The only predictions Scandalist got wrong for this year’s Oscars (we didn’t pretend to know about crap like Best Documentary – Short Subject) were Best Actor and Best Actress. Plenty of people thought Mickey Rourke would beat Sean Penn, but why did we think Anne Hathaway would beat Kate Winslet? Because we didn’t think Kate was old enough to get the “throw her a golden boy while we still can” award. Sure, it took four lead actress nominations over an entire decade before Kate finally took home a trophy, but Al Pacino had to wait through twenty years of ceremonies until his sixth lead nomination to win for Scent Of A Woman. Like Al, maybe Kate can focus on crappy detective movies for the rest of her life.
Here are some other details about last night’s winners, losers and presenters you might not have known.
- While Meryl Streep has two Oscars to her name, she must be getting a little frustrated with the ceremony all the same. She last won for 1983′s Sophie’s Choice, and she’s been nominated a whopping eleven times since. We’re sure she’s gracious to all these young ladies bawling over their first Oscar, but that’s twenty five years of “thank you”‘s she’s had to toss.
- Anthony Hopkins mentioned working with Brad Pitt on Legends Of The Fall during the Best Lead Actor presentation (though he didn’t say the movie’s name), but when Robert DeNiro paid tribute to Sean Penn, he failed to bring up 1989′s We’re No Angels, the flop comedy that first brought the pair together. Future Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly also appeared in the film, playing a “Young Monk.”
- For all of Hugh Jackman‘s screaming about how the musical is back, this decade has already had its share of successful singing films. Chicago won for best picture in 2002, and Moulin Rouge! was nominated in 2001. The only musical nominated in the ’90s was Beauty & The Beast, and none were nominated in the ’80s.
- Don’t let someone tell you that Estelle Getty didn’t make the Oscars salute to late actors because she’s a TV actress. Surely we’re not the only people who remember Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot!
- Janusz Kaminski, the Oscar-winning cinematographer pal James Franco and Seth Rogen, has worked on almost every Steven Spielberg movie since getting his first trophy for 1993′s Schindler’s List. But before shooting that classic, Kaminski worked on films like The Terror Within II, Killer Instinct and Cool As Ice. Yes, Janusz filmed the Vanilla Ice movie.
We have to admit, the lighting is pretty nice.
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