BREAKING NEWS: Princess Caroline asks not to be considered for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, or Best Picture
The Academy Award nominations were released today, and moments before the announcement HRH Princess Caroline of Kennedy humbly withdrew her name from consideration for any of the major awards.
“I informed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis that, for personal reasons, I am withdrawing my name from consideration for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, or Best Picture,” the 51-year-old Camelot daughter said.
“I will also not accept Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Foreign Film, or Best Animated Film,” Princess Caroline clarified.
“For family reasons, I have not yet decided on whether or not I wish to be considered for Best Original Song, Best Costume, or the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. As the daughter of a former president and my mother, an international fashion icon of understated grace and dignity, I feel all of these awards do rightfully belong to me, this or any year, but my family comes first, and for personal reasons after my uncle had convulsions the other day, I wish no longer to be considered for most of these awards.
“I do, however, reserve the right to demand any of them again in the future, as is my prerogative as the last surviving member of Camelot,” Princess Caroline concluded.
Academy president Ganis could not be reached for comment, but staffers noted Princess Caroline was not qualified for any of the awards to begin with, noting she was never under serious consideration for any of them, regardless of her magnanimous withdrawal early this morning.
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Damn, that was funny.
Maybe she SHOULD be nominated.
Nobody saw any of the lousy movies that are nominated this year anyway.
Another Academy Awards night that no one will watch.
Sigh.
Chuckle.
Doubt and Milk are fantastic. Have seen them both four times now.
Benjamin Button is basically a remake of Forrest Gump with old people.
Have not seen Slumbdog Millionaire and have no intention to.
Can’t remember the other movie.
It’s about G-D time Harvey Milk was honored with a major film! Twinkie defense, my dimpled a$$! Dan White took out one of my heroes (and Mayor Moscone)and got a slap on his manslaughtering wrist. Grrrrrrrrr!
Doubt WAS fantastic.
I guess what I mean is, the general public aren’t rushing out to see Frost/Nixon. They just don’t care, frankly.
The Visitor? huh?
The Reader? huh?
I worked in Hollywood for five years.
No one is going to these movies, and that means they won’t watch the awards.
Their ratings have dropped every year.
Maybe Caroline being nominated for her nothingness would get a few more viewers?
Naaaah.
Paterson will make his announcement tomorrow at noon EST.
C’mon really. Her acting bit was insignificant compared to Obama. He has been the Man of the Year, why not an give him an oscar? He’s pulled the biggest snow job in history on a multitude of the gullible. An oscar is worthy of that tranced induced, spell binding performance. Equal to Spencer Tracy,or Peter Pan. At least nominate his script writer. Or at least give it to JFKennedy’s since its been a total rip off anyway.
Tammy, don’t be silly! I’d watch if Princess Caroline were nominated or even just presenting an award …. just to see what she’s wearing! It has to be better than our new First Lady’s ball gown!
Robert: Brilliant! An oscar for Obama!
And Ten: I apologize. Of course the fashions are fabulous to see, and ANYTHING would be better than that crap Michelle wears.
Check this out.
Many of the nominations aren’t even in the
TOP 30 !!
http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/today.php
Well, since Ledger scored a Best Supporting Actor nomination, that alone should ensure some good ratings for the show until the award is presented. (In a bit of a twist, Ledger is AGAIN up against Philip Seymour Hoffman in a category in which their characters share common ground. Previously, both played gay men or, at least, men who loved other men; Ledger, of course, in “Brokeback Mountain” and Hoffman in “Capote”. Ledger lost out to Hoffman at the 2006 Academy Awards. This time, they both play villainous characters–Ledger as the Joker and Hoffman as a priest accused of molesting an African-American youth. Interestingly, another of the Supporting Actor nominations–Brolin’s role–is a “villain”. Downey’s nominated role isn’t really villainous as much as stupid and self-centered and I’m not really sure about Michael Shannon’s role–I haven’t seen that film and really haven’t heard much about his role/character. But does anyone know the last time that 2 actors competed against each other, for a second time–whether in the same or different category–where their characters shared a major defining character trait?)
Tammy, so what? If you go back to the weekend totals (the daily listing you linked to doesn’t even list a full 30; I only counted 28 titles), you’ll find that, of the 30 nominees for the “Big 6″ categories–Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director–23 WERE connected with films that finished in the Weekend’s Top 30. Of those outside the Top 30, four nominees were for films that are now presumably out of general release (and, of those four, Robert Downey, Jr, was in a $100+ million box office hit). Of the other three, two are women (Hathaway up for Best Actress and Penelope Cruz up for Best Supporting Actress) and the general consensus is that women’s roles are less important than men’s roles so they’re “allowed” to appear in “non-hits”; the third is Heath Ledger whose film was THE box-office smash of 2008 (the film has stayed in official release since its July opening–it would actually be more amazing if the film were still in the Top 30 after 6 months).
Yes, the daily rankings show different results, but, historically, most films still in general release that receive Oscar nominations during their runs show a boost at the box office the weekend after the nominations are announced. At this particular point, the combined box-office of the five nominated films is just $30 million less than last year’s nominees and nearly $60 million less than the 2006 films (nominated in 2007) and roughly on par with the 2005 films (nominated in 2006). This year marks the first time in two years that at least one film had earned more than $100 million dollars at the box office before the nominations (of last year’s nominees, only “Juno” cracked the $100 million mark, and that only came after the nominations, and only one film–”There Will Be Blood”–took in more money after the nominations were announced than it had earned before).
JosefAL:
I guess I could say the same to you: So what?
Yes, the Oscars will help bring in more revenues for the films.
And of course Dark Knight was the blockbuster. It has wide appeal.
My point was that most people DON’T watch the Oscars anymore because most of the nominees are Indie films. It’s not my fault, it’s a fact.
You seem to be taking my comments personally.
Whatever…..
Oh, and kind of off topic:
Hillbuzz. I haven’t seen Milk yet, but plan to go next week.
I’m just curious.
Whatever happened to his murderer? Where is he now?
Tammy, Milk’s murderer Dan White was released after serving only five years for murdering two senior public officials. Within a year of his release, he committed suicide. Also Tammy, it no longer seems to be about Indie or Major films. It’s either movies for adults (more and more rare) or movies for kids.
JosefAL, that’s interesting about Hoffman and Ledger. Though I think Hoffman won Best Leading for Capote, so no way the Academy gives him Supporting over Ledger this time. Btw, Michael Shannon plays a brilliant bit part in Revolutionary Road, a film well worth seeing. Winslet was quite strong in this film as well, which will probably put her over the top for Best Actress with “The Reader”.
Well thank God Dan White killed himself. I was kind of young when all of this stuff happened. I just remember the “sugar excuse” from twinkies. That was the beginning of obscene litigation, I believe.
And Three Wickets: You’re probably right. The best performances won’t win because it’s all about being “fair” now. That’s bullshit, but that’s the way it is in Hollywood.
Tammy….. *LOL* Twilight (that has been out for how many months now?) is above Frost/Nixon? *LOL* Ya know, I really questioned the wisdom of even making that one. I mean, really, us old folks lived through it, I can’t imagine a movie being more entertaining than that actual event. The younger set really doesn’t care about it.
Why do it? I’d rather see teenage vampire angst too! Though I would have loved to see Frank Langella in “A Man for All Seasons” on Broadway last fall.
Well then can she be an ambassador?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5570068.ece
Greta just announced that Paterson is going to name Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary!! Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
I didn’t see any of the movies that are nominated they don’t really look fun to watch anyway, but sure will tune in to the Oscars just cause I know and like some of who was nominated.
Ten:
So you live in NYC? I would have LOVED to see Langela in “A Man for All Seasons”.
Probably a lot better than the movies I’ve seen lately.
Oh, and by the way, I’m one of the voters.
Actually, no, I live in Colorado. Eldest DD lives in New York and we were visiting there last fall …. I didn’t see he was doing that until the last day we were there. Would have LOVED it I’m sure. We did get to see the fabulous, but short-lived, Tale of Two Cities, which was amazing (along with three other shows … all musicals, we’re shameless).
Oooo I’ve never known an Academy voter before! So, Ledge gonna beat out Hoffman this year?
Rumor has it Caroline may have an extra marital affair in her closet that scared Patterson off. Though NOT substantiated at this time, it could be with a nyt big wig. Or it could all be a bunch of hooey!
Stay tuned?
PVG:
Ooooh, I love that kind of gossip. I’m terrible.
Ledger is a shoe-in from what I hear.
But you never know until the envelope is opened!
Well, here she is: Rep Kristin Gillibrand to be named HRC’s replacement.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/22/new-york-gov-paterson-rep-gillibrand-clintons-senate-seat/
HAHA! LOLOL!! This was great.
I agree w/Robert, Obama’s acting is far superior to Caroline’s. Did you see how spiritually led he was during Rick Warren’s invocation? I bet he was just as reverent when Jerimiah Wright was howling eloquent racist remarks about “garlic nose Italians” and beautiful sermons about how those people deserved to die on 911 because, “Nah naw naw! God Damn America! It’s in the bible! GodDAMN America!”
Tammy: Do you know Randy Barbato, of World of Wonder Productions? He’s an Academy member-voter, too.
Anyway, I’ve been so ticked off at Hollyweird for the last few years that the only movie I’ve allowed myself to see in a theater (at the 2008 CineVegas film festival) was *Where I Stand,* a terrific documentary about Hank Greenspun, a Brooklyn transplant who founded the *Las Vegas Sun.*
Not that anyone gives a poop, but he’s another of my heroes. Wish he’d been alive to witness the 2008 election cycle. He’d have demolished simpering sycophants like Chris Matthews. Alas…