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44-689: The most commercially successful movie in the Austin Powers series, the film grossed around $ 312 million in worldwide ticket sales, taking more money during its opening weekend than the entire box office proceeds of its predecessor. It was nominated at the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Makeup ( Michèle Burke and Mike Smithson ). It is followed by Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). In 1999, time-displaced 1960s British spy Austin Powers enjoys his honeymoon with his wife, Vanessa Kensington . However, Vanessa

88-452: A laser located on the Moon. Austin and Felicity get to know each other, but when Felicity propositions him for sex, he turns her down because of his lost mojo. Under MOD instructions to implant a homing device into Fat Bastard, Felicity has sex with him, enabling her to plant the device in his anus . Fat Bastard forces it out of his bowels into a toilet, but a stool sample reveals traces of

132-410: A 48.32 share. It also drew a higher 18–49 demo rating with a 19.86 rating over a 39.34 share among viewers in that demographic. In July 2000, the show received nine nominations at the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards . Two months later, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Louis J. Horvitz's direction of the telecast. The annual "In Memoriam" tribute, presented by actor Edward Norton , honored

176-455: A choice: save the world or Felicity, who is locked in a chamber with poison gas. Felicity tells Austin to save the world, then dies. Before Austin can kill him, Dr. Evil suggests Austin use the time machine to save both Felicity and the world. Austin travels ten minutes into the past, meeting up with himself and saving the world and Felicity. Dr. Evil initiates the self-destruct mechanism of the Moon base and escapes after throwing Austin's mojo into

220-521: A fight ensues between multiple people on the show. At Dr. Evil's Space Needle lair in Seattle , he is presented with a dwarf clone of himself, whom he names Mini-Me . Dr. Evil outlines a plan to time travel back to the 1960s and steal Austin's mojo , the source of his sexual appeal. Dr. Evil and Mini-Me travel to 1969, meeting a younger Number 2 and Frau Farbissina . Fat Bastard , another henchman of Dr. Evil, extracts Austin's mojo from his frozen body at

264-429: A live orchestra during most of the ceremony. In addition, Bacharach rounded up musicians that included Garth Brooks , Queen Latifah , and Dionne Warwick to perform a medley of songs previously nominated for Best Original Song . Choreographer Kenny Ortega supervised the " Blame Canada " musical number. At the time of the nominations announcement on February 15, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees

308-622: A mansion in Miami, Florida; the other two have yet to be found. The show received a positive reception from most media publications. Television critic Monica Collins of the Boston Herald praised producers Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck for overseeing a show that was "clean, snappy, high-gloss and very well produced." She also quipped that host Billy Crystal did not need to save the show this time because "everything seemed to come together. The San Francisco Examiner 's Wesley Morris wrote "the show

352-508: A then-record 3,315 theaters. Its debut total was more than the entire gross of its predecessor (the first sequel to ever achieve this), set a record for a June opening (beating Batman Forever ' s 1995 record), and was the biggest opening ever for a comedy. For four years, it would hold the June opening weekend record until 2003 when Hulk surpassed it. The film grossed $ 206 million domestically and $ 312 million worldwide. On Rotten Tomatoes ,

396-461: A trash bin at a Food 4 Less supermarket located in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles by a man named Willie Fulgear. For the safe recovery of the stolen statuettes, Roadway Express rewarded Fulgear with $ 50,000, and the academy invited him and his son Allen to the ceremony. Two Roadway Express employees, truck driver Lawrence Ledent and dock worker Anthony Hart, were arrested for the theft of

440-444: A vegetable that only grows on one Caribbean island. Austin and Felicity arrive on the island but are apprehended. They escape their cell after Felicity distracts the guard by flashing her breasts at him. Dr. Evil and Mini-Me leave for the Moon to install the laser, pursued by Austin and Felicity on Apollo 11 . At Dr. Evil's Moon base, Austin battles Mini-Me, eventually flushing him into space. He then confronts Dr. Evil, who gives him

484-461: A woman was tapped for producing duties at the Oscars. Despite Richard and Lili's promises to make changes to the ceremony, they hired actor and veteran Oscar host Billy Crystal to host the ceremony for the seventh time. Production of the ceremony was reported to be far more ambitious and extravagant than previous ceremonies. Art director Bob Keene designed an ambitiously technological stage design for

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528-448: A zombie." She also stated that the telecast was bloated with too many tributes to Hollywood's past. The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 46.52 million viewers over its length, which was a 3% increase from the previous year's ceremony. An estimated 79.11 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards. The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony with 29.64% of households watching over

572-422: Is soon revealed to be a fembot controlled by Dr. Evil . Vanessa attacks Austin, then self-destructs. Austin grieves briefly before realizing he is single again and can have sex without commitment . Meanwhile, a NATO monitoring facility observes Dr. Evil's return from space, where he reunites with his estranged son, Scott, while he appears on The Jerry Springer Show . Scott is frustrated to see his father, and

616-500: Is the love child of Dr. Evil and Frau Farbissina, much to his delight. Austin returns to his pad to discover Felicity with the past Austin, who claims that since he and Austin are the same person, he is not cheating. There were two variations of the posters; one of them asterisked out the middle of the offending word "shag". Other posters had named the film as Austin Powers 2 . According to the Collins English Dictionary ,

660-529: The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a 2.5 stars out of 4, noting that it has "big laughs" but also that "too many scenes end on a flat note, like those Saturday Night Live sketches that run out of steam before they end." The movie's soundtrack contains the 1999 hit " Beautiful Stranger " by Madonna . The song won a Grammy Award in 2000. Mike Myers appears as Austin Powers in the video, directed by Brett Ratner . Another single " Word Up! " by Mel B ,

704-706: The 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek . American Beauty won five awards, including Best Picture . Other winners included The Matrix with four awards, The Cider House Rules and Topsy-Turvy with two, and All About My Mother , Boys Don't Cry , Girl, Interrupted , King Gimp , My Mother Dreams

748-675: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) . British intelligence warns Austin that one of Dr. Evil's agents is after him. The agent, Ivana Humpalot, seduces Austin but decides not to kill him. After they have sex, Austin discovers he has lost his mojo and is impotent . The MOD sends Austin to 1969 using a time-traveling Volkswagen New Beetle . Austin arrives at a party in his London pad. With the assistance of CIA agent Felicity Shagwell , Austin escapes an assassination attempt by Dr. Evil's operatives. Austin and Felicity are pursued by Mustafa, another of Dr. Evil's henchmen, but manage to subdue him. Mustafa reveals

792-402: The Oscars. Both men pleaded no contest. Lawrence served six months in prison and Anthony received probation. A third man who was Mr. Fulgear's half-brother was initially charged with the crime, but police dropped those charges after Mr. Fulgear divulged that they were estranged from each other. Three years later, one of three remaining missing Oscar statuettes was discovered during a drug bust at

836-756: The Satan's Disciples in New York , The Old Man and the Sea , One Day in September , The Red Violin , Sleepy Hollow , and Tarzan with one. The telecast garnered almost 47 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 72nd Academy Awards were announced on February 15, 2000, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC ) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California , by Robert Rehme , president of

880-468: The academy sought to both shorten the telecast and give the ceremony a new look. Husband–and–wife producers Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck were recruited to oversee the production of the 2000 ceremony. AMPAS President Robert Rehme explained the decision to hire the Zanucks saying, "With this new producing team in place, I look forward to a whole new perspective." This marked the first occurrence that

924-559: The academy, and the actor Dustin Hoffman . American Beauty received the most nominations with eight total; The Cider House Rules and The Insider tied for second with seven nominations each. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 26, 2000. Sam Mendes was the sixth person to win Best Director for his directorial debut. Best Actor winner Kevin Spacey became

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968-438: The air. Both Austins fail to catch it and it is destroyed. Felicity points out that all the things Austin has done show that he never lost his mojo. They escape through the time portal to 1999. At Austin's pad, Fat Bastard attempts to assassinate Austin, but Felicity disarms him. Felicity and Austin throw a party. In 1969, Dr. Evil recovers Mini-Me from space and vows revenge on Austin. On The Jerry Springer Show , Scott learns he

1012-459: The ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted

1056-442: The existence of Dr. Evil's volcano lair. Before he can divulge its location, Mini-Me causes him to fall from a cliff. Examining photographs from the crime scene, Austin discovers Fat Bastard stole his mojo. Fat Bastard presents Austin's mojo to Dr. Evil, who drinks some of it and has sex with Frau Farbissina. Scott arrives through the time portal. Dr. Evil announces he will hold the world ransom by threatening to destroy cities using

1100-462: The film has an approval rating of 53% based on 91 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Provides lots of laughs with Myers at the helm; as funny or funnier than the original." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of

1144-531: The first edition. In a later edition, they increasingly used the Bank of English established by John McHardy Sinclair at COBUILD to provide typical citations rather than examples composed by the lexicographer . The unabridged Collins English Dictionary was published on the web on 31 December 2011 on CollinsDictionary.com, along with the unabridged dictionaries of French, German, Spanish and Italian. The site also includes example sentences showing word usage from

1188-617: The first film, track 8 an arrangement of Quincy Jones 's "Soul Bossa Nova," and tracks 9–16 from the second) was released. 72nd Academy Awards The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During

1232-584: The following people. Collins English Dictionary The Collins English Dictionary is a printed and online dictionary of English. It is published by HarperCollins in Glasgow . It was first published in 1979. The dictionary uses language research based on the Collins Corpus, which is continually updated and has over 20 billion words. The 1979 edition of the dictionary, with Patrick Hanks as editor and Laurence Urdang as editorial director,

1276-634: The show. John Carman of the San Francisco Chronicle lamented that despite being solid and tidy, "the show never quite managed the big surprises, sloppy excesses and emotional highs we hope to see." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television critic Rob Owen criticized the uneven pacing of the ceremony writing that the telecast "started slowly – 20 minutes of Billy Crystal's spoofs and singing that weren't as funny as his past Oscar intros – and never got up to speed." Caryn James of The New York Times remarked that "the four-hour show turned into

1320-402: The stage at ABC Prospect Studios before installing it at the Shrine Auditorium . Several other people were involved in the production of the ceremony. Actor Peter Coyote , who served as announcer for the telecast, was often seen before commercial breaks live behind the stage. Musical directors Burt Bacharach , Don Was , and Rob Shrock composed a techno-pop soundtrack that substituted for

1364-491: The telecast that used a floor adorned with flashing lights and several 35 foot columns consisting of high-definition video monitors stacked atop each other. The columns were used to display images of previous Oscar appearances as presenters took the stage, nomination packages, and reaction shots of the acting nominees as the winner was being announced. Because of serious technical challenges concerning movement, lighting, and overheating, Keene and his production design team tested

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1408-630: The tenth performer to win acting Oscars in both lead and supporting categories. By virtue of her father Jon Voight 's Best Lead Actor win for 1978's Coming Home , Best Supporting Actress winner Angelina Jolie and Voight became the second father-daughter Oscar acting winners. At the age of 11, Haley Joel Osment became the second-youngest actor to receive a nomination in Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Sixth Sense , after Justin Henry

1452-506: The theme song of the Madusa monster truck in monster jam events. The soundtrack sold over one million copies in the United States and was certified Platinum . A second soundtrack was also released, entitled More Music From the Motion Picture . Shipments figures based on certification alone. In addition, a score album featuring cues from both George S. Clinton scores (tracks 1–7 from

1496-556: The top 50 grossing movies of the year, 37 nominations went to 11 films on the list. Only The Sixth Sense (2nd), The Green Mile (13th), The Talented Mr. Ripley (26th), and American Beauty (27th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, or Best Picture. The other top 50 box office hits that earned the nominations were Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1st), Toy Story 2 (3rd), The Matrix (5th), Tarzan (6th), The Mummy (8th), Stuart Little (11th), and Sleepy Hollow (20th). Nearly two weeks before Oscar voting

1540-495: The use of the word "shag" in the film's title helped to increase the word's acceptability, reducing its shock value and giving it a more jocular, relaxed connotation. Singapore considered changing the title to The Spy Who Shioked Me ( shiok derives from the Malay word, syok , which means, "to feel good"). The Spy Who Shagged Me was a hit at the box office, landing the top position in its opening weekend grossing $ 54.9 million from

1584-483: The voting deadline by two days to March 23. On March 10, 2000, 55 Oscar statuettes were stolen from a Roadway Express loading dock in Bell, California. In the event the stolen awards were to be still missing during the festivities, AMPAS announced that R.S. Owens & Company , the manufacturer of the awards would produce a new batch of the golden statuettes. Nine days later, 52 of the stolen statuettes were discovered in

1628-544: Was "I couldn't get the sound. I couldn't get the tone." The music video (directed by Paul Hunter ) featured actress Heather Graham (who starred in The Spy Who Shagged Me ); the original political themes of the song were largely replaced by sex appeal . In 1999, Kravitz and his band were joined by The Guess Who for a live performance of "American Woman" at the MuchMusic Video Awards. It was also used as

1672-461: Was $ 521 million with an average of $ 104 million per film. The Sixth Sense was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $ 278.4 million in domestic box office receipts. The film was followed by The Green Mile ($ 120.7 million), American Beauty ($ 74.7 million), The Cider House Rules ($ 20.7 million), and finally The Insider ($ 26.6 million). Of

1716-528: Was downright hip, more so than it's been in decades." He also gave high marks for the "techno-chic" production elements from the music and stage design. Columnist Paul Brownfield of the Los Angeles Times raved that "the 72nd annual Academy Awards telecast was hipper than in years past, sleeker in look and edgier in tone." He added that Crystal was "the perfect antidote to the entire evening's self-serious posturing." Some media outlets were more critical of

1760-452: Was finished, AMPAS reported that 4,000 of the ballots mailed to Academy members were missing. The bags that carried the ballots were mislabeled as third-class mail . On March 6, 2000, 1,000 of the ballots were discovered at a US Postal Service regional distribution center in Bell, California . In response to affected members, AMPAS sent replacement ballots sealed in yellow envelopes, and extended

1804-563: Was later included in the 1999 reissue of Kravitz's album 5 . The cover reached the top 20 in Australia, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, and Spain, as well as number 26 in Canada and number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . Kravitz's version is slower and softer than the original, without the signature guitar solo; he later said to Randy Bachman that the reason why he skipped the lead guitar part

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1848-411: Was nominated in the same category for 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer at the age of 8. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface , and indicated with a double dagger (‡). The following 17 films received multiple nominations: The following four films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. In view of the new millennium,

1892-572: Was released on June 28, 1999. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart . Dr. Evil also sings a parody of Will Smith 's popular 1997 cover of the Grover Washington Jr. classic " Just the Two of Us ", referring in this case to his clone Mini-Me. The film's soundtrack had a rating of three stars at AllMusic . Another single " American Woman " by Lenny Kravitz , was released as a single and

1936-404: Was the first British English dictionary to be typeset from the output from a computer database in a specified format. This meant that every aspect of an entry was handled by a different editor using different forms or templates. Once all the entries for an entry had been assembled, they were passed on to be keyed into the slowly assembled dictionary database which was completed for the typesetting of

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