The Official 2019 Oscars Nomination Announcements Discussions & Predictions Thread (1 Viewer)

[Wayne_j]

Adam Lambert is currently Queen's frontman. He performs in all of their concerts.

 

[JQuintana]

I wish Queen hired this dude for frontrunner. He is amazing.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Adam Lambert is currently Queen's frontman. He performs in all of their concerts.

Good to know. That makes sense. Thanks.

 

[benbess]

I think these are pretty funny to read....

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...lot-roma-just-an-expensive-home-movie-1187668

"Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot: 'Roma' Just an "Expensive Home Movie," "About F—ing Time" for Spike Lee 7:00 AM 2/20/2019
by Anonymous, as told to Scott Feinberg
A director casts his vote for 'BlacKkKlansman' and its "genius" helmer, but doesn't buy Lady Gaga for "a single moment" — and by the way, he's not watching ABC's hostless, "idiotic" show....

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Wow, that guy is awful.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I love those Brutally Honest ballots and look forward to them every year.

Wow.

 

[Malcolm R]

Nominated song from Black Panther will not be performed at the Oscars due to scheduling difficulties with Kendrick Lamar and SZA:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk...not-perform-black-panther-song-oscars-n974186

 

[Mike Frezon]

For context, I've removed a couple of posts in advance of this post.

Martin:

All I was trying to do was explain that the way the Electoral College works is in no way similar to the voting that has been set up by AMPAS to decide the winner of Best Picture.

I was not advocating that the Electoral College was either good or bad. it just...is.

I apologize to the forum for taking the conversation temporarily down a rabbit hole.

Carry on.

 

[Tino]

So after pondering all the nominated for Best Picture films, I would rate them in this order.

1.Bohemian Rhapsody
2.The Favourite
3.A Star Is Born
4.Roma
5.BlacKkKlansman
6.Green Book
7.Black Panther
.
.
.
.
.
8.Vice

My top 4 have interchanged for #1 often.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Nominated song from Black Panther will not be performed at the Oscars due to scheduling difficulties with Kendrick Lamar and SZA:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk...not-perform-black-panther-song-oscars-n974186

The train wreck continues.

 

[Jake Lipson]

The train wreck continues.

You know, I don't think we can blame the Academy, or the producers, for this one. It sounds like it was Lamar's choice that he couldn't rearrange his schedule and do it. I'm sure this is a loss to the telecast and not something the Academy wanted -- this is one of the songs they wanted to keep even when they were thinking about cutting some, so this situation is certainly ironic -- but what are they going to do?

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

You know, I don't think we can blame the Academy, or the producers, for this one. It sounds like it was Lamar's choice that he couldn't rearrange his schedule and do it. I'm sure this is a loss to the telecast and not something the Academy wanted -- this is one of the songs they wanted to keep even when they were thinking about cutting some, so this situation is certainly ironic -- but what are they going to do?

We can blame them for not locking him down, or a suitable replacement, as soon as the nominations came out.

 

[Jake Lipson]

We can blame them for not locking him down, or a suitable replacement, as soon as the nominations came out.

Somehow, I expect that whatever scheduling prohibits him from being there was probably in place before the nominations were announced. This isn't something that a performer would miss lightly.

 

[David Weicker]

Somehow, I expect that whatever scheduling prohibits him from being there was probably in place before the nominations were announced. This isn't something that a performer would miss lightly.

That may be, but then the timing is odd.

If it was a long known commitment, then a replacement should have been ready to step in. An already in place Plan B.

 

[Jake Lipson]

If it was a long known commitment, then a replacement should have been ready to step in. An already in place Plan B.

Except that Kendrick Lamar chose not to do it and no one else involved with the song wanted to replace him. That's not on the Academy.

Lamar, from what we’ve heard from sources outside AMPAS, has been abroad and the closing four-week schedule post-noms was a challenge to turn around a stage performance that would do justice to “All the Stars.” As such, the mutual decision between all parties, Lamar’s camp and Oscars, was to forgo a performance of the song on Sunday

Lamar, who has performed at three of the past four Grammys, reportedly also was unable to perform at this month’s show due to work abroad. “All the Stars” was Grammy-nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media but came away empty-handed.

None of the other nominees, i.e. SZA, wanted to perform “All the Stars” live without Lamar. It’s a complex song and not one you could just hand over to anyone else, so not having Lamar perform it didn’t make sense. Decades ago, the Oscars would pair the wrong singers to perform covers of songs, i.e. Ann Reinking doing Phil Collins’ “Against All Odds” or Connie Stevens crooning Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Live or Let Die.” That wasn’t going to happen on “All the Stars.”

Bold emphasis in the above quote added by me.

https://deadline.com/2019/02/black-...s-will-not-be-performed-at-oscars-1202561550/

The Academy and the show's producers has done a lot of things wrong this year. I don't think this is one of them. It's just one of those unfortunate things that happens.

 

[benbess]

So after pondering all the nominated for Best Picture films, I would rate them in this order.

1.Bohemian Rhapsody
2.The Favourite
3.A Star Is Born
4.Roma
5.BlacKkKlansman
6.Green Book
7.Black Panther
.
.
.
.
.
8.Vice

My top 4 have interchanged for #1 often.

I learned some things from Vice, and I thought the make-up and the performance were both impressive, but I agree with you that it is really not Best Picture material. All of the others I guess I'm ok with. My ranking is probably similar to yours except that I'd put Spike Lee's movie higher.

 

[Malcolm R]

Not scientific by any means, but EW has published their annual survey of six anonymous Oscar voters to see who they're supporting. Surprisingly, each of the six chose a different film for BP. For the lead acting awards, the majority chose Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Christian Bale (Vice). Other choices at the link below:

https://ew.com/oscars/2019/02/21/oscars-anonymous-voters-reveal-picks/

 

[JQuintana]

Silly silly Peta:

PETA urges Oscar presenters to skip In-N-Out following the ceremony


https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...nters-to-skip-in-n-out-following-the-ceremony

 

[Tino]

Silly silly Peta:

PETA urges Oscar presenters to skip In-N-Out following the ceremony


https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...nters-to-skip-in-n-out-following-the-ceremony

I don’t think it’s silly at all. Considering the Rising popularity of Veganism I think it’s a reasonable and appropriate request from PETA.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I don’t think it’s silly at all. Considering the Rising popularity of Veganism I think it’s a reasonable and appropriate request from PETA.

Tino - wondering if it’s just not worth taking the bait anymore.