You are here:About>Entertainment>Academy Awards
About.comAcademy Awards
 
Rebecca Murray

Academy Awards Blog

From Apply Now,
Your Guide to Academy Awards.
FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now!

The Austrians Take One Home

Stewart said the next presenter's a beautiful actress who speaks four languages who, earlier in the evening, taught him the phrase "I'm calling security" in all of them. Academy Award Penelope Cruz tossed Stewart a smile as she strode to the podium to introduce the foreign language films. Austria's entry The Counterfeiters won (the first time a film from that country has captured an Oscar). The director acknowledged that most of the filmmakers had to leave Austria because of the Nazis, so it's only appropriate his film is about the Nazis.
Sunday February 24, 2008 | comments (0)

Email to a Friend

Display Latest Headlines | | | Read Archives

powered by WordPress

 All Topics | Email Article | | |
Advertising Info | News & Events | Work at About | SiteMap | Reprints | HelpOur Story | Be a Guide
User Agreement | Ethics Policy | Patent Info. | Privacy Policy©2008 About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.