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116. Oscar nominations: Did your favorite film get snubbed? You're not alone...

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:03 PM

Jan 2015

Movies that a majority of the public hasn’t seen garnered the most nominations, while popcorn movies that the public has embraced were pushed aside, even in cases when deserving films existed.

The result: This is the first time in nine years that no film with a box-office take of at least $100 million has been nominated — a surprise considering that the decision five years ago to expand beyond five best-picture nominees was supposed to end such results.

The king of this year’s eight best-picture nominees at the box office is “The Grand Budapest Hotel” at $59 million, directed by Wes Anderson, who is known for films like “Moonrise Kingdom” and “The Royal Tenenbaums” that never lead the box office.

The existential comedy “Birdman” and the more slapstick “The Grand Budapest Hotel” led the nominations with nine each, earning all but two of the 20 nominations for Fox Searchlight — a subsidiary of the parent company Twentieth Century Fox — which earned four nods.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/movienews/oscar-nominations-did-your-favorite-film-get-snubbed-you-re/article_9560d347-3f91-5dcd-b8f9-96d110ca6685.html

Doesn't really seem like a racial thing.

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Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees Read more: [View all] philosslayer Jan 2015 OP

WTW Jansen Jan 2015 #1

Oh for fucks sake NV Whino Jan 2015 #2

+1 Botany Jan 2015 #4

in addition to the winners and nominees LTG Jan 2015 #144

Rev Al is making himself look really stupid and petty. Botany Jan 2015 #145

+1 DawgHouse Jan 2015 #18

+100 840high Jan 2015 #35

+ a whole bunch more Myrina Jan 2015 #119

Please! Botany Jan 2015 #3

I watched "Chef" last week! Suich Jan 2015 #10

I thought it was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Botany Jan 2015 #13

I watched it twice! Suich Jan 2015 #17

As a divcored dad it really choked me up a few times. Botany Jan 2015 #21

I also... sendero Jan 2015 #106

I LOVE Chef! Telling everyone about it!! :) Cha Jan 2015 #162

One of the best movies I have seen for a long time .... Botany Jan 2015 #168

And, who wouldn't fall in love with the kid?! Cha Jan 2015 #179

"Emergency meeting"? For the Oscars? For Pete's sake what a joke. 7962 Jan 2015 #5

I know AgingAmerican Jan 2015 #123

But we did so well last year with Twelve Years a Slave rocktivity Jan 2015 #6

Equal opportunity does not mean equal outcomes StrongBad Jan 2015 #7

And the Rev wonders why he doesn't get taken seriously gelsdorf Jan 2015 #8

^^ this ^^ Myrina Jan 2015 #120

Why anyone would be opposed to him doing this is beyond me Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #9

Sometimes a racist gets bored and decides to throw a "Rev. Al" into the mix to stir up the others Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #12

Yeah that is what I thought Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #16

You've got it! They get all rabid about him. I see that as odd. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #23

That's exactly how those posts read. BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #31

I like Rev. Al. Chemisse Jan 2015 #36

In an era, just before the presidential elections, when civil rights and voting rights are being BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #45

Hold on . . . branford Jan 2015 #52

Hold on... BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #59

You claim that the film should stand on its own merits, branford Jan 2015 #72

That would be a Democratic mayor, there is no such thing as a Democrat Mayor Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #76

Congratulations, you caught a typo that did not substantively affect the post. branford Jan 2015 #79

I just find it interesting that you made the same typo that right-wingers purposely make all the time Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #80

I have a couple of thousand posts on numerous topics, branford Jan 2015 #81

Unreal warrant46 Jan 2015 #95

"Academy President Speaks Out on Lack of Diversity Among This Year's Oscar Nominees" Cha Jan 2015 #189

There is still hope! Yay! BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #191

Ava DeVurnay and David Oyelowo were nominated for Golden Globes in their respective Cha Jan 2015 #192

Well, I'd consider it an insult to the President to put him in Sharptons category. 7962 Jan 2015 #39

Yeah, but President Obama is not you. He wouldn't consider it an insult to be put in Sharpton's BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #47

What's the evidentiary basis for your claim that Obama considers Sharpton a "close friend?" branford Jan 2015 #56

It's madness to put Sharpton in the same leftynyc Jan 2015 #98

What is YOUR evidentiary basis for your claim that President Obama doesn't consider Sharpton his BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #113

Sigh . . . branford Jan 2015 #122

And those who list Obama's "underhanded" acts would certainly have a longer one for Sharpton 7962 Jan 2015 #60

Of course they would. You think you're telling anyone anything new?? Pff. BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #110

See post #98 to put things in proper perspective. nt 7962 Jan 2015 #130

I don't need your post to put things in your version of proper perspective. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #146

It wasnt MY post. Someone else posted the facts about Sharptons criminality. But you can ignore... 7962 Jan 2015 #152

Okay. Then I'll add, or any other's. Sharptons greatest crime is speaking out while Black. BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #156

Wow, you're REALLY on the Kool Aid, huh? I guess you arent IN NYC either 7962 Jan 2015 #157

Quinnipiac just released a poll from NYC, including opinions about Al Shartpon. branford Jan 2015 #158

Well said! 7962 Jan 2015 #173

It's beCAUSE I don't live in NYC that I didn't drink, what did you call it? The kool-aid? BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #159

Hate him for "whatever reason?" Are you kidding? branford Jan 2015 #170

Who cares what the Repukes think? harrose Jan 2015 #165

I don't. BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #171

No problem with Rev. Sharpton , kacekwl Jan 2015 #49

Not in my case StrongBad Jan 2015 #68

Have you seen Selma? Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #73

No, not yet. I will eventually though StrongBad Jan 2015 #84

The James Brown movie was much more "award worthy", IMO. 7962 Jan 2015 #153

^^^ exactly. nt hopemountain Jan 2015 #32

Seriously. Hollywood has always unrepresented African Americans and Latinos. I have no FSogol Jan 2015 #33

Hollywood is simply a reflection of American society. If we want to see it changed, it's Chakab Jan 2015 #43

Hollywood is in no way a reflection of American society. It is a reflection of the 18-24 white male FSogol Jan 2015 #103

This^^ is why you get movies in Africa with few africans... Anansi1171 Jan 2015 #155

I agree and I'm glad he continues to call out the disparities in American life. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #42

i agree. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2015 #107

sure thing Snow Leopard Jan 2015 #121

This is ridiculous! Chemisse Jan 2015 #11

So you believe holding a meeting is going too far? Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #19

Holding a meeting... no. not going too far rpannier Jan 2015 #62

An emergency meeting is held to form a rapid response Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #63

Okay rpannier Jan 2015 #66

Since black actors and actresses have won in the past OnePercentDem Jan 2015 #127

He needs to get a life warrant46 Jan 2015 #160

I know this sound silly, but last year I overheard four young white men arguing over 12 Years... Moonwalk Jan 2015 #14

Mellow out, Al Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #15

Rev. Al does talk about all those problems you mentioned, constantly. Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #22

I'm sure he does. I don't think we can talk about them enough. Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #24

An emergency meeting and an emergency are not the same thing Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #26

One usually calls an emergency meeting to deal with an emergency Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #29

If you don't think it is worthy of discussion then don't discuss it Bjorn Against Jan 2015 #30

Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #71

Smh.. quibbling over "emergency".. yes, it's a damn Emergency.. so what! Cha Jan 2015 #164

This is a non-starter Android3.14 Jan 2015 #20

oh. please. hopemountain Jan 2015 #34

Who fucking cares? The Oscars are a ridiculous industry circle jerk. They have nothing to do with Chakab Jan 2015 #41

Precisely. 7962 Jan 2015 #61

Nominations and wins are both worth money. Demit Jan 2015 #77

Selma WAS nominated for Best Picture, which is essentially the highest award at the Oscars. BlueEye Jan 2015 #50

I'm not an expert on the subject... NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #53

You can take your "please" and with a quarter you can buy some gum Android3.14 Jan 2015 #58

Or as we used to say in NYC during the early 60s CTyankee Jan 2015 #149

I'm with you. delete_bush Jan 2015 #86

yes! hopemountain Jan 2015 #186

Ok he lost me on this one nt LiberalElite Jan 2015 #25

I love meetings.nt bravenak Jan 2015 #27

Go Rev Al! What makes a "Best Picture"? The Acting, Writing, Directing, Editing, Producing, Etc.. Cha Jan 2015 #166

smdh frylock Jan 2015 #28

He's mad because Selma didn't get more nominations. tclambert Jan 2015 #37

A bunch of white guys in this thread... trumad Jan 2015 #38

Do you know the skin color of all the posters here? NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #69

"White guys" are not allowed to have an opinion branford Jan 2015 #75

A bunch of 'white guys'? How sad. Truly. delete_bush Jan 2015 #78

What are you trying to insinuate? StrongBad Jan 2015 #85

The alert stalkers are back: Sheldon Cooper Jan 2015 #109

yeah I kicked that alert stalkers ass. trumad Jan 2015 #117

lol Go Al! Cha Jan 2015 #167

Just giving the Right more fodder to dismiss him. EEO Jan 2015 #40

The Right doesn't need more fodder to dismiss him - but then again, they won't be able to dismiss BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #44

The Right doesn't need more fodder to dismiss him.. delete_bush Jan 2015 #74

Objective about Rev. Al, like the racists who won't shut up about him? Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #89

And yet they continue to try. Amazing. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #111

Oh, good lord. BlueStater Jan 2015 #46

Sometimes you have to pick you're battles. kacekwl Jan 2015 #48

The 2002 Oscars: Dawson Leery Jan 2015 #51

Who won Best Actress last year? oberliner Jan 2015 #55

Cate Blanchette for that Woody Allen movie i forget the name. m-lekktor Jan 2015 #65

That's right oberliner Jan 2015 #91

Yep. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #115

it was! nt m-lekktor Jan 2015 #131

I take it all the real problems have been solved? NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #54

What a moron OnePercentDem Jan 2015 #57

If he wasn't outraged madville Jan 2015 #70

I'm still waiting for the Latino, Hispanic, Asian, Korena, delete_bush Jan 2015 #83

"Rev' Al is in the top 1% of the 1% OnePercentDem Jan 2015 #97

Really? Emergency meeting. Trying to destroy Social Security and Disability is an emergency. YOHABLO Jan 2015 #64

I'll be curious to see the result of the emergency meeting! m-lekktor Jan 2015 #67

There are a bazillion ways African Americans are getting screwed over that are more important tularetom Jan 2015 #82

Two things that should bring us all together... NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #100

It will accomplish nothing n/t Schmice2 Jan 2015 #87

I haven't taken the Oscars seriously since they snubbed Super Troopers for best movie. Inkfreak Jan 2015 #88

Post removed Post removed Jan 2015 #90

I nominate this the best post of 2015. ..so far. trumad Jan 2015 #92

Thank you! LovingA2andMI Jan 2015 #93

Remember last year? trumad Jan 2015 #94

Too bad your post got trashed warrant46 Jan 2015 #161

A post that talks about the "Hollywood controlled Jewish lobby" is your favorite post of the year Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #125

I noticed that too. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #129

Did you seriously type "Hollywood controlled Jewish lobby"? NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #99

+10000000 JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #105

Someone ask the Reverend where all the female Baptist ministers are seveneyes Jan 2015 #96

don't do it Al SummerSnow Jan 2015 #101

Work is nominated for an Oscar by previous winners of Oscars. GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #102

No, it's overwhelmingly old white men. The demographics: Bradical79 Jan 2015 #112

You are nominated by members in your own category GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #114

He's wrong on this one JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #104

it is appalling and i am glad he is doing something about it. La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2015 #108

Oscar nominations: Did your favorite film get snubbed? You're not alone... NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #116

The Lego people have also called an emergency meeting. Ace Rothstein Jan 2015 #118

Everything is NOT Awesome. n/t christx30 Jan 2015 #137

Would Al have called it "appalling" if it were all-minority? Reter Jan 2015 #124

I'm definitely going to boycott the ceremonies this year. Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #126

Honestly - I can't remember the last time I watched. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #128

The OP and this entire thread speaks to the utter futility... MrScorpio Jan 2015 #132

Take a step back . . . branford Jan 2015 #133

Dude, please reread my entire post... MrScorpio Jan 2015 #134

I think you missed Mr. Scorpio's point completely. He wasn't implying anything. Raine1967 Jan 2015 #135

I understand the general points of the commenter. branford Jan 2015 #138

You know, Branford, for someone who's been on this site for a year and half... MrScorpio Jan 2015 #139

It's not my obligation to indicate what black leaders would be appropriate branford Jan 2015 #141

Yeah, I get that you don't like Shaprton... MrScorpio Jan 2015 #143

Once again, you seem to ignore the very fact that there was no implication. Raine1967 Jan 2015 #142

Looking forward to that day. Thank you for your solid comments, Mr. Scorpio. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #136

Great post on a depressing thread full of racist bile. Exultant Democracy Jan 2015 #151

Check this out, MrScorpio.. "This sums it up, perfectly.." Cha Jan 2015 #183

Selma is a superb film..why is it being snubbed? n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #140

It's up for best picture Bradical79 Jan 2015 #147

I don't understand how any film is nominated for best picture and the director of said Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #148

I know what you mean, Jefferson.. What made the film so good that it was nominated for Best Cha Jan 2015 #163

That is how I see it too. Best Picture generally encompasses the director, at the very least. Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #169

President Obama did indeed having a private screening for Selma at the WH.. and there were orgs Cha Jan 2015 #180

Well done, by all...thanks. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #182

Selma in the White House! Lorraine Toussaint Tweet pic.. Cha Jan 2015 #184

Have you seen the film, Cha? Tremendous, and it is great to see it celebrated this way. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #185

No, I haven't.. looking forward! David Oyelowo @ the White House.. Cha Jan 2015 #187

Indeed. Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #188

Because it's possible for the sum of the parts... harrose Jan 2015 #172

lol...alrighty Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #174

Okay, whatever.... harrose Jan 2015 #175

No offense...seems to be a poltical rationale behind it to me. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #176

It may be partly due to Paramount's actions... PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #177

Thank you. Incompetence? It's an excellent film no matter what happens. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #178

Good for him treestar Jan 2015 #150

Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees Jhon Smith Jan 2015 #154

Lately only five of the nine movies nominated for Best Picture also get a Best Director nomination. exboyfil Jan 2015 #181

Academy President Speaks Out on Lack of Diversity Among This Year's Oscar Nominees Cha Jan 2015 #190