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#academyawards

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Eric the Cerise

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So, I propose a petition.

It's a bit radical.

The #AcademyAwards organization must throw out every single Oscar they've awarded, going back 95 years ... and do it all over again.

With judges that promise to actually watch every film in each category they vote in, before they vote.

Thoughts?

Would you sign such a petition?

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Eric the Cerise

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Look, I know the World is falling apart and there are ~859 higher priority fires that need to be put out.

That said, this whole #AcademyAwards thing is really bugging me.

Nutshell: After 95 years, they just decided to add a rule that the judges are required to watch all the movies nominated in a category before they are allowed to vote.

Read that again, if you need to.

Judges have been routinely watching the 1-3 movies that get all the buzz, ignoring all the others, and voting.

theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/

The Guardian · ‘Were they just voting on vibes?’: Oscars’ new compulsory viewing rule sparks backlashBy Catherine Shoard
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History April 21, 1915: Anthony Quinn was born. Quinn was a Mexican-American actor, painter, writer, and film director. He played the titular role in Zorba the Greek and was nominated for the Academy Award for best actor. And he did win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice: for “Viva Zapata!” (1952) and “Lust for Life” (1956). As a child, Quinn experienced considerable racism growing up in Los Angeles. He later participated in several civil rights and social causes. He supported the Spanish-Speaking People's Congress. He also helped raise funds for the legal defense of Mexican American youth in the racially charged Sleepy Lagoon murder trial in 1942. He also supported the 1963 March on Washington and visited Native American activists occupying Alcatraz Island.

Anthony Quinn, as Eufemio Zapata (standing), with Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952). By Unknown author - eBay, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128471494
#workingclass#LaborHistory#anthonyquinn
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Since the early days of film, there've been stunt designers and performers who make leaping through glass windows, flipping cars and escaping from burning buildings look realistic. Now, they have the chance to get an Oscar for it. Thanks to the campaigning of former stunt performer and "The Fall Guy" director David Leitch, the Academy Board of Governors approved a new category for stunt design, which will start in 2027. Here's more from @Variety. Tell us in the comments the most impressive or memorable movie or TV stunt you can think of.

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Ben Jenkin on the set of THE FALL GUY, directed by David Leitch
Variety · Oscars Add Best Stunt Design CategoryBy Katcy Stephan
#Movies#Cinema#Film
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1226184/exhilarat Exhilarating Productions Of ‘Kyoto’ And ‘Oedipus’ Open In London #academyawards #climatechange #jamesbond #Kyoto #KyotoNews #London #news #oedipus #ramimalek #Shakespeare #sophocles #stephendaldry #theatre #京都 #京都府 Andrea Gatchalian as Kiribati, Duncan Wisbey as Fred Singer, and the company of Kyoto. Photo by Manuel Harlan Andrea Gatchalian as Kiribati, Duncan Wisbey as Fred Singer, and the company of Kyoto. Photo by Manuel Harlan Kyoto Kyoto…

Exhilarating Productions Of ‘Kyoto’ And ‘Oedipus’ Open In London
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Nicol Wistreich

Breaking: this year’s Best Doc Oscar-winner attacked by settlers, taken from ambulance by IDF

The Palestinian co-director of the 2025 Academy Award winner for best picture, Hamdan Ballal has been attacked, arrested and is – at time of writing – out of contact. The Israeli co-director of the Oscar-winning Yuval Abraham said Ballal was attacked and wounded by settlers. Witnesses say Israeli soldiers removed him from an ambulance while he was receiving treatment.

Abraham posted on social media:
“A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.”

25.netribution.co.uk/nic/break

Hamdan Ballal in a black suit with his Oscar at 2025's Academy Awards. Some kind of Oscar reception is going on behind him,
Basel Adra, from left, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham, winners of the Oscar for best documentary feature film for "No Other Land." Credit: Jordan Strauss/AP
#academyawards#hamdanballal#israel
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