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Post by Baby Fish Mouth on Feb 20, 2009 9:38:45 GMT -4
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Karen
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Post by Karen on Feb 20, 2009 9:47:20 GMT -4
I believe it's false. How could they have gotten a legitimate list when the ballots were still being counted? Also, there's too many strange winners - sometimes there's a big surprise or two, but not that many.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2009 12:30:37 GMT -4
No way that's real. The accountants that tally the votes take their jobs really really seriously, only two of them at the most ever know the complete results beforehand and there's no way they'd leak it. Those guys like to think they're like the CIA or something.
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Post by Mugsy on Feb 21, 2009 12:19:22 GMT -4
Frankly, I wish Marisa Tomei would win so she could finally get rid of that stupid "she didn't really win in 88 (or whenever) because Palance read the wrong name" theory. Seriously, if the presenter read the wrong name, wouldn't the producers rush in to correct them? And isn't the winner's name engraved on the Oscar? It must be awful to go though her career with people thinking you didn't "really" win your Oscar. Plus, I like her.
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Post by SweetOblivion on Feb 21, 2009 12:28:33 GMT -4
Frankly, I wish Marisa Tomei would win so she could finally get rid of that stupid "she didn't really win in 88 (or whenever) because Palance read the wrong name" theory. Seriously, if the presenter read the wrong name, wouldn't the producers rush in to correct them? Price-Waterhouse has said many times that they have people backstage ready to correct any mistakes made by the presenters. They also are getting tired of the "Palance read the wrong name" conspiracies. It was a pretty strong supporting actress field that year, and what likely happened is that Judy Davis, Vanessa Redgrave, Joan Plowright, and Miranda Richardson split the vote which left Tomei on top. Unfortunately. I do like her, but that just wasn't an Oscar worthy performance. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2009 12:38:34 GMT -4
ITA Mugsy. I do like her and while I'd prefer Henson to win, if she does that'd be cool. I don't think she deserved it that year either but then it's not her fault she won so I don't see how constantly knocking her for it is fair.
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Post by Atreides on Feb 21, 2009 19:12:49 GMT -4
The thought of Marisa Tomei having TWO Oscars while Glenn Close has none chafes my ass. Same goes with Hilary Swank.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2009 19:35:46 GMT -4
The thought of Marisa Tomei having TWO Oscars while Glenn Close has none chafes my ass. Same goes with Hilary Swank. The Oscars always comes down to timing. Glenn Close has a lot of company: Marsha Mason, Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, to name a few. |
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Post by normadesmond on Feb 21, 2009 21:54:27 GMT -4
The female list of winners is pretty mind-boggling in its weirdness. Hilary Swank is far from alone in being someone with very few credits of note, but still managing to win twice. You're right, it is all about timing.
Luise Rainer in the 1930s, Helen Hayes, and Sally Field all won twice, even though the two movies they won for were almost the only movies of note they ever made. (And Rainer somehow won a lead Oscar for 10 minutes of screentime in a three hour long movie!) They basically each scored a double win for film careers where you look in vain to find many memorable roles. (I'm starting to see why Sally Field went a bit crazy the second time she won and did her infamous "You like me! You really like me!!" spiel. It is stunning because she truly must have been flabbergasted to win a second time when some of the most legendary names in the business never won even once, some of them never received a nomination, even.)
And then there's the bizarre fact that it's easier for an older actress to get hit by a bus than win an Oscar in her golden years, yet they gave Katharine Hepburn two Oscars in her sixties, and yet another one in her seventies! All for leading roles, not supporting ones. I think this is going to be Streep's destiny, too. Hepburn won her first Oscar for her very first nomination, then got nominated a zillion times over a 35-year-span without winning a single trophy for any of her most famous roles, then she turns sixty and they suddenly start throwing Oscars her way, again and again and again.
I think Winslet will win, ultimately, but I have to say, if Streep doesn't win this year, in the next couple years they're probably going to just give her another one, period, regardless of the quality of the movie, regardless of whether her performance is even very acclaimed. If they can give Hepburn an Oscar for a movie and performance as forgettable as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, they'll give to Streep too just for being a trooper.
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Post by Atreides on Feb 21, 2009 23:39:22 GMT -4
Yeah, I think it's inevitable that Meryl will get a 3rd Oscar sooner or later. She really is phenomenal. I think Cate Blanchett will snag another one too. There are a few select actors out there who really do deserve multiple kudos.
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