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| Web-posted 03/25/2002 > LOS ANGELES -- Halle Berry and Denzel Washington became just the second and third blacks to win Academy Awards on Sunday for lead roles, while "A Beautiful Mind" took top honors as best picture.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > Augusta Chronicle entertainment writer Steven Uhles correctly predicted that Denzel Washington, Jennifer Connelly and A Beautiful Mind would take home Oscar.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > LOS ANGELES -- On a night when Sidney Poitier described how different Hollywood was 53 years ago, the Academy Awards showcased how different as Halle Berry and Denzel Washington joined Poitier as the only black actors to win Oscars for lead roles.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > LOS ANGELES -- Until Sunday, just one black actor in 73 years had won an Academy Award in a lead role. Now there are three.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > LOS ANGELES -- After receiving their Oscars, Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford and Halle Berry each got standing ovations backstage from an international media contingent.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > LOS ANGELES -- With unprecedented security, a new theater to break in and predictions of surefire winners, some folks were expecting the 74th Academy Awards to be either trouble-plagued or humdrum.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- When singer Rufus Wainwright saw where he was sitting for dinner at the Elton John Aids Foundation Oscar party he thought he'd been banished to a bad table.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > List of winners at the 74th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.:
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > Alas, there was no swan song for Bjork at the 74th annual Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Web-posted 03/26/2002 > NEW YORK -- The Academy Awards telecast, with Denzel Washington and Halle Berry winning top acting awards, drew a slightly larger television audience than last year's show, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Web-posted 03/25/2002 > Halle Berry arrived at Sunday's Academy Awards in a wine-colored, A-line ballgown with a sheer bodice and strategically placed beaded flowers - a sexy departure for her and a fashion moment on a night when many stars played it safe.
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Web-posted 03/22/2002 > Let's open with a painful truth - the Academy Awards are a crock. I love Oscar time, and spend countless hours handicapping nominees and second-guessing Academy voters. But, for me, Oscar time is a game, an innocuous pastime that has nothing to do with gauging films on excellence. Here's why: The Academy has a long history of passing out statues to poor films and performances and shunning classic cinema. Skeptical? Here is a list of outstanding films that not only never won an Oscar, but were never nominated.
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> Who is this "Oscar" guy and why is he so important?
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> A complete list of Academy Award winners in the major catagories.
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> Test your Academy Award knowledge with our fun (and highly addictive) games.
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Web-posted 03/22/2002 > Sunday, Augusta film fans will once again have the opportunity to enjoy a Southern-fried, grits-and-glamour take on Hollywood's biggest night.
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> Here are a few tips and tricks to help you throw a Hollywood style Oscar party (celebrities NOT included).
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Web-posted 03/20/2002 > SAN FRANCISCO - Oscar night is made for gatherings, but those black-tie events can be so stuffy. Even worse, dancing is sometimes required.
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> Once your party is planned you will need to advertise it. Use our free invitations to spread the word.
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