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The Ever-Infuriating Oscar Memorial Reel: Who Got Snubbed In 2019?

♦ February 25, 2019 ♦ 16 Comments

I used to slog through the bloated Oscar show every year just to see the honorary awards for Lifetime Achievement, which were grudgingly doled out to classic stars and directors the Academy had criminally ignored throughout their careers. But then a few years ago, they banished them to a smaller event that’s not even televised. …

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The Oscar In Memoriam Reel: Who Got Snubbed This Year?

♦ March 5, 2018 ♦ 9 Comments

Another year, another botched attempt by the Academy to honor its own. For a lot of movie lovers—classic-film fans especially—Oscar’s memorial-reel slights have become a cringe-inducing annual tradition. I don’t know if Bette Davis really did name the statuette Oscar because his backside resembled her husband’s. But when it comes to honoring those who’ve given …

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The Annual Oscar Memorial Reel Fiasco: Who Got Snubbed This Year

♦ February 27, 2017 ♦ 7 Comments

Okay boys and girls, it’s time for our annual Sister Celluloid tradition: filling in the massive gaps in the Oscar memorial reel! Granted, this was a horrible year. That old cliché that celebrity deaths come in threes? Yeah no. Sometimes it felt more like tens. The most common posts on social media consisted of a single word: No. As in, Not him. Not …

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The Academy Strikes Again: The 2016 Oscar Memorial Snubs

♦ February 29, 2016 ♦ 58 Comments

Last night, according to the official Academy Awards website, “the Oscars took time to honor the many talents we lost during the previous year, the lives they touched and the art they made or made possible…” Yes but they never take quite enough time, do they? I mean, it’s entirely up to them how many …

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