NICE

Though I agree with a poster on another thread who feels Demi is mediocre and always has been, I think she should have won. It would have been more celebrated. The Oscars needed that.

Maybe if she had gotten sick and almost died, then she might have won out of sympathy, like Elizabeth Taylor did for Butterfield 8. Or maybe if Bruce had kicked the bucket.

What did she say? Looks like she said "Yep" - I don't have an X account cuz of Musk, so I can't see posts/responses.

r3 She said NICE.

Like the title of the post.

r3 if OP had just done this...

Oh ok - so she said Nice - what's the big deal?

This is more explosive than when Pia Zadora accepted her Oscar at the climax of ‘The Lonely Lady’!

[quote] Oh ok - so she said Nice - what's the big deal?

It was like, "Nice. They fucked me over in favor of a newcomer. Typical Academy."

Demi was really expecting to win.

I agree with R1. She’s not the greatest actress but she is a star and a survivor and it would have been more exciting if she one. She has also been through a lot.

This is almost as boring as The Substance.

Her name would always pop up here on DL in the numerous "Dumbest celebrities" threads.

It was a hagsplotation gore fest. It would have been like Bette Davis winning for Whatever Happened To Baby Jane. Just because a familiar actor steps out of their lave every once in awhile doesn't mean it should be given an award. Maybe this will bring her better films or television shows to be in

I felt bad for Demi

She looked fine to me. Gracious and smiling.

Demi seemed a hell of a lot smarter than Andrew McCarthy in Brats last year.

Mikey? You in danger, girl!

I have to agree with R15, Demi came across as smart, eloquent and very passionate on the red carpet. Being disappointed is fine, we're all human.

Except, R9, the award wasn't for "Best performance by a star and a survivor" or "best performance by an actress with an ex-husband who has dementia" but "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role", hence Mikey, not Demi, in the eyes of her peers.

I believe it was more the fault of Hollywood media deciding Demi's narrative was the story to tell to build suspense, and thus viewers, ratings, etc. Thanks to them, I think Moore got a lot farther in her campaign then she would have otherwise. When she got the SAG, many hold-outs suddenly believed she'd go all the way. I thought just the opposite. (and yes, I know the Academy voting was already closed).

Demi is no dummy. She totally prepared her "loser" face in advance, (meaning how she was gonna look if they announced a different name). I totally believe she was not only gracious, but thankful she got as far as she did, thus her wonderful acceptance speeches!

Gurl I know how it feels!! I lost the Oscar to that tramp Liza !

Oh, girl.

I know how you feel.

She's human. She's allowed to be disappointed.

So was Angela.

I love Angela, but she could take lessons in how to be gracious from Demi.

I liked Anora but it would have been nice to see Demi win. She’s not the greatest actress ever but I like her. Maybe it’s because I grew up when she was a star and remember watching her in Ghost as a kid

I am totally shocked that people wanted Demi to win for a not great performance in that crappy movie. I actually voted for Mikey for the SAG award. But certainly there were other great performances this year, far better than Demi, even if Mikey hadn't got it. Poor Pam and Angelina didn't even get nominated. Be happy you did, Demi!

What’s really ironic is that in some ways, the character of Anora lived a life that was actually closer to the real life Demi lived, before breaking into the industry & making it big.

Demi should have thanked all the whores in the world for spreading their legs for cash. It worked for Mikey and the endlessly woke Academy members who voted for her without even watching “Asnora.” And she won for a movie no one even saw and no one will remember.

The Russian dude in Anora is gorgeous.

He barely speaks any English, & still managed to pull off a decent enough performance that helped the lead actress win.

He was fantastic. I think that there was just a lot of luck when making that film, & things came together almost magically. That’s what stood out and why people loved it. They made a film tons of people genuinely enjoyed against all odds, and then kept beating the odds, all the way to Oscar night.

People love an underdog, and that’s exactly what Anora is, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Demi will just have to rest easy knowing that she’s more sexy and desirable at 62 than Mikey Madison and her obscene, entitled beak will ever be.

It is so sad when people paid 10s of millions of dollars to emote other people’s words don’t get everything they want.

[quote] They made a film tons of people genuinely enjoyed against all odds, and then kept beating the odds, all the way to Oscar night.

Tons?!? 🤣

It made $15 million in the US. Total. That’s not even “ounces.” A Marvel movie makes that in one matinee.

No one saw this fucking movie.

You’re obviously involved in the production so congrats on the biggest scam in recent Oscar history. A dark “Pretty Woman” with ugly people. Very ugly.

“Tons.” What a fucking joke.

"Anora" earned $41 million worldwide, but still.

[quote] "Anora" earned $41 million worldwide, but still.

An absolute flop. By any standards. Much less a “winner” of five Oscars.

They really need to investigate all these awards. This whole thing stinks of corruption.

^MAGA??

[quote] Demi was really expecting to win.

All these people who "expect to win" should consider the nature of the Academy Awards. It's a fucking lotto! You may win, you may not. There's no single person or single group (including the entire Academy) that is responsible for the final result. To bitch about it is like bitching because you played Mega Millions and didn't get rich.

R18 give it a rest. The “Mikey Madison is an ACT-ress” (and not a porn star, like a lot of the Anora viewership feels) troll is boring. she sucks. Couldn’t even keep a consistent accent.

Unless the Academy Awards have morphed into "Most Popular" territory, I don't see what so many of you are getting into such a state about.

Can one of you movie queens explain it to me?

Mikey Madison is Jewish.

Adrien Brody is Jewish.

Kieran Culkin was in a movie about Jewish people.

Demi Moore is not Jewish, and her movie has nothing to do with Jewish people.

Guess who controls Hollywood?

Do you get it now???

Thanks for the pointer, R38, but not being antisemitic, I don't get it.

Enjoy your bigotry - you're good at it.

Nothing in R38's post is false, R39.

But yeah, keep playing the victim.

It has worked for the past 80 years, so why not?

Hilarious, R40, that you assume that I'm Jewish. I'm not. I'm also not some weird antisemitic movie queen conspiracy theorist.

But please do continue to attempt to educate me - this is obviously very important to you.

Rather less so to me.

Mikey Madison is too ugly to look at. She was awful in Better Things and worse in OUATIH. Anora is this year’s Crash or Green Book. Complete trash. Fernanda Torres was better than all the other nominees combined.

Wow at the anti-Semitic troll. It took no time going full Nazi with the comment about Jews playing the victim for 80 years. YIkes.

Anyway, Mikey Madison's win wasn't because Demi isn't Jewish. Things that actually worked against Demi besides Madison's performance being a standout one were the film being in the horror genre and the fact that her prior work was not at the Oscar level.

People who actually vote in these things say that there is a lot of petty stuff, personal history, involved. Like 'Chalamet once spilled a complete drink on me and didn't apologise' (real story, and not cool). Or 'a friend who worked with her was yelled at' - I believe Demi's reputation may have prevented her getting further. Mikey Madison simply hasn't worked enough to have worked up a bad reputation, which may never happen.

One producer had some ideas for making the Oscars more interesting, and proposed to disclose the actual vote count. That'd be a reason to tune in again.

Usually people complain when the money-makers get the Oscars. Here we have people complaining that the winner barely made any money. You can't win!

I thought Mikey was great in OUATIH. She went full in, no holding back and that made watching her get pulverized very satisfying.

[quote] Things that actually worked against Demi besides Madison's performance being a standout one were the film being in the horror genre and the fact that her prior work was not at the Oscar level.

As opposed to Mikey’s stellar work as Ghostface in “Scream 75.” And almost nothing else.

Irony, thy name is R43.

[quote] I thought Mikey was great in OUATIH. She went full in, no holding back and that made watching her get pulverized very satisfying.

What an amazing three minutes of cinema.

🙄

R29, what makes Mikey entitled?

She just an actress and hasn’t any of the money, industry exposure or savvy Demi has, and if we’re really honest? MM will very likely have to stay in her particular lane, because for her, there’s a good chance this may be a one off.

Also, lots of Academy members that have been around barely ever watch these films. Their kids or even their assistants or nannies do, and they are dependent on what feedback they get from them. As soon as a voting cycle is done, they sell those DVDs on eBay or donate them.

MM was that kind of vote, and I bet lots of winners are.

Demi has a long standing career, and that’s waaay more valuable than any award, for sure. Hopefully she understands this and is proud of her accomplishments. She made it this far in a business that is the toughest one out there, & that’s an award in and of itself.

[quote] Demi will just have to rest easy knowing that she’s more sexy and desirable at 62 than Mikey Madison and her obscene, entitled beak will ever be.

Not to mention, she has better insurance!

R49 is such a reasonable voice of sanity.

Thank you!

"She made it this far in a business that is the toughest one out there"

A lot of people might disagree.

r40 is blocked and wow, this thread lightened up considerably.

It's always a good idea to block the Nazis.

R31 = Cynthia Erivo

Who is the angry idiot all over this thread trying to make some connection between a film's box office and its quality? The Oscars do not and have never rewarded movies based on their grosses. See: The Dark Knight. Also see: Hurt Locker winning Best Picture after grossing about the same as Anora back when people actually went to the movie theatre for something other than comic book dreck.

Also, a $6 million grossing over $40 million is in no way even close to a flop.

Wasn’t Demi Moore’s on-set nickname in the nineties Gimme More because of the outrageous demands she regularly made?

I wanted to stream The Substance, it is available through Amazon Prime but you have to pay to rent it. Getting tired of all the extra fees for stuff but I may break down and pay for it.

Demi should have been in Supporting, it was category fraud.

That having been said I’d have been happier if she won, as a “career appreciation award”. The Academy rewarding a flash in the pan ingenue in this category is overdone and tired.

One voter said that Cynthia Erivo was too old for the part as a college student

It is playing on MUBI (?) you can get a free trial but I don't feel like messing with that.

R38 WOW! That explains how Streisand got all those undeserved Oscars for 'Yentl' and 'Prince of Tides' ! Mystery solved.

The Academy chose to unperson Demi in front of the whole world. What a stab to a broken heart it must have felt like. Cast aside for a younger, uglier, more pale and younger performer. As a bald woman of color with no hair, no eye brows, no fingernails of my own who is consistently and actively erased, omitted, rejected, unheard, unseen, unrecognized I ache for her and the humiliation bestowed upon her by the unforgiving Hollywood community.

[quote] See: The Dark Knight.

The Oscar winning “The Dark Knight?”

Boy, you really are too stupid to live, R56.

How cum all these girls want to be called “actors” unti Oscar tine cums ‘round? Suddenly they are “actresses” again.

R64 The only reason the Oscars expanded the Best Picture pool beyond five was The Dark Knight not getting nominated in the category. We all know Heath Ledger won BSA.

R12 - Bette Davis gave a fearless and wonderful performance in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane. What's the issue?

R67 hon it was camp. Maybe high quality camp but still camp.

I thought I was just watching a biography of Demi c. Charlie's Angels period where the audience gasped in shock when she appeared with a body transplant as a MILF.

Wasn't that the same story? Déja vue?