Originally Posted By Dabob2 Plus, he had one person to introduce, and he knew who it was going to be. It would be one thing to blow one of the lead-up scripted lines due to dyslexia (if indeed he has it), but dude - the last two words are someone's name... just learn the name!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^I agree. I know how many rehearsals go into a production like this, and there's just no way that he should have been trying to figure out her name when he got up there. At the very least, he would have run it 4-5 times in the days prior, and should have known her name by that point. I guess anybody can get nervous and screw things up, but it's not like she's some total unknown with an impossible name. It sounds like how it's spelled, and she's one of the most widely-known live musical performers
Originally Posted By mawnck >>According to critics, John's flub was a result of his dyslexia, and it's not nice to tease someone for a learning disability.<< The critics have their Scientologists mixed up. It's Tom Cruise who's dyslexic.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance He's an ACTOR. His whole job is to learn lines, don't give me that dyslexia excute.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Dyslexia my aunt fanny. It's a two word name. And someone he should be familiar with, given his long-time association with Hollywood. Idina is not some newcomer on the scene, fer cryin' out loud. Look at James Earl Jones. The man has a stuttering problem. Always has. But you don't see him screwing up during interviews on Larry King. Total class act! (Loved him on Big Bang recently.) Ya blew it, Travolta. Man up and admit it. You should have learned your lines.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead It's not like he was reading a giant list of foreign film producers. One name. He can handle some gentle ribbing. To call it bullying is nonsense. It's true that Liza's fame was pretty much predestined (no pressure there), but then she gave that performance in Cabaret. It is just amazing, and people were blown away. It's rare to see a good musical to movie adaption, but Cabaret was a film that improved the stage show (so much so that the Broadway revival that's currently being re-revived uses all the changes the film made). And Liza is at the center of it being awesome. Rent it. Liza is also nutso harious in Arrested Development.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "And Liza is at the center of it being awesome. Rent it." Yes. I love love love Cabaret. "Liza is also nutso harious in Arrested Development." This too.
Originally Posted By dagobert Congratulations for the two Oscars. There had been times when Disney was in the running for best picture and other important categories with their Miramax Studio. I guess these times are definitely over under the current strategy.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I guess these times are definitely over under the current strategy.<< Throughout its history, Disney has tended toward more 'popular' movies than the 'critically acclaimed' type that tend to get the awards. There was definitely a stretch under Eisner where this wasn't the case, but Iger quickly shut that down when he took over. I'd love to see those sorts of films return to the Disney stable, though it certainly won't happen while Iger's here However, some of the more popular films in recent years have also been up for some of the technical awards. I know the POTC movies had nominations for make-up and costumes, among others When a film wins a category like "Best Animated Film", does anybody know how many Oscar statues they actually get? Is it just the ones that we see during the show? Or are there some others, so the studio can display one, and possibly the executives get one, etc? Like for Best Song, they showed the Lopezes with statues, but would Idina get one too?
Originally Posted By mawnck IIRC (and I'm in a bit of a rush so I can't research it) there's only one statuette per winner.
Originally Posted By JeffG "Per winner" means for each individual named for the award, though. In the case of Best Animated Feature, the award went to Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho for "Frozen", which means 3 statuettes were presented for that category.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Thanks! I'd always wondered. I knew that the awards handed out during the ceremony are just placeholders until they can get the plaques engraved, so I wasn't sure how much things changed "behind the scenes" This year, I noticed several winners sitting in the audience with their statues, which I believe is a new thing. When I was involved with the 2009 show, they had to hand them back as soon as they walked off stage, and I've never noticed them in the audience before
