The Oscars: Year-By-Year Highlights
1989 - I remember the production number done for the costume design category, and the nominated apparel from Valmont and the completely fabtastic The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen. Henry V won the category that year.
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.
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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2004 was Million Dollar Baby. Hillary Swank won for Best Actress. I was rooting for Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Oh yes!!!! I actually like Hilary Swank but I despised that movie. Hated everything about it. Yes, Kate should have won. Every time I think of that movie, the Beck song plays in my head and it's all tears.
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Phil Collins winning was a joke.
Lotr win Yayayyyyy
! I don't remember 2004 Oscars (I need to look it up to see if anything stands out). Was that the year Reese won for playing June Cash? Or was that Charlize for Monster?
I was PISSED about Brokeback too. When I first watched it in Seattle, I was like hmmm what's big deal? I took a few weeks and watched it again. Let me just say I sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. The director was right. It's in the nuances. Huge let down.
Pans Labeynth losing I think pissed me more off than was healthy. That movie is brilliant.
Tildas win for Michael Clayton made me SO happy.
2008 was probably one of my most favorite years for Oscars. So many deserving nominees and just GREAT films.
2009 was not a year I particularly enjoyed. I hate Avatar (too Ferngully mixed with Pochantus for me) and the buildup between that an his ex Katheryn competing was deflecting from the movies themselves. I'm glad she won though.
2010 Trent Reznor yeahhhhh. I can't remember any of the acting wins this year.