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NewsMax.Com ^ | 03/06/2006 | James Hirsen

[Christian4Bush]

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[Rakkasan1]

about the awards show being a "place where you can watch all your favorite stars without having to donate any money to the Democratic Party."

LOL. his next joke was even less funny to the Oscar crowd. But I was quite amused when I heard it.

[SirLinksalot]

Notable quotes from the Oscars

Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

"Thank you to all the members of the academy for embracing our film about love and about tolerance and about truth. ... You have made this year one of the most breathtaking and stunning maverick years in American cinema." _ Cathy Schulman, producer of best picture "Crash."

"I wish I knew how to quit you." _ Ang Lee, best director for "Brokeback Mountain."

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"Wow, I'm in a category with some great, great, great actors, fantastic actors, and I'm overwhelmed, really overwhelmed." _ Philip Seymour Hoffman, best actor winner for "Capote."

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"Oh my goodness. I never thought I'd be up here in my whole life, growing up in Tennessee." _ Reese Witherspoon, winner of best actress for "Walk the Line."

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"I have to say it is a little shocking to see all these big names here, these huge stars. The Oscars is really I guess the one night of the year when you can see all your favorite stars without having to donate any money to the Democratic Party. And it's exciting for the stars as well because it's the first time many of you have ever voted for a winner." _ Oscar host Jon Stewart during the opening monologue.

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"I look at it as a nod to all of my films because to me I just made one long film." _ Honorary Oscar winner Robert Altman, director of 37 films including "M-A-S-H," "The Player" and "Gosford Park."

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"It's a funny thing about winning an Academy Award. This will always be synonymous with your name from here on end. It will be, Oscar winner George Clooney, sexiest man alive 1997, `Batman,' died today in a freak accident ..." _ George Clooney after winning his first Oscar, for supporting actor in "Syriana."

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"What an amazing feeling. Terrifying, but amazing. Mom I know you're up there somewhere, I think." _ Cinematography Oscar winner Dion Beebe for "Memoirs of a Geisha."

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"I do my own stunts." _ Jennifer Garner, after nearly tripping on her way to the microphone to present an award.

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"I'm going to be so good I'm going to have a halo by the end of the night." _ Isaac Mizrahi, E!'s red carpet interviewer, when asked if he would be behaving, referring to his risque grope interview style during arrival festivities at the Golden Globes.

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"I do have some sad news to report. Bjork couldn't be here tonight. She was trying on her Oscar dress and Dick Cheney shot her." _ Jon Stewart.

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"I want to thank the academy for sitting me next to George Clooney at the nominees luncheon." _ Corinne Marrinan, co-winner of the short subject documentary Oscar for "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin."

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"I am so proud to have worked in this movie, `Brokeback Mountain,' a movie that once again show us that love is what makes us all very similar despite that we can be so different, too." _ Gustavo Santaolalla, original score Oscar winner for "Brokeback Mountain."

[digger48]

At least they bothered to follow their own definition of "documentary" this year.

[Jeff Head]

Unfortunately, no one remembered to send a Hollywood shout-out to the troops, whose starring roles outshine all of Oscar's gold.

Amen...something about not being worthy to tie the bootlaces...

[sarasota]

Mizrahi was an embarrassment again, not the least of which was from reading questions from a stack of cards in his hand.

[Toespi]

"Clooney claimed that Hollywood talked about social issues before anyone else. "We are the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just a gay disease," he said."

It is STILL just a gay disease and all the sitcoms, movies, awards, media hype, fundraisers and screaming isn't going to ever change that one fundamental fact.

[Lovingthis]

CRASH was by no means an unexpected victory, nor did its win have anything to do with its message, or BROKEBACK's gay cowboys being too - er - hard for Hollywood to swallow. CRASH won because its makers sent out a gazillion "screeners" - free DVDs - of the film, to every member of every union with voting rights in guild or academy awards. These guilds and members are mostly middle aged or older and not into going out to see movies all that much, just like everyone else. So they voted for the one they'd seen, CRASH. It might also be a backlash against the discontinuation of sending out screeners when piracy concerns (and cheapness) became an issue for the studios. But that's what won the award, and I'm hoping this leads to an avalanche of freebies next year.

[sarasota]

He's the spokesman for the self-congratulatory ruling class in Hollywood.

[goldstategop]

Its all about THEM. They made it very clear they don't care about us, they don't acknowledge there's a war going on and our values are passe. The feelings are returned in kind. I have no use for rich out of touch liberal snobs. The "heart and soul" of America Hollywood ain't. Not by a mile.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[thoughtomator]

Clooney claimed that Hollywood talked about social issues before anyone else. "We are the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just a gay disease," he said.

Newsflash: It's still just a gay disease.

[edpc]

Oh my goodness. I never thought I'd be up here in my whole life, growing up in Tennessee." _ Reese Witherspoon, winner of best actress for "Walk the Line."

From the sometimes reliable Wikipedia:

Witherspoon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to John Witherspoon (a surgeon) and Betty Reese (a nurse and college professor); Reese is a direct descendant of Scottish-born John Witherspoon, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and sixth president of Princeton University....

I like ya, Reese, but don't try to give us the po' girl from the south without shoes routine.

[oh8eleven]

Unfortunately, no one remembered to send a Hollywood shout-out to the troops, whose starring roles outshine all of Oscar's gold.
Big surprise .... NOT!

[Beth528]

This review of last nights events is right on the money..Hollywood is no longer the entertainment capitol of the world but the most Pathetic place in the world..I think most American will agree 100% that our entertainment industry is no longer that..I did not watch this awful thing I knew that the media would let us know who won what..

[Guenevere]

Why kudoes?

He co-wrote this trash of Brokeback Mountain.

Larry McMurtry!....who'd thought! :(

[joebuck]

"It's a funny thing about winning an Academy Award. This will always be synonymous with your name from here on end. It will be, Oscar winner George Clooney, sexiest man alive 1997, `Batman,' died today in a freak accident ..." _ George Clooney after winning his first Oscar, for supporting actor in "Syriana."

Hey George, you forgot the part about how modest and humble you are....or did you?

[Beth528]

I do want to mention that I am glad that Reese Witherspoon,won for best actress..I think she is a breath of fresh air..I love all of her movies and think she is like what we use to have back when, before all the get even with America crowd..I did not see the movie she won the award for though,not yet anyway..