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Post by bubbles4play on Feb 14, 2005 12:44:02 GMT -5
Thought it was time to start this thread Wondering if anyone has any Oscar news to share.
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Post by IMAQT on Feb 14, 2005 15:22:10 GMT -5
Not good news, but.....
From AP......
Chris Rock: Oscars only for 'gays'
Was the choice of comedian Chris Rock to host this year's Oscars event a mistake?
That's what officials at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are said to be asking themselves in the wake of comments implying only homosexuals watch the Oscars, according to the Drudge Report.
"I never watched the Oscars. Come on, it's a fashion show," Rock recently said. "No one performs; it's not like a music show. What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one!"
Rock added: "Awards for art are f---ing idiotic."
Academy members are reportedly privately calling for the 39-year-old comic to be removed as host, fearing Rock may "tarnish" the Academy's reputation.
"Simply put, this is a disgrace," one veteran Hollywood mogul told Drudge. "This guy is out there saying 'awards for art are f---ing idiotic' and he is hosting the show produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? I guess the joke is on us!"
An actress nominated for an award is said to question whether producer Gil Cates was aware that Rock had never seen the show.
And how was Rock chosen by the producer?
"Billy [Crystal] is doing a show in New York," Cates said, "Steve Martin is doing a movie. ..."
Rock interrupted the producer to continue, saying, "Ellen DeGeneres has crabs. Jay Leno's got a gig. They got to the R's. Burt Reynolds said no."
The former cast member of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" was confident in his ability to host the show.
"How do I say this without sounding like an egomaniac?" he said. "I don't know a comedian that sells more seats than me in the red states and blue states, so I don't see where I have to change that much."
"I think Hollywood deserves better than this," opined Matt Drudge on his nationally broadcast radio program tonight. "Just go host-less."
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Post by letters2dorian on Feb 14, 2005 15:26:52 GMT -5
"just go host-less." that'd be exciting! lol yeah, i don't like chris rock that much, he sort of annoys me at times
anyone know is TLA was nominated for anything....anything at all??
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Post by IMAQT on Feb 14, 2005 15:37:43 GMT -5
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Post by letters2dorian on Feb 14, 2005 15:45:48 GMT -5
well, that's a little sad...you think the wilsons and wes might show up??
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Post by Pancake on Feb 14, 2005 15:47:30 GMT -5
Chris Rock annoys me too. He makes too many racial jokes and it makes me mad. For some reason the people that everyone else finds funny..i dont and the people that arent considered funny crack me up to pieces. But going hostless is a bad idea. then the show is boring. Last year they moved the VMA'S to Miamai and didnt have a host and I thought the show was horrible...i'm torn in opinion. How often does that happen
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Post by IMAQT on Feb 14, 2005 16:15:47 GMT -5
...you think the wilsons and wes might show up?? I seriously doubt it. IF they were to show up at anything "Oscar", it would be one of the cool after-parties. Like the "Playboy Mansion's Oscar Pajama Party." I have NO idea if there is such a thing, but Playboy seems to throw a party in conjunction to EVERY public event. I'm sure Owen would attend.
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Post by Natalie on Feb 15, 2005 0:19:55 GMT -5
As soon as they announced a long time ago that Chris Rock was hosting, I thought it was a bad mistake. Reading this article, it sure seems like it.
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