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Post by granolamom on Feb 23, 2015 21:13:07 GMT -4
Seriously why is Jennifer Aniston an Oscars award presenter? I assumed she was there because of "Cake," even though it didn't seem to have any nominations. I thought that's what Neil Patrick Harris' joke about "totally deserving to be here" referred to, too.
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Post by SluttyMary on Feb 23, 2015 23:35:58 GMT -4
Seriously why is Jennifer Aniston an Oscars award presenter? Why not?
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Post by narm on Feb 23, 2015 23:38:16 GMT -4
She's a popular actress. And according to the boys in my class today, she is still super relevant. I was amused by how they were talking about how old she is, but how she is their favorite actress.
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Post by dorothyzbornak on Mar 2, 2015 0:04:55 GMT -4
This isn't her first year presenting, she presents every year, remember the year when sitcom star and John Mayer were in front row seats near Brad & Ang? Was she nommed this year? Nope.
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Post by Hamatron on Mar 2, 2015 0:29:59 GMT -4
Some people are regular presenters. Does she do it well? That might be part of it. Plus, she's a big star and you know people are going to be looking to see what she's wearing.
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Post by scarlet on Mar 2, 2015 0:37:53 GMT -4
She's presented at the Oscars four times. Seems like Jennifer Lopez* and Jennifer Garner both probably have that many under their belt, as well, so it's definitely not an honor given to only nominees or actors in the hunt every year.
*She probably has more.
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Post by petitesuite on Mar 2, 2015 0:38:54 GMT -4
Some people are regular presenters. Does she do it well? That might be part of it. Plus, she's a big star and you know people are going to be looking to see what she's wearing. Yeah, I just read that even the seat fillers at the Oscars tend to be people who have done it before, so I guess once you've proven to the Academy that you can do your job, you've got a recurring gig. In general, I think that since the gap between the movies the Oscars award and the movies people actually see has gotten so wide, in theory it's smart for them to have presenters that people will tune in for. I mean, it's not working, but in theory it's a good idea.
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Post by dorothyzbornak on Mar 2, 2015 0:52:36 GMT -4
I guess I'm depressed by what is considered a 'big star' these days. She's a TV sitcom star who married a movie A lister in his prime.
She makes 99.9% of her movies as 'Rachel', het sitcom character - one where she doesn't brush her hair or wear mascara and wtf?! She's suddenly a movie star! This would be why I love Old Hollywood and it's thread so much here :-) imagine someone like Aniston face to face with Bacall or Hepburn.
She would make an excellent seat filler tho, totally agreed :-)
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Post by Hamatron on Mar 2, 2015 1:04:18 GMT -4
Some people have small wheelhouses. I think she does fine within her skill set. She was a popular character on one of the biggest sitcoms of all time, she had a hairstyle everyone had for a decade, and every 5th or 6th movie she is in is good or great'ish or at least a hit (and Office Space is a cult classic). She doesn't have the strongest movie career, but that's not in the cards for every actor.
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Post by dorothyzbornak on Mar 2, 2015 1:20:17 GMT -4
Office Space is not a cult classic because of Jennifer Aniston. She just happened to be in it.
And having a cute hairstyle on a TV show? Yeah she totally belongs in Hollywoods elite. If it did my pretend boyfriend Alan Alda and girl-crush Mary Tyler Moore would have been presenting Oscars every year since the 70's.
And this is my point. I'm talking specifically about the Academy and it's awards night. No it is not in everyone's wheelhouse. I agree.
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