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I understand it is at the whim of the voter doing the nominating, but that the studios, in their Oscar ads, push for particular categories. However, you cannot receive a nomination in two different categories for the same role, as happened with Barry Fitzgerald in "Going My Way" back in 1944...

God, wouldn't you LOVE to get hold of all the vote tallies throughout history? SmokingGun.com where are you? Course, they probably destroy them afterwards. You know, if Academy prodecure had been followed back in 1968, Streisand would not have tied with Hepburn for Best Actress. Standared...

I was only mildly surprised that Crash won. There was a lot of talk among the pundits that if any movie would upset for BP, it would be that. Just a couple days ago, I heard someone on TV say, "Momentum has been growing for Crash, particularly in the last few days." I said to my friend as...

Josh C. wrote: I would respect your opinion on that, Josh, but I simply can't, because you said in this thread... http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...00#post2906600 that you have not seen, and have no plans to see, the film. If you haven't seen it, then may I ask what is the...

No, Chariots of Fire was the biggest Best Picture upset of all time. It had won NO awards prior to its BP Oscar. Crash won the SAG Ensemble. Hate to say it, but Crash's win was foretold by the combo of its SAG Ensemble win and its nomination for Best Editing, which Brokeback did not have. As...

If Brokeback wins BP, it'll be the first time in 25 years, since "Ordinary People" in 1980, that a film has won Best Picture without a nom for Editing.