"Natalie, its your night! You have done everything right! Being a Harvard grad, knowing Hebrew, French, and Japanese! You will win the Oscar tonight."
So said so done. And Natalie emerged as the winner at the Oscars this year.
Didn't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out this one. I am quoting him here because I quite liked the poetic words... Really nice.
I have said the same time and again on this blog as well as social networking & micro blogging sites.
Well, Babetude from the very beginning has talked about her liking for Natalie for the woman she is. She's been an good actor since childhood- from 'Leon' , 'Anywhere but Here', the three 'Star Wars', to 'V for Vendetta, 'Dr. Magnorium's wonder emporium', and of course 'Black Swan' which got her the Oscar. Really loved her performance in the movie and even in the not so nice 'The Other Boleyn Girl' she had tried her best.
Most importantly she seems to be a warm person, a good human being who's also into philanthropy.
She looked pretty with her baby bump on her big day though some critics felt her hair style needed some more effort( but fans would let that pass...). She's quite the natural beauty in a world where surgeries, botox, collagen are so much around.
We hardly get to hear scandals about her. She's a vegan who is doing her bit of charity, philanthropy and standing up for causes. Now she's all set to do the balancing act well just like how many of her fans felt- continue her wonderful career as well as play mommy.
Here's her acceptance speech( courtesy a true blue you tube fan)...
I too like few others had an inkling Colin Firth and 'The King's Speech' would win as well. In fact since we expected the same, we got the DVD of King's Speech only this Saturday.
The ceremony was fun and it was nice to see the good fashion from Natalie's 'Black Swan' co star Mila Kunis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, veteran Marisa Tomei et al.
Of course Anne Hathaway who always does her dressing up well.
There were expectations and she tried her best to brighten up things with James Franco as the two hosts. At least they tried and that's commendable since they are not naturally funny like Billy Crystal( he made an entertaining appearance) or Steve Martin. There were light moments and good humor provided by some stars like all other previous ceremonies.
The opening act was hilarious indeed. James and Anne find themselves in a dream where they converse with Leo Di Caprio, put themselves to sleep like in 'Inception', go down several floors to find themselves on horseback, the case hearing scene in 'The Social Network', the boxing ring in 'The Fighter' and Natalie- Vincent Cassel's swan dance ballet scene in 'Black Swan'.
Old time wonderful actor Kirk Douglas was real fun to watch as he handed out the supporting actress prize.He did his Dirty Old Man act by asking Anne Hathaway where she was when he was making pictures.
'The Fighter' is one movie to watch as it has two winners- Christian Bale and F bomb dropper Mellisa Leo.
This is the first time that an actress had used the F word in her Oscar acceptance speech. She had said,"I'm kinda speechless. When I saw Kate win two years ago, it looked so fu****g easy. She's since apologized.
Christian Bale had said, "What a room full of talented and inspirational people. What am I doing here? I'm not going to drop the F bomb like Melissa Leo. I've done that plenty. Thanks to my wife and our girl who's taught me so much more than I will ever be able to teach her."
There were fashion goof ups too but it's for the fashion critics to handle and present it their funny way.
Last but not the least Indian performer- nominee A.R Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan& hubby as well as a wannabe Indian actress made red carpet appearances(to represent India and also to get some publicity).
They didn't get much coverage but two years ago many Indians had got lucky thanks to the Brit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' which many till date think was overrated.
The list of 83rd Annual Academy Award Winners
Best Picture : “The King’s Speech”
Actor : Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
Actress : Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
Supporting Actor : Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
Supporting Actress : Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
Directing : Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”
Foreign Language Film : “In a Better World,” Denmark
Adapted Screenplay : Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network”
Original Screenplay : David Seidler, “The King’s Speech”
Animated Feature Film : “Toy Story 3”
Art Direction : “Alice in Wonderland”
Cinematography : “Inception”
Sound Mixing : “Inception”
Sound Editing : “Inception”
Original Score : “The Social Network,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Original Song : “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3,” Randy Newman
Costume Design : “Alice in Wonderland”
Documentary Feature : “Inside Job”
Documentary (Short Subject) : “Strangers No More”
Film Editing : “The Social Network”
Makeup : “The Wolfman”
Animated Short Film : “The Lost Thing”
Live Action Short Film : “God of Love”
Visual Effects : “Inception”
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