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News from Reuters
Feb 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's biggest stars took a backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical acclaim but only modest box-office success.
The violent drama "No Country For Old Men" won four Academy Awards on Sunday, more than any other film, including best movie, director and adapted screenplay for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen.
The film's fourth award, for best supporting actor, went to Spain's Javier Bardem for playing a killer of few words. It was the first Oscar for a Spanish performer in the 80-year history of the world's premier cinema awards.
Briton Daniel Day-Lewis won for best actor as an oil prospector in the early 20th century whose rise to wealth and power comes at a deep cost to his soul. He was favored for an Oscar after winning a series of other awards for the role.
Tilda Swinton, another Briton, was the surprise winner of the supporting actress honor as a shifty lawyer in the legal thriller "Michael Clayton." Australia's Cate Blanchett had been the favorite for portraying Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There."
France's Marion Cotillard was named best actress for portraying singer Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose" -- the first French woman to win the award since Simone Signoret in 1960.
The victories also marked the first time since 1964 that the top four acting awards went to artists from outside the United States, where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is based.
"There were also wonderful performances by American actors that could equally have been recognized," Day-Lewis said backstage. "I suppose it's a phenomenon, but I don't know if it serves any purpose to focus on that."
Feb 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's biggest stars took a backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical acclaim but only modest box-office success.
The violent drama "No Country For Old Men" won four Academy Awards on Sunday, more than any other film, including best movie, director and adapted screenplay for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen.
The film's fourth award, for best supporting actor, went to Spain's Javier Bardem for playing a killer of few words. It was the first Oscar for a Spanish performer in the 80-year history of the world's premier cinema awards.
Briton Daniel Day-Lewis won for best actor as an oil prospector in the early 20th century whose rise to wealth and power comes at a deep cost to his soul. He was favored for an Oscar after winning a series of other awards for the role.
Tilda Swinton, another Briton, was the surprise winner of the supporting actress honor as a shifty lawyer in the legal thriller "Michael Clayton." Australia's Cate Blanchett had been the favorite for portraying Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There."
France's Marion Cotillard was named best actress for portraying singer Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose" -- the first French woman to win the award since Simone Signoret in 1960.
The victories also marked the first time since 1964 that the top four acting awards went to artists from outside the United States, where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is based.
"There were also wonderful performances by American actors that could equally have been recognized," Day-Lewis said backstage. "I suppose it's a phenomenon, but I don't know if it serves any purpose to focus on that."