"Demonstrative faces" is a kind of dumb phrase, and it tripped up Morgan Freeman as he delivered the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Rachel Weisz for "The Constant Gardener." And the off-screen narrator had to spoil her moment by announcing she's "best known to audiences for her roles in 'The Mummy' and 'The Mummy Returns,'" which I imagine she wouldn't mind forgetting.

The orchestral underscores of the acceptance speeches seems to be working: Weisz's was short and sweet. She kind of hit a thematic cul de sac by noting that real-life crusaders such as the one she played in the film "are far greater people than me." The irony that it was nonetheless her on a stage accepting an award tripped across her face, so she wrapped it up with a simple thank you.