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3 hours ago, Ohwell said:
They also left out Nanette Fabray. Granted, she was mainly known for television but she also did some films.
Yes, the only thing Hollywood knows about Nanette Fabray was she worked on television. I guess that's why MGM included her musical numbers (including singing the title song with Fred Astaire) in "That's Entertainment". Let me stop. . .
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The Academy has a strange relationship with their own history when it comes to their Oscar In Memoriam tributes. It seems if someone worked in the industry but lived a long life, they either don't include them or minimize their accomplishments. I still haven't forgotten how they didn't include Charles Lane, a character actor who starred in countless movies and was a founding member of SAG. Or (IMO) the short shift they gave Shirley Temple whose movies not only saved a studio but remains the template for child stardom. They also seem to care much more about the person singing the tribute than the people in the tribute itself. TCM Remembers isn't perfect but they pay more respect to those who once worked in the industry than the Academy does itself.
#rantover
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3 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:
Well, they skipped over Stiers, which peeved me, because they memorialized a Bollywood actress, who had never appeared in any Hollywood films, and who had died just two days before the Oscars, yet they couldn't add Stiers in? And someone mentioned they probably did it for diversity appeal, etc, but they already had that in remembering another Bollywood actor, who in comparison, was an ICON, and who had actually appeared in a couple of Hollywood films in his prime.
No, that actress (Sridevi) died February 24. I didn't except Striers to be included exactly because his death was a day before the Oscars. I do expect him to be included next year. Now, after saying all that, I do recall thinking wow that list seems short but couldn't remember why I felt that way. I was too lazy to double check with TCM Remembers (who, by the way, has also missed people who die mid-late December) and was so happy they didn't forget Robert, I let it drop. This morning, I see an article stating the In Memoriam didn't include Dorothy Malone, who WON AN OSCAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I'm back to my long held personal belief the Academy needs to outsource this tribute to someone who gives a damn about their own history.
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7 hours ago, AntiBeeSpray said:
hey had him in it.
Source: rolling stone
They did a good job with this years.
I know! I was checking.
The Oscars memoriam was nicely done but it still never moves me the way TCM Remembers does.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences damn well better include Robert Osborne in their In Memoriam tribute or I'm going to be mad.
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9 hours ago, Miss Dee said:
I've loved that piece when I first heard it on this episode. DOS made me fall in love with Charles Emerson Winchester. Rest in peace, sir. *sniff*
I fell in love with him too and always wished Major Winchester and Margaret (a/k/a Hot Lips) found true happiness together by the end of M*A*S*H. Don't judge me!
R.I.P. Mr. Stiers.
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At this rate, one of the network heads will soon announce their old 1985-86 Monday night lineup is now their 2018-19 Wednesday night lineup and hand out the names of the rebooted/revived/revisited/reformatted/redone/reformulated/reworked new casts.
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1 hour ago, Bastet said:
Jim Nabors died. In Hawaii, at 87, which ain't a bad way to go. I'm sure he's Gomer Pyle to most,
"Ten THOUSAND dollars".
RIP
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25 minutes ago, Featherhat said:
Ask and ye shall receive? Sort of?
A more interesting take on it than Confederate from the sounds of it anyway.
OK, so I should have mentioned Will and I speak regularly and he asked me to give his new series a heads up plug on PTV <just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!>.
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I side-eye producers/writers (yes, even you Spellman's!) whose new series alt-history imagination(s) apparently only stretched so far as "Gee, I wonder what would have happened if the South won and slavery continued to exist?" but not "Gee, I wonder what would have happened if, after they were freed, former slaves were given back wages and a seat at the table?"
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1 hour ago, VCRTracking said:
I'll add Magica De Spell from Ducktales.
In 2013, June Foray was awarded the Governor's Award from the Television of Arts and Sciences. From their website:
QuoteDuring each year, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences shall, at the Annual Emmy Awards Presentation, grant one (1) award (the Governors Award) to an individual, company, organization or project for outstanding achievement in the arts and sciences or management of television which is either of a cumulative nature or so extraordinary and universal in nature as to go beyond the scope of the Emmy Awards presented in the categories and areas of the competition.
I don't know if it was televised or not. If it wasn't, it should have been. R.I.P., June. You were one of the GOAT.
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7 hours ago, VCRTracking said:
June Foray, Voice of ‘Bullwinkle Show’s’ Natasha and Rocky, Dies at 99
June Foray was great! R.I.P. and thanks for the voices. I hope when you meet up again with Telly, he will remember to be nice to you.
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On 7/19/2017 at 6:05 PM, Trini said:
HBO Announces "Confederate," A New Drama Series Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
... "Game of Thrones" creators/showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will return to HBO with their new original series CONFEDERATE, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming.
CONFEDERATE chronicles the events leading to the Third American Civil War. The series takes place in an alternate timeline, where the southern states have successfully seceded from the Union, giving rise to a nation in which slavery remains legal and has evolved into a modern institution. The story follows a broad swath of characters on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Demilitarized Zone - freedom fighters, slave hunters, politicians, abolitionists, journalists, the executives of a slave-holding conglomerate and the families of people in their thrall.
Another premium cable TV series not worth subscribing for nor will I give a damn about missing!
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10 hours ago, roseha said:
I loved Martin Landau on Mission Impossible. I guess I was in my early teens or so when it was on. I was always sad that he and Barbara Bain left the show so early on.
Mission Impossible! Where writers managed to spin complicated plots in weekly episodes that today's writers require an entire season. I need to pull out my Season 1 DVD again in tribute. Only Cinnamon (Bain) and Willie (Peter Lupus) left of the original cast. RIP, Mr. Landau.
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On 12/26/2016 at 11:34 PM, Goldmoon said:
The scariest thing in the world to me is an object that moves, like the doll in the Telly Savalas ep of TTZ.
It's in one's best interest to be nice to Talking Tina and give her the respect she deserves.
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It took just one look at CW's sneak peek trailer and I already know faux-Dynasty and I will not become friends.
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I knew this reboot would fail just like I knew Molly was the second witness the minute she was cast. Anyone still working on the show with common sense should have known too and kept their resume updated and ready for the "SEND" button to be clicked.
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TCM's Remembers end of the year tributes always surpasses the Oscars and I cried over Robert Osborne's death and don't care who knows it.
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8 hours ago, GreekGeek said:
I was rooting for Riva to win the Oscar for Amour and was irked when she lost to Jennifer Lawrence.
Please. Don't remind me.
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WTH?? All right after Mary!?!?!?!?!?
Not John Hurt, whom I first noticed in "10 Rillington Place" back in the days when, during the week, movies would air on TV after school hours.
Not Barbara Hale.
Not Mike Connors.
Not all happening within the span of the same weekend.
Well, damn.
ETA:
Add another one. Riva looked fabulous at the 85th Academy Awards.
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11 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said:
People who like baseball for the statistics is a particular group, though. A lot of people like baseball for other reasons besides statistics! Some people like baseball for the drama, the machinations behind the scenes, the players, being able to look up to successful people in the public eye who we can relate to or who look like us (and by this I mean players of different races), for the game itself, to cheer on a team to win, the list is endless, and a lot of these themes relate to the show Pitch. I watch every baseball game that my team plays and I barely care about statistics. I know other people like me as well. Just giving a different perspective.
MLB's own website has a section on each player's stats and talks about the connection between statistics and the game . . .
QuoteFor more than a century, statistics have been a staple of the game of baseball. Arguably no sport has a closer relationship with the stats that chronicle its every play.
Although the baseball industry has undergone a drastic and well-chronicled evolution in the statistical realm, many basic numbers have nonetheless maintained significant importance.
True, standard stats are rarely the central focus of Major League Baseball's decision makers -- who often utilize proprietary metrics -- yet they are ubiquitous in baseball writing and mass media. As such, most baseball fans have at least a basic understanding of the terms defined in this section.
Standard stats are widely used by those who play fantasy baseball.
. . .and the only behind the scene machinations I care about is our manager putting together a winning team. But having these two different perspectives is closer to the reason why Pitch's ratings weren't what Fogelman/FOX thought they would be.
Now I'm off to do some last minute Christmas shopping.
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55 minutes ago, Ms Blue Jay said:
Pitch is on while the baseball season isn't. It's a perfect match for certain baseball fans like me. There's a bunch of people who switched from live-tweeting baseball to live-tweeting this show.
Pitch "was" on during the baseball season. FOX moved the air date to coincide as it led up to the playoffs.
Blue Jay, I'm not doubting you and I'm happy you enjoy the show. But I'm talking about ratings and why many thought the show never took off the way Fogelman/FOX thought it would and Fogelman's never ending spin. A TV series isn't a one-off fictional account like a book or movie, in Pitch's case it was a 10 week commitment. The sports fans "I" know weren't interested in investing their time with Pitch. One huge reason is this first fictional female baseball player's stats were made up by a team of writers. The hardcore baseball fans I know are deeply into stats. They know the stats, not only of their own favorite teams, but the opposing ones they're slated to go up against. That's what makes the game interesting to them. When the baseball season ends, a lot turn their attention to fantasy baseball teams which requires knowing real player stats - again! That's just how they roll.
However, I now return this board back to its regularly scheduled discussions since this conversation is no longer on topic and might go into extra innings.
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1 hour ago, Ms Blue Jay said:
I'm a huge fan of baseball that also enjoys Pitch. I think a lot of people who are interested in a real life subject are also interested in fictionalized accounts.
Look, I don't want to rag on Pitch and I hope for its fans sake the show is renewed. FOX is having a horrible year so, in spite of the low ratings, it wouldn't surprise me if they did renew it. And yes, certainly there are sports fans who enjoy fictionalized accounts. But experts have repeatedly said TV shows based on sports usually don't do well ratings wise (NBC had to work out special arrangements with Direct-TV to continue Friday Night Lights) and some worried about Pitch's chances of success (or let's leave it at high ratings) for this very reason. The TV audience today is greatly fragmented, so why is it hard to believe a lot of people who enjoy sports keep their dials tuned to sports channels?
I guess my biggest beef is with Dan Fogelman running around claiming Pitch's low ratings were due to some not accepting the female lead. It drives me crazy when entertainment people run around making all sorts of excuses for low ratings when the truth sometimes is staring them in the face. Didn't he go "hmmm" when FOX itself didn't give a damn their scripted shows were pre-empted during the Cubs-Indians World Series and instead danced in the hallways when Game 7 was guaranteed? Fogelman, like another certain show about to return to FOX, should have taken a hard look on who his audience might really consist of instead of getting snitty at those who didn't tune in the way he thought they should.
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4 hours ago, ribboninthesky1 said:
I don't watch baseball - do you think a general, fictional show about baseball would have piqued hardcore fans' interest?
A movie, yes. Tuning in every week for a fictional (not documentary)TV series? I just don't see it. That's what fantasy baseball teams are for ;-)
ETA: Hmmm, until I just mentioned it, I had forgotten about fantasy baseball. Now that's "fiction" real hardcore baseball fans would be interested in; many already play. However, the big difference is while the baseball team is fictional, it's still using real players, their current stats and follow those players/stats throughout the season. So if your best player is injured in real life and out for the season, your fantasy team has to reflect that. If a TV show somehow managed to capture that (and the only thing I can see working is a live, interactive game show), yes hardcore baseball fans would probably tune in.
The Wish List — Crimes You’d Like to See Covered on the Show
in A Crime To Remember [V]
Myself, I would like to see Ruth Snyder and the Bennett Bridge murder.