The 74th Annual Academy Awards

TO all of yall who think 1.This was a boring telecast 2.

The 74th Annual Academy Awards show had a few good surprises, for instance it was nice to see for the first time an African American actress, the lovely and talented Halle Berry take home the Best Actress Oscar for Monster's Ball. Her speech was very emotional to me, and it was nice that an African American actress finally won that award.

Whoopi was the only reason I watched the Oscars that year. She is hilarious.

This year was pretty good. I liked the surprise performance of Cirque du Soleil.

No awards show can please all the people. Clearly if your favorite movies didn't win, you will say the show wasn't very good.

The 74th Oscars was a very good one. Whoopi's work as EmCee was very funny, and light.

There are two points I need to make clear right at the beginning. First of all we all know what this year's Oscar's were REALLY all about this year.

Here's my opinion on what should have won:Best Picture: A Beautiful MindBest Director: Robert Altman (Gosford Park)Best Actor: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)Best Actress: Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom)Best Supporting Actor: Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast)Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) OR Helen Mirren (Gosford Park)That's just my opinion, though.

As much as I admire and always see any movie that Denzel Washington is in, and agree that his portrayal of the "cop gone bad" in "Training Day" was EXCELLENT, and totally different for Mr. Washington, proving his incredible acting skills, I have to say that Russell Crowe deserved that Oscar more.