Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

So, I would like to know if anyone here saw La La Land win Best Picture, and then immediately turned the set off. I almost did, but decided to leave it on while I went to the bathroom first. I wanted to switch off TV and take a short nap (it was 1pm Singapore time), and then wake up to write my col...

Reminds me of the Oscar Ceremony scene in Naked Gun 33 1/3 ...

So this is a four-year streak: Both Independent Spirit Awards & Oscars agree with the Best Picture winners!

Finally watched all nominees ...

1. Manchester by the Sea
2. Moonlight
3. Arrival
4. Hell or High Water
5. Lion
6. Hidden Figures
7. La La Land
8. Fences
9. Hacksaw Ridge

I'm basically fine with No. 1-5 - didn't get excited but kinda like them. Don't like the last 4.

I think the preferential voting system helped creating a SPOTLIGHT upset last year but that was because of the Academy members' divide between the two major contenders (REVENANT and MAD MAX). I do agree that this scenario is unlikely to repeat this year because LLL is the overwhelming favorite.

> I think they could potentially choose Hidden Figures if there is an upset. It's uplifting, historically significant, popular at the box-office and satisfies the social politics angle. Yes, I've been imagining an unlikely but not totally impossible scenario - that the academy members want a total n...

Wonder if anybody raised this before: In the past three years, the Independent Spirit Award Best Pictures agreed with Oscar Best Pictures - SPOTLIGHT, BIRDMAN and 12 YEARS A SLAVE. Just a coincidence? Will this pattern be broken as the overwhelming Oscar favourite LA LA LAND is not eligible for Inde...

Interesting thing I saw at another site: Post-1998/Shakespeare in Love, 14 of the 17 best actress winners have been the only award their films received. Two of the exceptions -- La Vie en Rose and the Iron Lady -- had just one second award, in the girly category of make-up. Million Dollar Baby is t...

For example, is this the first time (I doubt it anyway, but too tired to check) that Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards reach a consensus in the best picture of the year? No, it's actually happened a lot lately -- The Artist, 12 Years a Slave, and Birdman all won both prizes. So Spotlight is the ...

For example, is this the first time (I doubt it anyway, but too tired to check) that Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards reach a consensus in the best picture of the year?

I didn't manage to update the list in the last year as I was out of town and extremely busy during the Oscar season in 2014. So here's the latest version of the list. upgraded: Woody Allen: + Simmons = 29 Robert Altman: + Moore = 26 Steven Spielberg: + McConaughey = 26 Ron Howard: + McConaughey = 20...

Included a bunch of additions by Precious Doll in last March, and checked this years' acting award winners to generate the following upgrades and new additions, upgraded: 21 -> 25 Steven Spielberg: Bale, Blanchett, Broadbent, Connery, Dreyfuss, Field, Freeman, Goldberg, Hanks, Hawn, A. Hepburn, D. H...

Thanks! Updated.

We used to have this thread but I couldn't locate it now. Just revive it here. New additions since my last update: 4l + 2s Nine: Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Penelope Cruz (s), Judi Dench (s) 3l + 1s Valentine's Day: Kathy Bates, Jamie Foxx, Shirley MacLaine, Anne Hathaw...

John Goodman is the 17th actor in the history who appeared in 2 Oscar Best Pictures back-to-back. The only actor who appeared in Oscar Best Pictures in 3 consecutive years: Harry Davenport - The Life of Emile Zola, You Can't Take It With You, Gone With the Wind The other 15: Heinie Conklin - All Qui...