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Call 883-3800 ties record with its 11 Oscars BEST PICTURE "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" "Lost in Translation "Master and Commander The Far Side of the World" "Mystic River" "Seabiscuit" ACTOR Johnny Depp "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Ben Kingsley "House of Sand and Fog" Jude Law "Cold Bill Murray "Lost in Sean Penn "Mystic River" ACTRESS Keisha Castle-Hughes "Whale Diane Keaton "Something's Gotta Samantha Morton "In Charlize Theron "Monster" Naomi Watts "21 Grams" SUPPORTING ACTOR Alec Baldwin "The Cooler" Benicio Del Toro "21 Djimon Hounsou "In America" Tim Robbins "Mystic Ken Watanabe "The Last Samurai" SUPPORTING ACTRESS Shohreh Aghdashloo "House of Sand and Patricia Clarkson "Pieces of April" Marcia Gay Harden "Mystic River" Holly Hunter "thirteen" Renee Zellweger "Cold Mountain" DIRECTOR Fernando Meirelles "City of God" Peter Jackson "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Sofia Coppola "Lost Peter Weir "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Wbrid" Clint Eastwood "Mystic River" ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Robert Puteini Shari Springer Berman "American Splendor" Brauiio Mantovani "City of Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Brian Helgeland "Mystic Gary Ross "Seabiscuit" ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY DenysArcand "The Barbarian Invasions" Steven Knight "Dirty Pretty Andrew Stanton Bob Peterson and David Reynolds "Finding Jim Sheridan Naomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan "In America" Sofia Coppola "Lost in ORIGINAL SCORE "Big Danny Elfman "Cold Gabriel Yhred "Finding Nemo "Thomas Newman "House of Sand and James Homer "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Howard Shore ORIGINAL SONG "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Fran Walsh Howard Shore and Annie Lennox "A Kiss at the End of the from "A Mighty Wind" Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole "Scarlet Tide" from "Cold Mountain Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello "Belleville from "TheTriplets of Belleville" Benoit Charest and Sylvain Chomet "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Sting For a complete list of the winners gotocillercom In 1864 Rebecca Lee became the first black woman to receive an American medical degree from the New England Female Medical College in Boston In 1872 Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park In 1961 President Kennedy established the Peace Corps 8EST ACTOR: Sean Rem Rhw BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rnim ZeBwagar CoM Theron Penn win for Best Actress Actor By David Germain Associated Press LOS ANGELES "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the won a record-tying 1 1 Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture and director and becoming the first fantasy to win the top Oscar In the acting categories all the winners took home their first Oscars: Charlize Theron won best actress for her transformative performance as serial killer Aileen Wuomos in and Sean Penn was named best actor for playing a vengeful ex-hoodlum who falls back on his criminal ways in "Mystic Tim Robbins won the supporting-actor prize for his performance as an emotionally crippled murder suspect in "Mystic and Renee Zellweger took supporting actress as a hardy Confederate survivor in "Cold After the first two installments of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy were shut out of major awards of the swept all 11 categories in which it was nominated It matched the record 1 1 wins of and and became only the third movie to sweep every nominated category following and "The Last Emperor" which both went nine-for-nine "I especially just lastly want to thank our wonderful cast who just got their tongues around this rather awkward text and made it come to life with such devotion and passion and said "Lord of the director Peter Jackson who shared the screenplay prize with co-writ-ers Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh Composer Howard Shore took his second Oscar for writing "Lord of the music having won two years ago on Part 1 of the saga Fellowship of the "Into the the wistful tune of farewell from "Return of the won the best-song Oscar The song was writ- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tim Robbins ma -M- ir IQfllK KNIT ten by Fran Walsh the co-screen-writer Howard Shore its music composer and Annie Lennox who sings the tune Zellweger won for playing a character in frumpy clothes and a layer of dirt from working the fields a year after co-star Nicole Kidman received the lead-actress Oscar for wearing a fake nose to simulate Virginia Woolf's plain-Jane features in "The And best-actress winner Theron in gained 30 pounds and was disguised behind dark contact lenses false teeth and splotchy makeup hope a trend meaning interesting parts playing women who are multifaceted and really rich in their journeys what interests me Zellweger said backstage "The more you can change No Kidding EVERYDAY INVENTORS Ordinary People Extraordinary Products 1 Brillo Pad invented by costume jewelry maker 2 Crock-Pot by an engineer 3 Paper milk carton by a toy factory owner 4 Bread-slicing machine by jeweler yourself the more removed the character is from your own experiences the more rewarding it Robbins won with his first-ever acting nomination though he had been nominated as best director for 1995's "Dead Man Walking" this movie I play a victim of abuse and Robbins said you are out there and are a person who has had that tragedy befall you there is no shame in seeking help and Sofia Coppola won the original-screen-play prize for her quirky tale of friendship in Tokyo in The $340 million blockbuster "Finding the story of a clownfish on a mission to rescue his wayward son earned the Oscar for animated feature a 5 Food blender by a drugstore owner 6 Saran Wrap by a Dow Chemical lab worker "Created it by accident Soutte WWd taunx SyndicMi Highlights in History In 1781 the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation To subscribe Call 883-3800 PUBLIC SERVICES: WeddingsEngagements 886-3766 Personnel Job Line 886-4848 Cat 5627 Items for Calendars 886-3667 News tips Call 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