Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Get a Horse losing was probably a surprise. But the four acting Oscars pretty much followed what was expected. Everyone new Alfonso Cuaron would win director. And that Gravity would take all the techinical awards.
Originally Posted By mele <<One of my friends is a voting member of SAG, and I saw on Facebook last night that she didn't know that Liza Minnelli was Judy Garland's daughter.>> Ouch.
Originally Posted By mawnck Serious (albeit rhetorical) question: How many people nowadays even know who Liza Minnelli is?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance ">>the winners are pretty much known ahead of time<< Except for Best Animated Short. MR. HUBLOT??? " My kids were so mad when Get a Horse lost. lol They were saying how stupid Mr Hublot looked even thought it looks like a lot of things they would enjoy, haha.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>My kids were so mad when Get a Horse lost.<< A good teaching opportunity: "If you haven't seen the other four films, how do you know that Get a Horse was the best one?"
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I said something to that effect. They wern't having any common sense.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Serious (albeit rhetorical) question: How many people nowadays even know who Liza Minnelli is?<< Enough that there was some minor FB scandal when people saw that she posted it. I don't think most people my age really know her from anything in particular, but she's the punchline of enough jokes that I feel like she's still semi-well known. Moreso than Annette at least
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I guess I should also say that the way it was phrased, it wasn't like she'd never heard of Liza Minnelli before. She was more surprised to learn the connection between the two celebrities, rather than discovering that she existed for the first time And now that I think of it, I'm not even sure exactly how she became famous. I know she was big in stage musicals for a while, but I don't really know which ones. Gypsy? Cabaret? Just being a general diva/icon?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Just saw someone post on facebook that they went to the Aladdin show today and the Genie introduced himself as Adele Dazeem. LOL
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Liza started singing with her mom on Judy's TV show back in the sixties. Super talented singer like her mom, so her career was virtually predestined. Cabaret was her big breakout film, but it was her live performances and recording albums that became her bread and butter.
Originally Posted By mawnck Thumbs up for Cabaret. And I don't care for stage musicals and I rarely watch live action movies.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Not all musicals make the jump well to the movie screen. 'Cabaret' is one that does. I am very surprised how people like Liza Minnelli become the punch line of jokes. She's had an amazing career and is an Academy Award winner. Read about her <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Minnelli">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki...Minnelli</a> She's been bestowed with Tony awards and is really quite a performer. She was on Letterman maybe 5 years ago and just blew the roof off the place. It's like how Bea Arthur became some weird punch line for people. Stars have their moments and their careers have ups and downs -- Liza - with a Z - is not in trial here!!!
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Let John Travolta name <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/low_concept/2014/03/john_travolta_called_idina_menzel_adele_dazeem_what_s_your_travolta_name.html">http://www.slate.com/articles/...ame.html</a>
Originally Posted By doombuggy Liza was also pretty good in the Arthur movies. She tried to do a come back album with the pet shop boys....it was not good. As for Travolta "in the few hours since the broadcast, there has been some backlash against the Adele Dazeem jokes. According to critics, John's flub was a result of his dyslexia, and it's not nice to tease someone for a learning disability. That's bullying! While we whole-heartedly agree that mocking someone's learning disability is insensitive and uncalled for, here's the thing- John doesn't claim to be dyslexic. In fact, according to Scientology he can't have the reading disorder- because dyslexia isn't even real!"
