Jamie Foxx wins Best Actor Oscar (Agencies) Updated: 2005-02-28 13:29 Jamie Foxx won the best-actor
Academy Award on Sunday for the title role in "Ray," in which he delivered an
uncanny emulation of beloved singer Ray Charles.
 Actor Jamie Foxx
(R) and daughter Corinne arrive at the 77th annual Academy Awards in
Hollywood, February 27, 2005. Foxx is selected as the best actor for
'Ray.' [AP] | 'Sit your asses down!' With
those four words, comedian Chris Rock brought a new tone to the Oscars that
network executives and sponsors of the Academy Awards hope will lure back a
bigger, younger TV audience to Hollywood's biggest night. In this photo, Rock is
shown during rehearsals at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on February 26, 2005.
[AP]
Following Morgan Freeman's supporting-actor win for "Million Dollar Baby,"
Foxx's triumph made it only the second time in Oscar history that blacks won two
of the four acting honors.
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