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...presenters were dressed to the nines, or the 99s, in revealingly chic outfits. Stewart puckishly demanded the world for sympathy for poor Hollywoodians: ?There are women here who could afford barely enough gown to cover their breasts.? I?m no fashion expert, but I?ll vote for Supporting Actress nominee Amy Adams, the downhome gal from Junebug looking uptown resplendent, and for whatever frock the slap-yourself-silly gorgeous Salma Hayek was wearing under her soft curls and sexy cheekbones. I?ll also hand out an Oscar for golden perkiness to Witherspoon, who looked lovely in a spangled dress...
...most of the night, Oscar went with the favorites. George Clooney (Syriana) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) won in the supporting actor categories; Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) took Best Actor and Actress; Brokeback Mountain was cited for adapted screenplay, Crash for original screenplay; and Brokeback?s Ang Lee for Best Director. The smart money even had the right over-under number on how many Jewish references host Jon Stewart would make in the award show?s first 30 minutes...
...first time in 49 years, and only the third time in Oscar's 78-year history, the top six awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress) went to six different films. So it was a night with something for everyone, except Steven Spielberg, whose Munich was shut out in the five categories (including Best Picture and Best Director) for which it had secured nominations. The other four Best Picture nominees all found something to take home-Clooney through a side door, since he won as an actor in Syriana, not as a director or screenwriter of Good Night...
...hunkitude, Witherspoon was Oscar?s darling, Hollywood?s homecoming queen. She presented one prize, accepted another. She was also the subject of one of the show?s very funny ?attack ads? (voiced by Stewart?s old Daily Showcrony, now cable TV?s favorite mock-scold, Stephen Colbert) against every Actress nominee but good old American Reese...
...like a pipe organ. Their savvy and big shoulders won their films dozens of Oscars in the 90s, and they haven?t lost their touch now that they?ve left Miramax and started the Weinstein Company. Of the first four films released under their new banner, two cadged Best Actress nominations: Transamerica and, for Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents. Ferocity over likability could also lift Weisz, in The Constant Gardener, over adorable Amy Adams, in Junebug. The same logic applies to both Actress categories: do you want the driven idealist or the down-home cutie? As for Supporting Actor, Hollywood...