It may be the most night of the year for America’s film industry, but this red carpet had a distinct feel to it: Spain, Mexico and Japan. This year’s nominations reflected the of Hollywood. And in a year in which many awards seemed foregone conclusions some of the seemed remarkably relaxed.
Hellen Mirren:
‘It’s great having been here once before, because it’s quite and scary if you’ve never done it before. Now, actually I enjoy it. It’s the bit I almost enjoy the most, the . It’s lovely’
Then, Hellen Mirren has just won at around 20 British nominees a fact acknowledged by this year’s host Ellen DeGeneres:
‘You don’t really know who’s gonna win unless you’re British and then you’ve got a very good chance
And the evening did in many ways follow the :
Jennifer Hudson provided the as she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dream Girls and in the year the Oscars are said to have gone green, Al Gore’s warning about global An Inconvenient Truth won both Best Documentary and Best Song, but despite the rumours he didn’t use the Oscars to enter the race.
By the time the show reached the Best Actress category it seemed almost a the non-surprise award for the star of the movie the Queen.
‘I salute her courage and consistency and I thank her because if it wasn’t for her I most certainly would not be here. Ladies and gentlemen I give you the Queen’
But for those who thought there wasn’t an Oscars without for Martin Scorsese, well, this time on his sixth he did finally get his Oscar: the best Director and also best film The Departed