1990 - Whoopi Goldberg's win for Supporting Actress for Ghost and her stunned trip to the podium.
1991 - Jack Palance's one-handed pushups after winning Supporting Actor for City Slickers.
1992 - Bram Stoker's Dracula winning for those AMAZING costumes.
1993 - I watched this with my family while at the Polynesian Resort in Disney World. I was very excited to see Steven Spielberg win for directing Schindler's List.
1994 - My favorite Oscar win ever: Best Costume Design for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Lizzy Gardiner's gold card gown was a hoot.
1995 - How bored I was when Braveheart won the night.
1996 - Madonna performing "You Must Love Me", the Oscar-winning song from Evita. Not her best performance, but it's a wonderful film and she should have been nominated for it.
1997 - Titanic sunk the night for me. Tee-hee. Honestly, I wasn't too excited about any of the nominees that year.
1998 - I was DELIGHTED that Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture. Of the 5 nominees, it's the only film I still watch.
1999 - I watched the ceremony in my dorm room at college with friends. I was not happy that Phil Collins' "meh" song "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan beat out the likes of "Save Me" from Magnolia and "Blame Canada" from South Park. That was just embarrassing.
2000 - Bjork's swan gown stole the evening.
2001 - Halle Berry winning Best Actress for Monster's Ball was very moving. I was rooting for Helen Mirren or Maggie Smith to win Supporting Actress for Gosford Park, but of course that went to Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful Mind.
2002 - Watched this in Australia in my place on Coogee Beach. I remember being shocked that Best Song went to Eminen for "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile. If I remember right, Barbra Streisand seemed just as surprised when she announced the winner.
2003 - Lord of the Rings wins everything! Woot!
2004 - The most boring Oscars ever for me, but I loved seeing Cate Blanchette win Supporting Actress for playing Kate Hepburn in The Aviator.
2005 - I was PISSED that Brokeback Mountain lost Best Picture. It was at this point I realized I was taking these awards way too seriously.
2006 - Pan's Labyrinth NOT winning Best Foreign Language Film was a shock.
2007 - Tilda!!
2008 - I was over all the Slumdog Millionaire love. Loved that Sean Penn won for Milk.
2009 - It was pretty cool to see Kathryn Bigelow be the first woman to win Best Director for The Hurt Locker
2010 - Trent Reznor won an Oscar?! Awesome.
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It was at this point I realized I was taking these awards way too seriously.
LOL! :D
Amen to the sinking night in '97, (I was hoping for Full Monty or L.A. Confidential) and the song shock in 2002 (Eminem just beat out Kander and Ebb's song from Chicago?). Somewhere in those years between, I became more and more disillusioned with awards shows in general. I still keep track but I rarely get emotionally involved these days.
I've heard the same thing from many people. Would be an interesting study.
Shakespeare in Love was a good movie but the fact that Gwyneth beat Cate Blanchett (who was flawless in Elizabeth) was mind boggling.
I agree. My vote would have gone to Cate as well.
I don't have a very good memory of the Oscars. But reading that the 1 handed push up was in 1991... boy that makes me feel old.
I think every year I watch, I get pissed that Best Costume doesn't go to one of my little Sci Fi or Fantasy Films.
I'm a fan of Shakespeare in Love. I think that film, and A Beautiful Mind are the most i've ever cared.
I still carry a grudge that The Color Purple didn't win all those years ago. And i'm sure I was pissed about Pulp Fiction not winning too.
1999 - I forgot all about that. I was in love w/ Magnolia and South Park songs.
Star Wars won for Costume Design in 1977 :-) I think The Fifth Element should have been nominated in 97.
I wasn't watching the Oscars when The Color Purple was nominated, but I do remember after seeing it in 89 or 90 being retroactively enraged that it didn't get a single award back in 85.
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