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7 Things to Look Forward to on the OscarsBrody's spontaneous make-out session with Halle Berry? Or Jack Palance's one-armed pushups on stage? Or Roberto Benigni 's wild march to the stage on the backs of seats? Full Oscar 2013 Coverage Those unscripted moments, usually as
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10 Infamous Oscar Acceptance Speeches That Are Hard to Topby performing a series of one-handed pushups. We're sold: "Billy Crystal. God. I crap bigger than him." Roberto Benigni - Best Foreign Language Film, Life Is Beautiful After walking over chairs and expressing his love for presenter and
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Review: 'To Rome with Love'
day, and Antonio's stodgy old relatives walk into the room while she's attempting to take advantage of him. Roberto Benigni 's Leopoldo is a clerk, described as an "average man" with a wife and two kids. He also becomes famous for no
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The Oscars: 10 Ways to Winfor joy. Every year, the Academy welcomes a breath of fresh air. Last year it was Mo'Nique, before that it was Roberto Benigni , and who could forget Cuba Gooding Jr.'s anything-but-subtle acceptance speech. Sometimes the calm, cool
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Six Odd, Off-Beat Oscar Speeches1985 for "Places in the Heart." Indeed, the Academy really liked her. In 1998, "Life Is Beautiful" director Roberto Benigni literally jumped for joy after scoring the best foreign film Oscar, climbing and hopping over the backs of seats
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Top Seven Oscar Long Shots: Marisa Tomei, Anna Paquin and More
caressing it the whole time. Page died a year later while starring in a Broadway revival of "Blithe Spirit." Roberto Benigni Benigni is probably most remembered for his joyous antics -- walking on the back of the seats in the audience at
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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi Delights Italians, Infuriates Wife
decade, Berlusconi once sent his biography, in the form of a glossy magazine, to every single family in Italy. Roberto Benigni , the Oscar-winning actor and director of "La Vita è Bella" (Life Is Beautiful), once said: "[Berlusconi
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10 Surefire Ways to Score Oscar Recognition
beyond winning the foreign language category to score Oscars for best music and best actor. Star/director/writer Roberto Benigni 's ecstatic, energetic acceptance speech stole the show. This year's subtitled nominee: "Slumdog Millionaire
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Master of Gaffes: Former PM Berlusconigenerated, Berlusconi once sent his biography, in the form of a glossy magazine, to every single family in Italy. Roberto Benigni , the Oscar-winning actor and director of "La Vita è Bella" (Life Is Beautiful), once said: "[Berlusconi
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Oscars 2007: Behind-the-Scenes Preparations
to an aging Jack Palance demonstrating his eternal youth by performing one-armed pushups onstage in 1991, to Roberto Benigni 's chair-topping experience in 1999, the Oscar show is sure to wow the world once again this year with its memorable
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Oscar Podium Meltdowns
mouth. Who cares? It wasn't like we had our mouths open, it wasn't some romantic kiss." A year earlier, Roberto Benigni had played such hyperventilating enthusiasm for laughs. The Italian star of "Life Is Beautiful" climbed over theater
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The Art of the Oscar Acceptance Speech
unbridled physical exuberance when accepting an Oscar for his performance in "Jerry Maguire." But no one can top Roberto Benigni , who in 1999 turned his acceptance speech for "Life is Beautiful" into a virtual Olympic event by deciding to walk
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Iraq War Images Seep into Popular Culture
the works. Harrison Ford is set to star in a film about the battle for Fallujah, and "Life Is Beautiful Star" Roberto Benigni just finished a wartime comedy. Hollywood is testing the waters slowly. No one knows if audiences want to pay to
