The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)
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The 75th Annual Academy Awards honored the best films of 2002, were held on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It was produced by Gil Cates and hosted for the second time by Steve Martin. The nominees were announced on February 11, 2003, by Academy president Frank Pierson and actress Marisa Tomei, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. Eminem's song, Lose Yourself, became the first Hip Hop song to win an Academy Award. Adrien Brody, at age 29, became the youngest ever recipient of the Best Actor Award for his role in The Pianist.
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A = “Chicago” won the Best Picture Award and had a budget of $4(A) Million dollars.
B = As a celebration of 75 years of the Academy, the Academy invited a large portion of actors and actresses that were past Oscar winners, although this year there were (B)9 past winners as opposed to the 70 that attended the 70th Academy Awards.
C = Halle (C) was the presenter for the Best Actor Award (convert the first letter of the name to a number).
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D = “About Schmidt” was nominated for (D) Academy Awards.
E = “The Pianist” was nominated for (E) Academy Awards.
F = The ceremony was watched by (F)3.04 million people with 20.58% of households watching according to Nielsen ratings. For the second time in the telecast's history, it fell second place to a different program (American Idol) for the week. It remained the least watched and lowest rated telecast (until 2008) since ratings were recorded beginning in 1967 and audience size was measured since 1974.
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