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The finale dress was a long-sleeve gold-and-silver sequin frock, paired again with disco ball-style hoop earrings and a gold lam bouquet of roses

I got to take this time. (It would be an evening of long speeches, clocking in as the longest Oscars ever, at four hours and 23 minutes.) The aftermath Unfortunately, Berrys win didnt open as many doors as one would have hoped, and it took eight years after her win for another Black woman to even be nominated in the category (Gabourey Sidibe was finally nominated for the Best Actress award for Precious in 2010)