Plummer Finally Wins an Oscar

Monday, 27 February 2012 06:35

After a 60-year career on stage and screen, Toronto native Christopher Plummer landed film's most prestigious prize. Last night, Plummer won the best supporting actor Academy Award for his role as an elderly widower who embraces his homosexuality in "Beginners.'' The 82-year-old also set a record as the oldest-ever winner of an acting Oscar. In his speech, Plummer said he had a confession to make, when he first emerged from his mother's womb, he was already rehearsing his Oscar speech. He's due to return to Stratford this summer to debut a one-man show entitled "A Word or Two.''

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