Good evening! Good evening and welcome to the Academy Awards, this really is the biggest movie event of the year. We’re here to honour all this year’s incredible films and the actors and actresses that have starred in them. Now, the Academy loves to salute range like Kate Winslet, ladies and gentlemen. In "The Reader” Kate who is English plays a German – nominated. In "Tropic Thunder” Robert Downey Jr., ladies and gentlemen... Robert who’s an American played an Australian playing an African American – nominated. Where is me? I'm an Australian who played an Australian in the movie called "Australia” – hosting. But… But as you know this is my first year as host but that’s not the only thing that is different this year. Everything is being downsized because of the recession. Next year I’ll be starring in a movie called "New Zealand”. And ... Читать дальше »