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FOUR GONGS FOR BONG!

THERE were so many highlights at this year’s Academy Awards – Brad Pitt winning his first Oscar for acting, Laura Dern’s emotional speech as she bagged best supporting actress, Martin Scorsese nodding off during Eminem’s performance . . . But it was a man who only recently burst onto the mainstream scene who upstaged them all.

The expression on director Bong Joonho’s face as he scooped not one but four Oscars, including the big one for best picture, was priceless.

“I want someone to look at me like Bong Joon-ho looks at his Oscar,” a film buff joked on Twitter.

The South Korean director had good reason to look

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