"I'd be lying if I said I haven't made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably 8 years old and staring into the bathroom mirror, and this would have been a shampoo bottle. Well, it's not a shampoo bottle now". —Kate Winslet, holding the Oscar she won as best actress in "The Reader".
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Winner: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008).
This is the award that I've been specially waiting for tonight, weirdos, I'm happy for Heath Ledger, for his memory, for his family and for Michelle and their daughter Matilda. Congrats to all of them and us fans that loved Heath Ledger's talent and his unforgettable Joker.
OSCAR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IN MEMORY OF HEATH LEDGER TRANSCRIPTION:
Kim Ledger: "First of all, I have to say this is ever so humbling. Just being amongst such wonderful people, such a wonderful industry. Firstly, I'd like to thank the Academy for recognizing our son's amazing work, Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan in particular, for allowing Heath the creative license to develop and explore this crazy Joker character. To Steve Alexander, Heath's mentor, special friend and agent for 10 years. We love you, Steve.
This award tonight would've humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here, his peers, within an industry he so loved. Thank you".
Sally Bell:
"Heath was such a compassionate and generous soul who added so much excitement and inspiration to our lives. We have been truly overwhelmed by the honor and respect being bestowed upon him with this award. Tonight, we are choosing to celebrate and be happy for what he has achieved".
Kate Ledger: "Heath, we both knew what you had created in the Joker was extraordinarily special and had even talked about being here on this very day. We really wish you were, but we proudly accept this award on behalf of your beautiful Matilda. Thank you".
Oscars 2009: Dustin Lance Black gives his Acceptance Speech when he receives the Oscar to Best Original Screenplay for "Milk".
""Oh my God. This was, um, this was not an easy film to make. First off, I have to thank Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg and all the real-life people who shared their stories with me. And, um, Gus Van Sant, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco and our entire cast, my producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, everyone at Groundswell and Focus for taking on the challenge of telling this life-saving story. When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life. It gave me the hope one day I could live my life openly as who I am and then maybe even I could even fall in love and one day get married.
I wanna thank my mom, who has always loved me for who I am even when there was pressure not to. But most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he'd want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are less than by their churches, by the government or by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally, across this great nation of ours. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you, God, for giving us Harvey Milk"." -Dustin Lance Black's acceptance speech.
Dustin Lance Black Oscar Acceptance - Gay Marriage
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
A musical video featuring some images and stills of Emile Hirsch in the films "Imaginary Heroes", "The girl next door", "Into the wild", "Alpha dog", etc. Song "Hitting the ground" by Polly Jean Harvey & Gordon Gano.
"My poem 'Pickup Line Protest' shortened for Good Magazine and 247 Townhall's 'If I Were President Series.' Filmed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
So this poem is made pretty much irrelevant by Barack Obama's election. I've pretty much retired it at live shows for that reason, but thought it might be interesting to folks".
"S. Darko takes place in the summer of 1995, seven years after the original film. It follows Donnie Darko’s younger sister, Samantha (Daveigh Chase), who, in the wake of his death, has found herself at age 17 with a broken family, mired in feelings of insignificance. She and her best friend Corey (Evigan) set off on a road trip to Hollywood in a bid to ‘make it big’, but their journey is cut short when their car breaks down unexpectedly, leaving them stranded in a small desert town. When a meteorite happens to crash-land nearby, Samantha is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe’s end and it appears that their breakdown was part of some grander plan. When she finds out she was actually adopted by the Darkos, and that she is in no way related to Donnie, she must face her own demons and, in doing so, save the world and herself". Source: www.ropeofsilicon.com
The Prince of Persia Poster from "Confessions of a Shopaholic".
ET Online video interview with Jake Gyllenhaal, showing quick snippets of action, Jake having some fun and Jerry Bruckheimer.
Interview transcript:
"I over-prepared myself because I never knew how much they were going to ask me to do, so I just made sure I'd be hopefully able to do anything," a playful Jake tells Thea.
The former 'Brokeback Mountain' star trained for months before the arduous Moroccan desert shoot, and has been training daily to maintain his action-hero physique, gaining five pounds of muscle.
"I guess I've gotten buff," he shrugs. "There's a lot acrobatics in the movie -- a lot of running up walls, and jumping on things and Parkour, so it requires muscularity, but it requires a lot of aerobic ability too."
When filming finally wraps, Jake promises with a smile, "It's going to turn into fat and I'm going to be happy."
'Pirates of the Caribbean' blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer is bringing 'Prince of Persia' to life, based on the hugely popular video game and scheduled to open in theaters on May 28, 2010. The story finds Jake as Dastan, a young Persian prince who must join forces with the beautiful and feisty princess Tamina (played by 'Quantum of Solace' Bond girl Gemma Arterton) to prevent a villainous nobleman (Ben Kingsley) from possessing the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
"I'm running away from family and I'm running away from bad guys and I'm trying to prove my innocence", says Jake, trying to keep the play-by-play plot details a secret. "There's so many extraordinary elements throughout the movie."
Thank you a lot, Lisa, for updating me about our collective Photo Journal project in Hitrecord, I love you, darling! Congrats to you specially for being our "maestro" (that's how Joe called you) masterminder!!
"A collaborative project beginning on July 4, 2007 in V2.
On August 31, 2007, after the first 2 frames were taken in San Francisco, the little blue box began it's death defying journey. 540 days later, it safely returned to San Francisco on December 24, 2008 (via Santa and his sleigh).
The film has been processed. The journal is in the process of being photographed. Copious records to follow soon.
[Weirdos, I'm the #9 Parquebruil is my username in the Hitrecord forum] 1. lisa - San Francisco, California USA 2. dan - Hollywood, California USA 3. teafaerie - Topanga, California USA 4. michellepak - Culver City, California USA 5. Shygirl311 - Burbank, California USA 6. venstus - Ventura, California USA 7. schooladdict - Beecroft NSW Australia 8. Kate - Brunswick East VIC Australia 9. parquebruil - Tarragona Spain 10. english_thorn - Liverpool England 11. justforeverme - Bedfordshire England 12. Suz - Wooster, Ohio USA 13. Jolynne - Virginia Beach, Virginia USA 14. yoursundaydrive - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida USA 15. aenadal - Austin, Texas USA 16. AllegraD - Denton, Texas USA 17. Favorite - Tucson, Arizona USA 18. Ceam - Burnaby, BC Canada 19. kay - Nelson, BC Canada 20. Natalie - Milwaukie, Oregon USA 21. Clay - San Jose, California USA 22. anilla - San Francisco, California USA 23. jeffpeff - Los Angeles, California USA 24. Joe - Los Angeles, California USA
All players please feel free to upload any records of your PJC record making experience (with the exception of any duplicates of the actual record you made for the project)
There is currently a Photo Journal Collaboration 2 in the works.
Sorry, I almost missed your birthday, Joe! Blame it on my throat infection that has given me a bit of fever and the Oscar fever of last days! But I didn't forget to upload my video contribution to your collaboration Birthday project:
"Late last week, Jake Gyllenhaal spent four hours at Fred Leighton, his favorite NYC jewelry shop, and, well, you get a feeling he wasn’t there to get his watch fixed!
Was it a Valentine’s Day buy for Reese Witherspoon, his girlfriend of a year and a half? An early birthday present? (Reese turns 33 on March 22.) Or is he about to get legal with the Legally Blonde star?
“Jake spent most of his time in the room where they keep the rings,” a source tells OK!. “He looked really serious and was taking his time.”
"Not surprisingly, reports hinted at an on-set romance between Pattinson, 22, and Stewart, then 17, during the shoot in the Oregon wilds. Their off-screen chemistry was enough to concern Hardwicke, who revealed she was worried the duo's obvious closeness would mean the end of Stewart's relationship with her boyfriend of five years, actor Mike Angarano.Angarano is a close friend of Hardwicke's since she directed him in 2005's Lords of Dogtown.
Stewart takes a breath and looks at the floor when told of Hardwicke's comment.
"We were fine. I have not left my boyfriend for Robert Pattinson," she says quietly.
"But we went through a lot together. It is crazy to go through something that heavy in real life. At the end of it you are inevitably going to have something.
"I know a version of him better than anybody else in the world because I did this movie with him."
And they will do more. Both have signed contracts to appear in at least two Twilight sequels.
While stardom does not excite Stewart, the idea of being in a film franchise does". Source: www.news.com.au
Kristen Stewart mentions how was to work with Sean Penn and Emile Hirsch in this interview: -What impact did working with Sean Penn on Into the Wild have on you?
-It definitely opened my eyes to a different creative process. His direction is very specific, but still, he lets things happen. He just wants you to go for it. Once he picks his characters, he gives you that confidence. Plus, I really enjoyed working with Emile [Hirsch]. He’s such a good friend of mine. That was like a little section of my life. It was very fruitful. Source: twilightersanonymous.com
Robert Pattinson and Amanda Seyfried presenting Romantic Moments in film 2008 at Oscars.
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.
2005: Jake Gyllenhaal - nominated for Best Actor for his performance as a gay shepherd, in Brokeback Mountain.
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.
Penélope Cruz
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
Anne Hathaway
Mickey Rourke with Rainn Wilson.
Best Supporting Male
Penélope Cruz with Dustin Lance Black.
The Prince of Persia Poster from "Confessions of a Shopaholic".
"Late last week, Jake Gyllenhaal spent four hours at Fred Leighton, his favorite NYC jewelry shop, and, well, you get a feeling he wasn’t there to get his watch fixed! 
"Not surprisingly, reports hinted at an on-set romance between Pattinson, 22, and Stewart, then 17, during the shoot in the Oregon wilds. Their off-screen chemistry was enough to concern Hardwicke, who revealed she was worried the duo's obvious closeness would mean the end of Stewart's relationship with her boyfriend of five years, actor Mike Angarano.
Angarano is a close friend of Hardwicke's since she directed him in 2005's Lords of Dogtown.
