'Million Dollar Baby' KO's 'The Aviator'; Eastwood, Freeman, Swank, Foxx, and Blanchett take top honors From: Baltimore Afro-American | Date: March 11, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Williams, Kam
Baltimore Afro-American
03-11-2005
On a night when big losers seemed to upstage big winners, Million Dollar
Baby pulled off a few upsets in taking home five Academy Awards, including
those for best picture, best director (Clint Eastwood), best actress
(Hilary Swank) and best supporting actor (Morgan Freeman). Million's five
Oscars edged out early favorite The Aviator, which only managed to garner
four -- including best supporting actress (Cate Blanchett) -- among the
more coveted categories.

The other flicks to land more than one Oscar were Ray (two) and The
Incredibles (two).

As ...

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