> And Frida got an award only for music? Salma Hayek's going to be > steaming.
FRIDA also won for best in make-up. I think FRIDA's win for best original score is also a hotly contested one, considering we have Elmer Bernstein, Philip Glass and Thomas Newman as competitors. Elliot Goldenthal really immersed himself in period Mexican music and came up with something rousing and a tad revolutionary in some. Salma Hayek was visibly moved when the make-up awardee for FRIDA thanked her in a moving way. > I'd hoped it wouldn't, but I figured frivolous (what, there's a war on?) > Chicago would get best picture because Academy voters usually go for the > glitzy "feel good" shows, but what's with all those other awards for > Chicago? Catherine Zeta-Jones was/is good, I think. As for best art direction and costume, I think its well-deserved, although honestly I am not deep into those things myself, so if GANGS OF NEW YORK won best costume I assume that people who voted for it know what thay are doing. > And no best director for Scorsese? Big mistake there, I think. GANGS OF NEW YORK went empty-handed, too. Must be the backlash of Harvey Weinstein's pathetic campaign to vote for Scorsese. I like Martin Scorsese very much and even more so in GOODFELLAS, ALICE DOESNT LIVE HERE ANYMORE and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, but if its for his work in GANGS OF NEW YORK, I like what Almodovar did in TALK TO HER and Roman POlanski's THE PIANIST. Scorsese was the first (or among the first) to give the absent Roman Polanski his standing ovation. What it would have been like if its really POlanski who is there while the handcuffs are being put on him. Kiddin'. > Adrien Brody's comments were very moving. Thanks for writing them out. > It surprised me that he was willing to fight through the persistent > music for more time to speak. Good thing he then came up with something > impressively heartfelt. I agree, Deb. Brody surprised everyone including himself. He was visibly moved (his prolonged kiss to Halle Berry notwithstanding), and those last parts of his speech was most heartfelt and poignant. Loved the segment where the former Oscar winners were presented. My one regret is not seeing Vanessa Redgrave in between Luise Rainer and Julia Roberts. Joseph in Manila
