• Academy defends Oscar for Oprah
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[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JUBnq.jpg[/IMG] [release]Film academy president Tom Sherak has defended the decision to give Oprah Winfrey a special Oscar. Sherak says the TV star is "one of the most philanthropic performers in the world" and thus deserving of the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to present Oprah with an Oscar statuette at the annual Governors Awards in November. James Earl Jones and make-up artist Dick Smith will also receive honorary Oscars at the private ceremony. Blogs have been abuzz with criticism over the selection of Oprah for the award since the announcement was made. Los Angeles Times columnist Patrick Goldstein called the decision "a boneheaded move". "Winfrey has done good work in the world, but that's not enough to merit an Oscar," he added. Sherak said the Hersholt Award recognised an individual who "exemplifies giving back to the community, the world, society in an extraordinary way". "Oprah has given and given and given," he said, adding that she had contributed more than 500 million dollars of her own money to charitable causes. "She's a member of the academy, she was nominated for an Academy Award and she has produced movies. This is not about personality. This is about a person who has come from the depths, risen to the heights and given back. That's a perfect example of why this award was created."[/release] [url]http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/academy-defends-oscar-for-oprah-16032202.html[/url]
horrible picture, I hate that show and that woman(30 rock, where the picture came from), Oprah is ok I guess
[quote] Sherak said the Hersholt Award recognised an individual who "exemplifies giving back to the community, the world, society in an extraordinary way".[/quote] I wasn't aware giving away loads of money and trinkets and shit was extraordinary. More like fucking crazy.
[QUOTE=MrParalegal;31524018]horrible picture, I hate that show and that woman(30 rock, where the picture came from), Oprah is ok I guess[/QUOTE] Too bad. Tina Fey and 30 Rock are among my favourites.
[QUOTE=MrParalegal;31524018]horrible picture, I hate that show and that woman(30 rock, where the picture came from), Oprah is ok I guess[/QUOTE] sarah palin
[QUOTE=Rong;31524124]Too bad. Tina Fey and 30 Rock are among my favourites.[/QUOTE] Thats fine, atleast you're not posting pictures of it each chance you get.
she should have won an oscar for The Colour Purple i tell you what
why the fuck do people like tina fey what the hell is so good about her and oprah doesnt deserve a fucking oscar
[QUOTE=LeonS;31524866]why the fuck do people like tina fey what the hell is so good about her [/QUOTE] i don't know she's funny i guess what the fuck
Where is that gif of the audience in Oprah going insane all everywhere at christmas?
I can't wait until no one gives a fuck about Oprah. Probably the most overrated woman in all of entertainment. [QUOTE=LeonS;31524866]why the fuck do people like tina fey what the hell is so good about her[/QUOTE] She's a really funny comedian, and she pretty much nails the "lonely low self-esteem white-collar female" approach in 30 Rock.
To give Oprah an honorary Oscar is just a really expensive way of patronising her.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;31526178]and i'd fuck tina fey[/QUOTE] I can't deny. The photo shoot scene where Liz Lemon pretends she was pregnant is a fun scene to watch.
Does anybody really give a shit about Oscars and Emmys and garbage like that? It's a bunch of self-important people patting each other on the back while those that throw money at them sit and stare and drool for hours on end.
[QUOTE=Ridge;31541433]Does anybody really give a shit about Oscars and Emmys and garbage like that? It's a bunch of self-important people patting each other on the back while those that throw money at them sit and stare and drool for hours on end.[/QUOTE] well uh i watch it because i like movies and it's a good chance to understand and find out about movies. why are you such a dick about it? i can assure you i haven't drooled since primary school.
Oscars is such a joke anyways, so I don't think anyone should take this seriously. But, cool for her I guess.
[QUOTE=Rong;31523650]"Winfrey has done good work in the world, but that's not enough to merit an Oscar," he added. Sherak said the Hersholt Award recognised an individual who "exemplifies giving back to the community, the world, society in an extraordinary way". "Oprah has given and given and given," he said, adding that she had contributed more than 500 million dollars of her own money to charitable causes.[/QUOTE] when did the Oscars become a Nobel Prize shouldn't she be getting like an Emmy or something
[QUOTE=Ridge;31541433]Does anybody really give a shit about Oscars and Emmys and garbage like that? It's a bunch of self-important people patting each other on the back while those that throw money at them sit and stare and drool for hours on end.[/QUOTE] Yeah, fuck the Oscars and Emmys. All of those people could be more useful adopting more African children and performing hard labor.
um we're on the internet you can't really talk about wastes of time
[QUOTE=beanhead;31524130]sarah palin[/QUOTE] HA
the fact that people think that oprah isn't good enough for an oscar is a joke, that's severely overvaluing the award oprah is one of the most influential entertainment entrepreneurs of the modern age; oscars don't even [I]touch[/I] how much she's done for the industry and around the world as a humanitarian
I just what'd all over this. I'm happy that she's given so much to charity, and she should be rewarded and recognized appropriately. However, Bill Gates has given 30 billion, where is his Oscar? She's made her fame on the back of chat shows, biographies and spreading bullshit, and I have no idea why she should receive an award usually reserved for powerful performances and groundbreaking career work simply for being popular and giving some of her money away.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;31548110]I just what'd all over this. I'm happy that she's given so much to charity, and she should be rewarded and recognized appropriately. However, Bill Gates has given 30 billion, where is his Oscar? She's made her fame on the back of chat shows, biographies and spreading bullshit, and I have no idea why she should receive an award usually reserved for powerful performances and groundbreaking career work simply for being popular and giving some of her money away.[/QUOTE] because bill gates isn't in the entertainment industry, perhaps? [editline]5th August 2011[/editline] y'know JUST POSSIBLY
At risk of sounding sexist, if she was truly philanthropic she wouldn't be giving all of her money to female only things. For example, those schools she built in Africa? Only women can attend.
[url]http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/philanthropy_individual.html[/url] notice how she's one of few celebs on that list while the rest are business people. [QUOTE=Forumaster;31548391]At risk of sounding sexist, if she was truly philanthropic she wouldn't be giving all of her money to female only things. For example, those schools she built in Africa? Only women can attend.[/QUOTE]except her biggest charity, The Angel Network, helped communities that needed help not women. also women in south africa are not equal to males
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;31548167]because bill gates isn't in the entertainment industry, perhaps? [editline]5th August 2011[/editline] y'know JUST POSSIBLY[/QUOTE] I dunno, I'm on Windows and I'm entertained. Are YOU not entertained? But, you can't give entertainment awards out just because she's given a lot of money away and popular on chat shows. How is that suppose to work? It's as ridiculous as them giving Gates an Oscar. NOW WHO'D THE FOOL?
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;31548467]I dunno, I'm on Windows and I'm entertained. Are YOU not entertained? But, you can't give entertainment awards out just because she's given a lot of money away and popular on chat shows. How is that suppose to work? It's as ridiculous as them given Gates an Oscar.[/QUOTE]read the article, it's the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, she's not winning best actress
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;31548003]the fact that people think that oprah isn't good enough for an oscar is a joke, that's severely overvaluing the award oprah is one of the most influential entertainment entrepreneurs of the modern age; oscars don't even [I]touch[/I] how much she's done for the industry and around the world as a humanitarian[/QUOTE] No she doesn't. For many reasons. Here are ten stylized ones: [URL="http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/2010/01/11/ten-real-reasons-to-hate-oprah"]10 Reasons to Hate Oprah[/URL] 7 & 8 are perhaps the most serious [editline]5th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=benzi2k7;31548478]read the article, it's the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, she's not winning best actress[/QUOTE] I know, but I still think it's silly, and I honestly don't rate her highly as a 'humanitarian'.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;31548519]No she doesn't. For many reasons. Here are ten stylized ones: [URL="http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/2010/01/11/ten-real-reasons-to-hate-oprah"]10 Reasons to Hate Oprah[/URL] 7 & 8 are perhaps the most serious [editline]5th August 2011[/editline] I know, but I still think it's silly.[/QUOTE]why is it silly, she's a celebrity in the entertainment industry and she's donated & done more than most other people who have won the award. also 7 is the only serious one on the list, all the rest are just childish reasons to "hate" (very strong word by the way) her.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;31548467]I dunno, I'm on Windows and I'm entertained. Are YOU not entertained? But, you can't give entertainment awards out just because she's given a lot of money away and popular on chat shows. How is that suppose to work? It's as ridiculous as them giving Gates an Oscar.[/QUOTE] windows is not part of the entertainment industry (read: film, art, performance) and to try to persuade anyone it is is idiotic and oprahs philanthropy takes place outside her shows, do you even know anything about the woman she raised something like 10 million for hurricane katrina victims, and then matched that with her own money (so 20million total), put up a school for women on a continent that historically has fucked women over time and time again, and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars through various charity organizations the shit that she does on her show is for publicity. giving gates an oscar would make no fucking sense as - again - he's never worked in film and [I]isn't in the fucking entertainment industry.[/I] as opposed to oprah, who has worked in film and primarily works in the entertainment industry.
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