NIGHT'S BIGGEST WINNERS Quincy Jones and Whoopi Goldberg. Bring 'em back next year.
NIGHT'S BIGGEST LOSER Jesse Jackson. What protest?
BEST ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein, who reminded the audience that a ''boring evening'' is a luxury to be treasured
MOST WELCOME INNOVATION Stomp's tribute to sound effects
LEAST WELCOME INNOVATION The parade of stupefied-looking supermodels
BEST JOKE Whoopi Goldberg, commenting on the number of actresses nominated for playing hookers: ''How many times did Charlie Sheen get to vote?''
WORST JOKE Robin Williams' tired old riff on how Republican presidential candidates are like cartoon characters
BEST PROOF THAT ACCOUNTANTS REALLY DO RUN HOLLYWOOD The red-carpet entrance of the Price Waterhouse guys was shown before John Travolta's and Mel Gibson's arrivals.
BEST FREUDIAN SLIP Susan Sarandon said she was presenting the award for ''breast original screenplay.''
MOST UNNECESSARY SPEECH Best Picture presenter Sidney Poitier's long-winded lecture on the magic of movies
MOST CONSPICUOUS ABSENTEE Nominee Sean Penn, who was at the bedside of the ailing Robin Wright
MOST WELCOME ABSENTEE Jack Valenti, one reason the show didn't feel longer
SAFEST DATES Sharon Stone brought her father; Kevin Spacey and Emma Thompson brought their mothers; and Mira Sorvino brought her parents along with director Quentin Tarantino.
BEST SAVE Sharon Stone, asking for a ''psychic moment'' when the envelope for Best Dramatic Score vanished
BEST EUPHEMISM From presenter Jim Carrey: ''Who will take home the lord of all knickknacks?''
WINNER MOST IN NEED OF BREATHING LESSONS A happy but hyperventilating Susan Sarandon
BEST HAIR Elisabeth Shue
WORST HAIR Winona Ryder
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR WORST HAIR Steven Seagal
STRANGEST MATCHING HAIRDOS Emma Thompson's and Arthur Hiller's flips
AND A SPECIAL AWARD TO THE POINTER SISTERS Naomi Campbell Christine Lahti Alicia Silverstone Sharon Stone Anjelica Huston


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