https://freerepublic.com/tag/turnoffthetube/ en-us Mon, 28 Feb 2005 02:54:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1352393/posts LOS ANGELES Feb 27, 2005 — Morgan Freeman won the supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for his portrayal of a worldly wise ex-prizefighter in Clint Eastwood's boxing saga "Million Dollar Baby." Freeman became just the ninth black actor to win out of nearly 300 recipients in the 77-year history of the Oscars, joining such supporting-performer winners as Cuba Gooding Jr. for "Jerry Maguire," Whoopi Goldberg for "Ghost" and Louis Gossett Jr. for "An Officer and a Gentleman." "I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything at all to do with the making of this picture. But I... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1352393/posts#comment Mon, 28 Feb 2005 02:54:03 GMT