Was she kind enough to ship the remaining half-Oscar over to Barbra’s place?
Oh, and of course, the obligatory mentions for any such thread: Judy Holliday’s win for Born Yesterday over both Gloria Swanson for Sunset Blvd. and Bette Davis for All About Eve was absurd (yes I know, vote splitting and all that, still) and Grace Kelly’s win for her role in [del]I’m Marrying a Prince Soon[/del] The Country Girl over Judy Garland in A Star Is Born was, to borrow a phrase, the greatest robbery since Brinks’.
Many will disagree, but I’d revoke Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Oscar for Capote. He’s a great actor, but the performance just wasn’t imo all that, and it’s vastly inferior to Toby Jones’s performance in (the same movie-different title) Infamous which wasn’t even nominated. I’d give it instead to either David Strathairn or Heath Ledger, both nominated the same year.
Marrisa Tomei should prompty return her Oscar for My Cousin Vinny, since she was clearly struck by the Oscar meteor (lightnight would be too statistically lucky).
I must say that you, my friend, are sadly mistaken. Wayne earned that Oscar “far and squar” for True Grit. A great part in a great movie. Besides, it amounted to a career honor anyway…
As ArchiveGuy pointed out, Paltrow and Dench won in the same year, for the same movie.
Personally, i think Paltrow’s Oscar should have gone to Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth. And Emily Watson in Hillary and Jackie would also have been a better choice than Gwyneth.
Someone already mentioned Marisa Tomei, Julia Roberts, Helen Hunt, and Kevin Costner…
But… I can’t believe NO ONE said we should organize a Black Ops corps and fetch all the Oscars related to Titanic, melt them into a replica of the boat (in the appropriate number of pieces) and then sink 'em with the ship’s remains, at the bottom of the ocean.
Slight Hijack: Tony Award Winning Broadway producer Jerry Zaks once asked his good friend Don Imus to send him the script for the musical version of Imus’s book “God’s Other Son,” featuring music by country singer-turned mystery novelist-turned political figure Richard Kinky “Big Dick” Friedman. Imus later asked Zacks if he would be interested in producing it. Zaks replied that not only would he never win another Tony Award if he did produced it, but the Tony Award Committe would no doubt come to his house and take back the Tonys he had been awarded in the past.
Another score for Titanic, especially Kate Winslet. She’s proven herself to be an otherwise fine actor, but it’s not really that hard to act like a snotty rich girl in love.
I know Marisa Tomei’s win is largely regarded as a fluke, but she was nominated for In The Bedroom (which I didn’t see) in 2002. I don’t think she’s necessarily untalented. And, really, as comedic performances go, the one she gave in My Cousin Vinny is pretty good.
And what was so bad about Helen Hunt’s performance in As Good As It Gets? And what has she done since then to merit the award being taken away?
Anyway, I came in here to suggest Whoopi Goldberg. She went from winning an Oscar for a charismatic role in an (admittedly pretty well-done) popcorn flick to being in a buddy-cop/dinosaur movie. And now she’s going to be on The Freaking View. Live up to the statue you earned!