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Julia Roberts Clutched Her First Oscar And Said, ”This Is Quite Pretty.”

LOS ANGELES — Julia Roberts won the best actress Oscar for “Erin Brockovich” on Sunday, adding the industry’s top acting honor to the three Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild prize and the long list of hits already behind her.
She clutched her first Oscar and said, ”This is quite pretty.”

“Gladiator,” which resurrected Rome and the Roman film epic with muscular battles and dazzling computer-created panoramas, won the best-picture honor Sunday at the Oscars.

Complete list of 73rd annual Academy Awards presented Sunday evening at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles:

Picture: “Gladiator.”


Director: Steven Soderbergh, “Traffic.”


Actor: Russell Crowe, “Gladiator.”

Actress: Julia Roberts, “Erin Brockovich.”


Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, “Traffic.”


Supporting Actress: Marcia Gay Harden, “Pollock.”


Screenplay Adaptation: Stephen Gaghan, “Traffic.”

Original Screenplay: Cameron Crowe, “Almost Famous.”


Foreign Language Film: “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”


Original Score: “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”


Original Song: “Things Have Changed” from “Wonder Boys,” Bob Dylan.

Art Direction: “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”


Film Editing: “Traffic.”


Live Action Short Subject: “Quiero Ser (I want to be).”


Animated Short Subject: “Father and Daughter.”

Costume Design: “Gladiator.”


Sound: “Gladiator.”


Sound Editing: “U-571.”


Cinematography: “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”

Make-up: “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”


Documentary Short: “Big Mama.”


Documentary Feature: “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport.”


Visual Effects: “Gladiator.”

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Academy Award winners previously announced this year:


Honorary Oscar: cinematographer Jack Cardiff.


Honorary Oscar: screenwriter-producer-director Ernest Lehman.

Technical Achievement: Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter and Ed Catmull of Pixar for the “Renderman” software.


Gordon E. Sawyer Award: producer Irwin W. Young.


Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: producer Dino De Laurentiis.

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