***The OFFICIAL 94th ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS Thread*** PART 1

Oddly, I’m not that interested

Me neither. I haven't seen a movie in 3 years so fuck it, fuck it right in the ear, I say.

ZZZZZZ.

Fern....

NO, IT'S FUCKING FRAN.

The final ratings for this shit show is going to real entertainment. I can’t be arsed to throw or attend a party this year. I hope they just hand the statue to Gag now so she’ll stop campaigning for at least 24 months.

Is there a difference between TV and Movies at this point as all the movies are now simultaneously shown on cable

What station?

If it was held in a train station last year, will it be at an aircraft hanger or perhaps the Port of Los Angeles this year? Or maybe just a used car lot in Torrance?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will unveil nominees in 23 categories in a livestream that will be available on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s Twitter, YouTube and Facebook platforms, along with being broadcast live on ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC News Live.

Every category must have at least one: disabled, black, LGBTQ, LatinX, Asian and female.

I’m waiting by my computer, ready to complain. Even if us black people overperform tomorrow morning with the nominations. And no, I don’t give a shit about other minorities.

Compared to last year, this field's is downright 1939 level good. That's how shitty 2020 was. Because this year really wasn't all that either.

My favorite film this year was Power of the Dog. Pretty sure it will get a ton of noms. I want Kiki Dunst to get a nom for sure.

(I do want to see Gaga get a nom just to piss of DL Madonna fans.)

An Academy Award for The House of Gucci? HA!

Adam driver should get a nom, he’s been consistently good and was in both Annette and house of Gucci which I think were among the best films this year (in a typically weak year).

Best Supporting Actress nominations:

Glenn Close for Swan Song

Meryl Streep for Don't Look Up

They can sit next to each other at the ceremony.

I don't remember Glenn in "Swan Song". Perhaps her acting was so good I didn't recognize her?

Will kristen stewart be subbed ?

R17 For what, Rose a real actress?

In Case You Missed It = Gay Kimmel Show writer, Louis Vitel, did a Gay Oscars bit tonight....LINK (10:20 mark)....

Jen Hudson wins her second Oscar! It's gonna be SO sweet. Gaga will never swan away with that prize.

Their ratings have been in the tank for years. They haven't learned that the viewers want a break from politics. We don't want to hear the annoying shpeel from some of these jokers. Stay with good old glamour and movie talk.

Remember when the movies that were nominated/or won was also popular in the box office?

I hope GaGa is snubbed. Jaime Dornan is going to get nominated. Dornan is ex "roommates" with closeted Andrew Garfield. DL knows what that means.

Around 2011-13 the best movie winners started to be forgettable, niche and pretentious and only for the entertainment industry types than the masses and it’s been like that ever since.

BELFAST should do well, even though it's not about the Black Irish.

All the nominees are Netflix and shit. They should go up for Emmys.

If Gags get a nom and Chastain doesn't, I'm done with the Oscars. There were a few moments I thought Chastain *was* Tammy Faye. I had no emotional reaction whatsoever to the Gucci Lifetime movie.

Jessica Chastain is not getting nominated. Neither is Adam Driver.

I would love to see Simon Rex nominated in Best Actor and Ruth Negga and Marlee Maitlin nominated in Best Supporting Actress.

Gaga is the next Cher.

[quote] Gaga is the next Cher.

And Cher was the next Liza, who was the next Julie, except that Julie did it backwards.

R31, poor Madonna.

Have they created a category for Best Waxwork?

If Rex Reed married Simon Rex, he'd be Rex Rex.

Pulling for Simon Rex, Penelope Cruz, and Alana Haim. I also have a soft spot for Jessica Chastain. Hoping for her as well.

Kiki BETTER get in.

That is all.

The Academy members adore Nicole Kidman, she will be nominated.

Hold me Keith. I'm scared.

Which stars do you think are up at the ungodly hour anxiously waiting.

I'd say Kidman, Chastain, Branagh, Jada & Will.

McDormand would be in bed sleeping like a baby not giving a fuck.

I'm hoping for Chastain, Garfield and Udo to pull off a surprise nomination.

#OscarsSoIrrelevant

Does anyone on DL have a Members Sign In on the Oscars website?....What do the fancy people get to see that the rest of us don't?

R39, Udo Kier? That would be a lovely surprise, practically a miracle. I loved his film Swan Song (dir: Todd Stephens). Highly recommend it.

R41, Probably nothing that won’t be reported in the press within the next 8 hours.

Do the Governor’s Board (or whatever) get to look at the math? Like can Laura Dern see the math from past races?

[quote] Pulling for Simon Rex...

and Simon Rex is pulling.

"Does anyone on DL have a Members Sign In on the Oscars website?....What do the fancy people get to see that the rest of us don't?"

They get to see archived clips of Michael Eisner blowing loads on pictures of Minnie Mouse.

OP if this is what you call mounting excitement, the heart bleeds for you.

Chadwick Boseman better get all the nominations.

I'm gonna buy a gun and go on a murder spree if Jessica Chastain gets snubbed.

Why does anyone care too much about the Oscars anymore.

I detect it aint the event is used to be.

Will the Oscars itself be part of their In Memoriam reel?

Simon Rex will be nominated.

If Chrissy Metz isn't nominated this whole thing is going to be a farce..

R51 for the statuette

I don't think there is that much talk on politics really. I hope Cruz, Chastain are nominated. Gaga, Colman, and Kidman will be I would say. I think Haim was good but wouldn't mind if she misses out. I liked Cooper Hoffman better. Jamie Dornan is gay? Gosh you DL insiders are always on the money!

Oscar needs be neutered and made genderless!

I'm getting so excited I could shit.

That Haim girl was on the Sunday Morning CBS show with her cunty, unattractive sisters and they should all star in the next Hocus Pocus franchise. Whatever happened to attractive movie stars?

Why is Gaga getting such a huge push? That film/performance was essentially 1/2 step up from Showgirls level entertainment.

The screwing on the work table was laughable.

Do people not see through her schtick? It couldn't be any more transparent.

And here come the anti woke trolls with literally the same shit they repeat ad nauseam.

R49 = Jessica Chastain

I'm all ready, OP!

[quote] And here come the anti woke trolls with literally the same shit they repeat ad nauseam.

And here are the anti anti woke trolls (who never leave this board) with literally the same shit they repeat ad nauseam.

Blocking the “anti-woke” trolls so I don’t have to see their boring bullshit on the Oscar threads all day.

Girls! Girls! You’re wokeness issues are tearing us apart!

[quote]Every category must have at least one: disabled, black, LGBTQ, LatinX, Asian and female.

[quote] I’m waiting by my computer, ready to complain. Even if us black people overperform tomorrow morning with the nominations. And no, I don’t give a shit about other minorities. —Jada Pinkett Smith College Lesbian

And like clockwork, here come the anti-diversity cunts, chiming in like Pavlov's dog at the mere mention of Academy Awards. Blowing your head off at Denzel's nomination would spare me the trouble of blocking you.

And here are the anti anti woke trolls (who never leave this board) with literally the same shit they repeat ad nauseam.

This is their level of "humour."

You can reference their posts with a simple R#.

Please don’t quote them. Not every poster wants to read their bs.

This year's Oscar theme is "Movie Lovers Unite" -- the anti-woke will hate everyone being united!

Kirsten Dunst!

Chantia Bobo Harden = instant camp icon

Finally Kirsten Dunst gets a nod!

Maggie Gyllenhaal with a writing nom!

No screenplay for West Side Story's Tony Kushner

Adapted Screenplay:

Coda

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog

Aaron Sorkin, OUT!

Original Screenplay:

Belfast

Don't Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person in the World

[quote]No screenplay for West Side Story's Tony Kushner

Good!

Don’t Look Up was a mess, but it’s this year’s Crash.

JK Simmons for William Frawley, awful

Poor Jamie Dornan campaigned his heart out

Supporting Actor:

Ciarin Hinds

Tory Kotsur

Jesse Plemons

J.K. Simmons

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Glad to see a lot of love for Belfast

Good riddance, r76!

Actress in a supporting role:

Ariana DeBose,“West Side Story”

Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”

Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”

Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daugher”

Judi Dench, “Belfast”

Zzzz

Why tf are they dragging this out?!

No Best Supporting Actor nomination for Ben Affleck.

Fred Mertz is nominated!

Would've loved to see Rita Moreno nominated again for West Side Story

Who is this woman in a jewfro from the seventies?

No Robin de Jesus

This is so cringe worthy to watch.

R90 It's Pat!

Who’s this guy with the Jewfro?

I had to mute it.

Very disappointed no Mike Faist

No second Oscar for you, Jared Leto!

Mess.

Who gives a shit what this fuckwad thinks?

I guess we'll have to wait until either next year for the 95th or five more years for the hundredth for them to ask Janet Gaynor and Emil Jannings, the first acting winners, to announced the nominees.

This filler is why people hate the Academy Awards. Just give the damn nominations already.

I can’t believe they’re dragging this out like this

Also, the Oscars show doesn’t need a theme!

Who under 67 cares?

No editing for West Side Story

Power of the Dog sprints to frontrunner

This Traci lady doesn’t seem very smart and why is she shouting?

They really, really don't get it, do they? YIKES.

Don’t Look Up for editing—-ARRRRGH!

Editing:

Don't Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

Tick, Tick, Boom

Now who the fuck are these people?

I'm more interested in seeing who does not get nominated to predict when the riots will start.

Chastain may still be in it with that Makeup nom!

Makeup & Hairstyling:

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci

The Eyes of Tammy Faye up for Best Makeup? This is a joke, right?

Who gives a shit about a WWE wrestler?

Why is Terry Crews on here?

Please shit in my mouth!!!

When I think "Oscar nominations", I think WWE superstars.

Omg it’s like they’re trying every lame thing to get people interested in the Oscars again. Embarrassing.

Flee!

Kiki and her husband, attractive version of Matt Damon, Jesse Plemmons!!!!!!

Kathy Kinney, aka Mimi, should present the award for best makeup. After all, Tammy Faye played her mother.

"We don't talk about Bruno" not chosen for Encanto - shocking

OH NOT AGAIN

Disney really blew it not outing We Dont Talk about Bruno in for best song

i was hoping the Don't Look Up song would be nominated!

"We really fucked it up!"

Lost Daughter is going to get a Best Pictute nom, I’m sure.

Jamie Dornan was robbed

Not putting up*

Fuckin' firefighters!

The FDNY? WTF is going on.

This can’t possible be Bruce Vilanche doing this banter, it’s even worse then what he’d usually do.

Disney failed to put in We DONT Talk about Bruno. Huge mistake

No Belfast for Cinematography - wow

Titus O’Neill is an awesome dude

No Catroina Balfe in BSA! Judi took her nom!

I never miss a movie from Bhutan!

Oh GOD FELEEEEECEEEEEIA RASHAD

Traci is really straining herself pretending like everything Leslie does is cute and funny.

Oh lord! Claire Huxtable!!

Dame Rashad!

Yikes!

Titans for Best International! Maybe a Best Director nom as well?

The House of Gucci as best movie of the year? Did you get to see a director's cut where the rest of the camp classic was put back in? Because the version I saw had about 15 minutes of fun, the rest was ploddy and boring, and had Jared Leto's 1980s spaghetti sauce commercial accent. Did Leto do a voiceover narration track for the version you saw?

ANDREW!!!!

Phylicia Rashad -- I thought she was cancelled?

Of fuck, they are trotting out Felicia Rashad!

JESSICA!!!!

Poor Sorkin

So lame they snubbed Balfe for old Judi.

Kristen!

Actor:

Javier Bardem

Benedict Cumberbatch

Andrew Garfield

Will Smith

Denzel Washington

Ha! No Lady Fuckface!!!!

Nicole!

FUUUUUUCK!!!!!!

No Frances McDormand this year!

Plemons doesn't really do much in Power of the Dog to deserve a nomination.

Leslie is a great choice. Social media loves him

Lady Gaga SNUBBED and Kristen Stewart instead. LOL

Actress:

Jessica Chastain

Olivia Colman

Penelope Cruz

Nicole Kidman

Kristen Stewart

Javier Bardem's nom is the only Being The Ricardos nomination I can get behind

gross

Drive My Car has momentum

[quote]Nicole Kidman

What a joke!

DUNE??????

NIGHTMARE ALLEY - OMG

THAT WAS A TRAINWRECK

Sorkin snubbed for directing too!

Hilarious Gaga was snubbed cause she was the only one nominated everywhere in all the big awards.

Seriously, so tired of Kidman's nominations.

Nightmare Alley remake is just as boring as the original, and at least that one didn't have Rooney Mara.

Best Picture:

Belfast

CODA

Don't Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

The Little Monsters are about to revolt!

End of March, why so long wait?

This is one of the worst crop of nominees in years. Unbelieveble.

Kidman should have been in the Special Effects category, not Acting. And even then, she'd lose.

Bardem-Cruz should win as Husband and Wife Bests!

Thrilled for Stewart.

Why is everything Traci says so painful?

No one has been talking about the Gaga movie since November

Why so much love for "Nightmare Alley"?

At least they recognized Being the Ricados for the CRAPFEST it is

So, Don’t Look Up got no acting noms?

[quote]Disney really blew it not outing We Dont Talk about Bruno in for best song

Why the other one is going to win anyway?

I bet Lady Fuckface is throwing dishes screaming in her faux Italian/Romanian accent right about now!

I thought Nightmare Alley was so dull. Looked great and decent acting. That's about it.

I’ve seen four of the 10 best picture nominations, I have a little catching up to do

Tsk, tsk. Natasha er- Lady GaGAH was left out like a cold bowl of borscht.

[quote]At least they recognized Being the Ricados for the CRAPFEST it is

Three Oscar noms equals a CRAPFEST?

Why they comeback to this Jewfro guy? They should have those enthusiastic Youtube twins on instead?

Wow, the Don't Look Up actors got snubbed! Leo thought he had his "I'm as mad as hell!" moment, too.

No nominations for writing or directing, r186/Aaron, nor for best picture

Chastain could wind up winning!

Did they snub the Lady GaGa song from her movie?

There was talk of Spiderman getting BP because there are 10 now. Ha ha.

Branagh is now the person with the most nominations in different categories in Oscar history

Probably a shoo-in for the Original Screenplay Oscar

Poor Simon Rex. I'll rub one out in his honor later.

Another group of extremely low box office performers, equals another low ratings for the Oscars

They need the cats from the Kat show wondering through this presentation.

[quote]Did they snub the Lady GaGa song from her movie?

Yes. Song nominees:

"Be Alive" from "King Richard"

"Dos Oruguitas" from "Encanto"

"Down to Joy" from "Belfast"

"No Time to Die" from "No Time to Die"

"Somehow You Do" from "Four Good Days"

Rachel Zegler was a BIG snub

Gaga had a song in HoG?

How they get a 50+ year old Stephen Sondheim song in there, when they didn’t even nominate it when Adam Driver sang it?

Dang I thought they would nominate that Ariana Grande song just so she can perform. But they already have Beyonce so they probably thought that's even better or enough. It's a good and funny pop song.

Did I miss my shoo-in nomination?

Denzel Washington…….I am sooooo looking forward to the sour look on his face when he loses again.

Did House of Gucci get anything? I’m glad it didn’t receive any acting noms b/c it was pretty bad throughout. They’re all capable actors obviously just poorly directed with a bad screenplay.

You know even if Will wins, Jada will find something to complain about.

For some reason until looking it up just now, I thought King Richard was a Shakespeare adaptation like The Tragedy of Macbeth, lol. I'm more interested in it now though.

So glad they didn't reward the mess that was House of Gucci (although I wouldn't have been mad if they gave Driver a nom since he was the only one who was consistently good throughout the stitched-together movie). Too bad they rewarded basic Stewart's PR team for their nonsense. Haven't seen Being the Ricardos, but from the clips I'm sideeying Kidman's nom but OK with Bardem. Glad for Chastain--she did a great job what could have been a cartoon. And yes, the makeup nom for that film was legit--Tammy Faye's makeup evolution was a subtle but very important part of the "story."

what's the average age of the nominees in the acting categories?

#oscarssoold

I hope Belfast wins everything it's nominated for. It's a brilliant film, it's lovely to look at, it has great performances, it's funny, it's sad, and it makes you feel.

Power of the Dog gets 12 Nominations, will easily take Best Picture (first Best Picture for Netflix), Best Director (first sequential female Best Director winners in history), probably Kirsten Dunst in Supporting, probably Best Cinematography (first female cinematographer to win if happens)

Lowest rated Oscars in history guaranteed.

I am rooting for Dunst/Plemmons, R174, as winning married couple.

I think Cumberbatch -- who I don't like -- deserves Best Actor, R209, though I think it will go to either Will Smith or Denzel.

I'm rooting for Dunst to win, but I have a feeling she'll lose due to the current social climate.

House of Gucci was just dreadful. But, so was the Meet the Ricardos.

I really didn’t think Plemmons had much to do in that film. I get he’s well liked but surely he will have other opportunities for a nom. Makes me think a lot of voters didn’t watch the films, as usual.

[quote]I'm rooting for Dunst to win, but I have a feeling she'll lose due to the current social climate.

Current social climate? You mean lose to Ariana de Bose, a black actress who gives a phenomenal performance in West Side Story?

I’m happy for Dame Judi (the best part of Belfast and puzzlingly under-mentioned), Ciaran Hinds, Jesse Plemons (the best part of otherwise dull Dog), and Drive My Car. I hope Drive or Belfast takes it all.

I didn’t like any of the films that landed the Best Actresses in that category. All tripe. Too bad.

[quote]But, so was the Meet the Ricardos.

Oh, DEAR!!

This thread and the one the night of, savaging this shit, are the only reason I am paying attention this year.

Hopefully Will Smith and Denzel can reenact the "Don't be kissing no men " conversation they had years ago on this years show.

Nobody thought Sorkin would get a directing nom and I’m glad they snubbed his screenplay. I’ve never thought he was all that. Distinct is different from good.

I know, I couldn't even be bothered to look up the title.

[quote] I really didn’t think Plemmons had much to do in that film.

His was the only performance in the film that seemed natural to me. Benedict Crapfest was unbelievable.

r217, you're why no one thinks the "oh dear" shit is funny anymore.

[quote]Bardem-Cruz should win as Husband and Wife Bests!

Bardem/Cruz v. Plemons/Dunst -- who will win?!

Biggest snubs: Gags, Ziegler, Rex (the Academy was never going to let that one happen), and Driver.

Not Cruz, she looks like someone smeared a painting of Salma Hayek, who was the only thing I liked about HoG.

Only real horserace is Best Actress - three nominees already have Oscars, so its Chastain vs Stewart.

Every other category - meh.

HAHAHHAHAHA NO GAGA.

Troy Kotsur gave the best acting performance I saw this cycle, and only had a single word line, in an otherwise corny movie. Well deserved to him. Best Supporting Actor is a great category this year.

Lady Gaga’s snub is a shocker.

And I’m glad Sunglasses (H.E.R.) didn’t make it in Best Song!

The Nightmare Alley Best Picture nom is a head scratcher. Obviously block voting from the studio that produced it got it nominated but I don’t think it’ll increase interest in the film much, which gets off to a really shaky start and barely improves from there.

There are so many good things in Belfast, and the grandparents are among the best. Happy for those nominations.

The biggest snubs are Gaga, Catriona and Sorkin.

Is King Richard really that good? The previews screamed "glorified Lifetime movie" to me.

And is Dune this year's Mad Max: Fury Road?

[quote]Obviously block voting from the studio that produced it

Twentieth Century Fox doesn't exist anymore and Disney buried this because they don't care about holdovers

No nomination for "Vivian Vance".

How heavy is the Oscar? Has anyone ever dropped it on their manicured foot? I miss the days when they had streakers, causing David Niven to momentarily change his facial expression.

I haven’t thought twice about King Richard since seeing it last November. It’s fine, like a family film, I guess. But I’ll never watch it again.

I loved Belfast but I didn’t think Catriona was particularly good, especially compared to Judi? I mean, I was fine with the overdramatic zigs and zags of her over dramatic performance because the film wasn’t supposed to be naturalistic, but she was the weakest of the adult actors by far.

I can’t believe Being the Ricardos got so many nominations and Don’t Look Up got a BP nom. What a fucking joke.

I guarantee many people who nominated Nightmare Alley never watched it, but it "seems" like an appropriate nominee so it went it.

I don't get nominating Dench(again) over Balfe.

Cruz always looks like Mother Superior from the convent is standing behind her. Does she every look anything but placid?

Dench’s was the best acting in Belfast, and it was the heart of the film—the love the family had to leave behind to survive.

LOL GUCCI shut out completely. Absolutely love it. The Academy got it right.

And Scott Feinberg at THR stood by his prediction for Jude Hill (the boy in Belfast) until the very end, even incl. him in his final predictions a few days ago without a single pre-cursor nomination or win. Not suggesting anything untoward at all - but from an awards prediction standpoint, what was that about?

Dench was too old for the role. She looked and acted like a great grandmother. I didn’t believe she was married to Hinds (who was magnificent) for a second.

^^In Best Actor!

Pretty sure Nightmare Alley and Don't Look Up are both "only because there are 10 spaces" nominees. They probably would have squeezed WSS in even with only 5.

Both the grandparents in Belfast looked pretty old for their son to be Jamie Dornan, but Belfast during those years wasn’t the lap of luxury, and maybe he was a surprise late in life baby.

[quote]Dench was too old for the role. She looked and acted like a great grandmother. I didn’t believe she was married to Hinds (who was magnificent) for a second.

I can't remember any scenes where Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan were alone together as grandmother and son. I remember scenes with grandmother and grandson, grandfather and son, grandfather and grandson but not Dench and Dornan.

I didn't care for Hinds as Mr. Rochester, he was too emotional. I did love him in Persuasion.

Jude Hill couldn’t act, they just cast a sweet, wide-eyed kid to play a sweet, wide-eyed kid.

Ciaran Hinds on the 19 year age gap between him and Dench

[quote]As “Pop” – the grandfather of nine-year-old Buddy – Hinds is a back-yard philosopher who dispenses advice – and maths homework – from a throne on the outside toilet, while the formidable Granny (Judi Dench) sits at the window, listening in, with a put-down always to hand. There is a 19-year age gap between Hinds and Dench. “I said: ‘I’ll age up and you age down and we’ll meet in the middle,” he says.

are movies like podcasts?

Woody Norman should have been nominated. JK Simmons does nothing interesting in BTR.

All Irish grannies look old before their time.

Isn't Belfast set in the late 60s (haven't seen it yet)? People generally used to look much older than we are used to now, plus the stress of living through the Troubles would rapidly age anyone. I think it's realistic to have the grandparents looking that old.

The question now is, does the Academy give LMM his Oscar for the other song from 'Encanto'? Or do Dead Eyes Eilish and her brother get it for 'No Time to Die'?

Movies are really long Tic Toks

Ciaran Hinds is 29 years older than Jamie Dornan, and Jamie Dornan is 28 years older than Jude Hill.

Funny that I read that Stewart "campaigned hard" despite saying she doesn't give a shit about Oscars. Guess it paid off.

Happy that Cruz made it through.

Is R260 so deep or so edgy? Perhaps deeply edgy.

Jamie Dornan is probably crushed this morning. You could tel that he desperately wanted this nod.

Did Maurice Tourneur's Poor Little Rich Girl receive any nominations?

Is it over? Who won?

Hopefully Will Smith is this years Boseman.

Nominations by picture

Is Licorice Pizza worth watching?

[quote] Lady Gaga’s snub is a shocker.

It’s really not, though. Nor is former porn whore Simon Rex. That was never going to happen.

[QUOTE]How heavy is the Oscar? Has anyone ever dropped it on their manicured foot?

The Oscar statue weighs 8 pounds.

Glad to see the Academy agreed with my SAG Nom Comm picks-Penelope Cruz, Jessie Buckley, Aunjanue Ellis, JK Simmons, Kristen Stewart and Judi Dench.

And I’m very glad that Jared Leto and that hideous Licorice Pizza girl were snubbed.

“God! I hate this night! It turns every year into a crisis.”

R273 is the only one who understood the assignment.

[quote]It’s really not, though. Nor is former porn whore Simon Rex. That was never going to happen.

Yell well, Mark Rylance got his cock sucked onscreen and went on to actually win one.

But, but. But, where are all the nominations for House of Gucci????? I LOVED that film.

Rex would have gotten one if he didn't use a prosthetic

That list doesn't include "tick, tick...BOOM!" which has 2, Garfield and editing.

Gaga has been nominated for a SAG, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and countless critics choice awards.

Not getting a Oscar nom is a SNUB

I find Gaga's snub quite delicious.

You know she had done a Jennifer Aniston and already booked a suite at the Four Seasons to talk this morning about how: "I'm so shocked. But just being nominated with those wonderful women is an honor."

Yeah Gaga got screwed. I’d rather see Americans get nominated than Cruz. Sorry bout it.

Has Jada weighed in yet?

Javier Bardem and JK Simmons? Nah. Nicole Kidman? Nah.

Bardem was fine.

Nightmare Alley, Spencer, Flee, and Summer of Soul are all available right now on Hulu

News Flash R 283 there are people on the planet that actually like things you don't.

[quote]Has Jada weighed in yet?

Waiting for Jada Pinkett Smith to start screaming "Oscar so white!" because only 1 black woman was nominated in the Best Actress category, even though 5 black performers were nominated in the acting categories, including her "husband."

Thanks to Jada, Will's win will always have an asterisk next to it.

Kristin Stewart for Best Actress?

Stick a fork in the oscars, they’re done.

R289 Oops! I just saw that no black woman was nominated in the Best Actress category. Oh, Jada's really gonna bitch now.

Who is consoling Ben Platt this morning?

BREAKING NEWS: Suicide hotlines light up with Z'rs threatening to jump out of first story windows due to the Gag Gag snub.

I'm very shocked and disappointed to see Lady Gaga get snubbed. She really deserved this one and I thought she had it. I think this rejection will inspire her to give us something really special for her next film, though. Her time will come someday, just not this year. I hope Jessica Chastain or Kristen Stewart takes it instead. How boring it would be if Olivia Colman won. I also hope Kodi Smit-McPhee takes home Best Supporting Actor.

I also saw an article saying Candyman was on the shortlist for Best Original Score. I knew it was unlikely but I still hoped. It didn't happen, though.

I'm going with Ariana DeBose for Best Supporting Actress, Ciaran Hings for Best Supporting Actor, Penelope Cruz for Best Actress, and Will Smith for Best Actor.

HoG was a mess but I'm a little surprised Leto was snubbed.

[quote]Who is consoling Ben Platt this morning?

He got a Razzie nomination instead

Will they once again have the Oscars in an airport lounge?

R294 Gaga's performance was a caricature, not a character.

She's not nearly the thespian she thinks she is.

Beyoncé vs. Billie Eilish for Best Original Song. That'll be exciting to see if one of them takes it home.

Troy Kotsur in CODA will win and Kushner's WEST SIDE STORY was excellent and should have been nominated.

I'm pissed about The Lucille Ball movie getting anything. Except I do love Xavier Bardem. I am pissed off about Kristen Stewart getting nominated. I love Adam Driver. I'm not sorry for Gaga except if they can give a nod to Stewart and Nicole Kidman well, shit. And the actors in Passing got snubbed. That was a shitty thing to do. They could have at least got a Best Picture nomination. I thought Power of the Dog was pure shit. I need to check out the foreign movies.

Gaga is Streep compared to Kristin Stewart.

West Side Story nominations except for DuBose were filler noms.

I especially agree about the Passing actresses. They should have been nominated best actress and best supporting over Kidman especially.

What is this Drive My Car movie I've never heard of that got 4 nominations?

Gaga got the Golden Globe nomination, the Critics Choice Awards, BAFTAs, SAG Awards. And she was the only one nominated in all of them. Yet she didn't get this one. I just don't understand how this could happen. Somebody in the Academy must have it out for her. Either that or they just want to be contrarian.

Gaga was definitely a snub. A BIG snub. It's either a "who did she piss off" snub or a "we know what she did to get those other noms and we're not having that" snub.

Somewhere, Madonna is cackling

R306 The Academy doesn't like actors who think they're entitled to an Oscar nomination simply because they got lesser awards for their performances.

Parallel Mothers was clumsy and disappointing, it didn't compare to Talk to Her or All about my Mother. Pedro should stick to melodrama and not try to incorporate political allegory. Penelope's apartment was gorgeous, though, and she looked beautiful

Did WSS not add a new song to be eligible for an Oscar? How did they fuck that up?

R311 Spielberg said he didn't want to mess with the brilliant original score.

I don’t care what was nominated, this is my favorite best song of the year.

[quote]Beyoncé vs. Billie Eilish for Best Original Song.

Yes, and only one of them actually wrote the song.

Don't Look Up as a Best Picture nominee? These awards are officially OVER!

I'm off the deep eeeeeeeeend...

Thoughts and prayers to Ben Affleck when he sleeps it off.

Yes Gaga is huge. Maybe the over campaigning did everyone in? I'm glad to see Cruz in though. She was great in Parallel Mothers. I have a feeling Chastain will win

R314 There’s no need for best song to be written by the performer, that would be a horrible restriction to place on it, they don’t do that for Grammy’s song of the year.

[quote]There’s no need for best song to be written by the performer

Isn't the award to the writer of the song, not the person who sang it?

Did I miss the announcement about where this debacle is to be held this year?

R318 I thought Jessica Chastain was brilliant, but the film got almost no traction, so I fear she'll lose out.

Hulu is right on top of things, they already have their Oscar nominees highlighted, but HBO Max and Netflix have not organized their Oscar nominees yet

R315, Don't Look Up was absolutely worthy of a Best Picture nom. It was very good. I'll take it any day of the week over the dreadful The Power of the Dog.

I’ve said from day one that Chastain would win this in the end. I thought that the moment I walked out of the theater. She was incredible in that movie.

It is kind of funny to see Gaga get the freeze when she's been so over the top in campaigning, but I do feel bad because she was good in parts of the movie. She was really hurt by the fact that House of Gucci is a mess--if it were a more cohesive film and with better editing, I could imagine her performance being great.

Stewart getting the nom is practically offensive. They're rewarding 10 years of her PR team pushing nonsense articles about her being a great actress despite having the most limited range and her being an in demand movie star despite every single movie of hers since Twilight flopping. And then she pulls her "I'm so RILL and EDGY and I don't give a fuck" while running the most obvious desperate campaign second only to Gaga. She is the definition of a basic white lady.

Kidman getting a nom is also cringeworthy, but at least she has a long career of strong performances. Her rep as a good actress was earned, so the Academy being lazy and giving her a nod for a movie most of them probably didn't bother watching is annoying but at least kind of makes sense.

R323 How did Hulu get to drop Spencer today of all days, or have they just not been promoting that they have it until now?

R299 And what in the freaking hell was Chastain's performance?

But honestly, Best Actress looks so bad. Besides Colman and Cruz, all you have are drag queens and a plank of wood.

Disney simply did not predict We Don’t Talk About Bruno was anything special and submitted the other song so it wouldn’t have any competition

This will likely cause LMM to fail to EGOT this year

[QUOTE] R299, And what in the freaking hell was Chastain's performance?

You must be a Gen Z or someone who never saw Tammy Faye in real time.

I thought Chastain's performance was good. Her Tammy Faye was a fleshed out person, not the cartoon most people imagined her to be.

I can see why she and the movie might be polarizing, though, so that's not a good sign for her chances of winning. If not her than I hope it's Cruz (she's overdue) or Coleman. Kidman would be a joke, Stewart would be a travesty.

I will give Stewart the edge over Chastain as the Oscar for BA historical favors women playing either heads of state/royalty or prostitutes.

Who will vote for Bey's song?

R330 and you never saw a Patrizia Reggiani interview.

I bet a lot of voters thought Gaga was a sure thing and voted for others.

How is Penelope Cruz “overdue” for an Oscar? She already has one.

Gaga is sooo not derivative.

I enjoyed Kristen Stewarts performance in Spencer. She really managed to adopted Diana's aristocratic posture while showing her sensitivity.

R336, the one she has is supporting I think. She's overdue for lead.

^ Sorry, meant to add in this list of nominees she's overdue.

LOL “overdue in lead” is not a thing

Stewart was great in Spencer, and has been great in several things over the past several years -- the "plank of wood" comments are from people who still think making fun of Twilight is the cutting edge of comedy

Kristen still deserves a Oscar for going into diabetic shock in the arms of Jodie Foster in Panic Room or trying to evade whatever Timothy Olyphant was trying to do to her in Safety of Objects, so I’m fine with her getting an Oscar no matter what film.

Oh sweet child don't let it be true.

Rex was never a frontrunner. He Peter Dinklage or Nicolas Cage were ahead of him in contention.

I told you all GaGa wasn’t getting in for months. No way they were acknowledging that joke of a performance. The film got Razzie noms

I guess it was too much to ask for the Oscars to honor more independent films; I was hoping at least Riley Keough and Colman Domingo would get supporting nods for "Zola"

And what happened to Joaquin Phoenix's movie "C'mon, C'mon"? They were really talking that one up.

Right, because everyone wants another vegan animal cruelty lecture served up with their win.

Mass was snubbed. Some of the best performances of the year in a very small ensemble.

Do you plan to tune into the Oscars this year?

Yes, I do = 25%

Maybe, I'm not sure = 22%

No, I do not = 52%

Other / No opinion = 1%

Based on 1,114 responses. Snapshot of real-time results.

[quote]I'm very shocked and disappointed to see Lady Gaga get snubbed. She really deserved this one and I thought she had it.

LOL

"I make-a da pizza."

A lot of people on here have been telling us things for months.

R342 there's no point in arguing opinions as if they were facts, so I'll just say I disagree. I've seen many of Stewart's movies because I tend to gravitate towards the indie fare she favors and/or is stuck with since she can't pull an audience into theaters. I've never seen a single performance of hers where I thought "oh wow, she's good." I find her mostly bland and forgettable, even in the films where she's gotten obviously orchestrated over the top praise. She even made Joan Jett boring, which is a cardinal sin. And in Spencer she did the polar opposite of what Chastain did in Tammy Faye--Chastain made a caricature into a real person and Stewart made a real person into a character.

Yes! Where are the noms for "MASS?" WTF??????????????????

WHAT HAPPENED TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEE ?

Oscars, movies and actors have been irrelevant.

Chastain for the win.

And that was a legitimate movie R275, which does not compare with jerking off multiple times in a porn flick.

But you know that.

R341, I remember there being an "overdue" narrative about Denzel Washington even though he had won a supporting Oscar earlier in his career.

[quote]Of course, the role went to Denzel Washington, whose fire-breathing performance as Harris earned him what many believed was an overdue first Academy Award for Best Actor. (Washington had previously won Best Supporting Actor for Glory in 1990.)

Denzel’s Oscar for Training Day was well-deserved, not an “owed,” even if people felt he was owed one. He was incredible in that movie, as was Hawke.

I'm so glad they followed the Official Diversity Restrictions:

Best Lead Actor

Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”) [LATIN X]

Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)

Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”) [GAY]

Will Smith (“King Richard”) [BLACK]

Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”) [MENTALLY DISABLED]

It’s not a snub. At all. No one who matters in the industry cares about Googoo and her complete lack of acting talent R279. Certainly not the Academy, and they’re still the gatekeeper. You don’t like it, take it up with them. The industry is not going to collapse because a singer who started acting five minutes ago didn’t get nominated for an Oscar.

R359, I was not saying or even suggesting that Denzel didn't deserve lead for Training Day. He's one of the few actors who could legit win for almost any performance. But he'd been nominated at least a couple of times for lead before Training Day and there was definitely a narrative of "it's time" for him that year.

Lol, comparing Penelope Cruz to Googoo is DE👏🏻LU👏🏻SIO👏🏻NAL. Penelope Cruz is an incredible actress. Period.

Anyone know why Frances McDormand didn't get a nom for TTOM?

The only reason Lady Gaga was nominated for the Bafta and not Kristen stewart is because it’s headed by Prince William.

I think Cruz will win.

[quote]The Oscar statue weighs 8 pounds.

No, dummy, that's the human head. Duh.

R363, they've probably never watched a "movie I gotta read", so they've missed most of her extraordinary performances.

And heads are gonna roll, r367!

R365 is that you, Lainey? Those checks from Team Stewart and Team Sussex combined must be pretty hefty for you to push that line of BS.

The Academy wants diversity yet Denzel Washington and Will Smith seem to be the "go to" actors for white audiences for years now.

Penelope Cruz was probably offered HoG before Gaga and had the good sense to turn it down.

Javier Bardem is not "Latin"; he's European.

House of Gucci SHOULD have been a great movie--the backstory is amazing. It could have been the Goodfellas of the fashion world. I don't know what the fuck happened, but if Cruz or anyone else turned it town that was a smart decision only in hindsight.

Ouch. They kicked Lady Gaga I’m the face.

Glad though for Jessica Chastain.

Hasn’t Streep set a record for the actress to appear in the most best picture nominees?

To Nicole, Congratulations 🤡

I am just so glad that Jessica Chastain was nominated for her performance as Tammy Faye. I can't quit raving about that performance, it really was one of the best biopic performances I've seen since Sissy Spacek as Loretta.

Also, the Oscars might be able to draw in viewers this year just with their musical performances, if the original song contenders are sung by the original artists. You would have Beyonce, Van Morrison, Billie Ellish, and Reba, all performing, that should lift ratings with a variety of people.

Most satisfying snubs are the overrated, obnoxious Lady Gaga and the blowhard that is Aaron Sorkin.

Kristen Stewart is a terrific actress but she also has something beyond talent which is that the camera LOVES her. She has a unique presence on camera. I mean, watch Personal Shopper - the effortless cool and obvious intelligence and capability. Or Certain Women or Clouds of Sils Maria.

A lot of you don’t seem to understand that acting on camera is unique to way the actor engages with the lens. She’s a terrific actress, yes, and also in many circles a cultural icon. Give her that.

Spencer is a polarising film but incredibly ballsy. And she carries it from start to finish. I’m ready for wherever she does next.

With no Spider-Man, Leo or Gaga, you can forget about ratings

[quote]You would have Beyonce, Van Morrison, Billie Ellish, and Reba, all performing, that should lift ratings with a variety of people.

If antivaxxer Van Morrison performs, that would also increase new COVID infections with a variety of people.

If it weren't for Oscar night commentary on Datalounge I would have stopped watching years ago.

The Tammy Faye thing - I can’t even watch the clips of it, the prosthetics are so distracting and ridiculous. And I’m uncomfortable with Chastain promoting her as some kind of AIDS activist and saviour of gay men in the ‘80s. I don’t doubt the factual event of the interview depicted but it’s impact seems to be grossly overstated.

Ultimately, I didn’t care about TFB at the time and I don’t care about her now. It just seems like such Oscar bait. And it worked

[quote]The only reason Lady Gaga was nominated for the Bafta and not Kristen stewart is because it’s headed by Prince William.

BAFTA didn't nominate Stewart because British audiences were laughing at the trailer for Spencer and thought it was ridiculous.

R382 And they were right.

It would be nice if the Oscars had an "ensemble" award, like one of the others does. Everyone was equally important in Belfast. I wish Jamie Dornan had been nominated, but it would only have been for Best Supporting, against Ciaran Hinds, and that would've sucked. But he wasn't the lead actor, and his character was no more prominent than anyone else's. If anyone was the star, it was the boy.

I hope Jamie gets another chance ASAP.

For the youngins who aren't familiar with Tammy Faye, watch just a few minutes of the real life woman and you'll see the challenge Chastain had with the role. Tammy came across like a poorly acted super earnest cartoon character, but it turns out she really was that person IRL. Now imagine you have to portray the "real" Tammy in a movie and it's NOT going to be portraying her as gritty or bitchy or otherwise vastly different than her public persona. Instead you have to convince people that ridiculous persona was the real deal. THAT'S a challenge and that's what I meant upthread about Chastain making a caricature into a real person.

I actually saw Spider-Man at the cinema yesterday - I knew the cinema would be empty and gave into the hype.

Those films are always such an incoherent mess. And it was SO boring. It got what it deserved.

[quote]Anyone know why Frances McDormand didn't get a nom for TTOM?

Because she was miscast and the film was overrated.

No one will watch a film just for one performance. Kidman or Coleman will likely win Best Actress. Cruz as the dark horse because she's "ethnic." Neither Chastain nor Stewart stand a chance in hell of winning.

[quote]Javier Bardem is not "Latin"; he's European.

Spanish people are Latin.

The only film I'm really interested is The Power of the Dog. I've like both Jane Campion's and Cumberbatch's previous efforts. I'm sick of Kristen Stewart and Diana. Between The Crown, Harry, and that Broadway musical what more can be said about her?

Maybe for "Latin lover" purposes, R389, but not in the context of "diversity."

[quote] Anyone know why Frances McDormand didn't get a nom for TTOM?

People are sick of her.

[quote]Spanish people are Latin.

Latin = Latin America

Spanish people have a lot of Middle Eastern dna. Southern Spain they are smarmy. Bardem is smarmy.

Mea culpa, R391

r394 = the white-adjacent troll

DL is so full of contradictions.

"The ratings are going to be horrible because they didn't nominate more popular movies and actors!"

"There were better movies and actors that should have been nominated!"

So either you think Spider-Man, Shang-Chi, F9 and Venom: Let There Be Carnage were the best movies of 2021. Or you think the actors in Mass would have drawn a larger TV audience.

Frances McDormand was never in contention so I don’t know why this is even a question. No one ever predicted her being nominated.

R396 no. Just someone who knows the difference between a George Zimmerman and Brad Pitt

I'm only interested now in whether Andrew Garfield wins. If he hadn't been nominated, I probably wouldn't be typing in this thread. I've seen nearly everything he's been in, including SNL and interviews. I even watched his first Spider Man movie, and I don't do comic book movies.

I wish he'd get a drama series that could run for several years. I'd love to get to watch him on a regular basis.

Some of you are soooooo out of touch that it’s scary. Why don’t awards shows get the viewers they used to? Because the internet and social media exist now. You used to have to watch the show to see who wins and see the stars. Now, you don’t.

Will Smith is winning. He has been the frontrunner since last summer

R402, I think he’s a very soft frontrunner. Cumberbatch and Garfield could easily win over him.

Will Smith and Jada along with Kristen Stewart need to go away.

Italy, Spain, and Portugal are all Latin countries, the reason Latin America is Latin is because they were predominantly colonized by Spain and Portugal. Just as the US is Anglo because we were founded by the British.

R400 I haven't seen "tick, tick, BOOM" But, I'm interested to see it because he is apparently so good in it. As much as I praise Chastain in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye", AG's performance in that film was horrible. So I am intrigued that they are both nominated for Oscars for different films.

R403 it’s a tight race this year.

Denzel may actually smile when Will Smith wins. He'll be half asleep or drunk or both, but Will's performance is Oscar bait. And he played the part to the hilt. Voters love that smarmy kind of I-Told-You-So role. Yep, he'll get it and like Kevin Costner and Mel Gibson before him,(though not for Best Actor), the Academy will never have to nominate him for another fucking thing ever.

r405

R407 Gibson was nominated for Best Director a few years ago

Go away, Latin Troll. You do this in every thread.

R408 I didn't say Latino, I said Latin.

[quote] denoting or pertaining to those peoples, as the Italians, French, Spanish, Portuguese, etc., using languages derived from Latin, especially the peoples of Central and South America: a meeting of the Latin republics.

[quote]Anyone know why Frances McDormand didn't get a nom for TTOM?

She should have been nominated for her role as Timothee Chalamet's lover in The French Dispatch. It would be Supporting but she'd win with that.

Wonder why The French Dispatch didn't get any nominations?

Yes. And authentic Italians have a lot of Non Anglo blood. They aren’t Anglo.

R412 the academy seems over Anderson’s schtick.

R402 and If he doesn't win Jada will have a meltdown and take to Twitter saying the Academy is racist.

R415 fuck off. Please already!

[quote]Denzel may actually smile when Will Smith wins.

The only other time Denzel and Will competed for the same Oscar was in 2002, when Will was nominated for Ali and Denzel won for Training Day. During that ceremony Will and Jada left early, before Best Actor was awarded. There was typical Hollywood speculation/gossip that he left early because knew he wasn't going to win, but they actually left because young Willow had to be taken to the hospital with a fever and ear infection.

This is Will Smith's third Best Actor nomination. For both of his previous nods he lost to another African American actor: in 2002 to Denzel Washington, and in 2007 to Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland.

[quote]Wonder why The French Dispatch didn't get any nominations?

The only good aspects of that movie were the performances of Tilda Swinton and Jeffrey Wright. And the only marginally interesting story of the three segments was "The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner". The rest of it was a bore.

Plus, if you've seen one Wes Anderson movie, you've seen them all.

Andrew Garfield was better in The Eyes of Tammy Faye than he was in tick, tick...BOOM which also happened to be a dreadful movie.

R388, I point you to Renee Zellweger in the Judy biopic for someone who won in a not very good movie with just one performance. Chastain for the win (finally).

wow Dame Judi is fucking 87?!

R420 disagree about Garfield being better in Faye. He wasn’t memorable in it, and was more supporting in that than a lead.

I’m over Judi getting Oscar nods for nothing almost. Same with Streep. Stop nominating them just to nominate them.

Yes Stewart played Diana as a "character" in Spencer because that was what the movie demanded -- it wasn't really a tedious biopic like Chastain's, with her ridiculous facial prosthetics that I couldn't look at for more than five seconds without gagging (Garfield's were worse but only because she had all that on-the-nose make-up to cover them up) -- Spencer is an abstract art-film about class and suffocating history and Diana is an idea in it, not a mimicry gig

R401 that plus the oversaturation of awards, both "prestige" and silly. The Oscars used to be the only one that mattered. Now, by the time the Oscars come along you've seen most of the winner win at least one other big award.

R397, the Oscars need to better balance rewarding the great performances while still giving nods to audience favorites. Neither a category filled with noms for movies no one has seen nor one that is filled with crap that managed to attract an audience do much for the industry as a whole. They should aim to include the "best" but there's always room to reward an audience favorite who turned in a strong performance, or a big box office hit that was also well made. But the Academy has its biases and they always show.

[quote]I point you to Renee Zellweger in the Judy biopic for someone who won in a not very good movie with just one performance.

Also, Julianne Moore for Still Alice is another example. I'm sure there are tons of others.

R422, I didn't state he was a lead in TEOTF, I said he was better as Jim Bakker. I agree that is a supporting role and he is the lead role in the horrible ttB.

Oye Vey! I should have won a lifetime achievement Oscar

R424 the abstract-art quality of Spencer is the only interesting thing about the movie. Without that, it's just Stewart giving Diana all the same twitchy-itchy tics she uses in every other role but with an English accent.

I fell in love with Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick, BOOM! I've always liked him as an actor, but that performance wowed me permanently. I agree it wasn't a great movie, or a great story, but Andrew was genuinely exciting. I loved getting to hear him sing. I'm going to watch it again soon.

Why in the world did Disney fail to put we don’t talk about Bruno up for an award?

Nicole Kidman deserves 2 Oscars after 30 years of exceptional performances. It's just a shame if she gets it for the Lucy movie.

Renee was in a biopic about one of the industry's most beloved stars. Julianne Moore was going on a long overdue narrative. Chastain has neither, no one checks for her. At best she's a niche actress with a small yet noisy (and delusional) fanbase. She won't win but it'll be amusing to watch her stans insist that she will.

R431 they chose the song to submit before Bruno got really popular. Plus that big ensemble might be harder to pull off on the night.

Kristen Stewart?! How embarrassing.

R427 I disagree because as perfectly as Jessica Chastain captured Tammy Faye, AG did the opposite with Jim Bakker. After watching YouTube videos of the real Jim Bakker from back then AG didn’t seem to capture him at all. JC captured Tammy, and I thought Vincent D'Onofrio captured Jerry Falwell but AG and the Pat Robertson actor missed the mark. I haven’t seen ttb but if it is worse I can’t see why he would receive a nomination.

Tick tick Boom was great. Better than at least 2 or 3 films that were nominated. Garfield was amazing in it.

R430 I agree and hope he wins. Certainly more deserving than Will Smith.

[quote] Kristin Stewart for Best Actress? Stick a fork in the oscars, they’re done.

Yes.

R338 through R343 - and R377 - are definitely Stewart PR plants.

Spencer was atrocious. And Stewart’s acting in it was one of the worst performances ever: full of bizarre tics, whispers and all of Stewart’s bizarre idiosyncrasies we’ve all had to endure.

The majority of viewers are perceptive and can call a spade a spade.

The fact that she’s even nominated speaks volumes. The Oscars are done.

[quote]D'Onofrio captured Jerry Falwell

Nuh-uh. That was the pinnacle of ridiculousness. Of course, I may have been having sense memory flashbacks to L&O: CI.

I neither loved nor hated Andrew in this movie, but he was the only reason I watched it. There are very few actors I want to spend that much time with. I thought Jessica was fine as Tammy Faye. I liked the movie far more than I expected.

As long as Jessica “Moron Insincere Virtue Signaler” Chastain doesn’t win, I will be satisfied

Her interview on the podcast “You’re Wrong About” about the Tammy Faye movie turned me off for life.

R439 this so so performance means the Oscars are done? This isnt the first polarizing performance to be nominated or even go on to win. Not saying she deserved a nom but the Stewart haters are out in full force.

[quote]wow Dame Judi is fucking 87?!

She really was too old to play Jamie Dornan's mother. And please, no "it's Ireland" comments; the family were meant to be protestants.

I predict Kristen Stewart will have a sour look on her face and not clap for the winner when she loses.

[quote] Wonder why The French Dispatch didn't get any nominations?

I don't think very many people saw it. It had a very slow and laborious rollout and I think people were confused by that, so it may not have gotten much momentum.

(note: I didn't see it and haven't read the reviews so there's that too. but just commenting on how weird the rollout was, even for covid era.)

I understand you can play younger or older but based on their ages Dench would have been 48 when Dornans character was born.

On the subject of great captures, one of my all-time favorites is Richard Paul's too-brief role as Falwell in The People vs. Larry Flynt. That was actually the second time he played him (the first was in a TV movie about Jim and Tammy Faye). I still remember the look on his face when Isaacman is telling the Supreme Court that there's value in public speech that takes down a bloated gasbag like Falwell who preaches hypocrisy with a "beatific smile" on his face.

D'Onofrio's Falwell was not as good.

R428 Knocking "Rich Little" nominations is the elitist default position. These films are often the only cultural common frame of reference contemporary audiences have when confronted with art house dreck which they or no one they know has ever see. At least most of us remember Princess Di, Tammy Faye and Lucy.

This year's show will be grand. Poor Glenn being nominated in a lackluster year on a pathetic, low-rated Oscar show and embarrassing herself with that "Da Butt "dance.

Is Whoopie hosting this year?

[quote]Also, the Oscars might be able to draw in viewers this year just with their musical performances, if the original song contenders are sung by the original artists. You would have Beyonce, Van Morrison, Billie Ellish, and Reba, all performing, that should lift ratings with a variety of people.

If you think for a second Lin-Manuel Miranda ain't going to worm his away into performing his song, you're nutz.

R444 it's a weak enough year that she may have a chance. And with Gaga out, she's now the most desperate nominee. All the asskissing she's had to do the past month after SAG ignored her is going to increase exponentially now.

R443 Even Irish Protestants tend to have large spread out families because most Northern Ireland Protestants are conservative Presbyterians who aren’t big on birth control either.

No, "Whoopie" is not hosting this year.

Nor is "Whoppi."

Have they had to coax Lady Fuckface down from a high rise ledge yet?

Has she taken to the press to impart what a fucking ar-TEEST she is, yet?

Sadly forgotten is Jennifer Hudson. She was so out of the loop her not getting a nom is not even regarded as a snub. Sad because hers is probably the best of the high-profile performances.

No it isn't, dear. Jennifer Hudson cannot act and never will be able to act.

flabbergasted they gave any noms to the horrid Ricardos fiasco....specially to the odious kidman. good god

Arguably this means someday Gaga gets a make good Oscar for an even worse performance. Fucking Oscars.

Cruz is a truly WTF nominee in Best Actress.

I suppose Kidman will win Critics Choice, SAG and Oscar. No one cares about BAFTA now. Whatever!

ALSO SHOCKING THAT the boring Chastain got a nomination....her tammy faye was shittty.

indeed, cruz is ridic

At least Gaga won the Iowa Film Critics Award!

Kristen Stewart should have been nominated years ago for her "Rich Little performance" portraying Joan Jett in "The Runaways."

It isn't about members of minorities receiving nominations and awards.

It's about the RIGHT minorities receiving nominations and awards.

JLO curse.

[quote]Even Irish Protestants tend to have large spread out families because most Northern Ireland Protestants are conservative Presbyterians who aren’t big on birth control either.

Do you live in Ireland? The protestant population has been shrinking in NI partly because of the lower birth rate among that particular community. And most [italic]urban middle class[/italic] families didn't have large families in any case, even in the 1960's.

The Gucci movie was snubbed because it's

F U C K I N G

T E R R I B L E

USA Today on the snubs.

I seriously hate this narrative that Jennifer Hudson was snubbed.

Three Gen-Z boys' live reaction.

What shitty films.

Gen Z has no reaction worth listening to.

Jessica Chastain has no competition in the Best Actress category. If she doesn't win, you'll hear me swearing from here.

The idea of Kidman cruising to a second Best Actress Oscar for her miscast Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos is a bummer. I don't dislike her, and think she can be quite good under very specific conditions, but feel she is already over-rewarded when you consider the many superlative screen actresses who have yet to win a single Oscar.

Cruz is strong in Parallel Mothers, and I am happy to see her included here, but the messy screenplay undermines the effectiveness of the performance in the last act. My pick from this field would be Jessica Chastain.

Rebecca Hall often gets a bum deal come awards time. Her performance in Christine was my favorite of that year, but the distributor was too tiny to get her Oscar traction. Now Passing is overlooked entirely, despite Hall's excellent screenplay, direction, and wonderful performances from Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson. Hope she breaks through soon, because she is very talented.

USA Today doesn't understand what a snub is. Gaga was snubbed. No one was banking on DiCaprio or Hudson getting a nom.

[quote] but feel she is already over-rewarded when you consider the many superlative screen actresses who have yet to win a single Oscar.

'specially when their well desherved awards were shtolen by.....a masculine tel-e-vision actress!

[quote]Now Passing is overlooked entirely, despite Hall's excellent screenplay, direction, and wonderful performances from Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson. Hope she breaks through soon, because she is very talented.

There was the misfortune to be 2 films out this year made by acclaimed actresses, daughters of directors, making their directorial debut with eye catching performances from their actresses.

The Lost Daughter got the Oscar noms, Passing didn't. But Passing got the BAFTA noms, not surprising as Hall is British.

[quote]USA Today doesn't understand what a snub is. Gaga was snubbed. No one was banking on DiCaprio or Hudson getting a nom.

Kate Hudson has a movie out? Is it a sequel to Sia's Riding The Bus With My Daughter?

Being the Ricardos is one of the biggest loads of shit put out in years. This is how bad the state of cinema is, that the frontrunners for acting awards are two of the most miscast roles of the year (as well as Benedict Cumberbatch, another completely miscast role and dreadful performance).

Wow. Can't believe Gaga got snubbed. Not because her performance was so great, but because she's been nominated for everything else.

If she's smart, she'll use this to her advantage. Pick her next project very carefully and she might get sympathy vote next time.

I'm thrilled Power of the Dog cleaned up! Best move of the year for me.

Is Don’t Look Up the rottenest Best Picture nom in recent history?

Why should Gaga get any sympathy? A- She's a shit actress. B- She has an Oscar.

The only thing I care about is that Jonny Greenwood (nom nom nom!) got a nomination for the Power Of The Dog score.

Kristin Stewart nominated for a Academy Award? Maybe the fundies are right - these are the end times! Repent, the end is near!

What an incredibly weak crop of movies!

Bradley Cooper can come out now, staying in the closet didn't help him get any nominations this year

Glad Penelope got in for Best Actress!

Judi Dench now ties with Glenn for second most nominations for a living actress.

I really hope Andrew Garfield wins. Benedict is a major suck-up who campaigns his socks off and Will Smith was not as outstanding.

Jesse P really wasn't that amazing in The Power Of The Dog, that was a coat-tail nomination if ever there was one.

I disagree, Plemons was the heart of that film (if there was one).

Did Cruella some how already win for best costume, it’s listed in bold here like they do to show when someone in a list has won?

I hope this encourages Jane Campion to keep making more films, many were saying she said this was the last thing she was doing.

I don’t understand, isn’t the song We Don’t Talk About Bruno about him being gay or a kiddie diddler, those are the reasons most families don’t talk about certain uncles?

Wow, DL was completely wrong with our Actress noms

Watching Kidman in anything is painful because of her distorted face.

Plan to get Glenn the Oscar must include her being cast in a movie about the Holocaust

Jamie Dornan was never on my radar at all. But I am watching him in The Fall which finally came to my local PBS channel and he is very good. He is also gorgeous.

I didn't realize I had seen him in a great film, Anthropoid, about the assassination of SS Gen Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler. Actually, Branaugh played Heydrich in a film about the Wannsee Conference. Anyway, Dornan and Cillian Murphy were really good in Anthropoid.

So because he's so cute and has put in some very good performances, I am sorry he missed his nom. Also, he came out of Belfast himself. His daddy was an ob/gyn.

Yes, R493. As Josef Mengele.

Is Training Day one of those macho things where one of the men has to school the other man in the art of being straight? Complete with short bursts of profanity, guns, and long, drawn out conversations held in bars with bad lighting? And is there an informant with a missing eye and a tragic love story or a bad marriage? I can see it all now. At the end, someone dies or drives into the sunset, looking grim.

Denzel should thank his lucky stars Russell Crowe was such an ass. That's the only reason he won for Training Day.

Wow, what a boring bunch of nominations.

I predict the Oscars will have the lowest ratings in years

I still feel that ten Best Picture nominations is too many.

Well, we can all be happy it’s not a year with Whoopi hosting and Schindler’s List in the categories.

RICARDOS WAS LOAD OF TURDS,,,,,,I AGREE,,,,,KIDMAN FOR BEST ACTRESS IS AN ABOMINATION

Someone on Twitter wrote "Poor Vivian Vance. Screwed over again, 40+ years after her death"

Yes, R490. The gay uncle child molester is a very common plot device that is used in most Disney movies.

I guess the only nominees I have to root for are Kiki Dunst and Kristen Stewart. Stewart will at least undoubtedly win the fashion sweepstakes.

Otherwise, I’m not very interested.

Frances should not have been nominated for anything. Get over it.

Dench cooked up this perfectly timed "frightful fall" story to put a lock on a sympathy vote nom. G should add that strategy to her playbook.

Hello?

Are Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga crying together today at a “shallow” brunch over being snubbed?

Has Sheba Hart been accounted for, r506?

dench so undeserving , as well as chastain, kidman, k stewart and simmons. shitty noms.

Never mind- Cooper was nominated for “producer” for Nightmare Alley.

But they really kicked Gaga in the nuts.

I haven't seen "Licorice Pizza" but thought it would be Cooper's supporting consolation nom, as with SAG.

Still reeling from Ricardos getting any nominations. really?? if will smith loses i will be joyous

Dame Judi should have won for playing that fabulous old bitch Barbara Covett!

Funny how the best performance in Being the Ricardo’s was snubbed.

r515 = Alia Shawkat

#JusticeForGaga

OMG. In response to her nomination, Jessica Chastain told Variety: “I didn’t even know they were being announced today!”

What a fucking phoney. And people call Gaga a fake but at least she’s sincere.

The Twilight fans are having SM orgasms over Stewart's nom, but does she still not give a shit?

Yea you know Jessica was up all night wondering if she would be nominated. She's another suck-up.

Give it to Penelope

Give it to MEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Pity neither Annette or Sigorney were able to get their movies out for this weak year, either would have easily won over the nominated five.

Annette stars as the 64yo (lesbian) swimmer trying to swim from Cuba to Florida, co-starring Jodie Foster.

Siggy stars in a dramedy as an alcoholic New England realtor who's life starts to fall apart.

Both scrips made the list of best unproductive scripts several years ago. Meryl was attached to both films ages ago.

Oh no, Sunset Boulevard has been removed from Glenn's IMDB. I was going to say she would also have had an open field this year if they got this out on time, or if she had another decent role. Alas not.

R474 I also don't hate Kidman and think she's done some really amazing work (especially in To Die For), but I agree she was totally wrong for the part. Not only is she too old (55, while Lucy was in her early 40s at the time), but she played Lucy as nothing but a humorless, miserable human being.

I'm sure Lucy was driven and hard-nosed, but I have to believe she laughed and had a good time once in a while.

And don't get me started on Bardem's nomination.

[quote]she played Lucy as nothing but a humorless, miserable human being.

Sorkin's travesty of a script bears partial responsibility

I'm disappointed Parallel Mothers only received two nominations, Actress and Score. It is the best movie I've seen this year and it didn't even get foreign language film.

r522 the Sigourney Weaver movie (called The Good House) screened at TIFF last year and I can tell you having seen it -- it was fucking terrible. I love her but that movie will not win her any prizes

Siggy and Nettie may be past their time to win.

Amy Adams too.

Eat shit and die.

Disregard R529 I was testing out voice to text feature on my phone.

[quote]Eat shit

Done!

How great if someone had written a great final role for Dame Angela and she had been able to film it. I think she would love the chance of that one last memorable role she dreamed of. Alas, looks like she's finally done.

Sigourney hasn't been nominated in over thirty years, and hasn't even been in the Oscar conversation for at least twenty. I think she should have an Oscar, but I think she's far more likely to get an Honorary Award at this point than a competitive award.

You dumbasses who keep harping on and laughing at Bradley Cooper not being nominated either can't read or didn't bother to read that he's a nominated producer for Best Picture of 'Nightmare Alley'. Granted, he won't win. But just because you idiots keep saying he wasn't nominated doesn't erase the fact that--gasp--he actually was nominated. Try to learn to read before you comment.

[quote]Eat shit and die.

[quote]Ignore, I was testing out voice to text feature on my phone.

Most people just say “testing, testing”.

I thought Cooper was a last minute replacement for Leo in Nightmare, how did he end up with a producer credit on it?

Meryl not being nominated this year makes this the longest stretch of not being nominated she's had in thirty years! Where she went without a nomination between 91 and 95.

Meryl has done mainly cameos and small parts since 2017. The only role she could feasibly have been nominated for was "Let Them All Talk" but that was a low-key movie.

Like Bradley Cooper really gives a fuck about a throwaway producer nomination that he won't win. That uptight queen was doing pap strolls for an acting nod.

Good agent, r536?

Bradley Cooper seem inexplicably insecure, what’s that about?

[quote] It’s really not, though. Nor is former porn whore Simon Rex. That was never going to happen.

[quote] Yell well, Mark Rylance got his cock sucked onscreen and went on to actually win one.

[quote] And that was a legitimate movie [R275], which does not compare with jerking off multiple times in a porn flick. But you know that.

It was porn, Baby.

couldn't they have found an American for the Western?! Alien head is so unconvincing as an american!

Not true R538. She was pushed for nominations for Little Women and The Prom. She also got some oscar buzz this year for Don't Look Up.

So they are gonna give it to Will Smith coz it's the era we are living in.

I totally knew that was what they were aiming for when that movie came out.

If left with their own devices, the Academy will always nominate shit like Being The Ricardos. They can't help it. It's quite amazing.

I hope Simon Rex gets some more good roles. I hope his fictional movie role doesn't become a documentary.

AMPAS loves biopics about Hollywood. It's why Kidman will win Actress, why Renee Z. won two years ago.

R545 Smith will get it because he earned it.

R544 Meryl had Buzz for those roles before the movies came out. There was no push for her in spite of excellent reviews of her work in the first two.

Kate Hudson even got nominated for the Globe over Meryl in The Prom. I think Meryl knows that she needed a long break from individual awards attention.

GaGa has a song writing Oscar. That’s not the same as winning an acting Oscar. Anyone can win based on producing etc.

Winning for your acting is the big one.

Meryl didn’t do anything worthy of a nomination in any of those films.

[quote]If left with their own devices, the Academy will always nominate shit like Being The Ricardos.

Except they didn't

[quote]Sigourney hasn't been nominated in over thirty years, and hasn't even been in the Oscar conversation for at least twenty. I think she should have an Oscar, but I think she's far more likely to get an Honorary Award at this point than a competitive award.

I agree than an honorary award is more likely than a competitive win at this stage, R533, but I think she can look forward to at least one more nomination. The same with Michelle Pfeiffer.

Didn't Bradley Cooper sign on for two more (Netflix) films with the director of Nightmare Alley? Probably got a producer credit for that commitment.

I do feel bad about Mass. It was a terrific film... two hours in one room and it flew by on the ebb and flow of the emotion.

Anyone can write a song and win an Oscar for it? Most retarded shit I've read here today.

Also where is my Oscar? Anyone can win those.

Part 2 here

That Beyonce gets any sort of credit for songwriting is always laughable. The woman barely knows the alphabet, poor thing.

Sam Smith won for one of the worst Bond songs I’ve ever heard.

The only satisfying thing should Will win, and I pray he doesn’t, is he will always be left wondering if it was because he gave a good performance or because of the political climate we are in. That kind of shit could eat away at him for decades to come.

Nobody think that except you R571, ya fuckin’ racist piece of shit.

R562 seriously. So sick of them (or him).

I liked Cumberbatch in Power of the Dog--that he's slightly ill at ease and incongruous as a cowboy is part of what makes the part work. Really glad to see Dunst get the nod. She's done excellent work for years.

I still think Chastain might slip in--Spencer is supposed to be a weird mess. Haven't seen it, but I've seen other supposedly "good" performances by Stewart and they're fine . . . but giving her credit for not being as terrible as she is in Twilight doesn't make her best actress. Similar thing with Gaga. Just because she's not bad for a singer doesn't mean she turned in a great performance. Kidman just doesn't work as Lucy, who had a ton of energy and a rubber face. Cruz is working in Spanish and working in a foreign language is still a bit of an obstacle, though Marion Cotillard overcame it. Colman's already won and the Lost Daughter is a slog to sit through.

I think WIll Smith might get it just so he and Jada will finally shut up, though the British actor contingent might throw their weight behind Cumberbatch.

Drive My Car has got to be the lock for Foreign Language film.

I'm thinking Power of the Dog and Campion for Best Pix//Director. Maybe Kodie-Smith for best supporting (I like Plemons, but that's a nothing part.)

I swear, the majority of you here are old enough to know this so I don’t know what’s going on. Will Smith is a homophobic piece of shit who took a role of a gay man, based on a real life gay man, and refused to play the role as defined. Did that stop his career, no not at all, he was rewarded with further roles. He is not your friend.

R412 I never underestimate McDormand at the Oscars. She WAS better in French Dispatch than MacBeth, but the woman has four Oscars. Three acting and one producing. The Academy at this point are probably thinking enough already. We’ve rewarded you and your hubby enough.

R460 not really. Cruz won the LA film critics and National Society of film critics lead actress, so she did have traction. She has that slot for a foreign film performance but it’s unlikely it'll translate to a win.

R565 who cares?

[quote]I think Meryl knows that she needed a long break from individual awards attention.

As if Meryl had any input into that decision.

I think Smith (and his wife) are pompous idiots detached from reality, but the #Oscarssowhite campaign has been a pain in the neck for Hollywood, so the Academy may see giving Smith the award as a means to make him go away. My sense is that they actually respect Denzel Washington as an actor, Smith not so much. Smith, however, was a huge star at one point (No. 1 box office), so he thinks he's entitled to the trophy.

Cumberbatch will have the momentum of being in the likely Best Picture, but Hollywood awarded a Brit last year and I think a number of American actors are getting a little fed up with the British take-over of American roles.

Meryl refused to have the studio campaign her for "Marvin's Room" allowing Diane Keaton the chance instead.

[quote] I seriously hate this narrative that Jennifer Hudson was snubbed.

I'll bet it's Jada Pinkett making all the noise about it.

R571 fuck off

[quote] Sadly forgotten is Jennifer Hudson. She was so out of the loop her not getting a nom is not even regarded as a snub. Sad because hers is probably the best of the high-profile performances.

Agree. I thought Jennifer Hudson's performance was the best thing about "Respect." I havent seen any of the other nominated performances.

Have these nominations been approved by Jada yet?

I believe Jessica. Aren't the noms usually announced around Valentine's Day. So maybe a week early this year?

What if the Academy was to call up Will, Jada and the 2 kids during the ceremony and present them with Honorary Oscars for blackness and social consciousness?

Would they be proud? Throw a fit? Feel they were being patronized? Know they were being trolled?

What say you?

Oh please. That bitch has been running around campaigning her ass off, telling tall tales about how she grew up poor white trash with no food. She knew when Oscar nominations were being announced. She'll lose votes for being that fucking fake.

It's not a snub when someone was never a serious contender. Hudson's performance was DOA rewards-wise. It didn't help that Cynthia Erivo had just done the TV movie on Aretha. 'Respect' was also never advertised very well.

Nothing for Rachel Zegler, lol.

Don't Look Up looks like it's going to win.

I thought it was the most entertaining movie I've seen in a long time.

I love how energized and enthusiastic these guys are, even more so if you watch it on 1.5 speed as I do most YouTube videos. I can’t figure out their sexuality though, they seem to have a lot of potential to be gay, but they might just have some weird twin thing going on between them where they will never be a close to someone else as they are to each other.

Love that arrogant Jared leto got multiple Razzie noms

I loathe how they do Oscar nominations now. That Ross woman is mind numbingly obnoxious and has now done it every year now that I can remember recently which is as thirsty as you can possibly be. Adding the little old effeminate troll today made it a laughing stock. I wish they would go back to the formal announcement with pictures of the nominees and not worry about the childish fake bullshit with these people who have nothing to do with film doing the announcement. It's what's wrong with their whole take on the show. In this day in age only true film fans care about the Oscar. It's not as it once was where everyone watched because it was the only time you could see you favorite movie stars. Now they even use D-List TV trash to make announcements and present awards.

It's going to be a repeat of 2006 when the star-studded film Crash(Don't Look Up) shockingly won over the languid gay western Brokeback Mountain(The Power of the Dog).

[quote] This is their level of "humour."

Bitch, nobody was joking.

[quote] Blocking the “anti-woke” trolls so I don’t have to see their boring bullshit on the Oscar threads all day.

R64 thinks anyone cares what she does.

Hysterical Lady Gaga wasn’t nominated. She and her fans can’t function without the validation of awards. It is the only value they see. She certainly isn’t burning up the charts and HOG was a flop. And it was shit. And she was a joke in it. Also, Gen Z doesn’t like her. She is an old, ugly hag to them. She’s Billie Eilish’s annoying great grandma.

Someone said ratings would be low if Lady fucking Gaga was not nominated? *my sides* *can’t breathe* They were going to be super duper low no matter what. Might be a bit higher now that her overhyped, shoved down our throats ugly ass face isn’t nominated.

I guess the wish this would annoy DL Madonna fans came back to bite y’all in the ass. Karma. Madonna would love to have her movie career, but Lady Gaga would kill to have Madonna’s music career. Only one will be remembered as a legend and it is the one with the massive music career.

But where is this shitfest being held?

R561 is a racist. You bitch about Will Smith but not Kristen Stewart or Waxface Kidman?

[quote] he will always be left wondering if it was because he gave a good performance or because of the political climate we are in

No one thinks this other than Klan Grannies and alt-right freaks who wandered over from the Joe Rogan threads.

Thread 2

Leto just got a Razzie nod

[quote] AMPAS loves biopics about Hollywood. It's why Kidman will win Actress, why Renee Z. won two years ago.

Actually, I'd say Hollywood loves giving awards to biopics and films about the entertainment business in general, but they don't usually love the ones that reflect back on them. They don't like the lens exposing Hollywood. It is like when All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard competed. All About Eve got most of the love because it wasn't set in Hollywood. I'd say Renee Z, was helped because her performance was concerning Judy's final years on the concert and cabaret stage not back when she was on MGM soundstages. If you look at the list of actresses that have won for playing real women, Renee is basically the only one that was a Hollywood legend, the rest were royals, politicians, entertainers from other fields, or normal people. That is one reason I could see Chastain winning over Kidman. Chastain played Tammy Faye who was well known by Hollywood people, but she wasn't Hollywood so they are less concerned over how she was portrayed. Lucille Ball is still a fucking icon in Hollywood and America. And, I'm sure many older Academy voters probably met her at some point or worked with her, so they will have stronger opinions about Kidman's portrayal. Chastain has also been smart to focus a lot on Tammy Faye's views about gays and AIDS, like with RZ's Judy that could help sway the LGBT academy voters.

We still love Lucy, just not "Mame".

TL/DR

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no shit, will smith is a durn asswipe....and he got a gay son. hee hee

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