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- ↑ "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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- ↑ "The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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- ↑ "The 94th Academy Awards (2022) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
