Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

66% - damn, I was sure gold dusted oscars would be off the menu in deference to the world economic crisis.

How could Barry Fitzgerald have been nominated for both Leading and Supporting Actor in the same movie for the same role??

Because they hadn't instigated the Barry Fitzgerald rule yet.

Should there be a tie-breaker question? Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire r-u The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Actor - Mickey Rourke r-u Sean Penn Actress - Kate Winslet r-u Meryl Streep Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger r-u Josh Brolin Supporting Actress - Viola Davis r-u Penelope Cruz Director ...

A Tony winner. Frank Langella, Meryl Streep, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman all have one. Viola Davis has FOUR Tony awards. If I'm wrong and a second person in a category has one, I confess I didn't research it so deeply. Viola Davis only has one Tony; I think you must have her confused with Audra McD...

dylanfan23 wrote:But as for songs, the song performances are a highlight for me of the ceremony

Now there's an opinion you don't hear much.

BEST PICTURE Clueless Richard III Sense and Sensibility To Die For Toy Story* BEST DIRECTOR Amy Heckerling - Clueless John Lasseter - Toy Story* Ang Lee - Sense and Sensibility Richard Loncraine - Richard III Gus Van Sant - To Die For BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas Jo...

The Original BJ wrote:

Reza wrote:SHORT ANIMATION
"Wallace And Gromit: A Matter of Loaf And Death" - Steve Pegram / Nick Park / Bob Baker

There is another Wallace & Gromit short!!!!

I need to see this NOW.

It was shown on TV in Australia & the UK in December so it should he easy to find.

Cinemanolis wrote:Orange Rising Star Award
Noel Clarke (who?)

Writer/Director/Star of Adulthood but best known as Mickey in Doctor Who.

AP: How much room is there to revamp a show that requires 24 awards be presented on camera? Condon: That is a given and it's a big chunk of the show: we're going to give out awards. The thing is maybe give them out in a different way, find a different way to present them. That's what we're hoping t...

Richard Jenkins was on Letterman last night and told a cute story about his son recently graduating and getting a job with Price Waterhouse: "I've been in this business forty years and nothing; he gets a job there and suddenly I'm nominated". He also admitted he didn't have a chance in he...