72nd Annual Academy Awards® Winners Coverage Part 2

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Winners and Commentary Part 2

Anjelica Huston came out then to introduce the clip from the Best Picture nominee, The Insider.

Host Billy Crystal's next crack was that the Pope had just apologized for Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigilo. Vanessa L. Williams and LL Cool J introduced the performances for the nominated songs. Sarah McLachlan and Randy Newman performed "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2. Aimee Mann then performed Save Me from Magnolia. Phil Collins then followed that with "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan. (Man these are fast paced tonight!) Gloria Estefan and 'N Sync then sang "Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart. Finally, Robin Williams sang the controversial Blame Canada from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut. Robin handled the song wonderfully and deflated any of the worries that people had about it. Cher then came out to present the award for Best Original Song, joking that she was dressed like an adult and wouldn't do it again. The Oscar® went to Phil Collins, who seemed genuinely moved to win his first Academy Award®.

Wes Bentley, Thora Birch and Mena Suvari, the young stars of American Beauty, were the next presenters. They presented the award for Documentary Short Subject to King Gimp.

Husband and wife Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke presented the award for Best Documentary Feature to One Day in September.

Dame Judi Dench winner of last year's Best Supporting Actress came out to present the winner of the really tight race for Best Supporting Actor. The winner of the Oscar® was Michael Caine for The Cider House Rules. He received a standing ovation. He was very moved and went on to point out each of the other nominees. He had kind words of admiration for Duncan, Law and Osment and joked that if Tom Cruise had won, his price would of gone down. "Do you have any idea how much a supporting actor makes?", he joked.

Billy then introduced Jane Fonda, who was there to present the Honorary Oscar® to Andrzej Wajda, the Polish director.

Meanwhile in the press room, Michael Caine said he was moved seeing the ovation and that's when he decided to throw out what he wanted to say and instead paid tribute to his fellow nominees.

Chow Yun Fat then came out to present the Best Sound Effects Editing award to The Matrix.

Salma Hayek was the next presenter. She was the host of the Scientific Oscar® presentation and gave a recap of the evening.

Crystal joked that between Andrzej Wajda, Chow Yun Fat and Salma Hayek being on the show, John Rocker must be going crazy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger then came out to present the Oscar® for Best Visual Effects. The winner was The Matrix.

Diane Keaton introduced the segment for the Best Picture nominee American Beauty.

Crystal then did a fantastic comedy bit where he told us what various members of the audience were thinking. For example Denzel Washington was hoping that they wouldn't pin the missing Oscars on Hurricane Carter and Annette Bening was hoping that her child wouldn't look like David Crosby.

Burt Bacharach then introduced a medley of Original Song winners performed by Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Isaac Hayes and Dionne Warwick.

Angela Bassett then introduced the clip for The Sixth Sense.

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz came out to name the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film. The Oscar® went to All About My Mother much to the satisfaction of the two presenters. Crystal joked that director Pedro Almodóvar made Roberto Benigni seem like an English teacher.

Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves came out next to present the Original Score award. The Oscar® went to The Red Violin by John Corigliano.

Edward Norton then came out to introduce the yearly segment of performers and filmmakers who had passed away in the past year.

Samuel L. Jackson introduced the clip for the Best Picture nominee The Green Mile.

Russell Crowe and Julianne Moore presented the Oscar® for Best Art Direction. The winner of that little golden guy was Sleepy Hollow.

Double Jeopardy co-stars Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones were the next set of presenters. They were there to present the Oscar® for Best Film Editing. The award went to The Matrix, its fourth statuette of the night.

Billy Crystal introduced Jack Nicholson to give Warren Beatty the Thalberg award. Billy joked that Warren's sister, Shirley MacLaine, was to give him the award but she still hadn't finished her Streisand speech at the Golden Globes.

Nicholson mentioned that Warren has such an attention to detail, he even produced his own tribute and made sure that all the seat-fillers were obstetricians.

Beatty said he was first, last and always an actor and apologized for sometimes being a producer. He thanked the friends who helped him through his single life and led him to his treasure, Annette Bening.

Brad Pitt presented the Oscar® for Best Cinematography. The award went to American Beauty.

Kevin Spacey then came out to present the award for Best Screenplay Adaptation. The award went to John Irving for The Cider House Rules.

The Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay was handed out by Mel Gibson. The statuette went home with Alan Ball for American Beauty.

Roberto Benigni then came out to present the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar®. Crystal joked that Roberto had had nine espressos before he came out. The winner was Hilary Swank. Her husband, Chad Lowe, had tears streaming down his face as she made her speech.

Gwyneth Paltrow then announced the winner of the Best Actor in a Leading Role. The winner was Kevin Spacey. The press room was on the edge of their seats as many felt it could have gone to Denzel Washington. He dedicated the award to his friend, mentor and father figure, Jack Lemmon.

The Best Director award was handed out by Steven Spielberg. The Oscar® went to Sam Mendes for American Beauty. He thanked Dreamworks for hiring a British director to make a film about American suburbia and then trusting him. He also thanked Spielberg for sending him the script in the first place.

Meanwhile in the interview room, Hilary Swank said she forgot to thank her husband and did so right there.

Okay, the last award: The Academy Award for Best Picture. After a harrowing few weeks of missing ballots and stolen statuettes, the Oscar® went to American Beauty. This was the film's fifth award this evening.

Here's the list:

Best Picture
American Beauty

Best Director
Sam Mendes for American Beauty

Best Actor
Kevin Spacey for American Beauty

Best Actress
Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Caine for The Cider House Rules

Best Supporting Actress
Angelina Jolie for Girl, Interrupted

Best Adapted Screenplay
John Irving for The Cider House Rules

Best Original Screenplay
Alan Ball for American Beauty

Best Foreign Film
All About My Mother (Spain)

Best Art Direction
Sleepy Hollow

Best Cinematography
American Beauty

Best Sound
The Matrix

Best Sound Effects Editing
The Matrix

Best Original Score
The Red Violin by John Corigliano

Best Original Song
"You'll Be In My Heart" Music and Lyric by Phil Collins for Tarzan

Best Costume
Topsy-Turvy

Best Documentary Feature
One Day in September

Best Documentary Short
King Gimp

Best Film Editing
The Matrix

Best Makeup
Topsy-Turvy

Best Animated Short Film
The Old Man And The Sea

Best Live-Action Short Film
My Mother Dreams The Satan's Disciples In New York

Best Visual Effects
The Matrix

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