but I noticed that it was all passive. "No harm was intended..." "...she was left out." How about someone apologizing for what he (or whomever was responsible) actually did, instead of just expressing regret for "what happened."

The other Oscar moment I'd still like to see explained is why Best Actress was buried in middle while Best Actor was grouped with Best Director and Best Picture at the end.

now I feel bad... I love Whoopi, and the Oscars when she hosted it... but I didn't notice she was missing from the montage until now!

I don't think it was on purpose, maybe they were just careless and rushed through getting all those montages done. (some useless, like that binoculars one!) I think I want to believe that's what happened!

Let's not even have Oscars.  Let's just have the Whoopi adulation show.  She was in the supporting actress clip.  She does not need to be in every clip.  Her whining disgusts me.  Another bit of ego carressing for poor little Whoopi.  Of course, I may still be miffed at her for making Elizabeth Hasselback look smarter (and one thing I don't need to see is someone making the Elizabeth Hasselback look smarter).*

Roy Scheider died in February of 2008 which means the two time Oscar nominee will be in next year's memoriam (since the Memoriam clip goes from February of the previous year to January 31st of the year of the presentation).  Pretty much has always been this way.  As for Brad Renfro, that is hardly a career that is worthy of consideration.  Could they have done with less agents.  I don't know, it kind of matters on their importance.  Renfro was a minor, minor actor whose career is hardly indicative of being selected.  It's intriguing that film buffs are ticked that the great director Edward Yang was left off (now that's really wrong) while E is worried about Brad Renfro.  Tragic yes.  Lasting impact in much of any way - not really. 

*A few weeks ago Hasselback said black men got the right to vote in Presidential elections before women did.  Whoopi, so sure of herself because she's Whoopi, corrected Hasselback.  Only problem is that black men got the right to vote a half century earlier than women.  Needless to say I have to put up with conservative relatives sending me that clip.  Geez. 

Peachblossom720, no she wasn't.  The discussion was specifically about who the US goverment gave the right to vote first to.  A constitutional amendment is not overridden by state law.  The 15th amendment, which gave black men the right to vote, was ratified by the US in 1870.  Certain states refused to ratify it at the time but majority rules and the 15th amendment overrode the states that withheld.   The 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote, was ratified by the country in 1920.  The discussion was never about the disgusting acts designed by those in Southern states to keep blacks from voting (intimidation, fraud, violence, etc.).  The discussion was about Obama and Clinton and which would be more groundbreaking.  Hasselback offered up that black men were given the right to vote earlier and pondered if that enters into the discussion.  Whoopi then attempted to incorrectly correct her saying that the US gave women the right to vote long before they gave it to black men.  Whoopi's certainty would have been cool if she wasn't completely wrong.  The footage of the discussion is available.  Whatever Whoopi's comments later to cover her lack of knowledge of American history are another matter.  All she succeeded in doing was making Hasselback look smarter (and I don't care for it when a person makes Hasselback look smarter). 

My Lover Cindy,

 Are you actually comparing misspelling a c grade celebrity's last name to not having a fundamental knowledge of American history.  Really.  Come on now.  

So I take it that if I spell Adrian Zmed's last name incorrectly that would be the equivalent of not knowing Abraham Lincoln was the President during The Civil War.  I guess so by your reckoning.  

The real problem with Whoopi not knowing her history is that she decided to correct someone who in this case did. 

 

stop trying to act so intricate or articulate. it's just a blog.