Oscar returned to Hollywood after a 33-year absence, strutting his stuff in a new venue, the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Despite literally years of worry, nearly everyone walked away a little surprised, muttering "Wow, that was pretty great!"
The years of worry were over how to do the show in the new venue - and even whether it could be done at all - but the worry lines transmogrified into smile lines as the limousines and autos pulled up smoothly, their glamourous passengers disembarked and, despite extraordinary security, ambled com fortably up the long red carpet, through the portal arch and into ~ 1. Gordon E. Sawyer Award ~ 4. Honorary Award Winner Robert the elegant lobbies of the new theater. With 40 minutes left Winner Edmund M. Di Giulio Redford received his Oscar was the only Oscar winner who from Barbara Streisand. before show time, the red carpet was nearly vacant, leaving the could take his stauette with world's press with no one left to interview or photograph . him down the red carpet. He'd ~ 5. Governors Ball Chair Alan received it three weeks earlier. Bergman and wife Marilyn greet Best Actress Halle Berry The theater wasn 't the only thing new. Freshman producer ~ 2. Even Hollywood Boulevard had at the Governors Ball. never seen anything quite like Laura Ziskin was selected by first-term Academy President the 74th Academy Awards red ~ 6. Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Frank Pierson to infuse some new ideas into the show and she carpet. Award Winner Arthur Hiller. succeeded beyond even her hopes. ~ 3. Aron Warner accepted the first Best Animated Feature Film Oscar for SHREK.
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