Oscar Winners 2002

Guide Note: The 74th Oscar Awards were presented on March 24, 2002 in Hollywood. A Beautiful Mind was named Best Picture, and major acting awards went to Denzel Washington and Halle Berry. It marked the first time in Oscar history that African American actors took the top acting awards in the same year.

Fast Facts:

1. Host: Whoopi Goldberg
2. Director Ron Howard won his first Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind
3. Shrek won first-ever Best Animated Feature Film award
4. After 16 nominations, Randy Newman won his first Oscar for "If I Didn't Have You" from the film Monsters, Inc.
5. Longest telecast in Oscar history: 4 hours, 23 minutes
6. Woody Allen attended the Oscars for the first time