Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

The connection to the Obamas does make one wonder. Also, it is probably true that the Kennedy Center receives a fee from CBS for televising the event in late December - a fee that undoubtedly slides up or down based on ratings for the show. Therefore, the Center has a vested interest in selecting h...

I've always enjoyed the annual Kennedy Center Honors gala on television. I just noticed that Oprah Winfrey will be one of this year's honorees. Now, Oprah is a daytime talk-show host, but does that make her a performing artist? Johnny Carson received the honor in 1993. No doubt, he fit the descript...

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Before the inception of last year's Governor's night to present honorary Oscars, it seemed that the Academy limited the number of these awards to about two a year, maybe three max. Neither the Hersholt or the Thalberg were given every year. However, every year there was an honorary actor/actress/di...

Questions: If Patricia Neal had been nominated for Best Supporting Actress (1963) for Hud — which she should have been — instead of Best Actress: 1) Who among the list of Best Supporting Actress nominees would she most likely have bumped off? 2) Would she most likely have won the Best Supporting Ac...

If you go to the Academy's website, you'll find pictures from the Governor's Awards that were handed out last night. One possible rationale for this new "Event" is that since there will be 10 Best Picture nominees next year, the show will need to find an extra 15 minutes+ to slot in intro...