As anticipation for this Sunday's 80th Academy Awards grows, some Oscar fans just can't help looking back. In a survey by Parade magazine, readers were asked to pinpoint the most memorable moments from the show's 80-year history as well as sound off on this year's races. Categories included everything from most memorable acceptance speech — which went to Sally Field's "You like me right now!" declaration — to the viewers' preferred host of the annual event, where Billy Crystal was the landslide winner.Richard Gere and Sandra Bullock came away as the fans' favorite actor and actress to never receive an Oscar nod, while (shocker, not!) 69 percent of readers want the acceptance speeches cut shorter. Looking toward this weekend's ceremony, George Clooney (Michael Clayton) and Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) are your picks in the lead-acting contests, while No Country for Old Men has the viewers' support for best picture. (Full results from the survey can be found he...
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Kaira Whitehead, Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? courtesy Lionsgate Films
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? unseated Dwayne Johnson's The Game Plan! as box-office champ, earning $21.5 million in its opening weekend. After two straight weeks at the top, Game Plan dropped to the No. 2 slot, adding $11.5 mil to its coffers.Rounding out the weekend's top five were George Clooney's Michael Clayton! ($11.01 mil), Joaquin Phoenix's Do We Own the Night? ($11 mil) and Ben Stiller's The Heartbreak Kid! ($7.4 mil). Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth: Is This the Golden Age? placed sixth in its debut with $6.2 mil.
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