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Oscars Biggest Snub: Not Honoring Don LaFontaine
Cinematical —
So every year the Academy Awards does their little In Memoriam montage where they honor those who've passed throughout the year. Queen Latifah sang over the montage for this year's ceremony, which, of course, included lots but excluded a few -- most notably 'The Voice of God' himself, Don LaFontaine, who passed away back in September. LaFontaine, in case you forgot or didn't know, was an actor, producer and writer who provided voiceover for pretty much every trailer ever made (okay not that many, but he is the voice of more than 5,000 movie trailers and hundreds of thousands of television commercials, video game trailers and network promotions). ...
Oscar's Snubbed Don "The Voice" LaFontaine
Hacking NetFlix —
I agree with Cinematical and Film Drunk: I can't believe that the Academy didn't honor Don LaFontaine, the voice of thousands of trailers and the Academy Awards show, who passed away last September. As a small tribute, here is a video about Don LaFontaine: ...
This Is, I Promise, My Absolute Last Post On This Subject
Bubblegum Aesthetics —
Comics writer/pop culture blogger Mark Evanier notes that the Academy has now posted the "In Memoriam" montage on YouTube, finally allowing us to see what the remarkably misguided show producers and director ignored with their hyperactive, performance-obsessed camera. It's actually a lovely short film, and Queen Latifah's voice works beautifully over the images (as several critics have noted, they should have just had her pre-record the track over the film in the first place, thus sparing us the confusing split between remembrance and live performance). As Evanier points out, it's not perfect: Patrick McGoohan ...
A Much Improved "In Memoriam"
Eternal Sunshine Of The Logical Mind —
From Roger Ebert's Journal : This is a wonderful set of choices for the clips and it's nice to be able to see them all put together like this. It's pretty much the video they showed during the Oscars, but the constantly moving camera and different screens took the focus away from the purpose of the segment - to honour and remember those who have passed. I find it's much more powerful and respectful simply shown like this. Apparently not many people agree with my overall thoughts though (ratings up 13%, many critical and blog raves for the telecast). Oh well.
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Live Blogging the Academy Awards!
cinefille.blogspot.com 2/22/2009 — 6:26 PM - Hello! Cinefille here and it is time to start my live-blog of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. I'm am, sadly, not watching the Red Carpet on the Big Vowel with Ryan Seacrest right now. But maybe that is a good thing. According to the text message my ex-roommate Freddie just sent me ...
2009 Academy Awards Winners
slashfilm.com 2/22/2009 —
Tonight we will be covering the 81st Academy Award live beginning at 5:00pm pt / 8:00pm et.
Here are the nominees:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn in Milk
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin ...
Full Winners List of 2009 Oscars
aceshowbiz.com 2/23/2009 — The 81st Annual Academy Awards has come to an end with the announcement that ' Slumdog Millionaire' is this year's Best Motion Picture.
2009 Oscar Winners List
mtv.com 2/23/2009 — Find out who is going home with an Oscar at this year's Academy Awards!
Photo: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 81st annual Academy Awards ...
Best Motion Picture ...
Oscars 2009: live blog of the 81st Academy Awards
guardian.co.uk 2/23/2009 — 11.12pm: Code amber at the 81st annual Academy Awards. Welcome, welcome one and all: to the liggers behind the cordons, the dignitaries in their limos and to the hoi-polloi like us, camped out in front of the TV set. The carpet is laid, the lamps ...
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Snatches 8 Academy Awards!
sizzlingpopcorn.com 2/23/2009 —
A film about destiny, Slumdog Millionaire snatched 8 of the 10 Oscars, including Best Picture, it was nominated for at the 81st Academy Awards. The evening was hosted Hugh Jackman who entertained the audience throughout the show. The following is the list of winners from last night’s ...
Academy Award’s 2009 Movie Preview
slashfilm.com 2/23/2009 —
During the credits of the 81st Academy Awards, video clips were shown for many of the films that will hit theaters in 2009. You might have turned off the television after Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture and missed everything. Or maybe you ...
81st Academy Award Winners: ‘Slumdog’ sweeps the board
cutprintreview.com 2/23/2009 — The biggest names in Hollywood have taken to the red carpet to celebrate the great films of the last year at the 81 st Academy Awards! As promised this year, a marring of sophistication and simplicity helped reinvigorate the Awards after a bout of disappointing viewer ratings over the past few ...
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