AAP General News (Australia)
02-23-2009
Fed: Hugh Jackman opens 81st Academy Awards
SYDNEY, Feb 23 AAP - Hugh Jackman received a standing ovation from the cream of Hollywood
as he opened the 81st Academy Awards with a song and dance number.
Jackman paid tribute to several of the nominated films, including Slumdog Millionaire,
Milk, The Dark Knight and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, in a "homemade" routine
directed by Baz Luhrmann.
"Everything is being downsized because of the recession," Jackman said at the start of the show.
"Next year I'll be starring in a movie called New Zealand and due to cutbacks the Academy
said …
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