- Woody Allen, up for best screenplay Oscar Sunday night for "Midnight in Paris," is famous for quoting Groucho Marxs quip: "I dont want to belong to any club that that will accept people like me as a member. (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Despite an overriding sense of inevitability, the 84th annual Academy Awards had its share of memorable moments (including a hilarious faux-film of a 1939 focus group critiquing The Wizard of Oz, courtesy of Christopher Guest and company). (New York Daily News)
- In an effort to remain topical and reward the Oscar-deserving efforts of the past year of pigskin, The College Football Academy (me, and a few bottles of red wine) have selected the first-ever recipients of these awards. (Bleacherreport.com)
- At one point, the biggest surprise at Sunday's 84th annual Academy Awards appeared to be the Best Editing prize going to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
- Only days after the voters behind the Academy Awards were revealed as extremely white (94 percent), male (77 percent) and old (median age, 62), the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center issued a report indicating that Oscar winners seem to reflect the body. (Los Angeles Weekly)
- Ah the Academy Awards. (Examiner)
- The 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night were turning into a rather predictable affair until one stunning moment near the end. (Washington Post)
- Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Three 6 Mafia Marveling over the hip-hop trios 2006 Oscar win for Best Original Song—for Its Hard Out Here for a Pimp from Hustle Flow—never gets old. (Entertainment Online)
- The Oscars - the premier Hollywood event of the year - honors the film industry's best and brightest. The evening was also big for Massachusetts, which can boast a range of winners with ties to the Bay State. (Boston Globe)
Monday, February 27, 2012
Academy award winners
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