Wagging his finger from the stage as he was both applauded and booed by the assembled celebrities, Moore said, "We are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you."
"We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in a time where we have fictitious election results, that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons," Moore said.
Though he got a standing ovation for winning, Moore received more boos than cheers when he derided Bush. The Hollywood celebrities mostly sat on their hands. Harrison Ford seemed to be laughing at the surrel nature of the whole thing.
The other nominees mentioned the war in way that wouldn't get them in trouble with anyone. Best Actor Adrien Brody leaned into territory that seemed dovish but ended with hopes that a friend who was fighting in Kuwait would return safely with his men, an idea everyone could cheer. Best Actress Winner Nicole Kidman may have made the bravest statement of the night when she reminded people of 911 and the war all in one breath, saying that a lot of people have lost loved ones in both. It was a rare Hollywood admission that both of these events are related.
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