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by Big Magilla
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: New Developments III
Replies: 2978
Views: 654931

Re: New Developments III

Semantics. I can't read the article which requires a subscription to Fox News which I have no intention of doing, but the six dismissed charges are as good as gone. Refiling the violation of oath charges with reference to the specific oaths that were broken would take time and delay the trial even f...
by Big Magilla
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 27
Views: 1474

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

I think you're confusing anthology films with hyperlink films. Here's the difference as explained in Wikipedia: An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film, or portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of several shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from th...
by Big Magilla
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 27
Views: 1474

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

California Suite , for which Maggie Smith won her second Oscar, is one I forgot about, but you're right, there's no reason an anthology film can't win a Best Picture Oscar at some point just because it's never happened before. I have no doubt that Lanthimos and Emma Stone will have many more awards...
by Big Magilla
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 27
Views: 1474

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Some of these may get pushed to 2025. Kinds of Kindness could be one. Emma Stone under Lanthimos' direction two years in a row might feed into the narrative of they never do the same thing twice in a row. Besides which it's an anthology piece in which the three leads (Stone, Margaret Qualley, Jesse ...
by Big Magilla
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: New Developments III
Replies: 2978
Views: 654931

Re: New Developments III

Meanwhile Goergia judge just threw out the infamous phone call and five other charges in that case.

Trump is going to get away with everything outside of New York, isn't he?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge- ... rence-case
by Big Magilla
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 43
Views: 1940

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

Not sure it counts, but has any acting winner ever had as many former co-stars as Emma Stone had presenting the night they won? In addition to the obvious Ryan Gosling from Crazy, Stupid, Love and La La Land and Ramy Youssef from Poor Things , there were Michael Keaton from Birdman , Sally Field fro...
by Big Magilla
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:16 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: R.I.P. Eric Carmen
Replies: 0
Views: 230

R.I.P. Eric Carmen

"All By Myself" singer and former lead of the Raspberries has died at 74.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment ... 46e6&ei=33
by Big Magilla
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Ceremony
Replies: 27
Views: 928

Re: Oscar Ceremony

As I said in an edited portion below: this happened when Laurence Olivier gave out best picture to Amadeus for 1984; that night, it was clearly a screw-up by an addled old guy (and winner Saul Zaentz tried to cover for it by naming the other films in his acceptance speech). In this case, because Cy...
by Big Magilla
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 27
Views: 1474

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Hanover Street was written and directed by Razzie Award winner Peter Hyams. Blitz was written and directed by a master filmmaker.
by Big Magilla
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
Replies: 27
Views: 971

Re: Oscar Predictions Contest

Jefforey, I like your suggestion about the cutoff for contest entries being when the host starts his monologue but that can be just as tricky as getting the time right if you're not watching the posts live. However, even if the cutoff were an hour before the show begins, someone will always wait unt...
by Big Magilla
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 27
Views: 1474

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Good start. I don't know if Colman Domingo will win, but he seems to be almost certain to be nominated again for Sing Sing , which if it had been released in 2023 might have given him a better shot than Rustin did. We've already had winning female directors, but we've never had a winning Black direc...
by Big Magilla
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Ceremony
Replies: 27
Views: 928

Re: Oscar Ceremony

Wes Anderson's explanation of his absence: “If I could have been there, I (along with [producer] Steven Rales) would have said ‘Thank You’ to: the family of Roald Dahl; the team at Netflix; Benedict [Cumberbatch] and Ralph [Fiennes] and Ben Kingsley and Dev [Patel] … and more [of the cast and crew],...
by Big Magilla
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 43
Views: 1940

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

There's a lot of information out there about adjusting for inflation, but has anyone done a study on adjusting for percentage of population? That would be tricky for movies such as Gone With The Wind which have had multiple re-releases over the years. They should just count box office attendance as...
by Big Magilla
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 43
Views: 1940

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

There's a lot of information out there about adjusting for inflation, but has anyone done a study on adjusting for percentage of population?
by Big Magilla
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 27
Views: 1474

Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

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