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Basketball and the movies: The 2004 Gheorghie Awards
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With the All-Star weekend festivities taking place in Hollywood, NBA.com recognizes the symbiosis of basketball and filmdom in presenting the 2004 Gheorghie Awards. Named in honor of seven-foot-seven basketball and entertainment legend Gheorghe Muresan (Washington Bullets, My Giant, Snickers and ESPN ads, et al), the Gheorghies unveiled dozens of nominees in 15 categories over three days, with your votes determining the winners. The envelopes, please.

Complete Results

And the nominees are:

Rosario Dawson
He Got Game (1998)
Dawson had only done two movies before acting opposite Ray Allen and Denzel Washington in this Spike Lee joint.

Sarah Michelle Gellar
Harvard Man (2001)
Buffy stars in this 2001 release about a basketball player who strikes a deal with the mob to throw a game.

Annette O’Toole
One On One (1977)
O'Toole plays Robby Benson's fetching tutor in this '70s drama about a small-town phenom who adjusts to a big-school setting.

Anna Paquin
Finding Forrester (2000)
Paquin helps a high-school hoopster/writer realize that he is, in fact, "the man now, dog!" in this Gus Van Sant film.

Rosie Perez
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
Mouthy, nagging, and incredibly charming, Perez steals many a scene as Woody Harrelson's girlfriend.

Julia Stiles
O (2001)
"To 3 or not to 3" ... Stiles plays the girlfriend of a high-school hoops star (Mekhi Phifer) in this update of Shakespeare's Othello.

Susan Ursitti
Teen Wolf (1985)
As the howlingly adorable "Boof," Ursitti stars opposite the original T-Wolf, Michael J. Fox.

Debra Winger
Forget Paris (1995)
Sickening players and coaches throughout the league, Winger dates a ref in Billy Crystal's romantic hoops comedy.