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Ellen DeGeneres opened this year’s Academy Awards ceremony by celebrating its newfound diversity, and she pointed to the bigoted rants of Michael Richards, Mel Gibson and Tim Hardaway: “If there weren’t blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars ... or anyone named Oscar, when you think about it.”

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The Age:

Seizing on the international and ethnic diversity of nominees this year, DeGeneres drew big laughs by declaring: “If there weren’t blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars . . . or anyone named Oscar, when you think about that.”

Five blacks, two Latinas and an Asian are among the 20 acting nominees.

DeGeneres elicited applause when she drew an ironic parallel between supporting actress nominee Jennifer Hudson, a losing contestant from the TV talent show American Idol, and former US Vice President Al Gore, who lost an election for president despite winning the popular vote.

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“There’s no rhyme or reason to who’s going to win,” DeGeneres said.

“Jennifer Hudson was on American Idol, America didn’t vote for her, and she’s here with an Oscar nomination. That’s amazing.

“And then, Al Gore is here, America did vote for him, and then . . . very complicated.”

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By Bukko in Australia, February 27, 2007 at 12:19 am #
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Wow, this is weird, to see an American website featuring a story about a quintessentially American event, the Academy Awards, using the story from an AUSTRALIAN paper. Especially after I bought the paper today (Tuesday is when the food section comes out) and I haven’t even read this story. I tend to focus on the politics and opinions (and food) and ignore the entertainment news, even though this was the top o’ the page article on A-1 this morning. You would not BERLIEVE how much Aussies focus on American events.

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