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There was only one thing about the Smothers Brothers I was more than a little familiar with. It's the clip from the documentary about The Who, The Kids Are Alright when the band appeared on their show. They tease poor Tom for a few minutes, and then launch into their legendary performance of "M...

“Dance The Night” from “Barbie” “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” There is an Oscar nomination-worthy song in Barbie, and it's none of these. It's "Pink" sung by Lizzo towards the beginning of the film, the one that starts out "When I wake up..." ...

taki15 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:27 am

Sonic Youth wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:37 pm

gunnar wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:07 pm I doubt if the Supreme Court will uphold this ruling,

And it's not like he was gonna win Colorado anyway.

Sideshow.

That's a bizarre way to trivialize this case.

Not in this country, it isn't. You should see how others are dismissing it. Nobody believes anything will come of it.

Hello, sijmen. Made any movies lately?

gunnar wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:07 pm I doubt if the Supreme Court will uphold this ruling,

And it's not like he was gonna win Colorado anyway.

Sideshow.

Mister Tee wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:52 pm

Best Scene: Barbie – Gloria (America Ferrara)’s monologue on the impossible standards for women
(RU: John Wick: Chapter 4 – Staircase Fight)

I really thought the staircase fight would win this, but…. What group is this?

Big Magilla wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:27 am
Best Picture – Musical/Comedy:

• AIR
• AMERICAN FICTION
• BARBIE
• THE HOLDOVERS
• MAY DECEMBER
• POOR THINGS

Clearly if there were 7 slots, The Color Purple would have made it in easily.

Also add Best Director?

Mister Tee wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:37 pm
First, to alert you to what's passing for discussion in other parts of the Oscar Internet...the folks at AwardsWorthy

Bur why are you even there? They seem to give you nothing but agita.

With our luck, they’ll just stretch the show an hour longer.

He died doing what he loved best... watching from the safety of his armchair entire nations hurl flammable explosives at each other.

OscarGuy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:43 pm This sounds like a studio doing a very small print run to create a "sold out" situation and increase interest.

I feel much better now.

RANT (because I can’t take this anymore.) I remember Damien once saying that although there have been Best Picture winners he hated, he at least could see why other people loved them and why they could capture the affection and enthusiasm of millions of people, even if the films didn't work for him....

Happy Thanksgiving. It's not often Th'day is just the three of us - me, wife and daughter - but my pushing-80 mother is visiting Paris for her very first time along with some cousins, so that's how it shakes out this year. And I'm really looking forward to being in the company of no one but us, sinc...

Has there been a significant discrepancy between the polls and yesterdays election outcomes?