Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

The Pianist and Polanski. Without hesitation. And the 75th Oscars was the most entertaining show I can remember. Martin's genuinely funny opening. Michael Moore. The standing ovation for Julie Andrews. The honorary award to O'Toole. De Havilland's appearance. Streisand's face having to say Eminem. ...

That nominations ceremony was insufferable.

Only two song nominees?

Gosling twice, Clooney bumps Spielberg, no Tree of Life, Glenn Close nominated for acting and songwriting.

Best Picture: "The King's Speech" Best Director: Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech" Best Actor: Colin Firth, "The King's Speech" Best Actress: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan" Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, "The Fighter" Best Supporting Actress: H...

Teena Marie, known as 'Ivory Queen of Soul,' dies By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES – Teena Marie, who made history as Motown's first white act but developed a lasting legacy with her silky soul pipes and with hits like "Lovergirl," "Square Biz," and "Fire ...

The late Gloria Stuart rises above the standard old timer routine and would be my second choice. But I'll throw Kim Basinger my vote before (I suspect) the bashfest begins. Her menacing, cleavage galore image on her film's poster, plus her entrance in the film itself, suggested to me a typical femm...

Beatrice Straight's thunderous monologue gets all the attention of her small role, and rightly so, but there's an earlier scene that I think deserves at least a mention. She rises from bed one morning and pulls the sheet up over William Holden next to her with something of a loving pat, as if to sa...

Big Magilla wrote:Won't somebody please vote for "Hot Lips"?

*raises hand*

And most enthusiastically.

No disrespect to the lovely Jean Simmons who was quite haunting when she could have easily been grating. But if a forty-something Olivier could play Hamlet and a twenty-something Eileen Herlie could play his mother, I don't see why a thirty-something Vivien Leigh, still gorgeous and sufficiently yo...

Soap star Reid Dies Soap star Frances Reid, who played the Days Of Our Lives matriarch Alice Horton for 42 years, has died. Reid passed away on 3 February at the age of 95. The actress began her career with a small role in 1938 movie Man-Proof, before landing a string of jobs on Broadway. She was s...