Maybe some end of year critic’s groups awards could relaunch it.

You have to make a donation (and basically buy the star.) Big stars like Meg Ryan and others you mention don’t have them because they never bothered to apply for them.

I wonder how much the music from Chariots of Fire helped it. I can remember it being all over the radio and was probably more famous than the movie itself (at least back then kids and teens like me were more focused on top 40 radio than on movies.)

The clip of them running to the theme was all over TV. I wonder how many Academy members voted for…[Read more]

On IMDB it says:

Pacino did not attend the ceremony in protest of perceived category fraud. As his performance reflected greater screen time than that of his co-star Marlon Brando, Pacino believed he should have received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Was that a formal announcement he made or just a rumor as to why he didn’t…[Read more]

Sandra Bullock was quite funny when she accepted the Razzie in person. Although she had announced she’d attend which probably only increased the number of votes she got since people wanted to see her at the show. (She really isn’t that bad in that movie.)

Berenson actually won some critic’s awards. Kind of surprising she didn’t get in.

Was Michael York campaigned as lead or supporting?

I think it ran briefly somewhere on some cable station. It never even came out on DVD after the first season because all the Motown songs they used were too expensive or something like that. I’m not sure if it streams anywhere. I never really saw the years when Lily Tomlin took over for Miles. I’d be curious now to see her.

His wife Beth Howland (Vera from Alice) was sick for a while and died in 2015. He was probably dealing with that. He was in “Harvey” on Broadway with Jim Parsons prior to his wife’s illness.

Oh yes I’ve read about Hackett being sick. I also read Carrie Fisher paid a lot of her medical bills with Star Wars money.

I guess the sympathy factor and the unpopularity of the film didn’t let her overcome Stapleton.

I always thought Stapleton was just a makeup award for Reds since she had lost a bunch in the past but on a recent…[Read more]

Field did get a Golden Globe nomination as did Sissy Spacek for Raggedy Man (I remember that as a nice little film probably now most memorable for having Henry Thomas in a lead role which lead to ET)

Absence of Malice is sort of a dull film (Dillon and Newman are good though).

I wouldn’t have nominated Field but that performance does show a lot…[Read more]

Does Atlantic City hold up well? I haven’t seen that in a very long time. Last thing I heard about it was Sarandon saying she always felt the washing up with lemons part of it was a bit odd and awkward to do.

I wonder if Marsha Mason got any votes that year. It was her fourth nomination without a win and three of them had awards already.

Agreed but I don’t think Sarandon was in the running at all for Atlantic City.

Spielberg wasn’t too popular with the academy back then. Raiders was also an adventure/action film and they never really reward that stuff too much.

Katharine Hepburn was a big shock as Best Actress. (you can hear gasps when it is announced.)

Did Diane Keaton have much traction or was Meryl considered a sure thing to win?

I wonder if Meryl would have been able to win the next year for Sophie’s Choice if she won here. (what with Jessica Lange there for Frances.)

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Plus Bonnie Pointer had a hit of her own with Heaven Must Have Sent You.

Nicole Kidman sort of did a homage to Diana Christensen at the beginning of The Stepford Wives remake.

I wonder if she could do it full out. (although the original is hard to compete with)

they change their rules all the time so there is very little consistency in the outcomes

How’d they lobby for Nixon to be put in supporting? Wasn’t she only eligible there because she played Birdie on the official opening night and Birdie is clearly a supporting role.

I think Swinton hurt her chances for future nominations (We Need to Talk About Kevin) with her speeches. At both the BAFTA and Oscars she said she’d be giving the statues to her agents.

People felt like she really didn’t want them and was ungrateful.