How to save the Oscars telecast
Well that was a non-event. Not a single surprise: We already knew who was going to win.
James and Anne: We still love you but don’t do that again.
So I thought of a plan to save the Oscars. I expect it to be ignored like my previous suggestion to have all the nominees, presenters, guests style themselves.
This is my plan: Don’t have nominees. Have the Academy members fill out blank ballots. Then they can have their own opinions instead of repeating those of critics and colleagues. Other award-giving bodies can go ahead and hand out trophies–they could be a guide to voting.
And we won’t know who the finalists are until Oscar night itself! Exciting!
No one will go for this.
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February 28th, 2011 at 22:26
Well, “I See the Light” the OST for Tangled got nominated for Best Song. I have been humming this song for almost a month and I’m driving my officemates bonkers. At least I can say “Yung mga kanta niyo diyan sa cellphone ninyo? Oscar nominated ba?”. Bwahahahaha!
March 1st, 2011 at 00:16
I love Anne Hathaway! And yay Natalie Portman!
March 2nd, 2011 at 02:27
That would be a total mess…lol!
But seriously, the Academy has strict rules about voting for movies/songs the members have actually seen/heard. They have special screenings, for example, for the short films and songs (they have to be original songs written just for the movie and fit them perfectly). They have 2 rounds of voting: first to get the nominees, peers vote for peers (film editors vote for the best editing jobs of the year, etc.) and then the academy as a whole chooses among the nominees for the winner. They’re not allowed to vote in categories they have no proof of knowing enough about (i.e. did not attend screenings, etc.)
What they can very possibly do, however, is to not allow the publication of nominees, and especially winners, of the various Guilds’ awards (Director’s Guild, Producer’s Guild, Writer’s Guild, etc.) leading up to the Academy Awards because they match 99/100 with the Oscars due to the fact that it’s the same members voting. The Social Network dominated the critic’s awards during the first half of the awards season but The King’s Speech dominated the other half, which was composed mostly of the Guilds, thus making the Oscars fairly predictable.