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Post by Mayo on Mar 13, 2023 3:14:32 GMT
Wholly cheap they are really close to Lady Gaga!! Back that camera up people.
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Post by Mayo on Mar 13, 2023 3:15:51 GMT
All Quiet on the Western Front is doing pretty well so far...
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Post by Lucky Dan on Mar 13, 2023 3:26:21 GMT
Brendan was very moving. He should play Rodney Dangerfield next.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Mar 13, 2023 3:28:05 GMT
Halle. Wow.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Mar 13, 2023 3:29:23 GMT
Swipe at Don Lemon?
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Post by Mayo on Mar 13, 2023 3:34:49 GMT
Brendan was very moving. He should play Rodney Dangerfield next. Yes! The Rodney Dangerfield Story.
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Post by Mayo on Mar 13, 2023 3:53:12 GMT
I'm sorry but how is Brendan Fraser an Oscar winner? Did he win in part for the story of his comeback? I feel like this will not be a renaissance of his career. Bless his heart, he seems genuinely touched and overwhelmed by it all.
I do not get all the love for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Overall, a forgettable Oscar night.
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Post by Mayo on Mar 13, 2023 4:12:25 GMT
Obligatory In Memorium complaint: The link they put at the end for the rest of the list of people who passed away last year. Boo. Also, keep the camera on the pictures. A few times they pulled back like with Ray Liotta, and we really couldn't see their picture. Also, why didn't they end the montage on someone bigger like Angela Lansbury? It felt sort of unfinished the way they ended it. No Paul Sorvino, Anne Heche, Cindy Williams on the telecast, and no Robert Blake on screen or on line. aframe.oscars.org/news/in-memoriam
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Post by Mayo on Mar 14, 2023 23:10:22 GMT
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oscars-inclusion-rules-sparking-debate-1235343128/quoteInteresting article about the new inclusion rules for next year's Oscars: "Last fall, an independent filmmaker was filling out an online form to put forward his movie for Oscar consideration when some questions on the Academy’s submissions site caught him off guard. The site asked about his cast and crewmembers’ race, gender and sexual orientations, and had some questions about their health — whether they had autism, for instance, or dealt with chronic pain or mental illness. “I don’t know, maybe someone on my crew was neurodivergent,” this filmmaker says. “It’s not my place to ask. Did they do their job? Great. And how are we going to know who’s gay when it’s illegal to ask people? The questions are part of the Academy’s new representation and inclusion standards for Oscar eligibility (RAISE), which the organization started rolling out in 2021 in preparation for making certain benchmarks mandatory by next year’s awards season. The goal is to spur more inclusive hiring in the film business, but some producers who are trying to comply say the process is cumbersome at best and privacy invading at worst. "
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Post by Mayo on Mar 14, 2023 23:24:13 GMT
I guess movies like All Quiet on the Western Front would have to hire people behind the scenes to meet the standards. The article mentions databases where people can self-identify. There is the option to mark someone anonymously as disabled or other qualification. This all sounds a little ... weird. The article also states that if the Academy may audit productions if they don't believe the sel-reporting.
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Post by kims on Mar 15, 2023 1:19:52 GMT
That reminds me, not movie related, but in the same silly vein. Late '60s some fed agency, probably Labor Dept. asked Dad how many minorities had applied for jobs because there was monitoring of why minorities weren't being hired (by the way in this sparsely populated area there were no minorities) He pointed out the law (I think fairly recent) eliminated use of questions about race, etc. on applications. How was he supposed to track this? Answer: it's illegal to track race. Catch 22
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Post by Mayo on Mar 15, 2023 3:09:00 GMT
That reminds me, not movie related, but in the same silly vein. Late '60s some fed agency, probably Labor Dept. asked Dad how many minorities had applied for jobs because there was monitoring of why minorities weren't being hired (by the way in this sparsely populated area there were no minorities) He pointed out the law (I think fairly recent) eliminated use of questions about race, etc. on applications. How was he supposed to track this? Answer: it's illegal to track race. Catch 22 Right? Well, I guess people can self-report and be catalogued. How 'bout wear actual labels so people can see exactly what box each person ticks. What could go wrong with that? Some one compared it to filling out a tax return, overly complicated. I foresee this creating a lot of new jobs for people designated to deal with this nonsense.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Mar 15, 2023 4:41:44 GMT
That reminds me, not movie related, but in the same silly vein. Late '60s some fed agency, probably Labor Dept. asked Dad how many minorities had applied for jobs because there was monitoring of why minorities weren't being hired (by the way in this sparsely populated area there were no minorities) He pointed out the law (I think fairly recent) eliminated use of questions about race, etc. on applications. How was he supposed to track this? Answer: it's illegal to track race. Catch 22 The law was title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act but I can't imagine who from the federal government might have asked that question. Strange. The Bureau of Labor Statistics keeps track of race and sex in currently filled occupations, I know, but as you said, asking about race in the application process was and remains illegal - except for the Executive branch, which is how our current president was allowed to do it in his veep selection.
Regarding the Academy's RAISE requirements, it will be interesting to see if any filmmakers are able to show they were harmed by it, and kept out of Oscar contention and the associated benefits that come with it for failure to comply. The 9th circuit would probably find for the Academy, which would clear the path to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Post by Mayo on May 7, 2023 20:09:48 GMT
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Post by kims on May 8, 2023 0:31:30 GMT
Sometimes to make change you have to force it. But in part I agree with Dreyfuss, I think People will be hired to meet the requirements, but be ignored during production. The new rules will create an atmosphere similar to teachers teaching to the test rather than educating because of laws enacted to measure success.
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