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1999 Legacy: The Best Makeup Win

Why did Elizabeth win? To prove that turning Cate Blanchett into a pale statue is the peak of 16th-century glamour.

Part of the 38 Oscars Jokes: The 1999 “Shakespeare, Spielberg & Benigni’s Leap” Edition archive. Historically Verified

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⏳ Time Capsule: This is how we rolled in the first two decades of the internet

@Angelfire_User01/21/1999 06:00Adding a "Under Construction" gif because I’m busy laughing.
@Hotmail_Checker01/01/2005 07:00Checking my mail at the library and laughing out loud!
@Friends_Lover07/01/2002 16:23Could this joke BE any funnier?
@Wild_Thornberry08/30/2012 15:04Smashing! Absolutely smashing humor!
@Pedro_For_Pres05/19/2000 18:06Vote for Pedro! He tells better jokes.
@Woman_Yelling_C02/03/2013 13:09The cat is just sitting there laughing!
@Web_Crawler_9606/24/1998 18:44Crawled my way to this hilarious page.
@Warcraft_Orc06/05/1998 10:37Work, work... and laugh, laugh!

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