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The 2024 Oscars

Y2kTheNewOldies

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'Oppenheimer' crowned best picture at an Academy Awards shadowed by war

The 2024 Oscars are set to be big for "Oppenheimer." Stars are already starting to arrive for the film industry's biggest night of the year.
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'Oppenheimer' crowned best picture at an Academy Awards shadowed by war

'The Zone of Interest' director condemns war in Gaza as he accepts Oscar for best international film

'The Zone of Interest' director condemns war in Gaza as he accepts Oscar for best international film

Oppenheimer wins best film.

'20 Days in Mariupol' wins best documentary Oscar, a first for AP and PBS' 'Frontline'

'20 Days in Mariupol' wins best documentary Oscar, a first for AP and PBS' 'Frontline'. Here is a more interesting one PBS Frontline and AP wins an Oscar. Yes one expects PBS Frontline to win an Emmy for best documentary but a win is a win as long as best films are out.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
'20 Days in Mariupol' wins best documentary Oscar, a first for AP and PBS' 'Frontline'. Here is a more interesting one PBS Frontline and AP wins an Oscar. Yes one expects PBS Frontline to win an Emmy for best documentary but a win is a win as long as best films are out.
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In order to qualify for an Oscar, the documentary had a theatrical release. It was also shown at several international film festivals.
 
As an entertainment show, I found this one about the best in the last 15 to 20 years.

Except for one unneeded and gratuitous anti-Trump remark by Kimmel just before the Picture of the Year, politics were kept out of it (there was one confusing and incoherent remark in one of the "what the heck is that category" awards early on).

The technique of having some awards presented by a group of prior award winners was clever and a nice new touch. Some of the word-play with stars in the audience was actually clever.

I'd said over and over "I am not going to watch again" but fortunately I saw this edition and am pleased that I did.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Except for one unneeded and gratuitous anti-Trump remark
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BTW that wasn't a fake made-up bit, but was an actual post made by the ex-pres during the TV show. Here is an excerpt:

Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC “talent,” George Slopanopoulos. ....
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So Jimmy's remark was provoked. It would not have happened otherwise.
 
TheBigA said:
BTW that wasn't a fake made-up bit, but was an actual post made by the ex-pres during the TV show. Here is an excerpt:
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And that was a mean, nasty remark by President Trump. But it was not on the Oscars show and not worthy of attention.
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So Jimmy's remark was provoked. It would not have happened otherwise.
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It still was a low blow on the Oscars telecast. It potentially offended half of American voters. Those of us watching the show were not likely also watching Trumps incessant and excessive Tweets.
 
When it came time to announce Best Picture, they introduced Al Pacino. He's one of my favorite actors, but he clearly wasn't prepped for what he was about to do. The result was a bit uncomfortable, as reported by Barstool Sports:

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Oppenheimer Won Best Picture And It Might Be Time To Stop Letting Old People Give Out The Award

We've completed another year of movies, and OPPENHEIMER comes out on top as Champion after just dominating the award season and winning everything. I could sit here and wax poetic for day about how I ...
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But what the **** are we doing putting him in this spot? He was a little shaky off the top when he got on stage, and then it became clear the nominees weren't going to be read, which felt pretty strange. I can't recall them never failing to read the nominees, and I wonder if Pacino accidentally skipped over doing so. Then, out of nowhere, he utters the words, "My eyes see Oppenheimer." Skipping over the iconic "and the Oscar goes to" line is a bit unorthodox, but I don't believe this was how they expected it to play out.
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The Hollywood Reporter says it was a flub:

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Al Pacino Skips Announcing Nominees While Presenting Best Picture

The actor went right to "my eyes see 'Oppenheimer.'"
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Of course social media had a field day:

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Oscar Viewers Call Al Pacino’s Best Picture Announcement ‘Chaotic’ and ‘Confusing’

"Al Pacino didn't even read the nominees," one X user hilariously points out after "Oppenheimer" won The post Oscar Viewers Call Al Pacino’s Best Picture Announcement ‘Chaotic’ and ‘Confusing’ appeared first on TheWrap.
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nomadcowatbk said:
did need to start so early when it's shorter, with Daylight savings time it's still light out in many places?
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They have to consider the EST viewers who are not going to stay up to midnight or later on a work night.
 
nomadcowatbk said:
did need to start so early when it's shorter, with Daylight savings time it's still light out in many places?
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They ended right at 10:30. Not midnight like years past. The show was running early for a change. Even after the 5 minute late start.

As for Al and best picture, I think the producers shortened the segment like they did with best song. No need to go over all 10 movies again just to run the show long.

Once the first 20 minutes dragged on the show really picked up and the pacing improved. They botch the in memorial though.
 
TheBigA said:
So Jimmy's remark was provoked. It would not have happened otherwise.
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At least Trump wasn't there to be slapped.
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BTW that wasn't a fake made-up bit, but was an actual post made by the ex-pres during the TV show. Here is an excerpt:
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I wondered if that was true.

I didn't like the way the previous winners introduced the nominees if that was going to replace clips of the performances. We ought to be able to see the performances and for some of them we didn't.

Something went wrong with my cable (it's fixed now) and the station I watched with an antenna was misbehaving to the point I missed half of Kimmel's jokes and much of what was said by the former nominees for supporting actress. It was perfect on Wednesday night!

The station's problems cleared up by the end of the show, but by the time I realized the problems were just getting worse and I started recording using a different antenna (I won't go into why I started watching so late), best screenplay was being given out. And there was no 30 minutes saved. The signal wasn't perfect with the other antenna but one time something naughty was said I thought it was being censored. That's not what was taking place.

Yes, I know. I'll get an outdoor antenna one of these days.
 
The in memoriam segment was awful: leaving out a couple of names. I think TCM’s calendar year end version is way better
 
SarahB98 said:
The in memoriam segment was awful: leaving out a couple of names. I think TCM’s calendar year end version is way better
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I agree. It seems they want to show the dancers and musicians on stage more than they want to show the late actors and their names. Could you see Harry Bellafonte's name? Did you know that director Norman Jewison (In The Heat of The Night, Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof) had died? Unless you had a wall-sized TV screen, you'd never know. And they forgot to include actors Treat Williams (Hair, 1941) and Burt Young (Rocky). Young got a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 1976 but was forgotten by Oscar 2024.

At one time, In Memoriam was simply the faces and names with some sincere music playing in the background. Now all the awards shows make it a big production, while taking away from the artists' final farewell.
 
Gregg. said:
I agree. It seems they want to show the dancers and musicians on stage more than they want to show the late actors and their names. Could you see Harry Bellafonte's name? Did you know that director Norman Jewison (In The Heat of The Night, Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof) had died? Unless you had a wall-sized TV screen, you'd never know. And they forgot to include actors Treat Williams (Hair, 1941) and Burt Young (Rocky). Young got a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 1976 but was forgotten by Oscar 2024.

At one time, In Memoriam was simply the faces and names with some sincere music playing in the background. Now all the awards shows make it a big production, while taking away from the artists' final farewell.
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At one time was the same as the Australian Logie awards
 
TheBigA said:
BTW that wasn't a fake made-up bit, but was an actual post made by the ex-pres during the TV show. Here is an excerpt:
So Jimmy's remark was provoked. It would not have happened otherwise.
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DavidEduardo said:
And that was a mean, nasty remark by President Trump. But it was not on the Oscars show and not worthy of attention.
It still was a low blow on the Oscars telecast. It potentially offended half of American voters. Those of us watching the show were not likely also watching Trumps incessant and excessive Tweets.
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Politics aside, evidently the story (as explained by Jimmy himself) goes that he was told by producers that he (as host and the guy who's more or less charged with keeping the pace and flow of the program) had some time to kill. He told them he was going to read the Trump post and use it as a "bit" as filler for those few minutes. He says he was specifically asked not to do so, but he chose to anyway. That in mind, for better or worse, it was more or less Jimmy's idea, rather than something that was though of or endorsed by the show producers or the network.
 
DavidEduardo said:
They have to consider the EST viewers who are not going to stay up to midnight or later on a work night.
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they stay up for close football games, and they ended long before Midnight EST, maybe they should start delaying on the West Coast again since many won't watch live or delayed since there's now social media
 
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