By Denise Martin

We all know that Kate Winslet really, really, really wants to win an Oscar, and it's beginning to look as if she just might.

After her first win of the night for her role in "The Reader," she preempted her long list of thank yous with a warning: “OK, you have to forgive me because I’m not in the habit of winning things.” So polite, the British.

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