Last Saturday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoured “the people and companies that have advanced the process of filmmaking” in the 2003 Scientific & Technical Awards hosted by Jennifer Garner at the Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena.

The technical Oscars are usually presented a few weeks before the main Academy Awards in an annual gala that positions itself as something of a revenge of the Hollywood nerds.

One honoree joked that Garner was the best part of the evening.

“I want to thank the Academy for inviting Jennifer Garner here tonight,” said Henrik Wann Jensen…….. “Now I can brag to my friends I spent Valentine’s Day with Jennifer Garner.”

Wired News covers the evening