"Sunshine" was great, but you guys are way over-selling it.

RipHer2Shreds said:

me too

Anx said:

2

cborgman said:

That'd be 4 - 2 for film, 2 for director (Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven).

cborgman said:

riphertoshreds said 4. you said 2. i don't think anyone knows how many he has.

cborgman said:

didnt he produce the two films that won best picture? giving him four?

RipHer2Shreds said:

so, he himself has won 2. they give the best picture awards to the producers of the winning film, but the film itself won.

which is sort of 4, i guess. i never think of it as the producers winning best picture.


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sosgemini said:

So Prince didn't get nominated for one...I am a bit surprised, although I don't think Song of the Heart is Oscar worthy. Is it because "the Academy" was worried he'd win simply because he's Prince, or does this indicate that all the Hollywood schmoozing didn't really pay off, or am I reading entirely too much into the whole thing? Probably the latter. (btw, Marilyn Monroe won a Golden Globe but was never nominated for an Oscar. )

But three songs from Dreamgirls? That seems like a lot.




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Anx said:

i think the use of that emoticon says more about you then anything else.

jone70 said:

Same with Pia Zadora.


what's a Piz edit?
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sosgemini said:

yeah, probably.

it will probably invite fighting, but i am gonna go ahead and say it:

there are a LOT of black folk nominated this year, and it looks like we are going to have 3 black winners out of 4 acting awards.

WOW!



considering how whitecentric oscar has been in the past, i am really happy to see that change.

RipHer2Shreds said:

and madonna

and i believe that nomination makes meryl the most nominated actor in history, pushing her one over nicholson... who i am suprised that he was not nominated

cborgman said:

oh how funny...i just posted a big ole thing on the golden globes in the prince forum...let me repost here...



biggest golden globe joke of all: Katherine Hepburn never won one for her films.

cborgman said:

I know Madonna is, but is Pia primarily considered a singer? 'Cause I can see that Madonna wouldn't get an Oscar--she's a 'musician.' Marilyn was actually nominated for a couple Golden Globes. Not saying she was a brilliant actress throughout her career, but she was great in The Misfits.

jone70 said:

honestly, i dont know. i never really knew much about pia zadora's career. all i realyl know her from is her cameo in hairspray.

cborgman said:

Pia and her husband pretty much lobbied the before mentioned "foreign press" members for a golden globe award. and she won it. this despite her obviously lacking any acting skills.

sharon stone did the same thing a couple years ago for Casino. she bought all the press members watches and personally delivered to them.

who are these foreign press folks? they arent film critics...they arent actors are trained in filmmaking. nobody really knows what you have to do to be a member. yet talk about madonna's acting and you will surely get folks referencing it as proof of her acting chops.

sosgemini said:

i think Sharon Stone is a good actress

sosgemini said:

Well I'm admittedly biased (Marilyn was my first obsession before I discovered Prince) so I think she actually wasn't a bad actress. Definitely better than Madonna! (Can't speak on Pia.) But as a singer--not so much. She won the Golden Globe for The Prince & The Showgirl, which I've only seen once. imo, she was much better in The Misfits or even Some Like It Hot. Was she Oscar-worthy? Maybe of a nomination...I don't know, I'd have to see the what other films were out those years.


I guess what I'm trying to say is that I realize the GG are a bit of a joke, but please don't lump Marilyn into the Madonna/Pia pile of talentless people who won one.


(Sorry for the OT....I'm going now, I'm really late for work! Damn you Org!)

garganta said:

sosgemini said:

i thoguht stone was awesome in casino, and madonna was great in evita.

sosgemini said:

ok then i love them for the entertainment they provide but i don´t think the oscars deserve to be taken too seriously either

I would like to see Helen Mirren winning best actress for The Queen, she was amazing in it.. but i think Meryl Streep will win.

Borat was robbed!

BlueOrchid said:

god, i hope not. meryl was good in that movie, but she's good in everything and it wasn't that great of a film so it wasn't difficult for her to stand out in it. helen mirren was just freakin' fantastic in 'the queen', meanwhile. her presence in that role was enormous.

Anx said:

mirren is the shoo-in win this year.

garganta said:

well, the only reason i give credibility to the oscars and to the SAGS is because they are voted on by their actual peers. but yes, politics do come in to play with both...but no where near as obscene as some of the other award shows (like the ggs.)

sosgemini said: