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He’s with them in spirit

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(from left) Kate Winslet, Sean Penn and Penelope Cruz at the 81st annual Academy Awards

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17 responses to “He’s with them in spirit”

  1. McGuff Avatar
    McGuff

    Great headline. My sentiments, exactly.

  2. James D. Avatar

    That picture would look a lot better with Rourke in the middle.

  3. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    Really great Headline! That sure is true!

  4. Ben Stiller Avatar
    Ben Stiller

    Where’s the fourth winner?

    Oh, wait…

  5. Hans Avatar
    Hans

    Oh wow, when I saw this pic on AwardsDaily, I was like “That’s odd, was the other winner doing press or something?”

  6. billybil Avatar
    billybil

    Brava to Kate Winslit’s win!!

    She is a tremendous actress and very, very much deserves a Best Actress Oscar.

    And Bravo to the Academy for recognizing Sean Penn’s brilliant work.

    It was a very good year for Oscar’s acting picks!

  7. Speaking English Avatar
    Speaking English

    Wow, to finally see an Oscar in Kate’s hands is… is… well, amazing.

    Congrats to all these wonderful winners!

  8. Billyboy Avatar
    Billyboy

    It’s nice to see Sean smiling. I love that trio…

  9. Vito Avatar
    Vito

    It would be awesome in like a Star Wars moment where we see the three living winners and then the spirit of Heath Ledger materializes with an Oscar in his hands and a big smile!

  10. KB Avatar
    KB

    Ben you’re an idiot….and sorry James D., but the picture is fine just the way it is.

  11. Kristopher Tapley Avatar

    Vito: That’s hilarious. Some Photoshop whiz needs to get on that, stat.

    James: Yeah, it would look a lot better. But knowing the Academy and their consistency of safe picks, doesn’t this one some how look…right? Or maybe typical is the word.

  12. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    Truly sad that Mr. Ledger is not in that photograph. I am so glad he won, he completely deserved it, alive or not.

  13. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    Very sad picture.

  14. andrew Avatar
    andrew

    It is a nice pictur, and while some people were rooting for Mickey hardcore (including me!) Sean Penn was defintely not one of the winners along the lines of Jack Palance, Jack Nicholson (for As Good As it Gets), Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) and the like. He was amazing and my favorite performance by him thus far, and even though i wanted Mickey to win, he was also deserving and it was a nice touch for him to mention Mickey in particular at the end of his speech.

  15. Harry Avatar
    Harry

    I actually liked Sean Penn more than Mickey Rourke, and I was incredibly happy when he won the Oscar!

    Amazing picture, all three were incredibly deserving… if only Heath were there too :(

  16. Michael Rogers Avatar
    Michael Rogers

    I went into The Wrestler and Milk thinking I would prefer Rourke’s performance (cause he is the underdog and his speech would be cool) but despite upon resurfacing I found Penn to be clear in the lead. A deserving win in my opinion.

    Wish Heath was there to accept.

  17. PJ Avatar
    PJ

    That’s a lovely photo.