Why the Oscar winners' list is so satisfying.

I wouldnt have voted for her.

I wasnt fond of her performance in Monsters Ball.

Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, …

Credit: Halle Berry and Denzel Washington: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect

(Any reader of EW.com knows I wasnt a fan of the whole, dang, hyperventilating movie.)

So let records be broken!

Let racial barriers be knocked down Im all for it!

I knew that most of the nominees I backed didnt stand a chance anyhow.

(Its the Oscars; its a crapshoot; I dont take it personally.)

But nothing prepared me for the corny come-a-long-way pride I felt as history was made.

And now its done.

Old, sturdy, clubby, dependable Hollywood was acknowledged with wins for an old-fashioned Hollywood biopic.

But a fresh prince and princess of a modern era in progressive Hollywood now also reign.

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