laytonian said:

. The last of the "big" tributes will likely be this Sunday at the Oscars. Prince was the biggesy Oscar winner to have fired dove the

HUH????

MinneapolisFunk said:

honoring purple rain..the best movie since gone with the wind

i'm kidding, looking forward to Sunday though!

khill95 said:

laytonian said:

khill95 said:

honoring purple rain..the best movie since gone with the wind

i'm kidding, looking forward to Sunday though!

. I didn't think Gone With the Wind was THAT great. I'm rooting for Hidden Figures to win Best Picture. It quietly teaches so much and has Janelle. I love that I knew all about the film. .

I am rooting for Hidden Figures too...incredible movie.

It won't be anything big...they'll go through photos of a few other people then probably a quick sound-up of "Let's Go Crazy" or "Purple Rain" from the movie then onto the next photo. That's it. The end of the In Memorium segment will be Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Applause, fade to black.

laytonian said:

laytonian said:

renfield said:

It won't be anything big...they'll go through photos of a few other people then probably a quick sound-up of "Let's Go Crazy" or "Purple Rain" from the movie then onto the next photo. That's it. The end of the In Memorium segment will be Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Applause, fade to black.

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Don't be so sure.

Neither Reynolds nor Fisher were Academy Award winners.

What you're describing is the "segment". But there is always one "stand-alone" outside of that.

If P doesn't get THAT, he'll definitely get the opener or closer.

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rogifan said:

laytonian said:

. The last of the "big" tributes will likely be this Sunday at the Oscars. Prince was the biggest Oscar winner to have died since the last ceremony. I expect he'll get the most-honored "stand-alone", which will have a clip of the man himself. Who else could it be? . [Edited 2/21/17 19:33pm]

Gene Wilder, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Alan Rickman died in 2016. I wouldn't consider them bigger stars than Prince overall but in terms of the movie industry they are. The Golden Globes tribute to those who passed never made it on TV. Prince certainly would be part of any Oscars tribute but I doubt he'd get any special recognition.

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But none of them were Academy Award winners.

They may not even have been members of the Academy (Prince WAS a voting member as well as a winner).

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Is he getting any mentions at the Brits tonight?

I don't think it matters who won Oscars and who didn't for the In Memorium. Gene Wilder, Carrie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds had a MUCH bigger impact on film than Prince. And the catergory he won his Oscar for hasn't existed since he won. Star Wars, Singin' In The Rain, and Willy Wonka are much more iconic films and are more important to cinema than Purple Rain. We're letting our fandom cloud our judgement here.

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Prince Wins Original Song Score: 1985 Oscars

Prince received a nice shout-out. Aniston in her announcement mentioned him, the music accompanying the memoriam was Joni Mitchell, and Prince actually got a bit of a clip (and you heard him say "this is dedicated to my father")...one of the handful of people to receive a clip. It was touching.

Btw, Kimmel is doing a great job. Very cute night.

laytonian said:

but they at least gave him a bit of a clip and audio. Patty Duke didn't even get one (and she has won an acting oscar.)

beautyunaffected said:

They just did a memoriam for people who died this year. I expected them to pick a better clip for him..

purplerabbithole said:

renfield said:

It won't be anything big...they'll go through photos of a few other people then probably a quick sound-up of "Let's Go Crazy" or "Purple Rain" from the movie then onto the next photo. That's it. The end of the In Memorium segment will be Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Applause, fade to black.

Exactly ^^^

It was sooo fast...disappointing.

laytonian said:

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

laytonian said:

. If anyone missed it: http://www.hollywoodrepor...tch-980211 .

Thanks for posting...

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You're welcome.

I don't know why a NEWER thread was selected to be a sticky since we've got a history on this one.

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It was a very nice remembrance of Prince. At least it was a speaking part from Purple Rain.