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^^^ Back in those days I never even knew when the program was on every year until I saw it listed in the TV Guide! Interesting that they were on a THURSDAY that year. From the first telecast in 1953 through 1962, except for one year, they started at 7:30pm in Hollywood, 10:30pm on the East...

The Academy should start with requiring their voting membership to see the films in a theater.

I didn't really watch any of the pre-show coverage, Did anyone interview Andrea Riseborough?

I'm not judging this, just stating it: It should be noted in the posts referencing the absence of anyone in the IM segment, that after it aired they referenced a QR code where you could find others that were not included in the televised sequence.

^^^ As I referenced in my post after that.

This means nothing as you know. Even if you win one, like Scorcese did for The Departed, then people were saying "he shouldn't have won for that one, that's not his best work." Besides that, AMPAS bestows Honorary awards that are meant to correct these kinds of slights over the vagaries of...

I don't think so, because there was a big push back in 1992 to nominate Robin Williams as the Genie in Disney's Aladdin. People just didn't think actors would do that if they weren't seen on screen. These were the nominations: ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game Gene...

I also got 19/23. (At the party I went to after I'd made that post I changed my editing pick to EEAAO and got 20 correct there.) At that party the we could hear and see the Top Gun fighter jets fly down the street and over the Dolby Theatre; since the live broadcast is time delayed by some...

I'm going to an Oscar party at a friend's house in Hollywood and as I sit here I almost fainted when the sun came out! It'll be mostly cloudy today, though, but shouldn't be raining today as it was yesterday and will tomorrow night! Anyone have any thoughts on the Champagne Carpet? Enjoy!

I got 20 of 23 right last year and also don't think I'll do as well this year. I did not vote CODA would win Best Picture, though I preferred it. I was unwilling to think the 70 some odd year old precedent correlating Editing Nominations with Best Picture winners would be broken for a film with...

What did it mean to you back in the day? People have always argued about what wins Best Picture. I'm sure audiences were overjoyed when Gentlemen's Agreement (1947) won. Another movie BP nominated that year lots of people now watch every year...Miracle on 34th Street. I'm not saying you feel...

Those articles are always interesting because they reveal the many different reasons a person votes for something. They may vote for someone or vote against someone. It also shows someone who thinks the movie they want to win Best Picture has a better chance to win if they only place three...

All of the articles I've read over the years about AMPAS's rank choice voting for Best Picture, and there's been articles and videos every year, say that it's more important what you put in second or third place than what you place in first. Also, people seem to think it's easy to place ten...

If this news has just been revealed, it's way too late to do anything about it.

Nothing is absolute, but before this voting system, it was unusual for the Best Picture winner to win with less than 4 Oscars. Many films used to pretty much run the table. When Crash won 3 awards it was noted the last time a movie had won Best Picture with so few was back in 1976 when Rocky...

AMPAS: Go back to 5 Best Film Nominees and voting for the ONE you think should win and stop this game of chess. This video doesn't say so, but I've read several articles about this rank choice voting for Best Film that says it's more important what you place in second or third position than in...

And, as Quentin Tarantino and others have stated, the Awards have become much more about virtue signaling than taking into account if the achievements are any good or not.

There are so many intersecting topics that are a part of the mix as to the current state of the Oscars and the past that not a single one can be pointed to as to the sole reason for whatever the complaint is at present. Many recent posts here have written that "audiences haven't seen the movies...

^^^ I do not know what you mean; what you're getting at?

I'd have picked La La Land and 1917, too. :)

Jimmy Kimmel did an amusing filmed segment with guest stars on his show last week.

I read something interesting and surprising. We all know that the Acting Branch of AMPAS has the most members, comprised of 14% of the membership. What branch has the second most members at 9%?

I agree with you. We're talking about voters choosing a performance to award and they might do that if they don't have a strong preference among the choices. Voters also vote for any number of reasons that have nothing to do with the achievement they're up for. There are people who vote for...

I don't have an answer for that exactly. I would suggest in the two cases you mentioned, they're both singers and I feel one might judge their singing capabilities better than their acting at first glance, although, in the case of Dreamgirls, I say tongue-in-cheek that it seems like anyone who...

Thanks for the informative video. I think one thing most people have trouble with when any performer is nominated, is that if they personally aren't familiar with any of their other work, it's harder to judge their performance. In other words, are they just playing themselves, or are they...

--un·known /ˌənˈnōn/ adj. not known or familiar

I guess you don't read dictionary definitions. They always help to clarify a poster's meaning. You saying she is far from unknown is like those who said they don't believe someone won an election because they don't know anyone who voted for them. Maybe I need to look up the dictionary...

Disagree: --far /fär/ adverb 1. at, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another). Of course some people know who she is, but she's way closer to unknown than known in the sphere of Oscar nominations. I pay attention to movies and what's...

I'm confused, as you wrote:

Didn't you write somewhere that...oh wait here it is: You may attach this line to your posts: "Differing opinions are not attacks, and those who present them not our enemies," but you present your opinions more like facts, IM"O" . By the way, I would've picked Cabaret over The Godfather. If...