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CNN Saturday Morning News
Who Will Win Oscars Tomorrow?
Aired March 23, 2002 - 08:58 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: All right, now to Hollywood's biggest weekend of the year. Everyone is wondering who will go home with Oscar.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Don't say everyone.
PHILLIPS: You don't think so?
O'BRIEN: I don't care.
PHILLIPS: Everyone?
O'BRIEN: I don't care.
PHILLIPS: Oh, jeez. Oh, boy, here we go.
O'BRIEN: Daryn does, though.
PHILLIPS: Daryn does.
O'BRIEN: Most everyone.
PHILLIPS: That's right. There you go.
O'BRIEN: I don't know, I'm kind of tuned out this year.
PHILLIPS: This is Daryn's gig. This is her thing.
O'BRIEN: Although, you can tell me about Nicole if you like.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Nicole and, you know, there's a lot of technical awards. There's lots of interesting geeks.
O'BRIEN: Oh, now come on.
PHILLIPS: There's geeky awards that he'll understand.
KAGAN: "Lord of the Rings," 13 nominations, and a lot of those for...
O'BRIEN: Yes, but a complete bomb in our household. Mura (ph) couldn't stand it.
KAGAN: Yes, you know what? I wasn't a big fan either. O'BRIEN: Yes, anyway.
KAGAN: But hey, let's talk to someone who was a big fan. Paul Clinton, a lot of folks know him here on Saturday mornings, movie reviewer for cnn.com and also CNN Radio. He is here to talk about...
PAUL CLINTON, CNN.COM MOVIE REVIEWER: Hi, guys.
KAGAN: ... not only who should win, in your own opinion, but also who you think will win.
CLINTON: It's a big difference between the two.
KAGAN: I know. We had, we were talking here the last couple of days. Let's start with best picture.
CLINTON: You know, the best picture is a, it's the most contentious race in years, as everyone's been talking about.
KAGAN: Right. It's gotten nasty out here.
CLINTON: It's gotten very, very nasty and it's basically, it's down to three. It's "A Beautiful Mind," "Lord of the Rings," maybe "Moulin Rouge" if those two split the votes.
KAGAN: Who do you think should win?
CLINTON: Should win? I think "Moulin Rouge." I loved it. You either hated it or you loved it. I know you hated it. You hated it. But I loved it. "A Beautiful Mind" will probably win. No, actually, I think the "Lord of the Rings" will win.
KAGAN: You do?
CLINTON: Yes.
KAGAN: You do?
CLINTON: Thirteen nominations...
KAGAN: But Hollywood does not like those fantasy pictures. It didn't give it to "Star Wars."
CLINTON: I know, but I think this goes beyond that. I think it really does go beyond it and the only thing is they may hold out because the movie is going to be in two more times.
KAGAN: Right, maybe do the trilogy.
CLINTON: They may hold out and honor it all as one body.
KAGAN: Tell me that stat you were telling me earlier about who gets the most nominations usually gets best picture or how does that work?
CLINTON: Well, the one that has 13 nominations does usually get the best film. Usually the best director and the best film go hand in hand. But all of these, you know, tried and true rules about the Academy, they're broken every single year so you never really know.
KAGAN: Let's talk best actor. This has really turned into a two actor race, Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Russell Crowe, this would be a back to back Oscar for him.
CLINTON: That's the problem.
KAGAN: Yes. Therein lies the problem, right?
CLINTON: Therein lies the problem because he did a great job. Russell is incapable of not doing a good job. It was a beautiful performance. He was really, really excellent. But one thing, maybe he should have gotten it for "The Insider" and didn't...
KAGAN: He should have...
CLINTON: ... and he got it for "The Gladiator." But now he's in a position where if he wins now, he's back to back two Oscars. And the only other person that did that, the only male that did that was Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks. And they're really...
KAGAN: Very beloved.
CLINTON: Very, very beloved. Russell...
KAGAN: He's a bad boy.
CLINTON: Not so beloved.
KAGAN: Kyra is crazy for him, by the way.
CLINTON: Yes, I know...
KAGAN: But...
CLINTON: I know she is.
KAGAN: She wanted to give him...
CLINTON: I know she is.
KAGAN: ... an Oscar.
CLINTON: But I'm sorry, Kyra. I'm sorry. I just don't think they're going to want to honor him two times in a row so close to Hanks. And that's is just basically, you know, my gut feeling on the politics of it.
KAGAN: And then there's Denzel, who is very much beloved in this town and he did something very difficult. He played just a nasty guy.
CLINTON: And he doesn't usually play nasty guys.
KAGAN: Yes. CLINTON: This is his all, first all out villain and it was a really, really great performance. And I can see him getting it. If Russell doesn't, I really see Denzel getting it.
KAGAN: Let's see, real quickly, best actress.
CLINTON: Best actress?
KAGAN: Yes.
CLINTON: Sissy Spacek may get it. I want to see Halle Berry.
KAGAN: Halle Berry, yes.
CLINTON: I want Halle Berry so bad to get that.
KAGAN: She was phenomenal in "Monster's Ball."
CLINTON: She was.
KAGAN: And Sissy Spacek was very good, too. If you want to see him, you're going to see him right there on the red carpet tomorrow.
CLINTON: I'll be there.
KAGAN: Thanks for waking up with us.
CLINTON: OK. Thank you.
KAGAN: Appreciate it.
CLINTON: Bye, guys.
KAGAN: Alarm clocks are a good thing -- Miles and Kyra, back to you. Hope you're going to be watching tomorrow.
PHILLIPS: Miles will be tuned in.
KAGAN: Yes, oh at least for our special.
O'BRIEN: And that's for the special.
PHILLIPS: Yes.
O'BRIEN: That's going to get me absolutely revved up for the Oscars, because that's what I'm planning on doing. I'm going to be watching tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time, 4:00 p.m. where you are, Daryn. And that is "Hollywood's Gold Rush" is the title, right?
PHILLIPS: You've got it.
O'BRIEN: In addition to Daryn, there'll be another leading anchor.
PHILLIPS: Another haughty...
O'BRIEN: Leading man.
PHILLIPS: Another hotty next to her, Leon Harris.
O'BRIEN: You could call him that, couldn't you?
PHILLIPS: Yes.
O'BRIEN: Leon Harris. Anyway, tomorrow 7:00 p.m. Eastern time right here on CNN.
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