The 1999 awards will always be my number one when Hilary Swank won her first Oscar for "Boys Don't Cry." She came from nothing and followed her dream. Angelina Jolie won for another one of my favorite movies, "Girl, Interrupted" which pretty much parallels my life, lol. And it's also the year "American Beauty" (another fave of mine) and Kevin Spacey won, so it'll always be at the top.
Next, I think the 2006 awards as a whole was fabulous. Ellen Degeneres was a great host, I don't care what people say, she blows everyone else away with her attitude. The corny things they used in that award show were awesome, lol. Plus, Martin Scorsese got his first win after many nominations, which was presented by Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, ahh that sentence gives me chills. "The Departed" (yet another fave) won which also made me extremely happy.
And 2000 when Julia Roberts won best actress for "Erin Brockovich." That was another fantastic moment for me and my fellow feminists. It was the same year Benicio Del Toro won, ahh I secretely love him. And who can forget Elizabeth Taylor when she announced "Gladiator" as the best picture winner, ahh that was priceless! I will never forget it, hilarious stuff!!
Honorable mention will probably go to the 1997 awards when Helen Hunt won for "As Good As It Gets." As much as I wanted Kate Winslet to win for "Titanic," I still enjoyed Helen's acceptance speech and how cute she was doing it, she praised every one of the nominees with her and I loved her for that.
My first cognitive Oscars was probably in 1993 when I was about seven. "Schindler's List" won best picture, 13 year old Anna Paquin won supporting actress and one of my heroes Steven Spielberg won his first Oscar after being nominated numerous times.
That's just a short description of the many award shows that I've loved over the years, lol.
Now, back to the 2008 awards. She finally won!!! Ahh, I'm soo happy for Kate, she beat Meryl Streep just like Hilary did in 1999! (no offense to Meryl, I love her too, lol) Her speech was perfect, I guess practicing in the mirror does help, haha. It makes me want to be her soo bad!
I freaking love the new way the acting categories were presented tonight. Seeing past winners was amazing!! :)
"Slumdog Millionaire" and all its wins were perfect too. Definitely deserving, I absolutely loved that film.
And I can't forget Heath. His family did a great way accepting the award for him and it makes me sad, but grateful that I got to experience all the great work he's done in the short time he was here. I actually wrote a poem the day he died. Here it is...
"Why are you gone
We are listening to sad songs...
...in your memory.
We can't believe it.
We can't describe these feelings we have.
Why'd you go so soon?
We are left with all these questions...
...of why and how.
Please come back to us,
we miss you already."
We are listening to sad songs...
...in your memory.
We can't believe it.
We can't describe these feelings we have.
Why'd you go so soon?
We are left with all these questions...
...of why and how.
Please come back to us,
we miss you already."
