Photo by Jessica Day
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No Trophy, But...
By William R. Newcott and The Editors, March-April 2005
Our big winners go home with the coveted La Chaise d’Or trophy (at left). The not-so-big winners find themselves here, in our annual Footnotes to Greatness column
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Best Old-Age Makeup
Kevin Kline in De-Lovely—not just older; he's better!
Medal of Bravery
Jamie Lee Curtis, who at 46 donned a fearlessly teeny bikini for a scene in
Christmas With the Kranks
Christopher Walken 911 Award
Number of mediocre flicks saved by his presence this year: 4 (Man on Fire,
Envy, The Stepford Wives, Around the Bend). Last year: 2
Who's Your Daddy? Romantic Gap Prize
Pierce Brosnan, who at 51 wooed Salma Hayek, 38 (After the Sunset).
Honorable mention: Nicole Kidman at 37 with Cameron Bright at 11 as her
reincarnated hubby (Birth).
Which Movie Did We Come to See?
Before Sunset
After the Sunset
The Day After Tomorrow
Love to Hate 'Em Trophy
Alan Alda for
his sleazy senator in The Aviator
Character-Counts Award for Great Cameo Appearances
Tom Poston (Christmas With the Kranks), Kathy Bates (Around the
World in 80 Days), David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky and
Hutch)
Phoning-It-In Award
Dame Judi Dench never had to interact with another actor to film her
holographic character in Vin Diesel's Chronicles of Riddick.
Actually, Vin never interacted with anyone either, and he was there.
Lovely Parting Gift
David Carradine for his graceful (and bloodless) exit in Kill Bill: Volume
2
Hardest-Working Woman in Showbiz
Faye Dunaway, with eight movies either in or awaiting release during 2004
How Long Will the Sequel Take?
Director Jim Jarmusch started filming this year's acclaimed comedy
Coffee and Cigarettes so long ago—back in 1986—that at the
time people were actually still smoking.
Wait Your Turn
Stars who'll be 50 and qualify for La Chaise d'Or next year: Kevin
Costner, Whoopi Goldberg, Gary Sinise, Bruce Willis, Judy Davis.
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