This year, thank God, seems back to normal. The show will go on in its old tradition, forgoing the seriousness of last year. They'll be going back to having fun. |
Those gay cowboys are still ahead in the race, as most of the ballots were probably sent in during the first two weeks of voting when the movie was enjoying its awards bump from its Golden Globes win. |
We continue to see scary drops in movie attendance, ... Kong's got to save the day. It's got to pull this out. |
We continue to see scary drops in movie attendance. Kong's got to save the day. It's got to pull this out. |
We see beauty punished in show business all the time. These people who have everything else — beauty, fame, paycheck gold — are being denied the trophy from their peers because something has to be withheld. |
We'll have to wait and see whether this will be a boring Oscars year, where the outcome will be clear from the day of the nominations, or whether it will be one full of suspense and surprises. |
We're going to see a few of the usual suspects take a bow, but some of them have to make way for some of the new crop, ... Some of the veterans -- shows that have had their Emmy heyday -- are vulnerable. |
What Gwyneth said was that she believed it scared producers away and made her seem too identifiable and too inaccessible in terms of salary. |
What's not here are those shows on the WB, like 'The Gilmore Girls,' which the TV Critics Association of America tells us is the best show on television, ... Why didn't it get any Emmy nominations? And what about 'Scrubs'? ... It's holding its own, critics love it, viewers love it, but Emmy voters aren't watching it, because it's too young skewing, and the geezer Emmy voters have a demographic a little north of what 'Scrubs' viewers are. |
When they snub 'E.T.' in favor of 'Gandhi,' it's a salute to the noble ideas and high-mindedness and values of Gandhi. It's not a sincere belief that that was the best film of the year. |
You don't mock the importance of the event. This isn't the MTV Music Video Awards. We expect the Oscar host to be like a beloved aunt or uncle on stage playing the ringmaster to a family reunion. |