# Oscar Nominations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-nominations/154350 "2003-02-11T14:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-nominations/154350/61 "2003-02-12T16:36:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by watsonwil \* > \*\*Barry Fitzgerald was nominated in Actor **AND** Supporting actor for the _exact same role_, Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way. He won actor but didn’t win Supporting Actor. The rules have since been changed of course. > \*\* Actually, that’s backwards: Fitzgerald won in the Supporting Actor category. The Actor Oscar went to his co-star, Bing Crosby. PS: Fitzgerald later accidentally decapitated his Oscar with a golf club. After he (or his studio) paid $35 for a replacement statue, some Hollywood wag noted that Fitzgerald managed to get two Oscars after all. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-nominations/154350/62 "2003-02-12T18:15:53Z")
For the record, here are all the eligible animated features that weren’t nominated: _Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights Alibaba & The Forty Thieves Eden El Bosque Animado (The Living Forest) Hey Arnold! The Movie Jonah - A VeggieTales Movie Mutant Aliens The Powerpuff Girls Movie The Princess And The Pea Return to Never Land Stuart Little 2_\*\* _The Wild Thornberrys Movie_\* No, I haven’t heard of half of these, either. - Did get a Best Song nomination \*\* _SL2_ submitted itself for consideration in this category and was accepted. Presumably, other CGI-heavy movies could’ve done the same, but chose not to (presumably because of the “stigma” of being considered a “cartoon”). > [@](#): > > Premiere magazine had the tidbit that it’s been 21 years since all five nominated Best Movies and Best Directors matched up. And ironically, that was the first film in almost a decade to split its Best Picture (_Chariots of Fire_) and Director (_Reds_) winner. > [@](#): > > What dio you mean? That’s the only song in 10 years non-Disney that is a virtual lock to win the award, that the masses know at least a little bit of it. We were all waiting for Eminem to put out a positive song, to see if he can. This is probably the easiest nomination the Academy had ever. No controversy at all. I’d like to know what exactly it is you’re smoking, since I think it’s a minor miracle that the notoriously conservative music branch (you know, the ones that were scared of the Bee Gees) nominated an honest-to-goodness rap song, let alone one from such a controversial figure (though it helped that the film was good and had some Oscar-cred talent involved). There is absolutely no way that Eminem is going to win an Oscar. None. For one generation, the favorite will be the song that hearkens back to the classic age of musicals, for another the favorite will be the one by the popular 60s folk/light rock icon, for yet another generation the favorite may be the Irish rockers who are also conveniently liberal. How many hip-hop generation Academy members are there to compete with that? Not a whole lot. Too bad, since it is easily the best song of the bunch. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-nominations/154350/63 "2003-02-14T02:07:40Z")
I’m weighing in a little late, I know, but the coolest nomination of the bunch is **Queen Latifah** for **Chicago**. I haven’t seen the movie yet (it just opened last weekend here in Kansas City)–come to think of it, I haven’t seen ANY of the movies or performances nominated. But I have always thought Latifah was great, whether it’s rapping, singing or acting–I hope she wins. ---
**Author:** ![foxfiregrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@foxfiregrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxfiregrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-nominations/154350/64 "2003-02-23T17:57:20Z")
I’ve seen all of the Best Picture nominees except _The Pianist_, and right now I’m really hoping that _The Hours_ wins. It was a beautiful, intense film. Also, I find it interesting that so many people are commenting on next years awards – namely how RotK should win Best Picture and Best Director and all that. We haven’t even seen the movie, guys! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-nominations/154350.md?page=3)