Sydney's lockout laws, Australian marriage equality and a surprise appearance from Kylie Minogue were the big talking points at the 30th annual Aria awards, otherwise dominated by the electronic music wunderkind Flume.
If you're up on stage because you've won some kind of award, or otherwise have the attention of a room full of people, you'll want to make sure you thank the necessary parties involved in your success.
The film itself earned four more, including one for best picture alongside The English Patient, Fargo, Secrets and Lies and Shine – making it the big studios' prize pony in an awards season otherwise branded "the year of the indies".
He has also gotten financial support from advocates of school vouchers and of efforts to curb large civil awards and otherwise limit lawsuits.
The awards were otherwise all over the map, with the first nine going to different films, leaving the show's host, Jon Stewart, to set the tone with a riff on the three-month writers' strike that had threatened to turn the Oscars itself into a marathon of montages.
The measures, which often place a maximum on damage awards and otherwise limit recoveries by people claiming injury, have spawned challenges in many state courts, which, in turn, have spawned campaigns by trial lawyers and business groups to shift those courts their way.
The HFPA's picks may influence some Academy voters, but the two awards are otherwise unrelated.
Critics of vaccinations gained some traction early last year when the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, or "vaccine court," awarded two otherwise normal children millions of dollars after they developed ASD's following vaccinations.
The Swedish award persuaded him otherwise.
The new members will be inducted in a ceremony next month and will be allowed to serve on academy committees that award prizes, but otherwise they have no official responsibilities.
