91st Annual Academy Awards

[Mysteryman]

I'm sure someone from Obama family will be dragged into this

Michelle could show up but since she just showed up at the Grammys, it might not have the same impact.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Maybe Donald Trump himself will introduce Black Panther.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Queen + Adam Lambert are now performing at the Oscars because I guess they don't care about time anymore? How much do you want to bet their set is longer than the 90 seconds each the actual nominees get?

 

[terry78]

This should be good.

 

[James T. Kirk]

Just my opinions and guesses on 8 of the categories. My opinions may change but I'm not apologising for any of them.

Best Supporting Actor
Should Win Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Will Win Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Best Supporting Actress
Should Win Emma Stone, The Favourite
Will Win Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Adapted Screenplay
Should Win BlacKkKlansman
Will Win Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Original Screenplay
Should Win The Favourite
Will Win First Reformed

Best Director
Should Win Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Will Win Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Best Actor
Should Win Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Will Win Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actress
Should Win Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Will Win Glenn Close, The Wife

Best Picture
Should Win BlacKkKlansman
Will Win Roma

 

[harlequinade]

Bryan May's powdered wig and the rest of the Queen are now performing

LOL ok so nominated songs need to be shortened but this is happening?

 

[CaptainWagner]

What are you talking about? All nominated songs will be performed at the Oscars.

Did they change their plan? Because they definitely announced at one point only some of the songs would be performed.

 

[harlequinade]

Gaga said she won't be performing unless all perform so AMPAS caved

 

[Kane52630]

Double Toasted has a video up about how to fix the Oscars... it's worth a watch.

 

[samsnee]

Bryan May's powdered wig and the rest of the Queen are now performing

LOL ok so nominated songs need to be shortened but this is happening?

This is dumb. Is this the Oscars or the Grammys? If I wanted a cover band, I’d pay to see a cover band.

 

[sueb1863]

Well, they're not exactly a cover band, it'll have the original Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor. John Deacon is still alive but stopped performing with the band after Freddie Mercury's death because he believes that it's not really Queen without Freddie Mercury. He does still handle the band's finances, apparently.

However, this is an odd move considering time is supposed to be tight-tight-tight and they were relegating nominees to commercial breaks because they just couldn't squeeze an extra minute out of the schedule.

 

[Kane52630]

My picks for the Indie Spirit Awards...

34th Independent Spirit Awards - Wikipedia


Best Feature
If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Director
Debra Granik

Best Male Lead
Ethan Hawke

Best Female Lead
Glenn Close

Best Supporting Male
Richard E. Grant

Best Supporting Female
Regina King

Best Screenplay
First Reformed

Best First Screenplay
Eighth Grade

Best First Feature
Hereditary

Best Documentary Feature
Minding the Gap

Best Cinematography
Suspiria

Best Editing
You Were Never Really Here

Best International Film
Roma

 

[DarkKnight88]

John Deacon is still alive but stopped performing with the band after Freddie Mercury's death because he believes that it's not really Queen without Freddie Mercury.

And he'd be right.

 

[samsnee]

Agreed. No offense to the other band members but Freddie Mercury was Queen. It’s not like Van Halen where every new lead singer brought his own to it and it was still Van Halen.

 

[MadderMaximus]

Since it's finally available to rent (on Amazon anyway) I am finally watching Bohemian Rhapsody.

I can *hear* Rami struggling through the dentures...

 

[flickchick85]

However, this is an odd move considering time is supposed to be tight-tight-tight and they were relegating nominees to commercial breaks because they just couldn't squeeze an extra minute out of the schedule.

Which brings us back to - time isn't really that tight, they just choose to spend it horribly.

 

[Mysteryman]

Just my opinions and guesses on 8 of the categories. My opinions may change but I'm not apologising for any of them.

Best Supporting Actor
Should Win Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Will Win Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Best Supporting Actress
Should Win Emma Stone, The Favourite
Will Win Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Adapted Screenplay
Should Win BlacKkKlansman
Will Win Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Original Screenplay
Should Win The Favourite
Will Win First Reformed

Best Director
Should Win Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Will Win Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Best Actor
Should Win Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Will Win Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actress
Should Win Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Will Win Glenn Close, The Wife

Best Picture
Should Win BlacKkKlansman
Will Win Roma

that is a good list.
I am sad to say, I have not even thought about it.
I will be watching though.
I always do.

 

[jmc]

Well, they're not exactly a cover band, it'll have the original Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor. John Deacon is still alive but stopped performing with the band after Freddie Mercury's death because he believes that it's not really Queen without Freddie Mercury. He does still handle the band's finances, apparently.

However, this is an odd move considering time is supposed to be tight-tight-tight and they were relegating nominees to commercial breaks because they just couldn't squeeze an extra minute out of the schedule.

He's right. Queen ended the day Freddie died. That tribute concept in 91 was the last time the band could genuinely be considered Queen. But why on earth, after all the nonsense about shortening the awards, they are letting Roger and Brian perform is beyond me.

 

[flickchick85]

Honestly, they probably had this in the works already and that's WHY they tried to shorten the awards.

 

[MadderMaximus]

Ah darn it, I actually really liked Bohemian Rhapsody. Didn't like the rewriting history aspect of things for dramatic flair...but it's also hardly the only movie guilty of that nominated for Best Pic, lol.

 

[Heretic]

Bands are companies who are in the business of selling music. If you are working at a job that existed before you were hired, then you are doing what a replacement member in a band is doing. I'm not sure why so many people trash bands that choose to stay in business after an employee leaves.

And I don't understand why they dont just make the move to give the shorts Oscars off-screen.

 

[jmc]

It's never the same when the front man is no longer there. There are rare occasions when someone new can come in and reinvent the band, but most of the time it's never the same.

 

[Greens]

It's never the same when the front man is no longer there. There are rare occasions when someone new can come in and reinvent the band, but most of the time it's never the same.

 

[sueb1863]

Since it's finally available to rent (on Amazon anyway) I am finally watching Bohemian Rhapsody.

I can *hear* Rami struggling through the dentures...

I really enjoyed the movie, but yeah, it was always pretty obvious that Rami was having a lot of trouble talking around his false teeth. It got pretty distracting after a while. Every time he said a line it sounded like they were going to fall out.

 

[jmc]

I literally said rare occasions.