Oscar statuettes stolen from Calif. loading dock
I’ll be checking eBay daily for a chance to get the best supporting actor (male) statuette. How much should I pay for it?
Oh man, at least in the thousands.
I want best director of a foreign film!
Or maybe best actress (drama), that way I could say she (insert oscar winning actress’ name) gave it to me in my gigolo days.
Having an Oscar would kick ass, but getting it illegaly would be kinda bad I guess…
<GASP!>
What the hell is happening to me?! Am I growing a conscience? WTF?!?!! Help!
“Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.”
It’s bad news, I guess, but it did make me laugh.
I’d feel worse about a disabled kid having his wheelchair stolen. Or a Mom and Pop store being broken into.
My day for spitting at the rich and famous.
(yes, I know; no fair to those getting awards for the lesser celebrated categories who put their life into their work - short films and the like)
~handcrafted signatures since 1975~
OK, I’m gonna lose the ethics on this one (yeah, right, like I had any before) and say, WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO!
Kudos for whomever thought of such a fantastic crime! What are they going to pass out now? Little IOU’s that say, “Sorry for the inconvenience, your award will arrive in 6 to 8 weeks.”??? LOL!
Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel,
a beautiful red steam shovel.
Her name was Mary Anne.
I can’t wait to see the movie they make about this.
I’m living so beyond my income that we may almost said to be living apart
-e e cummings
I have to say, I snickered my ass off when I heard about this. The thought of all those pretentious, self-absorbed, self-important Hollywood types having their little party spoiled just made my day.
Sorry guys. From the article linked to above:
Oh shoot.
I’m off to go steal their last can of Who Hash. I may have to call for backup…
I understand that the awards for “lesser celebrated categories” do not consist of oscar statuettes anyhow, but rather “certificates suitable for framing”. So no need to feel bad for the “best lighting” winner; nobody stole his piece of paper.
I thought that stealing the statues was actually kind of rude.
Sure we’ve all heard the stoies about stars & their temperaments, but the fact is, most of the people that get them work very hard to do so.
What I think would be a terminally classy thing for the celebs to do is go ahead with the ceremony without the statuettes, and don’t say a word about it. Don’t give the thief the satisfaction of expressing grief or anger. The statue isn’t really the thing, anyway. Whoever’s name is in the envelope won the award. The results of the voting haven’t changed just because there’s no statues to hand out.
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