Oscars Entertain; CT
Residents
Plummer & Streep Among Top Winners
By Mike Lauterborn
(for
HamletHub.com/Fairfield)
2/27/12
Fairfield, CT – The 84th Annual Academy Awards
Ceremony came and went with its usual glitzy outfits, thank you speeches, corny
jokes and honors for various achievement in film. And when all was said and
done, two Connecticut residents – Meryl Streep and Christopher Plummer – had
captured top awards.
Plummer, 82, a Weston resident, won Best Supporting Actor
for his role in “Beginners’’. It was his first Oscar ever. In his acceptance
speech, he joked that he was just two years younger than Oscar itself.
Streep took Best Actress for her role as British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.”
The show was hosted by the multi-talented Billy Crystal,
returning for the ninth time as the event’s lead. It was a comfortable spot for
him and he kept audiences at the Kodak Theatre and home amused.
Other top winners included “The Artist” for Best Picture,
Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress (“The Help”), Jean Dujardin for
Best Actor (“The Artist”), Woody Allen for Best Director (“Midnight in Paris”)
and “Rango” for Best Animated Feature.
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