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Oscars 2019

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  • #2
    Theboinkmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Theboinkmaster


    He announced today he was doing it.

    I stopped watching the Oscars about 20 years ago.

    Meaningless drivel.


  • #3
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    How many jokes that the Oscar is taller the Hart will be made.


    To many.


  • #4
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,817 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Vice, The Favourite, A Star Is Born and Green Book got most nominations at the Globes

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1165090
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  • #5
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    I'm hoping it's finally Glenn Close's turn to win this year.


  • #6
    HandsomeBob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭HandsomeBob


    Am I missing something in relation to the Golden Globes... seems to be nominations for films that haven't been released unless they've been released already in the states???


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  • #7
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,817 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    dark crystal wrote: »
    I'm hoping it's finally Glenn Close's turn to win this year.

    I didn't realise she had never won, I think Lady GaGa is her biggest threat
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  • #8
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    I didn't realise she had never won, I think Lady GaGa her biggest threat


    6 nominations and counting...I'm assuming she'll be nominated again for The Wife.


    Ugh, Gaga.


  • #9
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Theboinkmaster wrote: »
    He announced today he was doing it.

    I stopped watching the Oscars about 20 years ago.

    Meaningless drivel.

    Hes stepped down

    https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/kevin-hart-steps-down-oscars/


  • #10
    El Duda
    Registered Users Posts: 866 ✭✭✭El Duda


    Does Lady GaGa really deserve a nom?

    A good performance but it is elevated massively by her incredible singing talent. Her singing is not acting, that's what she does for a living naturally.


  • #11
    Theboinkmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Theboinkmaster


    peteeeed wrote: »
    Hes stepped down

    https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/kevin-hart-steps-down-oscars/

    Jesus that was quick.

    Ah well, jog on....


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  • #12
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    peteeeed wrote: »
    Hes stepped down

    https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/kevin-hart-steps-down-oscars/


    Bring back Ellen!


    Otherwise, Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin together again would be great.


  • #13
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Registered Users Posts: 3,556 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    El Duda wrote:
    Does Lady GaGa really deserve a nom?

    El Duda wrote:
    A good performance but it is elevated massively by her incredible singing talent. Her singing is not acting, that's what she does for a living naturally.

    Just about to say that,never realized what a good singer she is,with all the sh1te she had released,Cooper is nailed on ,imo


  • #14
    Sad Professor
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    I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered. :o

    I still think it should be an actor. Someone who really knows Hollywood, not an east coaster. Someone with a sense of humour and a bit of gravitas but who isn't a comedian and who really knows and loves movies. Getting a stand-up comedian to host the Oscars doesn't work anymore. Sensitivities in America are such that even Crystal or Martin would have hard time avoiding controversy.


  • #15
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,817 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered. :o

    I still think it should be an actor. Someone who really knows Hollywood, not an east coaster. Someone with a sense of humour and a bit of gravitas but who isn't a comedian and who really knows and loves movies. Getting a stand-up comedian to host the Oscars doesn't work anymore. Sensitivities in America are such that even Crystal or Martin would have hard time avoiding controversy.

    Robert Downey Jnr seems to be mentioned as a possible host, could just all be online speculation

    What about Ricky Gervais and Mel Gibson :p
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  • #16
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered. :o

    I still think it should be an actor. Someone who really knows Hollywood, not an east coaster. Someone with a sense of humour and a bit of gravitas but who isn't a comedian and who really knows and loves movies. Getting a stand-up comedian to host the Oscars doesn't work anymore. Sensitivities in America are such that even Crystal or Martin would have hard time avoiding controversy.


    Kevin Spacey would have been great!


    Would it be too much to hope for Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum or Christopher Walken...?


  • #17
    HandsomeBob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭HandsomeBob


    I'm on my own maybe but I have no interest in these gimmicky hosts that seems to be the rage these days. I'd happily sit through an Oscars ceremony hosted by someone like Russell Crowe or Emily Blunt if they were interested. Respected in their art and well capable of holding your attention without appealing to the lowest common denominator.


  • #18
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    A-list actors are pretty much totally out of the question unless the Academy is prepared to pay them. Most hosts get about 15k plus (substantial!) freebies. A comedian or media personalty will benefit from the publicity, but for a big name actor or star it's potentially a lot of work for little reward.


  • #19
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Give it back to Billy Crystal give him one last Hurrah.


  • #20
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,895 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered. :o


    That would, literally, be the greatest joke ever for any Oscar night.


  • #21
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Hart is considering returning as host.


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  • #22
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    And he's out again:

    https://deadline.com/2019/01/kevin-hart-no-academy-awards-host-ellen-degeneres-1202529458/


  • #23
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Oh boy, as if the Academy didn't have enough problems. Bohemian Rhapsody beat A Star is Born at the Golden Globes last night. If there are any more juicy stories about Bryan Singer's poolside escapades out there expect to be reading about them within days.


  • #24
    Keatsian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭Keatsian


    If the Globes are a reliable guide to the Oscars, it looks like it will be a frustrating year. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book both received mixed reviews, and from the trailers neither looks worth seeing.

    Incidentally, why did Rhapsody and A Star Is Born get classed as dramas, but Green Book as a musical/comedy?


  • #25
    Sad Professor
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    Not sure exactly how it works but I think it's mostly down to whichever category the studio submits the film to - based on what they think they have the best chance of winning. However, the HFP can reject them if they wish.


  • #26
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,817 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Keatsian wrote: »
    If the Globes are a reliable guide to the Oscars, it looks like it will be a frustrating year. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book both received mixed reviews, and from the trailers neither looks worth seeing.

    Incidentally, why did Rhapsody and A Star Is Born get classed as dramas, but Green Book as a musical/comedy?

    Yes I thought both were under the musical category

    Also what about Olivia Colman as host, could a nominee host?
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  • #27
    w/s/p/c/
    Registered Users Posts: 468 ✭✭w/s/p/c/


    Seen Steve Carrell mentioned online as a potential host, I reckon he would be good?


  • #28
    p to the e
    Registered Users Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭p to the e


    Keatsian wrote: »
    If the Globes are a reliable guide to the Oscars, it looks like it will be a frustrating year. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book both received mixed reviews, and from the trailers neither looks worth seeing.

    Incidentally, why did Rhapsody and A Star Is Born get classed as dramas, but Green Book as a musical/comedy?

    I think "The Martian" was a winner in the musical/comedy class.


  • #29
    Kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    Well The Martian was neither a musical nor a comedy.........but it had great music in it and was funny.

    Ultimately its just the studio's putting their properties into races they think they can win.


  • #30
    SimonTemplar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭SimonTemplar


    The Oscar winners and the year's actual best films/directors/actors is a venn diagram. Sometimes there is a big overlap, other times they are completely different.

    For me, the most satisfying part of the Oscars is seeing some young or up-and-coming actor/filmmaker get recognized for their work when they were pretty much unknowns the year before. It helps kick-start a career when someone deserves it. Much more satisfying than seeing Meryl Streep get her forth win.


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  • #31
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,817 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a25799651/bafta-nominations-2019/

    No surprise The Favourite leads with most BAFTA nominations

    I hope Sam Elliot is a surprise supporting nomination for A Star is Born at the hostless Academy Awards
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