Congratulations!:
Dreamgirls for eight nominations
Will Smith for best actor in a leading role in The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker for best actor in a leading role in The Last King of Scotland
Jennifer Hudson for best actress in a supporting role in Dreamgirls
Eddie Murphy for best actor in a supporting role in Dreamgirls
Djimon Hounsou for best actor in a supporting role in Blood Diamond
What would Hattie McDaniel think! She, after all, was the first Black person to be nominated and to win the award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Mammy in 1939's Gone With The Wind. A dignified woman, she had a retort to those who criticized her for playing so many roles as domestics. "I'd rather play a maid than be one."
Yet, even in honoring her, Hollywood dissed her: When the awards were presented, she was relegated to the back of the Coconut Grove, where the ceremonies took place. Bursting through racial barriers had its limits even among this artistic and self-congratulatory community.
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