The OSCARs and Iraq War

[trailergod]

sooo now its affecting our past time... out love for movies has been affected by this damn WAR thing....

no red carpet pre show ?!?!?!.... bah... hehehe


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ovies_eo/11467

With "the clouds of war gathering around us," organizers for the 75th Academy Awards announced Tuesday that this year's ceremony is still set to go on--minus the traditional arrivals line.


Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and Oscarcast producer Gil Cates called a late-afternoon press conference to field increasing questions about how the annual glitz fest--"one of the biggest parties in Hollywood," per Pierson-- would deal with the coming war with Iraq (news - web sites).


"Keeping in mind the world situation, the Academy has elected to prepare a more sober preshow and a scaled-back arrivals sequence. The traditional splashy red carpet arrivals line will be truncated," said a sunken-eyed Cates.


The news came as many of Tinseltown's shiniest planned to boycott the red carpet altogether and instead slip in through a side entrance.

[wirm]

I read about this in the paper.

Personally, I never watch any pre shows. I just watch to see who wins in each category, and to see any live performances.

So this doesn't affect me.

[Marcus]

Anything that means less Joan Rivers is a good thing in my book

[Efernand]

^^ Definately a good point