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24 Feb, 2008

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Gibney shares Best Documentary, Features Oscar for Taxi to the Dark Side with Eva Orner.

This is dedicated to two people who are no longer with us: Dilawar, the young Afghan taxi driver; and my father, a Navy interrogator who urged me to make this film because of his fury about what was being done to the rule of law. Let’s hope we can turn this country around, move away from the dark side and back to the light.

"Taxi To The Dark Side" - Trailer

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The Coen brothers win the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing for No Country for Old Men. Martin Scorsese presents the award.

In the late sixties, when Ethan was eleven or twelve, he got a suit and a briefcase and we went to the Minneapolis International Airport with a Super-8 camera and made a movie about shuttle diplomacy called “Henry Kissinger: Man on the Go.” And honestly, what we do now doesn’t feel that much different from what we were doing then.

The Coen Brothers winning an Oscar® for Directing "No Country for Old Men"

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Swinton wins Best Supporting Actress at the 80th Academy Awards for portraying Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton.

I just had a reverse Zoolander moment, where I think I heard someone else’s name and suddenly, slooooooooowly heard my own. I’m still recovering from that moment. You could tell me my dress fell off and I’d believe you.

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Cotillard wins Best Actress at the 80th Academy Awards for portraying Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose.

There’s nothing hard about this. It’s a joy, and so surreal. I love it.

Marion Cotillard winning Best Actress | 80th Oscars (2008)

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Bardem wins Best Supporting Actor at the 80th Academy Awards for portraying Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men.

Thank you to the Coens for being crazy enough to think I could do that and put one of the most horrible hair cuts in history on my head.

Javier Bardem winning Best Supporting Actor: 80th Oscars (2008)

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Day-Lewis wins Best Actor at the 80th Academy Awards for portraying Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood.

In a way, my performance had no thought process. If you’re thinking, in some way you’re already outside it.

Daniel Day-Lewis winning an Oscar® for "There Will Be Blood"

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Jeff FishbeinObama wins the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream. 

I’d like to thank the Academy for courageously breaking the mold this time. In doing so, honoring the giants upon whose shoulders I stand, some of whom like Miles Davis, John Coltrane … unquestionably, deserved the award in the past. But this is a new day, that proves that the impossible can be made possible.  Yes, We Can!

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Eagles wins the Grammy for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for How Long.

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Rihanna and Jay-Z win the Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Umbrella.  This is Rihanna’s first Grammy win.

You don’t even understand. It is so exciting for me just to be nominated.

Rihanna - Backstage at the Grammys 2008

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West wins the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance for Stronger, Best Rap Song for Good Life, and Best Rap Album for Graduation.