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Monday, February 26, 2007
11:38:00 AM EST
Hearing On the Air -- Peter Gabriel
AP
I'm happy to say that I did pretty well in my Oscar predictions this year: I got five out of six in the major categories, whiffing only on Best Picture, and I got the animation Oscar right too. So overall I feel pretty shiny. For those of you who slept through the events last night, here's the AOL News roundup.
Some other thoughts:
* I guess the Academy voters decided they didn't actually like Dreamgirls after all. Going with Arkin over Murphy from Best Supporting Actor is one thing; not giving the film the Oscar in the Best Original Song -- in which it had three nominations -- is another. I suspect Melissa Etheridge was probably the most surprised winner of the evening.
* Likewise, Babel walking out the door with just the Original Score Oscar is a bit of a poor showing for a Best Picture nominee touted as front runner going in (Letters from Iwo Jima got just Sound Editing, but few people thought it was going to win). I guess this is the Academy saying "we had our spinach last year," because while The Departed is many things, "spinach" ain't one of them.
* Having said that, no one's under the illusion The Departed winning Best Picture is anything more than the Academy deciding to make the drapes match the carpet, right? Apparently enough voters in the Academy went "well, as long as we're giving Scorsese Best Director..." and then scribbled The Departed into the Best Picture line on the ballot. It's not to say it's not a good film, merely not the best picture on the slate. But, eh. It was "Let's make it up to Marty" night. There are worse things.
* Mildly surprised that Pan's Labyrinth didn't get Best Foreign Language film (although The Lives of Others has been steadily building buzz, so not too surprised), but inasmuch as the film walked out the door as the second most Oscar-honored film of the night, including as the winner for Best Cinematography, I don't think anyone should complain too much.
What are your thoughts on the Oscars this year? Leave 'em in the comments, or, if you've posted something on your blog, leave a link!
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11:38:00 AM EST
Hearing On the Air -- Peter Gabriel
On the Oscars
AP
I'm happy to say that I did pretty well in my Oscar predictions this year: I got five out of six in the major categories, whiffing only on Best Picture, and I got the animation Oscar right too. So overall I feel pretty shiny. For those of you who slept through the events last night, here's the AOL News roundup.
Some other thoughts:
* I guess the Academy voters decided they didn't actually like Dreamgirls after all. Going with Arkin over Murphy from Best Supporting Actor is one thing; not giving the film the Oscar in the Best Original Song -- in which it had three nominations -- is another. I suspect Melissa Etheridge was probably the most surprised winner of the evening.
* Likewise, Babel walking out the door with just the Original Score Oscar is a bit of a poor showing for a Best Picture nominee touted as front runner going in (Letters from Iwo Jima got just Sound Editing, but few people thought it was going to win). I guess this is the Academy saying "we had our spinach last year," because while The Departed is many things, "spinach" ain't one of them.
* Having said that, no one's under the illusion The Departed winning Best Picture is anything more than the Academy deciding to make the drapes match the carpet, right? Apparently enough voters in the Academy went "well, as long as we're giving Scorsese Best Director..." and then scribbled The Departed into the Best Picture line on the ballot. It's not to say it's not a good film, merely not the best picture on the slate. But, eh. It was "Let's make it up to Marty" night. There are worse things.
* Mildly surprised that Pan's Labyrinth didn't get Best Foreign Language film (although The Lives of Others has been steadily building buzz, so not too surprised), but inasmuch as the film walked out the door as the second most Oscar-honored film of the night, including as the winner for Best Cinematography, I don't think anyone should complain too much.
What are your thoughts on the Oscars this year? Leave 'em in the comments, or, if you've posted something on your blog, leave a link!
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At least Jennifer Hudson won for best supporting actress....
be well,
Dawn
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2/27/07 1:07 AM