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At the end of it, FrasersThe Air I Breatheco-star Sarah Michelle Gellar presented him with the award.
It was quite a night of memories.
Brendan Fraser onstage this week in Santa BarbaraTibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF
Heres the video below:
Thanks Brendan for a great Valentines Day and the nice words too.
A night to remember for all of us.
Hopefully Mr. Binks is smiling somewhere and rooting you on at theOscars.
(L-R) Pete Hammond, Brendan Fraser and Sarah Michelle Gellar pose with the American Riviera Award
Can it defy the odds at the Oscars?
Statistically it is a big mountain to climb.
The original screen version ofAll Quiet on the Western Frontfrom director Lewis Milestone won Best Picture in 1930.
No remake of a Best Picture winner has ever gone on to win the Oscar.
But if anyone can defy the odds it would be the inimitable Diane Warren.
There is no greater lifelong fan of the three-time Oscar winning musical legend than me.
The maestro may have left the building, but the music lives on.
Rest well, Burt Bacharach.
