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Oscar: Best Actress
What a great year for leading ladies in film. Great roles made for many memorable performances - but hands down, Mirren owned this trophy since the film's release.
Oscars: Best Foreign Film
Pan's Labyrinth might have picked up plenty of techie awards but the film that was supposed to win - won. Not bad for a directorial debut.
Oscars: Best Supporting Actress
And odd category this year with the two best commanding performances coming via the same film. This equation plus the fact that the foreign language and unfamilairnes of the two actresses means that Hudson gets the nod. The only misfire win during an evening where worthy victors took the gold statues.
Oscars: Best Supporting Actor
Jack Nicholson and Alec Baldwin would have been nice additions to the category and another worthy outside pick would have been Danny Huston from The Proposition. My vote would go to the difficult role that comeback kid Haley portrayed, but Arkin is deserving - much more than Murphy.
Oscar Commentary: Best Picture
At least 4 of the 5 films nominated are worth seeing (sorry Clint - Letters wasn,t up to par). However the no-shows (no I'm not talking about Dreamgirls) that should have been part of the festivities both had the word 'children' in the title.
