The 79th Oscars
Chicago is excited about Jennifer Hudson
Illinois Governor announced today is Jennifer Hudson Day! She is on the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times & Tribune.
Jennifer Hudson poses with the Oscar she won for best supporting actress for her work in "Dreamgirls" at the 79th Academy Awards on Sunday
Ellen DeGeneres was simply delightful.
The Best actor was Forest Whitaker. If you saw "The Last King of Scotland", you will see why he won the award. The man was convincing as Idi Amin.
Best actress: Helen Mirren, "The Queen" – I haven’t seen the movie, but this makes me want to see it.
Best supporting actor: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine" (Eddie Murphy should have won). This is hidden racism.
The best supporting actress: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" – Outstanding performance.
The best documentary: "An Inconvenient Truth" – I liked this documentary, but I really think Spike Lee should have won this category for "When The Levees Broke". He didn’t even get an honorable mention. What a shame. Again, this is Hollywood’s hidden racism.
The best director: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" – This should have happened several years ago.
The best picture: "The Departed" – The ending was wacked. If someone had told me that all the main characters died and some stupidly, I wouldn’t have wasted my time on this picture.
Your comment about about Allan Arkvin vs. Eddie Murphy makes me want to see “Little Miss Sunshine” for sure. But I’m still in disbelief that Jack Nicholson wasn’t nominated for Best Supporting Actor/The Departed.
Oh well. Hollywood politics, probably.
Comment by kweenkong — February 28, 2007 @ 8:38 pm
I love Eddie Murphy but I also love Allan Arkin. I was actually really happy that he won. I don’t think this is a case of racism, it’s simply a case of two good movies up against each other. If it was all about racism neither forest nor jennifer would have won. I was also shocked that When The Levees Broke Wasn’t nominated. That one I can give up to racism.
Comment by Natalie — March 2, 2007 @ 2:59 pm