3 minutes, 17 seconds Length of longest acceptance speech (Peter Jackson and Barrie M. Osborne, Best Picture).

43 seconds Length of shortest acceptance speech (Andrew Stanton, Best Animated Feature).

10 Number of extra seconds ''Two Soldiers'' winner Aaron Schneider asked for while giving his acceptance speech.

27 Number of extra seconds he got.

23 Length in painfully awkward seconds of Johnny Depp and Keisha Castle-Hughes' first meeting, arranged by painful preshow host Billy Bush.

16 Years since a Best Picture winner last took home the Oscar in every category for which it was nominated. (''The Last Emperor'' went nine-for-nine in 1988. That Best Picture winner also had no nominated actors.)

200 Length in minutes of ''The Return of the King.''

221 Length in minutes of the telecast.

3 Number of references to Janet Jackson's Super Bowl shenanigans.

5 Number of references to gay marriage.

27 Number of men who won Oscars.

8 Number of women who won Oscars.

95 Age of Clint Eastwood's Oscar date, his mother, Ruth.

21 Number of wins EW predicted correctly (out of 24).

Originally posted Mar 03, 2004 Published in issue #755 Mar 12, 2004 Order article reprints
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