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For those of you who haven’t memorized the nominee list yet, this year’s Academy Award nominations feature only two songs in the “Best Original Song” category — a song from The Muppets and a song from Rio. Super dumb. It sounds kind of like an accident they should’ve just fixed quietly, and is in spite of songs from Elton John, Mary J. Blige, and other artists that would have been normal enough being eligible. Haha. Like, there weren’t ONLY two original songs in movies this year, FYI. But I guess they ended up with two due to the voting process being complicated somehow. It was probably some kind of very complicated math problem and if you didn’t understand all the equations you were supposed to employ you just ended up with either The Muppets or Rio. And voters were like, “Uhh…did you get The Muppets?” “Yeah, I got The Muppets.” “Ok, phew, me too.” But right when you thought they they couldn’t take anything MORE from our Oscars traditions, LOOK WHAT THEY’RE TAKING AWAY NOW! From Deadline:
Deadline has learned that neither nominated song will be performed during the Oscar telecast as things stand now. We understand that both studios — Rio‘s Fox and The Muppets‘ Disney — formally protested the decision to skip but received turn-downs. ”It seems like a huge missed opportunity to me, and we certainly tried,” one song insider just told us. Said another song insider: “It doesn’t make sense. They could have so much fun with Muppets and Rio staging.”
Why don’t you just have all of the nominees show up in business casual, NOT have buckets of champagne at their tables or access to the cocaine dispensers in the bathrooms, and barf on each other’s faces instead of winning awards? Huh? Why don’t you just not have the Oscars at all, huh? WHY DON’T YOU JUST MURDER US? #BRINGBACKBRETT!
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Song insider? I hardly know her!
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There is a m̶a̶n̶ song inside me…
Btw, how do you strike through words on here? I just did a copy paste, but it didn’t turn out right?
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I guess I don’t get it either.
strikestrike no spaces More info hereif only i could follow my own instructions http://www.mobfd.biz/2011/01/20/the-monsters-guide-to-beautificating-your-comments/
This is like watching my grandparents discover comments sections.
ok so its
man?I DID IT! I FINALLY CAN
DIEMAKE GOOD POSTS!AHHH CRAP!
LOLyou’re getting it!I’m getting
offit!I think you’re missing the big picture here, Kelly. The main thing is that whatever happens, Phil Collins isn’t going to win an Oscar this year.
Sussussodoyou think he feels bad about that?
I still think he’ll be able to pull it off, against all odds.
One minute too late!
Clearly you and facetaco are two hearts, believing in just one mind.
I love these puns and want to contribute, but I’m In Too Deep.
It’s Against All Odds that he will win the Oscar this year.
Well that was a groovy kind of spider boner.
The Oscars are to movies what religion is to atheists.
This doesn’t sound quite right. I’m gonna go with the Oscars are to movies what killing in the name of religion is to Buddhism.
J’approve
I don’t know, maybe I just glamorize the opportunity too much, but I would think that Bret McKenzie (or any performer) would really love the chance to perform at the Oscars. The Swell Season looked like they had a pretty good time a few years ago.
Performers that aren’t Randy Newman or Phil Collins just don’t get these opportunities all the time.
It’s true.
Elliott Smith is of course an exception since I’ve read that he really did not want to perform at the Oscars.
If you were not making a joke about his death, I apologize for the downvote.
I’m also still mad that he lost to Celine Dion.
No, I was sincerely saying it was a pleasure to see him on TV, which felt like a totally special moment, even if he didn’t want to be there. For my small town teenage life at that point, getting to see him there meant something.
Sorry. I guess I forgot that videogum is not youtube where people would make shitty jokes about his death.
I would love to watch Bret perform at the Academy Awards.
Actually, I would love to watch Flight of the Conchords perform at the Academy Awards.
Actually, I would just love to watch Flight of the Conchords live, no Academy Awards necessary.
Can they just air a Flight of the Conchords live concert instead of the Oscars?
I cannot upvote this enough.
I wonder if the “song insiders” were A Flat and B Natural? Ba dum bump. (Can I downvote myself?)
I don’t have an-E Major Treble with this comment
I am so excited to not watch. Not even a joke. I’m going to take that four hours of my life and do something awesome. In your face, Hollywood.
Ah yes, but that is where a DVR comes in handy. I watched the Golden Globes in about 45 minutes. And I think it was on for 3 hours.
I thought of that, but I’m not deleting Hart of Dixie for shitty Billy Crystal jokes.
i’ve quit all award shows…but the oscars still has the draw for me, since i treat it like the superbowl halftime show. it’s a reason to get a group of friends together, make great food, and crack constant jokes.
it’s like videogum in real time, only not at work.
I used have a hard time understanding that people don’t like the Oscars because I’ve only ever missed them once (and only because I was out of the country). Then one day I realized that the way I feel about the Oscars is the way other people feel about the Super Bowl, and you couldn’t pay me to watch the Super Bowl.
I don’t dislike the Oscars, this one just sounds fucking terrible. And the more they talk about it, the more exited I get that I am totally going to ignore it. I think I’ll go hiking or clean out my car or take a nap. Maybe all three!
i see they are still strictly enforcing their new zealander moratorium.
2003-????
How did they not nominate Couer Volant from Hugo for best song.
I think we all know which is the true best original song
I’m going back to bed.
I don’t think I’ve heard that one.