Best Picture winner. Million Dollar Baby won 4 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Clint Eastwood). 

Jamie Fox won Best Actor for his performance as Ray Charles in Ray. Hilary Swank won her second Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Million Dollar Baby. Morgan Freeman also won Best Supporting Actor for his great performance in Million Dollar Baby. Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress for her role as the iconic Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator. This has been the only time in history in which an actress has won an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actress. The Academy Awards went amazingly well and the ceremony was fun, entertaining and surprising. 

 Jamie Foxx's Acceptance Speech:

Hilary Swank's Acceptance Speech:

Oscars 2004

Oscars 2004

The 76th Academy Awards took place on February 29, 2004 once again at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The Oscars were extremely successful scoring 43.56 million views, much more views than last year's ceremony. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King broke a record, winning 11 awards including Best Director and Best Picture. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Mystic River each won 2 Academy Awards. 

Sean Penn won Best Actor for his role in Mystic River, while Charlize Theron won Best Actress for her role in Monster. Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Mystic River as well. In the Best Supporting Actress category, Renee Zellweger was the winner for her role in Cold Mountain. Finding Nemo won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. I enjoyed watching the 76th Academy Awards, all the movies that won were extremely good and deserving of their awards, specially The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 

Sean Penn's Acceptance Speech:

Charlize Theron's Acceptance Speech:

Oscars 2003

Oscars 2003

The 75th Academy Awards were held on March 23, 2003 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles once again. Steve Martin hosted the ceremony for the second time and he was able to make the ceremony very entertaining and fun to watch. The ratings of these year went well, achieving 33.04 million views in the network of ABC. Chicago received the most awards (6) and the most nominations as well (13). The Pianist also was also one of the most successful movies, winning Oscars. 

Adrien Brody took home the award for Best Actor for his heartbreaking performance in The Pianist. In the Best Actress category, Nicole Kidman won for her performance as Virginia Woolf in The Hours.  Chris Cooper won Best Supporting Actor and Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress. Chicago won Best Picture while Roman Polanski took home the award for Best Director in The Piano. The Academy Awards of 2003 went very well and it was interesting to see the large mixture of movie genres involved in the ceremony. 

Adrien Brody's Acceptance Speech:

Nicole Kidman's Acceptance Speech:

Oscars 2002

Oscars 2002

The 74th Academy Awards ceremony took place on March 24, 2002. The ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The legendary actress, Whoopi Goldberg, hosted the awards show and did a fabulous job! A Beautiful Mind was the big winner of the night, wining four awards in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. 

Denzel Washington won Best Actor for his role as Alonzo Harris in Training Day, while Halle Berry won best actress for her great performance as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball. Jim Broadbent won Best Supporting Actor and Jennifer Connelly won Best Supporting Actress. Some movies that won several awards include: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with four awards, and Moulin Rouge! and Black Hawk Down with two Oscars each. The 74th Academy Awards were very successful and entertaining, and even history was made, due to the fact that Halle Berry was the first African-American to win Best Lead Actress.

Denzel Washington's Acceptance Speech:

Halle Berry's Acceptance Speech:

Oscars 2001

Oscars 2001

The 73rd Academy Awards were held on March 21, 2001. The grand ceremony took place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. Almost 43 million people tuned in to watch the award show, which was extremely successful! Comedian Steve Martin hosted the ceremony and did an amazing job, making the ceremony very funny and humorous. The Oscars 2001 were very successful and I personally enjoyed them very much!

The epic-hisotrical movie, Gladiator, took home 5 awards! These awards include Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Russell Crowe), Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, and Best Sound Mixing. Julia Roberts took home the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Erin Brockovich. Plus, she looked dazzling in a black and white Valentino Dress! Benicio del Toro won Best Supporting Actor and Marcia Gay Harden won Best Supporting Actress. The movie Traffic was also a big winner winning 4 Oscars! The producers made a great job on making the 73rd Academy Awards truly fantastic! 

Russell Crowe's Acceptance Speech:

Julia Robert's Acceptance Speech: