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by Uri
Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:25 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II
Replies: 9
Views: 1025

Re: R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II

Good morning - I don't have much time - this is the beginning of my working weak and I have to go, but for now: I do think your proposition is somewhat opportunistic about this particular moment in American history. I'm not saying I'm not opportunistic - but if I am, it's Netanyahu and the Likud par...
by Uri
Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II
Replies: 9
Views: 1025

Re: R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II

Monarchies – as well as other forms of government - evolve, and my “theory” is about modern day (post WW II) ones. The world of the ‘20s and ‘30s was radically different. My take is relevant to Spain of the ‘70s when the reinstallation of the monarchy was a way to bridge the gap between a dictatorsh...
by Uri
Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:56 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II
Replies: 9
Views: 1025

Re: R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II

I'm such a huge monarchist (as if I have anything to do with it) I had to post my take on it because I usually tend to agree with you Tee. In all the rankings of the countries of the world - according to social indices, lack of corruption, etc. – placed at the top of these lists are Denmark, Sweden ...
by Uri
Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:52 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Telecast Discussion
Replies: 182
Views: 22785

Re: Telecast Discussion

It seems that with Smith’s acceptance speech, we were privileged to get a rare, naked glimpse into these people’s worship at the altar of self-delusion. My favorite tweet of the night by far: "See what happens when you say 'Macbeth' in a theatre?" With all due respect to Washington, on Sun...
by Uri
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:19 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Notable Firsts and Records
Replies: 83
Views: 13956

Re: Notable Firsts and Records

anonymous1980 wrote:
Uri wrote:
And while I'm here - is Troy Kotsur the first actor to fart his/her way to an Oscar?
Forrest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland also had a giant fart scene.
Thank you for clarifying this momentous issue. Aren't we both extremely refined Oscar scholars?
by Uri
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:16 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Best Actress
Replies: 5
Views: 687

Re: Best Actress

I haven’t yet seen TEoTF, so what I’m about to say may not apply to the merit of her win, but Chastain’s speech clarified to me why I’ve never warmed to her. It was so mechanical, so carefully calculated and uninspired. Nothing wrong, but so cautious. And the same can be said about her acting – it’s...
by Uri
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:02 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Telecast Discussion
Replies: 182
Views: 22785

Re: Telecast Discussion

For me, a huge factor, judging an Oscar show, is how much the outcomes fit my persona preferences, so this one was rather a bad one. And yes, these unscripted incidents are highlights, alas, in real time, not being that invested in the proceedings, I dismissed the Smith/Rock debacle as a badly writt...
by Uri
Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:43 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Notable Firsts and Records
Replies: 83
Views: 13956

Re: Notable Firsts and Records

Twins Julius and Philip Epstein (along with Howard Koch) won for writing Casablanca.

And while I'm here - is Troy Kotsur the first actor to fart his/her way to an Oscar?
by Uri
Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actress
Replies: 9
Views: 409

Re: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actress

Funny Girl, as you say, was a hybrid -- lots on on-stage stuff, but also People on a stoop and Don't Rain on My Parade on a tugboat.. And I'm The Greatest Star and Sadie Sadie Married Lady. As for the if-it's-a-dream-sequence-then-it's-not-a-musical-musical - nahh. I'm not buying it. And it was don...
by Uri
Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:55 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actress
Replies: 9
Views: 409

Re: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actress

By contrast, best actress has had only one such winner, Emma Stone, since Liza's win for Cabaret... The last such supporting actor winner was Liza's partner Joel Grey, Is Cabaret - the film , not the stage original - technically a full fledged musical? All the musical numbers but one are "real...
by Uri
Mon Mar 14, 2022 1:10 am
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: Mattes And Oscar Categories
Replies: 5
Views: 333

Re: Mattes And Oscar Categories

Bringing up FLW in this board and not mentioning his greatest claim to fame – being the grandfather of an Oscar winning actress?

O.k. – it’s Anne Baxter we’re talking about, so maybe it’s not that sought after notoriety after all…
by Uri
Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:33 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Notable Firsts and Records
Replies: 83
Views: 13956

Re: Notable Firsts and Records

1942 was indeed the year with the highest number of nominated actors playing characters who are related to other nominated ones – 12. This year we have 9, tying at second place with 1980. Unless we count Colman and Buckley too (changing the definition from “relatives” to “members of the same family”...
by Uri
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:28 pm
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: Where else could one post a quiz such as this?
Replies: 22
Views: 2165

Re: Where else could one post a quiz such as this?

So, here’s the full answer. As FilmFan indeed suggested – this is about actors who played onscreen family members of characters whose portrayals won the Oscars – twice. As far as I know, Conroy is the only performer to have played a parent of an Oscar winning “offspring” more than once – Katharine H...
by Uri
Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:22 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Notable Firsts and Records
Replies: 83
Views: 13956

Re: Notable Firsts and Records

There are 4 duos of actors nominated for playing married couples this year. It's a record. There were a few cases when there were 3 (1939, 1966, 2001* and 2012), but never 4.

* 2001 might be counted as 3 and a half, since both Dench and Winslet played Jim Broadbent's wife.
by Uri
Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:55 am
Forum: 94th Academy Awards
Topic: Notable Firsts and Records
Replies: 83
Views: 13956

Re: Notable Firsts and Records

I guess this is the trivia thread. Buckley and Colman are the third duo to be nominated for playing the sane character on the same year, following Dench/Blanchet in '98 and Dench/Winslet in '01. And just like the previous two times it happened, Judi Dench is on the nominees list. You forgot Kate Wi...

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