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Diane Keaton (Best Actress)

Richard Dreyfuss (Best Actor)

Vanessa Redgrave (Best Supporting Actress)

Jason Robards (Best Supporting Actor) not present

1978

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Comedy Oscar Winners

The Academy has long preferred dramatic performances. Sometimes, however, an actor squeezes by with a comedic role. Here's a look at the most notable Oscar Winners who've nabbed a statue for a funny performance.

Jean Dujardin

"The Artist"

Best Actor

2012

Penelope Cruz

"Vicki Cristina Barcelona"

Best Supporting Actress

2009

Alan Arkin
"Little Miss Sunshine"
Best Supporting Actor
2007

Roberto Benigni

"Life is Beautiful"

Best Actor

1999

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

"Jerry Maguire"

Best Supporting Actor

1997

Mira Sorvino

"Mighty Aphrodite"

Best Supporting Actress

1996

Dianne Wiest
"Bullets Over Broadway:
Best Supporting Actor
1995

Marisa Tomei

"My Cousin Vinny"

Best Supporting Actress

1993

Whoopi Goldberg
"Ghost"
Best Supporting Actress"
1991

Kevin Kline
"A Fish Called Wanda"
Best Supporting Actor
1989

Diane Keaton

"Annie Hall"

Best Actress

1978

Richard Dreyfuss

"The Goodbye Girl"

Best Actor
1978

Tatum O'Neal
"Paper Moon"
Best Supporting Actor
1974

Lee Marvin

"Cat Ballou"
Best Actor
1966

James Stewart

"The Philadelphia Story"
Best Actor
1941

Claudette Colbert
"It Happened One Night"
Best Actress
1935 

Clark Gable

"It Happened One Night"
Best Actor
1935

Performance of the Day

Actor: RACHEL MCADAMS

Film: "The Family Stone"

Character: Amy Stone

Year: 2005

Rachel McAdams is one of my favorite actors. Even in a hum-drum movie like "The Family Stone", she is great at creating an effective character. In the 2005 film, McAdams plays 'Amy', the intelligent, sarcastic, and somewhat bitchy youngest sister in a large New England family. She's a no-nonsense, tell-it-like it is kind of gal and she sees right through Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker). There's nothing attractive (she walks around in sweats) or typical about this role, but McAdams is not your typical actor.

13 Best Wedding-Themed Films

8) FATHER OF THE BRIDE

Director: Charles Shyer

Actors: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams,

Kieran Culkin, Martin Short, George Newbern, B.D. Wong

Year: 1991

In the choice to go with the original or the remake, I went with the remake. The original (with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor) was great, but nothing beats funny-man Steve Martin. Faced with giving away his only daughter on her big day, Martin tries his best to deal with the stress and mishaps that come along with planning (and paying) for a wedding.

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Candid of the Week

Diane Keaton is on a roll, while filming "Morning Glory", 2010

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Happy Birthday 64th Diane Keaton!!!!

still a fashion icon

with long-time love, Al Pacino, on the set of "The Godfather"

with good friends Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn

on the set of "The First Wives Club"

with Jack Nicholson on the set of "Something's Gotta Give"

with Woody Allen, in her Oscar-winning role of "Annie Hall"

killer smile