Movie Stars: Hawn, Goldie–Career Evaluation

Hollywood loves stories of comeback and with Goldie Hawn, the charming, beautiful, and multi-talented actress, it has a particularly good story. Hawn is back on the big screen next month in the jungle comedy, Snatched, her first movie since The Banger Sisters, made in 2002 with her co-star and friend, Susan Sarandon. Hawn doesn’t look, […]

Oscar Speeches: Gossett, Louis Jr–An Officer and a Gentleman

“I’ve got a spirit that guides me, starting from a great-grandmother who died at the age of 117.” Louis Gossett, Jr. Best Supporting Actor, An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). Share this:

Oscar Speeches: Schulman, Tom–Dead Poets Society

“I’d like to thank my wife Miriam who supported me during the terrible years when I couldn’t get a job in this town.” Tom Schulman, Best Original Screenplay, Dead Poets Society (1989)   Share this:

Oscar Speeches: Huston, Anjelica–Prizzi’s Honor

“This means a lot to me, since it comes from a role in which I was directed by my father. And I know it means a lot to him.” Anjelica Huston, Supporting Actress, Prizzi’s Honor (1985).   Share this:

Oscar Speeches: Washington, Denzel–“Glory”

Family, Family, Family “God bless you my mother, I love you, my beautiful wife Paulette…My son said he was going to make one of these out of clay for me, now I’ve got the model for him.” Denzel Washington, Best Supporting Oscar, Glory (1988). Denzel Washingtons mother did not watch the Oscar ceremonies in 1988 […]