WiccanPagan

don't know anything about the 2 refferences in question care to inform?

Grimfarrow

NEITHER of them really deserve the award - it should really go to Isabelle Huppert for the Piano Teacher, possibly the greatest actress right now.

But between the two, I would easily vote Nicole over Julianne. I thought it was pretty damn obvious that Nicole completely overshadowed her costars in The Hours, and even Moore's "Far From Heaven" role.

I remembered wanting to draw effigies and chant voodoo curses of Kidman when it was revealed that she was going to portray Virginia Woolf. Luckily, I didn't, because not only did she surprise me, she completely blew me away with that performance.

badger1997

I may not know much, but I would consider Adrien Brody the furthest thing from a lock. Not that I didn't like his performance, but I have doubts he will win and he definitely isn't a "lock."

Reading over this thread, not sure most people know what a "lock" to win means. As far as I can tell, the only real lock is Chicago. I can't see calling Scorsese (Marshall and Polanski winning some awards kills that lock) or Daniel Day-Lewis (he would still be my pick but you can't disregard Jack Nicholson's pull in Hollywood) a lock either.

Rypro 525

The first one is a reference to miramax creator Harvey Weinstien, who everyone here really hates
I don't know the second one, and I think the fishbourn reference is since Tom Hanks beat Fishbourn for I think supporting or regular actor for Searching for Bobby Fischer.

Buck Turgidson

Hanks beat Fishburne for Best Actor the year Tom put up that banal performance in Philadelphia, while Fishburne brilliantly captured Ike Turner, and made even so vile a man as him into someone w/ human feelings and motivations.

Hasn't anyone seen that film clip of George Brett charging out of the dugout at Yankee Stadium in '83, arms akimbo and eyes fiery with rage when his home run was disallowed in the infamous Pine Tar Game? I thought that was a reasonably well known image...

And Rypro had the Harvey one right. I expect the statures to be renamed in his honor in a few years.

conscience

I'm sorry, but FWIW and IMO, Fishburne was pretty good in What's Love Got To Do With It, but he was nowhere near as good as any of the people in the Best Actor category that year. Nowhere near.

Other nominees:

Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father
Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day

Second "question":

Harvey Weinstein, in an EW interview, said that the main award he is stretching (paying) for is Scorsese for Director. That doesn't mean he isn't pulling (paying) for a lot of the other awards, but I doubt Nicole Kidman in The Hours is at the top of his list. I think he would pull for Zellweger over Kidman by a mile. Which is a true Miramax film. The Hours is financed by both Paramount and Miramax. Harvey isn't too fond of the film anyway. Calling it the "film about three lesbians." He did not go further.

Lock: Chicago. That's a shame too. Basking in Moulin Rouge's glory.

No one else can even be considered a lock. Maybe Catherin Zeta-Jones, but Meryl Streep so deserves it for her excellent performance.

WiccanPagan

i'm a girl, sue (sp?) me.

Buck Turgidson

I would've been happy with any of those men beating Hanks.

Some Brett shots, just to give an idea what I'm talking about.




Ah, George. He was something.

Drexl

^Yeah, that was the "pine tar" incident.

Buck Turgidson

Now wouldn't it be hysterical to see Julianne or Salma's name called and have Kidman bumrush the stage like that? Hair flying and eyes blazing?

conscience

Buck - I'm almost 100% positive that Kidman won't do this.

Give it up.

Good day.

Sunday Morning

Lock: Bad jokes, People shifting in their seats for 4 long hours, Constant shots of jack nicholson, People getting their speeches cut short at inapropriate times, endless commercials for cars and soft drinks, Drugs being snorted in the bathroom, People making fun of harvey weinstein and then kissing his ass later, Miramax/Disney taking home the most wins, Jason bateman not being in attendance, 75% of the presenters being "hot young actors", Shots of the chanderlier, Kevin spacey wondering where it all went wrong, People not intentionally starring at adrien brody's nose, Julianne moore taking people out with an uzi after losing twice, Me getting upset that "my peeps don't win"

Buck Turgidson

Yeah, so am I.

Too bad, it'd be fun.

Last word from me.

Until after the show.

LBPound

I couldn't find what EW said, please share.

Tyler_Durden

OK, right before the live broadcast begins, I'll chime in with my predictions:

EDITING: Chicago.
MAKEUP: Frida.
COSTUME DESIGN: Chicago.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael Ballhaus (Gangs Of New York).
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Bowling For Columbine.
ART DIRECTION: Chicago.
ANIMATION: Spirited Away.
SOUND: The Two Towers.
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: ditto.
EFFECTS: TTT.
SCORE: John Williams (Catch Me If You Can).
SONG: U2 - The Hands That Built America (Gangs Of New York).
FOREIGN FILM: The Man Without A Past (go Kaurismäki!).
ADAPTED (yeah, right) SCREENPLAY: Charlie and Donald (heh) Kaufman (Adaptation).
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven).
ACTRESS: Nicole Kidman (The Hours).
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago).
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs Of New York).
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Newman (Road To Perdition).
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese (Gangs Of New York).
FILM: Chicago.

conscience

This is from the actual magazine not online but anyway:

ANIMATED FEATURE:

Will voters go for the critically worshiped anime film (Spirited Away)or the digital smash (Ice Age)? A win for Disney acquisition Spirited (which could have been promoted harder) would be a slap to the studio's homegrown productions Treasure Planet and Lilo & Stitch. No matter - we think any rival will be Ice'd out.

LBPound

No way Ice Age is winning...at least I hope not.

theneobez

I'm so happy about Adrien Brody, I thought he would be overlooked, and then he was nominated, and now he won. The Pianist is the best.

tanman

Well look at that! I guess those really were locks too bad I didn't participate in any oscar pools

Those were the easy ones anyways.