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This week's theme: The Oscars

Across

1. * MARCH 25TH, 2001—The 72ND Annual Academy Awards Show! The Oscars honor the best in this!
5. * Wolfgang Puck of the post Oscar show gala 'The Governors Ball', for one
9. * At the 1997 Academy Awards, Frances McDormand won the 'Best Actress' Oscar for her performance in this movie
14. "The Time Machine" people
15. Indigenous people of Japan
16. * Celebrities at the Academy Awards
17. Grace Kelly movie: "___ M for Murder" (1954)
18. * This movie won the 'Best Picture' Oscar at the 1974 Academy Awards: "The ___"
20. Foot Finial
21. * Annette Bening was nominated in the 'Actress in a Leading Role' category at the 72ND Academy Awards for her performance in this movie
25. Hyperbolic sine
26. Fashionable monogram
27. Buddhist people of Thailand
28. Suffix to "Graph"
31. Negative reply
32. Movie rating
33. Agana is the capital here, for short
34. * Actor O'Donnell co-starred with Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman" (1992) for which Mr. Pacino won the 'Best Actor' Oscar
36. Garden of Eden kid
38. Part of a Jeannie C. Riley hit song title
40. * Mr. Branagh was nominated in the 'Best Director' category at the 1990 Academy Awards for his movie "Henry V" (1989)
42. * Mr. Farnsworth was nominated in the 'Actor in a Leading Role' category at the 72ND Academy Awards for his performance in "The Straight Story"
45. AOL, for one
46. Movie actor Murray
48. Sun-dried brick
49. Initials of the lead actor in "Mr. Magoo" (1997)
50. Restrictive movie rating: ___-17
51. House of Commons title
52. Family member
53. Olympic cheer
55. * She was nominated in the 'Best Actress' category for her role as Eloise Y. 'Honey Bear' Kelly in "Mogambo" (1953): ___ Gardner
57. Bern's river (var. sp.)
59. * At the 72ND Academy Awards, "Sleepy Hollow" (1999) was nominated in this category
64. Genetic letters
65. * She won the 'Best Supporting Actress' Oscar at the 1993 Academy Awards Show (With #51D)
66. One who files a lawsuit
68. Robbery at gunpoint
70. North and South Korean monetary units
71. Stare at
72. * This movie received a nomination in the 'Best Picture' category at the 72ND Academy Awards: "The ___ Mile" (1999)
73. Nobody: ___ soul
74. Yucky stuff on cheese

Down

1. Gave food to
2. Pelvic bones
3. Rich soil
4. * At the 72ND Academy Awards, Julianne Moore was nominated in the 'Best Actress' category for her portrayal of this character in the movie "The End of the Affair" (1999): Sarah ___
5. * Movie for which Sharon Stone received a 'Best Actress' nomination at the 1996 Academy Awards Show
6. * Nickname of the director who was nominated for the 'Best Director' Oscar for his 1960 movie "Psycho"
7. It'll turn "Arm" into Yerevan's country
8. * Barbra Streisand won the 'Best Actress' Academy Award at the 1969 Oscar Show for her starring role in this flick
9. Poor report card grades
10. Leaf-cutting ant
11. French painter Dufy
12. * In 1954, this movie legend won an Honorary Oscar for her outstanding screen performances
13. Atlantic Ocean inlet: Todos ___ Santos Bay
19. Literary monogram
22. Direction seen on a Shampoo bottle
23. * "___ Cid" (1961) received an Oscar nomination in the 'Best Music - Song' category at the 1962 Oscar Show
24. Not me
28. "Yuck!"
29. * This movie was one of the 'Best Picture' nominees at the 72ND Academy Awards
30. Sea eagles (var. sp.)
32. Mate for Ma
35. It'll turn "ut" into computer entered data
36. * At the 1975 Academy Awards, Jack Nicholson received a 'Best Actor' nomination for his performance in this movie
37. Atomic #28
38. Academic title
39. New Mexico artist's colony
41. * He (Initials) was nominated in the 'Best Supporting Actor' category for his role as Sergeant Barnes in "Platoon" (1986)
43. * Last name of the director who took home the 'Best Director' Oscar (in 1937) for his movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936)
44. Lion's Lair
47. * This actress-dancer (Initials) was nominated in the 'Best Actress' category for her role as Lili Daurier in "Lili" (1953)
49. Director of "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" (1999): ___ Besson
51. * See #65A
54. * This Broadway musical hit was adapted to the silver screen and received a nomination in the 'Best Music - Original Song Score' category at the 1983 Oscar Show
55. Before noon indicator
56. Cistern
57. * The telephone of an Oscar nominee's ___ always rings off the hook with more movie offers after the nominee brings home the Golden Guy on Hollywood's Biggest Night!
58. Cathartic salts
60. Simplicity
61. Herman Melville novel of 1847
62. Name associated with "Les Misérables" (1862)
63. Shout out
67. * Glamorous Fashion Runway for Hollywood's Elite on Oscar Night! The ___ Carpet
68. Initials of the lead actor in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994)
69. Nashville is its capital, for short