Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Couple quick things: This got a fair bit of traction recently. Someone moderately important in the RKF Jr. campaign admits her no. 1 priority is preventing a Biden victory. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/rfk-jr-new-york-biden-trump/index.html I don't really view this as a smoking gun that R...

danfrank wrote I didn’t watch SCTV, but thought he was very funny as the dad on Freaks and Geeks. I loved that show. Beat me to it. Looks like he hasn't really worked much in the last ten years. SCTV is a big blind spot for me. The sense I got is that it was the most respected and creative late nig...

Mister Tee wrote I know I'm several days late on this, but in case Sabin still wants an answer to his question re: Gore choosing a different VP... Bob Graham would have been a far more neutral way to boost himself there. Which was important, because Lieberman singularly antagonized significant port...

Dead at 87. https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/louis-gossett-jr-dead-an-officer-and-a-gentleman-roots-1235955575/ A 60+ year career, and yet I'm ashamed to say I've seen him in three projects: An Officer and a Gentleman (for which he won his Oscar), the Watchmen miniseries a few ye...

I want to correct something and add something. I've already posted enough on this but... I referred to Joe Lieberman as a bought-and-paid-for right-winger in the Democratic Party. I have no idea if his political beliefs are a product of his worldview or his donors. Something I'm increasingly interes...

Greg wrote If Gore had any idea that Florida would have been as close as it was, he probably would have chosen Bob Graham. I really don't know much about Bob Graham. I've looked his wikipedia over a few times. He seems smart and competent. According to wikipedia, Gore's short list was apparently Ba...

For a good portion of my adult life, my politics were defined by "None of this would be happening if Gore won," which I recognize now is -- while maybe not incorrect -- not very mature. I was excited about Al Gore in 2000, I was excited at the idea of a Jewish running mate, and yet somehow...

The senator died due to complications from a fall, his family said.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former- ... =108568720

RFK Jr. has announced that his running mate is Nicole Shanahan. Who? Exactly. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/26/nicole-shanahan-rfk-jr-2024-bio-00149015 EDITED FOR LENGTH: I've been a bit more concerned about the impact of RFK Jr.'s candidacy towards Biden than most on this board. I ...

Didn't see this coming. Trump social media company will go public as DWAC shareholders approve merger.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/22/trump-c ... -vote.html

That's his legal fees, right?

Terrific actor. Thought he had already passed.

Greg wrote
Trump is unable to make the almost half-billion-dollar bond necessary to appeal his New York civil fraud verdict. It appears the New York AG will start seizing Trump's property in about a week.

He's gonna do a lot of normal stuff when that happens.

For the first 30 minutes, I found Julio Torres' Problemista irritating but as it went along I liked it more. It's the story of an El Salvadoran immigrant who comes to the U.S. for the opportunity to apply to work at a toy company and quickly afterwards finds one financial trap after another as he tr...

Mister Tee wrote Not a revolution, but I'd say progress. What's closer to a revolution is the number of women nominated for Best Director. This decade alone (if we start in 2020), we've seen almost as many nominated (4) than in all of Academy history combined (5). Not to mention twice as many winne...

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Oscar-winning screenwriter of The King's Speech. He was 86.