The Oscars Page #12

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Jessica chastain, "zero dark

thirty. "

But the truth is you don't

understand and you don't know Al qaeda.

## Give me the team I need to

follow this lead

or the other thing you're going

to have on your resume

is being the first station chief being

called for a congressional committee

for Failing to capture or kill bin

laden.

Ennifer Lawrence, "silver linings play"

you know what, forget I

offered to help you.

Forget the entire idea because I

am so much crazier than you.

Keep your voice down.

I'm just a crazy slut with a

dead husband.

Forget it!

Emmanuelle riva, "amour. "

quvenzhane Wallis, "beasts of

the Southern wild. "

Ye the man. Who the man?

I'm the man!

Yeah, you the man.

Who the man?

- I'm the man!

- Yeah, you the man. Who the man.

Yeah, you the man.

Naomi watts, "the

impossible. "

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

And the Oscar goes to...

Jennifer Lawrence. "Silver

linings playbook. "

This is the first academy award and

Nomination for Jennifer Lawrence.

Previously nominated in the

category for "winter's bone"

thank you.

You guys are just standing

up because you feel

bad that I fell and it's

really embarrassing.

But thank you.

This is nuts.

Thank you to the academy and

thank you to the women this year.

You were so magnificent and so

inspiring

and not just those of

you in that category

and it's been so amazing

getting to know you

and you've been so nice and made

this experience unforgettable

and thank you to the best producering

team, Bruce that, Donna

and myan td ivpr

and Bradley and our entire cast,

Chris, jacki, Bob and our crew.

And my family and happy

birthday .

Thank you so much.

Thanks.

Ladies and gentlemen, our

next presenter needs no introduction.

Thank you.. I'm walking on my dress.

This year each of the nominees the leading

actors has brought to the big screen

some of the most inspired and harrowing

work that ef we ever seen in this category.

In a normal year, any one

of these performances

would have stood out as

the most challenging,

imaginative

an ambitious of the year

so tonight the academy has had the

difficult task

of honoring the finest among equals.

The nominees for leading actor

in a motion picture are...

Bradley Cooper, "silver linings playbook. "

I'm not calming down.

I don't... I'm not calming down.

Anybody can wake up.

I'm not ashamed of it.

I'm not ashamed of it.

Let the whole neighborhood wake up.

I don't care.

It's my wedding.

It's my wedding video.

Daniel day-Lewis, "Lincoln. "

Upon the world stage now, now.

The fate of human dignity in our hands.

Hugh Jackman, "les miserables. "

# escape now from that world #

but the world

## There's nothing now #

# there's nothing now let it begin #

joaquin Phoenix, "the master. "

-

-

- The love of your life.

- Yes, sir.

- Why aren't you with her?

-

Yes, you do. Tell me why .

I told her I'd come back and never went

back and now I got to get back to her.

- Why don't you go back.

- I don't know.

- Why don't you...

- I don't know!

Denzel Washington, "flight. "

October 11th, October 12th

and 13th and 14th I was intoxicated.

I drank all of those days. I drank.

And accept.

- On the morning of the accident...

- I was drunk.

And I'm drunk now.

And the Oscar goes to... Daniel day-Lewis.

Daniel day-Lewis is the first actor to win

three oscars in the lead actor category.

I really don't know how

any of this happened.

I... I do know that I've

received so much more

than my fair share of

good fortune in my life

and I'm so grateful to the

academy for this huge honor.

It's a strange thing

because three years ago,

before we decided to do a straight sw

I had actually been committed

to play Margaret Thatcher.

And...

and meryl was... was Steven's

first choice for "Lincoln,"

and I'd like to see that version.

And Steven didn't have to persuade

me to play Lincoln

but I had to persuade

him perhaps if I do it,

"Lincoln" shouldn't be a musical.

My fellow nominees, my equals,

I'm so proud to have been

included as one amongst you.

When we got married 16 years ago

or since we got married 16 years ago,

my wife Rebecca has lived

with some very strange men.

I mean they were strange as individuals and

probably stranger if taken as a group,

but luckily she's the versatile

one in the family

and she's been the perfect

companion to all of them.

I'd like to thank Kathy Kennedy,

our producer and through you, Kathy and...

and through you our mighty

team of co-conspirators.

At the apex of that human pyramid,

there are three men who

whom I owe this and a greatea more,

Tony kushner,

our beloved skipper, Steven Spielberg,

and the mysteriously beautiful mind,

body and spirit of Abraham Lincoln.

For my mother, thank you so much.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

here comes the big one.

Please welcome the star of "Chinatown"

"one flew over the cuckoo's nest,"

"as good as it gets,"

The incomparable Mr. Jack Nicholson.

Thank you very much for that.

I don't suppose any of you

have ever noticed that traditionally

the best picture award is presented solo,

probably because they want some guy like me

messing around making comments about

sequins, chiffon,

Rouge, ringlets.

Howe however, tonight,

it is my great pleasure to introduce live

from the white house,

the first lady of the United States,

Michelle Obama.

Thank you, Jack.

And welcome to the white house, everyone.

I am so honored to help introduce

this year's nominees for best picture

and to help celebrate the movies

that lift our spirits, broaden our minds

and transport us to places

we have never imagined.

This has been an exciting year for movies,

and I want to congratulate

all the nominees on their tremendous work.

These nine movies took us back in time

and all around the world

they made us laugh, they made us weep

and they made us grip our

armrests just a little tighter.

They taught us that love can

endure against all odds

and transform

our lives in the most surprising ways,

and they reminded us that we

can overcome any obstacle

if we dig deep enough

and fight hard enough

and find the courage to

believe in ourselves.

These lessons apply to all of us

no matter who we are

or what we look like

or where we come from

or who we love,

but they are especially

I for our young people,

every day through engagement in the arts,

our children learn to

open their imaginations

to dream just a little bigger

and to strive every day

to reach those dreams.

And I want to thank all of you here tonight

for being part of that

vitally important work,

and now I'm going to turn

it back over to you, Jack,

to give us the nominees.

Well, nobody is going to mess

around with that, are they?

Well, let's recap the

outstanding nine nominees

for tonight's best picture.

"Amour,"

"argo,"

"beasts of the Southern wild,"

"django unchained,"

"les miserables,"

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