EXCLUSIVE: There will be Oscar Specials
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- February
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You may heard: There’s a little reality-TV program scheduled this weekend where beautiful people will preen for the camera and get voted on by the masses. And no, I’m not talking about the all-new episode of Big Brother 9. It’s that other show, the one where they give out big gold men (weighing eight pounds) and then little gold men (made of chocolate). I’d like to say we’re above picking the winners and losers—like every other print/blog/television entity on the planet—but, well, we’re not. And, fortunately, our friends at RNN, bless their souls, were good enough to let us opine on air tonight for a special Oscar Special:
Sure, Small Bites and Varsity Insider may have been the first blogs to the half-hour TV party, but our show had far more gold.
I should also point out, despite giving ourselves billing in the ad on our sidebar, the truth is the program is all RNN. Or to be more specific, Karen DePodwin. She did yeoman’s work pulling this all together. The ad really should have said, “The DePodwin Oscar Special, with guest stars Suburbarazzi and Liz Johnson.”
One other caveat: Please ignore the painfully awkward segments when I start rambling about Michael Moore (Wha? Castro? Huh?) and “Juno” (what I meant to say — “Blood” and “No Country” will split the high-brow voters, leaving “Juno” a chance at winning). Instead, focus on my esteemed colleague, Chris Serico—whose Ruby Dee logic (anytime you slap a former Oscar winner, you automatically get to win one, too) was downright brilliant. Or, for that matter, Liz Johnson and Peter Pratt, who can spray me with truffle juice any day of the week. And, of course, the indomitable Karen DePodwin, who looks lovely enough to be Suffern HS homecoming queen.
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on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm by Ted Mann.
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Best Picture winners other than Titanic that were box-office smashes before winning the Oscar (since 1990):
Forrest Gump
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The Departed
Gladiator
Shakespeare in Love
Braveheart
Schindler's List
Dances with Wolves
Silence of the Lambs
But, hey, what kind of journalists need to check their sources before appearing on TV and looking like buffoons?
Point taken, RD.
Even though your list accounts for only about half the films to win best picture since 1990, the point I was trying to make was that box office blockbusters don't always translate into critical and Academy success.
In addition, I'm guessing the vast majority of Best Picture NOMINEES, which we were discussing in the segment, make even less money on average than, say, your typical summer movie season.
But thanks for the kind words!