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Actor Adrien Brody accepts the Oscar for Best Actor for his work in “The Pianist” at

Memorable moments from the 75th annual Academy Awards held March 23: • “The Pianist’s” surprising triumph in Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Miramax’s dual campaigning for “Chicago” and “Gangs of New York” may have split the Best Director vote for Rob Marshall and Martin Scorcese, clinching the award for the infamous Roman Polanski. The victory for underdog Adrien Brody over favorite Daniel Day-Lewis took everyone (including Brody himself who mouthed “Holy, shit”) for a loop.

By Amber Noizumi and Anthony Bromberg, Daily Bruin Senior Staff.

• The audience booing Michael Moore off the stage The same crowd that gave Moore a standing O quickly turned their cheers to jeers when the vocal liberal went on an anti-war tirade proclaiming, “We live in a time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. Shame on you, Mr. Bush!” • Adrien Brody in his post-victory elation planting a big, fat smoocheroo on Halle Berry Even amid the chaos in the world, God bless America for allowing a place where a human being can make out with an involuntary (married) participant in front of 30 million people. Some may call it sexual assault, but we call it life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. • Susan Sarandon keeping her mouth shut The bleeding-heart liberal, known for ranting about various political causes the moment a microphone is placed within 30 feet of her, opted for a more subtle showing of dissidence – flashing the peace sign. Or maybe she was just high. • Eminem winning Best Song for “8 Mile” We all thought the Academy was too caught up in the Broadway fever of Chicago to pick (gasp!) a rap song. What is the world coming to when rap triumphs over show tunes and folk music? Well, at least Eminem’s a white rapper. • The revelation that Steve Martin slept with Stitch, the freakish koala-looking alien from “Lilo and Stitch” Don’t get us wrong, you could cut the sexual tension with a knife, but really, who knew? • Jennifer Lopez not flaunting her breasts From her infamous belly-button-low green gown to last year’s sheer frock she wore sans brassiere, J.Lo opted this year for a pasty vomit-green muumuu. It just doesn’t seem like the Academy Awards without some gratuitous nudity.

Betcha didn’t know... • Bono’s changing of the lines in his performance of “Hands that Built America” Since the activist didn’t get a chance to vocalize his anti-war stance in an acceptance speech, Bono subtly threw in a hint of his political fervor, changing the lines of “The Hands that Built America” from “It’s early fall / There’s a cloud on the New York skyline / Innocence dragged across a yellow line” to “Late in the spring / Yellow cloud on a desert skyline / Some father’s son / Is it his or is it mine?” • The voice-over announcement that Pedro Almodovar was winning his first Academy Award even though “All About My Mother” won Best Foreign Language Film in 2000. Somewhere, some squeaky voiced research assistant intern is getting fired. • Since Eminem decided to ditch the awards, this is the first time in Oscar history that the winning song hasn’t been televised. Good job, Marshall Mathers, ruin the perfect attendance record for all of history.

Oh please ... • The Academy deciding to stroll out winners from the past 75 years. It was understated genius as the camera panned from familiar face to familiar face. And then panned some more. And then pulled back for a group shot. And then zoomed back in and panned some more. And then pulled back to give the announcer a break as they showed the full group. And then zoomed in and panned some more. Good god, that got us hot. • Too-cool-for-school Jack Nicholson donning his shades indoors C’mon, Jackie, everyone knows that is so passé – unless you’re a) trying to hide your blood-shot eyes, b) covering the bruises you acquired single-handedly saving the world from mutant villains from outer space, or c) blind. • Mickey Mouse presenting an award alongside Jennifer Garner Was it just us or was it some sort of cruel joke for the Academy to place the homely Garner next to such an icon of brooding raw sex appeal? By Amber Noizumi and Anthony Bromberg, Daily Bruin Senior Staff.

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