Academy Awards 2024

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Anonymous wrote:I also didn’t expect that. She was great in Poor Things.

I hated La La Land (nothing about her performance—just thought it was an empty and meaningless movie) and so I feel like this was the first deserved win for her!

Gosling should have won for LaLa Land instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Gladstone gave a more subtle and restrained performance, and the academy members often vote for bigger, showier performances like Stone's instead. In fact, the same thing happened when Glenn Close was widely expected to win Best Actress for The Wife, which was a masterpiece of subtlety, but Olivia Colman took the award for The Favourite, in which she squawked and screamed the whole movie. Both Stone and Colman were directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Yes, this.

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Anonymous wrote:Al Pacino’s strange Best Picture announcement may have topped Elizabeth Taylor announcing Gladiator twenty-some years ago.

Laurence Olivier forgot to announce the nominees in 1985 and went straight for the envelope.

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I think it’s so weird when everyone thanks their children.

Thanking your parents who presumably supported you and nurtured your interest in performing makes sense.

But thanking your three year old…or any kid, really?

Why not thank your cat or dog while you’re at it?

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Ariana Grande’s poofy pink dress was dramatic and lovely.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

No and I don’t think it’s racism. And I do think the academy and the Grammys are very racist. Saw both movies and thought she just didn’t do enough for the character in KOTFM. Someone mentioned her acting was subtle. But with the way she ”subtly” acted anyone could’ve played her part. Emma owned her role that no one else could’ve done it justice.

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Robert Downey jr was so dismissive when he got the Oscar from Ke Huy, he seemed like he went out of his way to ignore him twice while acknowledging the others.

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I'm embarrassed to admit that I never knew Cillian was pronounced as such. Despite watching the entirety of Peaky Blinders.

He's kind of awkward but endearing and humble. It confirms my belief that public speaking is so difficult -- even if you are a talented actor.

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Anonymous wrote:Awkward presentation by Pacino. Weren’t they supposed to read the contenders?

Maybe his new baby is keeping him awake. Be kind to the new dad!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

I agree with another poster that excellent restrained performances don’t always get recognized as much as showy performances. I can’t know if it’s racism or not.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s so weird when everyone thanks their children.

Thanking your parents who presumably supported you and nurtured your interest in performing makes sense.

But thanking your three year old…or any kid, really?

Why not thank your cat or dog while you’re at it?

It's guilt. So when the kids are grown up and feeling abandoned during their childhood, the parent can say i thought about you all the time, see I thanked you at the Oscars

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like people who can't see the worth in Moonlight are either racist, homophobic or both.

It's considered one of the best films yet made in this century and I'm still angry that the cast and crew didn't get their moment in the sun because of the cockup with the envelopes at the Oscars that year.

It's a brilliant film, full of brilliant performances.

And yes, I'm going there - Oscars so white 2024. Again.

25% of the acting winners weren't white, and 50% of the writing winners weren't white.

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Anonymous wrote:They cut off so many winners mid-speech or only let one person of a team speak (until the very end) yet didn’t have enough material to fill the full time allotted and finished 7 mins early… poor planning.

They could have read the best song and best picture nominees and eaten up two or three of those minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s so weird when everyone thanks their children.

Thanking your parents who presumably supported you and nurtured your interest in performing makes sense.

But thanking your three year old…or any kid, really?

Why not thank your cat or dog while you’re at it?

It's guilt. So when the kids are grown up and feeling abandoned during their childhood, the parent can say i thought about you all the time, see I thanked you at the Oscars

Maybe the kid is the reason they get out of bed in the morning and go to their jobs. Parenthood is part of what motivates me to keep going.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Gladstone gave a more subtle and restrained performance, and the academy members often vote for bigger, showier performances like Stone's instead. In fact, the same thing happened when Glenn Close was widely expected to win Best Actress for The Wife, which was a masterpiece of subtlety, but Olivia Colman took the award for The Favourite, in which she squawked and screamed the whole movie. Both Stone and Colman were directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Olivia Coleman was great in The Favourite

I bet even Emma Stone wishes Lily Gladstone won

I promise not to make this whole thread about Gaza - but hot d**n it would have been nice for even one of the people who felt compelled to make last night about Gaza to have mentioned the hostages.