LOS ANGELES, Mar 24, 2003/ FW/ --- Barbra Streisand said it best, "I am proud to live in a country that guarantees everyone, even artists to sing and say what we believe in."

And the stars said their piece - some silently with peace signs and dove pins, though only one scolded President Bush on stage.

Barbra Streisand who is Hollywood's one of the most vocal anti-war supporter, together with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, surprised everyone by keeping the Oscar script.

Susan Sarandon and husband Tim Robbins made their statement by flashing peace signs to the photographers and wearing the dove pin for peace.

There were a lot of stars who wore the dove peace pin - Richard Gere, Nicole Kidman, Brendan Fraser, to name a few.

Support for the troops was also very prominent at the Oscars. Matthew McConaughey said it with red, white and blue flowers on the lapels of his tuxedo. While some, like the President of the Academy Frank Pierson wore the U.S. flags and said, "To all of our men and women overseas, God speed and let's get you home soon. To the Iraqi people, I say, let's have peace soon and let you live without war."

The 'opinions' were mostly restrained except for Michael Moore, who won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, "Bowling For Columbine."

In his speech, he chastized President Bush by saying, "We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it is the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts, we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush!"

He received both applause and boos with his outburst, and in the end he left the stage with boos from the audience.

Michael Moore's speech was not surprising though. He delivered the same speech during the Independent Spirit Award held yesterday.

Oscar host Steve Martin made a joke about it the next time he came back on stage by saying, "the Teamsters are helping Mr. Moore into the trunk of his limo."

And in the end, Steve Martin had the last word with his closing remarks, "To the men and women overseas -- we are thinking of you. Why? We hoped you enjoyed the show. It was for you."