ZELLWEGER.
>> Announcer: THIS IS THE SECOND
OSCAR AND FOURTH NOMINATION FOR
RENEE ZELLWEGER.
>> THANK YOU TO THE ACADEMY.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE
ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE MOST
SPECIAL COLLABORATIONS AND
MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES OF MY
LIFE.
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'M
GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, CYNTHIA,
SCARLETT, CHARLIZE, SAOIRSE, IT
IS AN HONOR TO BE CONSIDERED IN
YOUR COMPANY.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE, CAMERON
McCRACKEN, DIRECTOR RUPERT
GOULD, BOY, IT WAS A PRIVILEGE
TO WORK WITH YOU AND I AM -- I
FEEL SO PROUD TO BE IN YOUR
BEAUTIFUL MOVIE.
I GOT TO THANK MY STAGE MOM,
MATT AND JEFF AND ERIC VITRO,
PAUL, GARY, JESSE BUCKLEY,
RUFUS, ALL THE CAST AND THE CREW
WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THIS FILM
TO CELEBRATE JUDY GARLAND.
MY EXTENDED FAMILY AT CAA,
PETER, BRIAN, KEVIN.
IMPRINT.
NICOLE AND DOM.
NANCY RYDER.
THANK YOU FOR THE 25 YEARS.
JOHN CARRABINO, MY HANDSOME DATE
OF 25 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS DREAMING
BIGGER THAN I WOULD DARE.
AND FOR BRINGING IT BACK TO THE
WORK AND JOY AND GRATITUDE.
MY IMMIGRANT FOLKS WHO CAME HERE
WITH NOTHING BUT EACH OTHER AND
A BELIEF IN THE AMERICAN DREAM,
HOW ABOUT THIS?
THANK YOU TO YOU, BIG BROTHER
DREW, RANDY, JUDY, STONE AND AVA
FOR ALL THE LOVE.
ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT
POSSIBLE THAT MAKES YOU BELIEVE
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS PAST
YEAR OF CONVERSATIONS
CELEBRATING JUDY GARLAND ACROSS
GENDERS AND -- I'M SORRY, ACROSS
GENERATIONS AND ACROSS CULTURES
HAS BEEN A REALLY COOL REMINDER
THAT IT'S -- THAT OUR HEROES
UNITE US.
THE BEST AMONG US, WHO INSPIRE
US TO FIND THE BEST IN OURSEL
OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY
UNITE US, WHEN WE LOOK TO OUR
HEROES, WE AGREE, YOU KNOW?
AND THAT MATTERS.
NEIL ARMSTRONG, SALLY RIDE.
VENUS AND SERENA AND SELENA, BOB
DYLAN, SCORSESE, FRED ROGERS.
HARRIET TUBMAN.
WE AGREE ON OUR TEACHERS.
AND WE AGREE ON OUR COURAGEOUS
MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO
SERVE, WE AGREE ON OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
WHEN WE CELEBRATE OUR HEROES,
WE -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE REMINDED
OF WHO WE ARE AS ONE PEOPLE,
UNITED.
AND NO, JUDY GARLAND DID NOT
RECEIVE THIS HONOR IN HER TIME.
I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS MOMENT IS
AN EXTENSION OF THE CELEBRATION
OF HER LEGACY THAT BEGAN ON OUR
FILM SET AND IS ALSO
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FACT THAT
HER LEGACY OF UNIQUE
EXCEPTIONALISM AND INCLUSIVITY
AND GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT, IT
TRANSC
TRANSCENDS ANY ONE ARTISTIC
ACHIEVEMENT.
MS. GARLAND, YOU ARE CERTAINLY
AMONG THE HEROES WHO UNITE AND
DEFINE US AND THIS IS CERTAINLY
FOR YOU.
I AM SO GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. 00:04:33.573,00:00:00.000 GOOD NIGHT.