Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Eenusch wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:57 pm Will OJ Simpson get a mention in next year's In Memoriam? He made a few films.

I doubt it. The prevailing view within the industry, as headlined in Hollywood Elsewhere, is that "O.J. Simpson Has Gone to Hell."

And the winners are...

Original: The Holdovers
Adapted: American Fiction
Documentary: The Pigeon Tunnel

He died of cancer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/ ... r-BB1lsz4g

danfrank wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:36 pm

Big Magilla wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:18 pm And why, pray tell, does Variety still think that Forest Whitaker is in the cast when he isn't?

IMDB and every article I’ve read lists him in the cast. You heard otherwise?

Yes, he was replaced by Giancarlo Esposito who the Variety article has been corrected to include in place of Whitaker.

Blanchett's character was not in Highsmith's original. It was created for the 1999 film.

Started to watch episode 1 last night, fell asleep before it ended. Will pick it up at some point.

And why, pray tell, does Variety still think that Forest Whitaker is in the cast when he isn't?

Chevalier was campaigned in lead. Gingold's omission was a headscratcher. She and Peggy Cass, who was nominated for Auntie Mame campaigned incessantly on late night TV. One campaign worked, one didn't.

Montgomery Clift was the sentimental favorite, not just for the performance alone for which he either waived his fee or took scale (forget which), but for having lost three times previously for The Search , A Place in the Sun , and From Here to Eternity . He and Judy Garland were the expected winners.

Greg, have you read the responses to the article, one of them posted by Coppola himself 14 hours ago, respectfully correcting the author on several points? His response is included in the link you provided although it came four hours after you provided it so unless you've checked it again you wouldn...

Genuine question: when you compare the length of time a host like Bob Hope takes vs Jimmy Kimmel, is it genuinely that much different? Probably not, but the whole production number that goes along with the host's opening monologue before the first award is handed out takes more time than it did in ...

I’m not sure whether Donat's performance opposite Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness was considered a lead but posthumous nominations in the supporting categories didn't happen until Ralph Richardson in 1984 and haven't happened since. Heath Ledger received a posthumous Best Supportin...

Genuine question: when you compare the length of time a host like Bob Hope takes vs Jimmy Kimmel, is it genuinely that much different? Probably not, but the whole production number that goes along with the host's opening monologue before the first award is handed out takes more time than it did in ...

Star of It Came from Outer Space?

I prefer to remember her for Magnificent Obsession, Bigger Than Life, No Down Payment, The Young Philadelphians, Hombre, and even Can't Stop the Music, and for her many guest star appearances in TV, especially a 1987 episode of Murder, She Wrote.

I don't remember that happening with the honorary awards although I do recall it happening once or twice with the scientific awards. They waste a lot of time at the Oscars with nonsense like selfies with the host, wandering tourists, and this year, drinks for the attendees. Worst of all, the opening...

If I were to amend my comments from twelve years ago, I would call this one of the most disappointing years in this category. Calling it the absolute worst was probably unfair. As I pointed out then, the rules in 1958 were different than they were in 2012 and things have only gotten more difficult f...