2004 Official Oscars Poster by Burton Morris

The 76th Annual Academy Awards have been presented!

This year's Oscars and our selections for the Most Rugged Elegant Movies & Stars go to:

Thank you for bringing the most emotion into the night. We loved that you thanked all of South Africa, especially in light of the triumph and celebration that is going on in New Zealand tonight due to the many Lord of the Rings triumphs.

We loved Nicole Kidman's introduction of the five nominees for Best Actor when she said, "A passionate romantic, a grown-up bad boy with a temper, an older commanding patriarch, a pirate, and a man in a mid-life crisis: For women, these are the five stages of dating in Hollywood."

She went on to say, "For Oscar, they are the characters created by five extraordinarily talented actors."

Congratulations Jude Law, Sean Penn, Ben Kingsley, Johnny Depp, and Bill Murray for being nominated by the Academy as this year's Best Actor.

Sean, we loved the standing ovation you received for the work you did on this movie, and for all your efforts on the big screen over the years.

We loved your gratitude to Clint Eastwood and to your wife, Robin when you thanked her for her "undying emotional inspiration for this roller-coaster I'm learning to enjoy."

We loved your acceptance speech, especially when you thanked Tom Cruise, whom you said taught you that "kindness and success are not mutually exclusive."

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Congratulations to the makers of The Lord of the Rings for winning eleven oscars tonight, tying The Titanic and Ben Hur for the most awards by The Academy, ever.

Seabiscuit

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Cold Mountain

Congratulations for Renée's win as Best Supporting Actress, for Jude Law's nomination for Best Actor, for the film's nominations for cinematography, film editing, music score and two songs, You Will Be My Ain True Love, and Scarlet Tide.

The Last Samurai

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Congratulations for five Oscar nominations: Johnny Depp's role as actor in a leading role, Makeup, Sound-editing, Sound-mixing, and visual effects!

Lost in Translation

Congratulations for your three other Oscar nominations including: Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Actor in a Leading Role!

Special Honorary Award of the Evening

Blake Edwards, 82 year-old Director of the Pink Panther movies, 10, and S.O.B.

Thanks for the hilarious stunt in your wheelchair!

In Memoriam

Bob Hope
Katherine Hepburn
Gregory Peck
Wendy Hiller
David Hemmings
Hope Lange
George Axelrod, Screenwriter
Charles Bronson
Michael Jeter
David Newman, Screenwriter
Ron O'Neal
Art Carney
Elia Kazan, Director
Leni Riefenstahl, Documentary Filmmaker
Karen Morley
Buddy Ebsen
John Schlesinger, Director
Stan Brakhage, Experimental Filmmaker
Ray Stark, Producer
Andrew J. Kuehn, Movie "Trailer" Innovator
John Ritter
Hume Cronyn
Buddy Hackett
Michael Kamen, Composer
John Gregory Dunne, Screenwriter
Robert Stack,
Alan Bates,
Gregory Hines
Jack Elam
Jeanne Crain
Ann Miller
Donald O'Connor

We will miss you all.

Billy Crystal's Best Lines of the Night:

"San Francisco Wedding Cake Photo," as he held Robin Williams' hand. Thanks for the comic relief we all needed given the sensitive subject this has been for the past two-and-a-half weeks.

"It's now official; there's nobody left in New Zealand to thank."

"Do you know that people are moving to New Zealand just to be thanked."

"I'd like to thank all the people of Long Island."

Billy, we'd like to thank you for coming back to being the host of the 76th Annual Academy Awards show. You are the best!

For all of this year's nominees go to: Oscars.org

Thank you to every single honored and unrecognized writer, producer, director, cast and crew member worldwide who has brought and is attempting to bring your stories to life on the big screen.

~Jennifer

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