Robert Redford is presented with the lifetime achievement award by Barbra Streisand

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• Monday March 25, 2002
• Ron Howard delighted as A Beautiful Mind picks up best director and best film for a total of four awards
• Benicio del Toro presents Jennifer Connelly with the award for best supporting actress
• Denzel Washington awarded with best actor for Training Day
• Halle Berry becomes the first black woman to win best actress in the 74-year history of the Academy
• Robert Redford is presented with the lifetime achievement award by Barbra Streisand
• Sidney Poitier receives an honorary award for his contribution to cinema
• Spectacular performance by the Cirque Du Soleil at the awards
• Jim Broadbent wins best supporting actor for Iris
• Shrek picks up award for best animated feature film
• Oscars host Whoopi Goldberg makes a flying entrance into Hollywood�s Kodak Theatre
• Bosnian director Danis Tanovic with his Oscar for No Man's Land winner of best foreign language film
• Friday March 22, 2002
• A collection of intimate letters from Princess Diana to her housekeeper fetch �22,000 at auction
• Queen Rania of Jordan with Mexican president's wife Marta Sahagun during the UN summit in Monterrey
• Prince Charles calls Emma Thompson his "favourite bare-footed actress" as they share the platform at a charity function in St James's Palace
• President Bush to go ahead with Peru visit despite deadly car bomb attack opposite US embassy in Lima
• Princess Martha Louise and Ari Behn presented with 'love glove' by actors of new play at 'Det Norsk Teatret' in Oslo
• 40 years of James Bond celebrated at new exhibition in Bradford
• Kate Moss expecting her first child
• Over 50 heads of state join Kofi Annan at a UN summit on aid for the world's poorest nations in Monterrey, Mexico
• Thursday March 21, 2002
• British skier Alain Baxter stripped of his Olympic bronze medal after a positive drugs test
• Sydney Opera House to receive multimillion-pound revamp
• Willem-Alexander and Maxima of Holland make their first official engagement as a married couple
• Paul McCartney set to perform at the Academy Awards for the first time with his Oscar-nominated song Vanilla Sky
• Matthew Broderick celebrates his 40th birthday today
• King Mohammed VI of Morocco today weds his computer engineer bride Salma Bennani in a private ceremony at the Royal Palace
• Wednesday March 20, 2002
• The Duchess of York in Sydney to promote Wedgewood china
• Queen Rania of Jordan addresses Hollywood studio chiefs to raise support for micro-lending programs in developing countries
• The boot is on the other foot as Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo takes his son to watch wife Milene Domingues play
• Enrique Iglesias works the crowd during his concert at Radio City Music Hall, New York
• Prince Charles mourns the loss of his Jack Russell terrier 'Tigga'
• Global concern grows over woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria
• Donald Trump sells the Empire State Building for �40 million
• Tuesday March 19, 2002
• Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway visits her home town of Kristiansand
• Jamie Oliver's wife Jules gives birth to a baby girl, Poppy Honey
• Britney Spears to open New York restaurant Pinkey's

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