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Friday, March 7, 2014

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The newly anointed Best Actress opened her room to photographer Art Streiber as he sought to re-create Faye Dunaway’s iconic photo beside the hotel’s pool the morning after she won her Oscar for Network in 1977. ''I've been chasing that photo for eight years,'' Streiber says. ''We scouted the pool but ended up in Cate's suite, which in a lot of ways is even better and more intimate. That's her bed, that's her Oscar, and those are her flowers and her glasses and the newspapers that were in the room and the Armani dress she wore the night before. She was so game and willing.''

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How you think the Oscars should've gone

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If it was up to CNN's readers, Sunday's Academy Awards would've gone quite a bit differently. Over 86,000 readers voted in our Oscars ballot ahead of the big night -- here's who you thought should have won the gold:cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"CNN Oscars ballot: The results"}

Sex, drugs and Leonardo DiCaprio. What's not to like? For CNN's readers, DiCaprio's performance in "The Wolf of Wall Street" was strong enough to finally win the often-snubbed actor an Oscar. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Your pick: Best actor"}

Matthew McConaughey lost roughly 40 pounds in order to portray Ron Woodroof in "Dallas Buyers Club," and the Academy rewarded his commitment with the Oscar.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Oscar winner: Best actor"}

Amy Adams was a revelation in "American Hustle," and 31% of you wanted to see her win the Oscar. And if not her, your second choice was Sandra Bullock for "Gravity."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Your pick: Best actress"}

Adams and Bullock gave strong performances, for sure, but Cate Blanchett's work in "Blue Jasmine" won over several critics -- and, clearly, the Academy. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Oscar winner: Best actress"} Jared Leto put in <i>work </i>in order to fully become Rayon, a transsexual diagnosed with AIDS in

Jared Leto put in <i>work </i>in order to fully become Rayon, a transsexual diagnosed with AIDS in

Jared Leto put in work in order to fully become Rayon, a transsexual diagnosed with AIDS in "Dallas Buyers Club." CNN readers thought he should be the one to take home Oscar.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Your pick: Best supporting actor"}Was this prize ever anyone else's but Leto's? Bradley Cooper, Jonah Hill, Barkhad Abdi and Michael Fassbender should all be acknowledged for their craft, but we don't think anyone thought they were going to win.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Oscar winner: Best supporting actor"}

If it was left up to readers, Jennifer Lawrence would've won her second Oscar on Sunday for her work in "American Hustle." The 23-year-old actress had an overwhelming 50% of the ballot votes.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Your pick: Best supporting actress"}

But it was Lupita Nyong'o's debut feature film role, as a viciously abused slave named Patsey in "12 Years a Slave," that won the award.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Oscar winner: Best supporting actress"}

Despite not getting a lot of love in the acting categories, Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" is an undeniable masterpiece of filmmaking, and 30% of CNN readers who voted in our ballot wanted to see Cuaron win best director. But 26% picked "12 Years a Slave" director Steve McQueen.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Your pick: Best director"}On Sunday, many CNN readers were no doubt pleased to see Angelina Jolie and Sidney Poitier present Cuaron with the Oscar.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Oscar winner: Best director"}

CNN readers voted "12 Years A Slave" to win best picture of the year, with "American Hustle" being the second-most popular choice.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Your pick: Best picture"}Sure enough, McQueen's harrowing adaptation of Solomon Northup's narrative was the best picture of the year. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Oscar winner: Best picture"}HIDE CAPTIONCNN Oscars ballot: The resultsYour pick: Best actorOscar winner: Best actorYour pick: Best actressOscar winner: Best actressYour pick: Best supporting actorOscar winner: Best supporting actorYour pick: Best supporting actressOscar winner: Best supporting actressYour pick: Best directorOscar winner: Best directorYour pick: Best pictureOscar winner: Best picture<<<

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Oscars hosts: Best, worst and weirdest

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Ellen DeGeneres makes her return to the Dolby Theatre stage this weekend as she hosts the Academy Awards for the second time. Let's see how she stacks up against herself and other hosts of Oscars' past ...cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Best, worst and weirdest Oscar hosts "}We are not making this up. In 1958, an animated (and bare-bottomed) Donald Duck co-hosted the show with Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell and James Stewart. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Weird: Donald Duck"}

has said the experience felt like "a surreal moment."" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto003" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>In 1987, "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan co-hosted the show along with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn. Even Hogan has said the experience felt like "a surreal moment."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Weird: Paul Hogan"}Hugh Jackman was high-energy, classy and charming when he hosted the Oscars in 2009. Who could have imagined it from Wolverine?cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Best: Hugh Jackman"}

After hosting the Academy Awards nine times from 1990 to 2012 (he also opened the 2006 Oscars), it's no secret that Billy Crystal knows how to put on a good show. One of the veteran host's most notable skits took place in 1992. Crystal took the stage wearing a Hannibal Lecter mask because "The Silence of the Lambs" was nominated for seven awards. (The thriller won best picture.)cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Best: Billy Crystal"}Johnny Carson, the king of late night, hosted the Academy Awards five times between 1979 and 1984. Carson never failed to make the audience laugh.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Best: Johnny Carson"}

In 2010, three-time host Steve Martin teamed up with his

hilarious, lighthearted jokes at the expense of those present." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto007" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>In 2010, three-time host Steve Martin teamed up with his "It's Complicated" co-star Alec Baldwin. The pair earned laughs with their repartee and told some hilarious, lighthearted jokes at the expense of those present.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Best: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin"}The fact that Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards 14 times is enough to earn him a spot on this list. Whether Hope was hosting or co-hosting, he seemed to receive praise from critics. The Academy honored him with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1960.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Best: Bob Hope"}

Four-time host Whoopi Goldberg has found plenty of creative ways to open the Oscars, from dressing as the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x67vxDnszs' target='_blank'>

to entering from the ceiling in 2002. But it was the 1996 Academy Awards that earned Goldberg, the first African-American woman to host the show, a spot on this list. "So. Didja miss me?" the comedian said as she took the stage. The quip referenced David Letterman's failed attempt at hosting the year before." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto009" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>Four-time host Whoopi Goldberg has found plenty of creative ways to open the Oscars, from dressing as the "African Queen" in 1999 to entering from the ceiling in 2002. But it was the 1996 Academy Awards that earned Goldberg, the first African-American woman to host the show, a spot on this list. "So. Didja miss me?" the comedian said as she took the stage. The quip referenced David Letterman's failed attempt at hosting the year before.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Best: Whoopi Goldberg"}

Two-time host Jon Stewart was entertaining as ever when he took the stage in 2008 after the <a href='http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-strike13feb13,0,1808341.story' target='_blank'>Hollywood writers' strike</a> had come to an end. With best picture nominees such as

Stewart joked, "Does this town need a hug?" Referencing another contender, "Juno," Stewart added, "All I can say is thank God for teen pregnancy."" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0010" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>Two-time host Jon Stewart was entertaining as ever when he took the stage in 2008 after the Hollywood writers' strike had come to an end. With best picture nominees such as "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country for Old Men" (which won), Stewart joked, "Does this town need a hug?" Referencing another contender, "Juno," Stewart added, "All I can say is thank God for teen pregnancy."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Honorable mention: Jon Stewart"}

Critics blasted David Letterman for his hosting abilities after he told -- and retold -- the same joke over and over again at the 1995 Oscars. The

"Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah," gag." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0011" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>Critics blasted David Letterman for his hosting abilities after he told -- and retold -- the same joke over and over again at the 1995 Oscars. The "Late Show" host just didn't know when to quit with his "Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah," gag.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Worst: David Letterman"}Chris Rock learned a valuable lesson from hosting the 2005 Academy Awards: Don't diss Jude Law. While Rock was praised by some critics for being himself, he was also chastised by those who simply couldn't take the joke(s).cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Worst: Chris Rock"}

People had high hopes for Chevy Chase in 1988 after Chase co-hosted the ceremony <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJaOo5jw6cI' target='_blank'>the year before</a> with Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan. However, the comedian sealed his fate the moment he delivered his opening line,

People had high hopes for Chevy Chase in 1988 after Chase co-hosted the ceremony the year before with Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan. However, the comedian sealed his fate the moment he delivered his opening line, "Good evening, Hollywood phonies."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Worst: Chevy Chase"}Three-time host Jerry Lewis had to resort to improvisation when he hosted the 1959 Academy Awards alongside Bob Hope, David Niven, Sir Laurence Olivier, Tony Randall and Mort Sahl. The show ended early, leaving Lewis to fill 20 minutes of airtime by bringing stars on stage and making them dance.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"Worst: Jerry Lewis"}

Anne Hathaway and James Franco are two of the most <a href='http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/28/oscars-the-bomb-heard-round-the-internet/'>awkward </a>hosts in the history of the Academy Awards. Hathaway got flak for trying too hard, while Franco was criticized for having his head in the clouds.

Anne Hathaway and James Franco are two of the most awkward hosts in the history of the Academy Awards. Hathaway got flak for trying too hard, while Franco was criticized for having his head in the clouds. "The worst Oscarcast I've seen, and I go back awhile," Roger Ebert tweeted. "Some great winners, a nice distribution of awards, but the show? Dead. In. The. Water."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"Worst: Anne Hathaway and James Franco"}

The reviews were mixed for Seth MacFarlane when he hosted the show in 2013. While the ratings were high, there was controversy with some of the jokes and tone. The national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaking about one skit to the New York Times, said: "It wasn't funny. It was ugly." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"Honorable mention: Seth MacFarlane"}HIDE CAPTIONBest, worst and weirdest Oscar hosts Weird: Donald DuckWeird: Paul HoganBest: Hugh JackmanBest: Billy CrystalBest: Johnny CarsonBest: Steve Martin and Alec BaldwinBest: Bob HopeBest: Whoopi GoldbergHonorable mention: Jon StewartWorst: David LettermanWorst: Chris RockWorst: Chevy ChaseWorst: Jerry LewisWorst: Anne Hathaway and James FrancoHonorable mention: Seth MacFarlane<<<

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