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I've read speculation the reason France submitted The Taste Of Things for International Feature rather than Anatomy Of A Fall was Fall director Justine Triet attacked French President Emmanuel Macron during her Palme d'Or acceptance speech at Cannes.

My guess is, that if there were 10 nominations for both film and director, this year there would most likely be an exact matchup.

I've accepted that Cillian Murphy (who absolutely deserved his nom) will be passed over in favor of Giamatti. I think Murphy will win as part of a 9-award sweep for Oppenheimer -- Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, and ...

2) It's staggering we've been in tandem long enough that your kids have reached wise-ass age. Staggering is damn right....haha...when we first "met" I was a zit riddled brace-laced "child" and I now celebrate 17 years with my wife this year and have 5 of those wise ass soon to b...

I actually think Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid did a pretty good job.

Uri wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:10 am Sorry, so ashamed of myself. Of course The Great Kate still holds the most prestigious record of them all - will her four acting Oscars (all in lead) will ever be equaled, let alone surpassed?

Well, Frances McDormand and Daniel Day-Lewis only have one more lead acting award to go.

sijmen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:31 pm
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Barbie
2. Oppenheimer

Could Barbie being ahead of Oppenheimer be the result of a glitch that Barbie had most of its precursor successes in the Original Screenplay category which, this year, has been less competitive than the Adapted Screenplay category?

Mister Tee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:54 pm If this turns out to be the AMPAS 10, can you remember a better slate?

It would probably rank with the most-celebrated slates of 1939 and 1972. Although, 1972 was a five-nominations-only slate.

Barbie appears headed to double-digit nominations. When was the last time a director for a double-digit-nominated film was left off, Spielberg for The Color Purple?

Eenusch wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:24 pm Are they presenting a DeMille or Burnett award this year?

No.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Someone at another message board wrote that a lot of Academy members are on restrictive diets and wouldn't even want to watch a documentary about amazing food.

Mister Tee wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:05 pm Wiseman can't win enough awards from critics, but there's nothing he can do to crash the Oscar doc list.

You'd think with all the wealthy members of the Academy, a lot of them would be foodies.

dws1982 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:31 am The extensive use of music has made this off-limits for streaming, but the entire series is available on DVD at a reasonable price.

What is the issue with music and streaming?

The menu for this year's Noble Prize Banquet is: "Yellow beetroot baked with seaweed and salt and a cream made from seaweed from Sweden’s west coast. Served with buttermilk and dill-seed plus sturgeon caviar from Strömsnäsbruk. Cod loin stuffed with king crab, served with a kohlrabi roll and a ...