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At that moment, the greatest tension in the Academy Awards, we know the names mentioned.

This assembly of the death of Oscar: The fate of the winners has been tapped.

But the recently departed star gets the most applause? And whose position of honor - in the end?

Tony Curtis?

Jill Clayburgh?

Dennis Hopper?

Since officially began in 1993, the "In Memoriam" segment has become one of the most popular sections of the annual awards broadcast - and perhaps the most controversial. This year, the segment will be longer than ever, says the academy director Bruce Davis, clocking in around five minutes. The standard installation is running three minutes.

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Veteran Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas stole the show at the beginning of the 2011 Oscar broadcast. Helped in the reeds, Douglas was on the stage of the Kodak Theatre Award for Best Actress.

What gave the Oscar to Melissa Leo, Douglas has flirted with Oscar host Anne Hathaway and the room was a stabbing stabbing dragon Hugh Jackman and Colin Firth.

"Thank you," he told the audience applause. "And I want you, James [Franco], thank you. Thank you. You look better out of the cave. And I would like to thank Miss Hathaway. Thank you very much. He's a nice pictures! Wow! Where were you when you take pictures?" Jesus! "

The words of Hollywood star causes the audience to break out laughing Hathaway and send the air kiss in gratitude to Douglas. He continued: "There is something I must confess that I love women and I love beautiful women, and now I give you five of the candidates' -.. a Best Supporting Actress"

After the names of the candidates have been submitted - Leo "The Fighter," along with stars Amy Adams, Helena Bonham Carter in "The King" speech "," True Grit "star Hailee Steinfeld and" Animal Kingdom "actress Jacki Weaver - The camera back Douglas on stage, ready for the winner, or if the public is expected to announce.

"Hello ... Now is the moment when we all expected," he teased. "Hugh Jackman laughs. I do not know why everyone in Australia thinks I'm funny. Colin Firth did not laugh. He's the British. We have reached the most important part. This is the moment when I can. You know you're still laughing. Colin Firth's name. You know, I'll never forget ... Now we have a winner.

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Luke math, the surprise winner, who took home the prize for live action short, "God is Love" on Sunday, a graduate student at New York University film program. So safe to say that his comfort zone under the stars event.

The red carpet at the Oscar broadcast, Matheny admitted he was "behind Robert Downey Jr., he tries it on TV."

And the nominees lunch earlier this month, a student, was beaten as a star.

"Being in a room, and there is a famous man, this is very disturbing," he said backstage. "But the candidates have had lunch, wall to wall, and I clicked on the species and at other levels of reality."

Matheny is not a new reality, he said, despite a barrage of congratulations that you got your family and friends.

"I'm still processing e. I have 73 unread messages, 50 unread e-mails," he laughed.

Yesterday evening, his Facebook page, Matheny said, sent a message of gratitude for his NYU friends.

"I sent a link, said:" This is what I feel, "and that was the end of the clip van'It a Wonderful Life." In order to summarize what this experience is. "