DuBose, of course, won the award in a remake for playing exactly the same role Rita Moreno won her Oscar for.
I can’t think of any example of that happening before. Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro both won an Oscar for playing Vito Corleone, but in wholly different films; Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix both won for playing the Joker, but again, entirely different films.
ETA: Nice to see Kenneth Branagh finally win an Oscar. Prior to this year he held the weird distinction of having been nominated exactly once in each of five different categories - Actor, Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay, and Short Film Live Action - and losing them all.
Does anyone know the backstory behind the G.I. Jane 2 joke and Will Smith punching Chris Rock? I thought it was a bit, but the longer it went one the less it seemed like one.
I came here for the same reason. I didn’t catch what Chris Rock said about Jada. And I thought the punch was fake. But then the entire cussing match between Will and Chris was without sound. So I guess it was real.
I got it now. Chris made a joke about Jada being up for G.I. Jane because she has a bald head. But she has a hair loss condition and it pissed off Will.
Man, I’m usually one to claim that nothing is unscripted at one of these award shows … but I can’t imagine that the Academy would have prepared a bit that involved Will Smith dropping multiple F-bombs. I gotta imagine it was real.
I feel like this really hurts Will Smith’s reputation. I do get that the joke was inappropriate or whatever, but come on. Rock seemed to handle it pretty well.
What was Chris Rock presenting? I only have clips on the internet. Australia TV aired it without the silence button being used.
He will have had some time to cool down, but not enough to talk to anyone on his “team” about the correct thing to say (or talk to Rock). So it could go any direction.
I expect he has to say something about it. It’s the elephant in the room right now.