Penelope Cruz accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" during the 81st Academy Awards, Hollywood, on 22nd Feb. Congrats, Pe!! Another Oscar won by a Spanish actor! You looked lovely in that vintage Balmain dress.
"This is not going to be 45 seconds, I can say that right now. Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one. Thank you so much to the Academy. I want to share this with my fellow nominees and with the amazing ensemble of actors that I had the privilege to work with in this movie. Thank you, Woody, for trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank for you having written over all these years some of the greatest characters for women. And I cannot talk about great female characters without thanking my friend Pedro Almodóvar for having made me part of so many of his adventures. Thank you, Bigas Luna, Fernando Trueba, for giving me my first movies. Thank you, Harvey Weinstein. I wanted to dedicate this to my parents and to my brother and sister, to my friend Robert Carlo, who is not with us anymore, and to everyone who has helped me from the beginning and you know who you are and I thank you from my heart.
I grew up in a place called Alcobendas, where this was not a very realistic dream. And I, always on the night of the Academy Awards, I stay up to watch the show and I always felt that this was, this ceremony was a moment of unity for the world because art, in any form, is and has been and will always be our universal language and we should do everything we can, everything we can, to protect its survival. So I thank you so much and I have to say something in Spanish, because everyone? [Speaks in Spanish]" -Penélope Cruz's Acceptance Speech.
"While Sean Penn is a serious contender for the coveted Best Actor award at today's Academy Awards, for his stunning portrayal of gay San Francisco activist and politician Harvey Milk in Milk, he is not the first actor to be nominated for a LGBT role".1968: Estelle Parsons - nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the upbeat lesbian friend of Joanne Woodward's title character, in Rachel, Rachel.
1971: Peter Finch - nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as a gay doctor involved in a bisexual love triangle, in Sunday Bloody Sunday.
1975: Al Pacino - nominated for Best Actor for his role as a gay man who attempts to raise money for his male lover's sex change operation, in Dog Day Afternoon.
1975: Chris Sarandon - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Al Pacino's highly-strung lover, in Dog Day Afternoon.
1977: Marcello Mastroianni - nominated for Best Actor for his role as a depressed middle-aged gay man who teams up with a depressed woman on the day Hitler visits Rome, in A Special Day.
1981: James Coco - nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Marsha Mason's gay best friend, in Only When I Laugh.
1982: John Lithgow - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a six-and-a-half-foot ex-pro footballer transsexual, in The World According to Garp.
1982: Robert Preston - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a flamboyantly gay theatre veteran and mentor, in Victor, Victoria.
1983: Cher - nominated for Best Actress for the role which first proved her acting credentials, as the blue-collar lesbian best friend of Meryl Streep, in Silkwood.
William Hurt: Best Actor for gay role
1985: William Hurt - won Best Actor for his portrayal of a hopelessly romantic, effeminate gay man, in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
1990: Bruce Davison - nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a gay man whose lover is dying of an AIDS-related illness, in Longtime Companion.
1991: Tommy Lee Jones - nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as a decadent gay man who may or may not have been a CIA spy, in JFK.
1992: Jaye Davidson - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the partner of a British soldier, in The Crying Game.
1993: Tom Hanks - won Best Actor for his performance as a gay lawyer fighting an unjust sacking because of his HIV status, in Philadelphia.
1997: Greg Kinnear - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Jack Nicholson's down-on-his-luck gay neighbour, in As Good as It Gets.
1998: Ian McKellen - nominated as Best Actor for his portrayal of elderly gay filmmaker James Whale, in Gods and Monsters.
1998: Kathy Bates - nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the future president's lesbian hatchet woman, in Primary Colors.
1999: Hilary Swank - won Best Actress for her role as young woman living as a male whilst preparing for sex change surgery, in Boys Don't Cry.
2000: Javier Bardem - nominated for Best Actor for his performance as gay Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, in Before Night Falls.
2002: Ed Harris - nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a gay poet in the final stages of HIV-related illness, in The Hours.
2002: Nicole Kidman - won Best Actress for her portrayal of Virginia Woolfe, in The Hours.
2002: Julianne Moore - nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal of an 'experimenting' housewife who kisses Toni Collette, in The Hours.
Charlize Theron: Best Actress for bisexual role
2003: Charlize Theron - won Best Actress for her portrayal of bisexual American serial killer Aileen Wournos, in Monster.
2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman - won Best Actor for his portrayal of gay author Truman Capote, in Capote.
2005: Felicity Huffman - nominated for Best Actress for her performance as a transsexual woman reunited with her son, in Transamerica.
2005: Heath Ledger - nominated for Best Actor for his performance as a gay shepherd, in Brokeback Mountain. 2005: Jake Gyllenhaal - nominated for Best Actor for his performance as a gay shepherd, in Brokeback Mountain.
2006: Judi Dench - nominated for Best Actress for her performance as a meddling and deluded lesbian teacher, in Notes on a Scandal. Source: www.gaynz.com
Mickey Rourke.Marion Cotillard.Diane Lane and Josh Brolin.Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann.Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes.Penélope Cruz.Jessica Biel. Natalie Portman.Amy Adams. Meryl Streep.Evan Rachel Wood. Robert Pattinson.Marisa Tomei.Anne Hathaway.Emile Hirsch.Amanda Seyfried.Sarah Jessica Parker.Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn.
Cruz has a strong Chanel track record. She wore a Chanel blue feather gown to the Oscars in 2008. A few weeks ago, she chose a black-lace Chanel for Spain's Goya Cinema Awards. Our money is on Chanel for Sunday.Kate Winslet Lead actress, "The Reader"
Winslet has come a long way from her pale pink gown and hot pink pashmina shawl at her first Oscars and her emerald green velvet Givenchy by Alexander McQueen for her "Titanic" nomination. But this season, she's done best sticking to classic silhouettes in black. She hit a double wearing YSL black at the Golden Globes and a bright blue Narciso Rodriguez at the SAG Awards. For the BAFTA Orange Awards, she steered a classic course in a Zac Posen black sculpted gown with a low bun. Meryl Streep Lead actress, "Doubt"
For her 2007 Globe nod for "The Devil Wears Prada," she wore a pale pink Carolina Herrera chiffon gown with sleeves. At the 2007 Oscars, she chose a black Prada skirt and belted jacket. Our prediction: something comfortable and classy. With sleeves. Anne Hathaway Lead actress, "Rachel Getting Married"
Hathaway wore a white Loris Azzaro gown to the SAG Awards and a pale Chloe bejeweled romper frock to the Oscar nominee lunch. She's been stunning all season, thanks to stylist Rachel Zoe. On her new fashion icon status, she declined the crown. "I'm not an icon. I just had a good year." Source: theenvelope.latimes.com
