The actor turned his win into a family affair in his speech.
Quite a lot has changed since February 2005: YouTube hadn't yet launched, Hurricane Katrina wouldn't hit until August, and Disneyland was about to celebrate its 50th anniversary. But things were happening on Feb. 27, 2005, at the 77th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. It was the first Oscar ceremony where more than one Black performer was vying for the lead actor trophy. And one of them took home the golden statue: Jamie Foxx.
Act like you got some sense.' He also gave Corinne a nod from the stage: 'I want to thank my daughter for telling me just before I got up here, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good.'' Most of the other lead actor nominees came to the ceremony with multiple nominations under their belt already — and, bar one, they were all playing real-life people.
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