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79th Oscars – The Academy Awards

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Feb 2007

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Ellen DeGeneres brings her breezy affability to the 79th Oscars and director Martin Scorsese finally gets his due, but a succession of predictable winners saps this ceremony of spontaneity.

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Roger Ebert

RogerEbert.com

11/04/2019

It was the most elegant and somehow gentle Oscarcast I can remember, unfolding smoothly with well-chosen words, original production ideas, and host Ellen DeGeneres finding the right mood and pace to weave it all together.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

11/04/2019

The show was its usual overlong muddle of snappy humor, tired shtick and way too many tribute montages, though Ellen DeGeneres made a likable, funny host.

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Amy Biancolli

Houston Chronicle

11/04/2019

It was an odd night for Oscar. The speeches were short, the orchestra wasn't too pushy too much of the time, and the host was hilarious, dithery and sweet; the academy should put Ellen DeGeneres on permanent retainer.

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Chris Beaumont

Film School Rejects

11/04/2019

Ellen Degeneres was fantastic. She was funny, kept the long show going, and has this wonderfully vibrant charisma that just leaps off the screen.

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William Arnold

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

11/04/2019

The 79th Academy Awards season was a decidedly ho-hum affair, with most of the major awards going to their predicted recipients, no spectacular upset and few genuinely memorable moments.

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Network: ABC
Genre: Special Interest
Release Date: Feb 25, 2007

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