Jean Hershholt Humanitarian Award

Post by **Eric** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:52 pm

Oh, well then bring on the protests.

Post by **Big Magilla** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:43 pm

Eric, it's MD - muscular dystrophy, not MS - multiple schlerosis. They're two different things.

Post by **Eric** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:20 pm

Damien wrote:Reportedly, a grassroot protest against Lewis's award because of anti-gay comments (actually, an old man's jokes)is already percolating.

Helping kids with MS is more important than tending to gays' easily-hurt feelings.

Post by **Damien** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:51 pm

Reportedly, a grassroot protest against Lewis's award because of anti-gay comments (actually, an old man's jokes)is already percolating.

Post by **Big Magilla** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:51 pm

I believe it was Hal Roach who most of the maroons in attendance had never heard of.

Post by **Greg** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:15 am

rain Bard wrote:And the last who directed a silent-era film.

That reminds me of one of my favorite Oscar moments. Billy Crystal had the audience recognize someone who was celebrating his 100th birthday that night. The audio went down for a moment; and, Crystal responded that that was appropriate becuase he got his start in silent films.

Post by **anonymous1980** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:31 am

Damien wrote:
anonymous wrote:
Damien wrote:I hope the Award is presented by Mickey Rooney. It would be awesome to see two certifiably insane people on stage at the same time.

I hate to go off-topic but what did Mickey Rooney do to qualify as being 'certifiably insane'?

Haven't you ever seen him interviewed?

Nope. I'll look them up in youtube later.

Post by **Reza** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:49 am

OscarGuy wrote:What this means is that 3/4 of the board either had to approve Lewis as a second Testimonial winner or they have to vote 3/4 to select an Honorary Oscar recipient to go along. If they didn't, then there won't be an Honorary Oscar going out this year and Lewis gets to be the only Testimonial winner...

What a stupid rule of the Academy. Will it kill them to honor another actor with an honorary award?

Post by **rain Bard** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:00 pm

And the last who directed a silent-era film. I saw it earlier this year- a short poetic documentary on the river Doura, reminiscent of Joris Ivens' work at the time.

mlrg · Post by **mlrg** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:52 pm

AMPAS should really give the Honorary Oscar to Manoel de Oliveira, who turns 100 today and is the oldest living director still actively working.

Post by **OscarGuy** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:30 pm

What this means is that 3/4 of the board either had to approve Lewis as a second Testimonial winner or they have to vote 3/4 to select an Honorary Oscar recipient to go along. If they didn't, then there won't be an Honorary Oscar going out this year and Lewis gets to be the only Testimonial winner...

Post by **MovieWes** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:49 pm

I, for one, am glad to see him finally get this award. I've said in the past that he deserves to get the Hersholt award, so I'm not really very surprised by this. Maybe you don't like his politics (or his opinions on homosexuality, in particular), but the guy has devoted so much of his time, effort, money, and life to raising money for muscular dystrophy research. There are so many people in the world whose lives are better because of him.

Post by **Damien** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:12 am

anonymous wrote:
Damien wrote:I hope the Award is presented by Mickey Rooney. It would be awesome to see two certifiably insane people on stage at the same time.

I hate to go off-topic but what did Mickey Rooney do to qualify as being 'certifiably insane'?

Haven't you ever seen him interviewed?

Post by **anonymous1980** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:53 am

Damien wrote:I hope the Award is presented by Mickey Rooney. It would be awesome to see two certifiably insane people on stage at the same time.

I hate to go off-topic but what did Mickey Rooney do to qualify as being 'certifiably insane'?

Post by **Damien** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:27 am

I hope the Award is presented by Mickey Rooney. It would be awesome to see two certifiably insane people on stage at the same time.

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