Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominations:- Page 2

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 3:30pm

I really didn't like the shirt Christopher Plummer was wearing last night. Also, my mom and I really are not as big of fans of him as we used to be. We both thought he came off as a very strange man on "The Sound of Music Reunion" on Oprah. Plus, we get tired off him bashing 'The Sound of Music' because not only did my mother and her family love the movie growing up, but my siblings and I did as well.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 3:40pm

Beyonce, really?!

Besty, I thought that if you are nominated you also become a member.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 4:53pm

It used to be an automatic "induction" into the Academy if you're nominated.

Actually, I think it still is ... but you will also occasionally see Oscar-winners being added in on a certain year. I finally figured out that this is very likely because they let their original membership lapse and had to be "asked" back to join.

If you default on your annual dues, you're out. Period. You have to be "asked" to join again. Kind of embarrassing when you think about it, just because you were late with the mail or your check bounced or you just didn't get around to it. There have been people who have been in and out a few times in their careers, but each time, it takes an invitation to get back in.

Just a few years ago I remember laughing at someone like Jack Nicholson (no, it wasn't him, but somebody of that stature and a past winner) being "welcomed" as a new member of the Academy.

LOL

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 12:12am

Just saw Moneyball and am floored. Bennett Miller, one of the very finest directors there is right now, along with Sorkin and Zaillian made a great movie. Pitt deserved his NY film critics award and he should get the oscar.

[east side story]

Posted: 1/15/12 at 12:20am

Being nominated, and even WINNING does not necessary mean you have been asked to join the Academy. I remember a few years back hearing Hilary Swank say she was not asked to join after her win for Best Actress in 2000. She was doing an interview, the Oscars came up, and somehow she got on the topic of how even after winning she was not asked to join for whatever reason. I'm sure she was asked before her second nomination, and win, five years later.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/15/12 at 7:42am

I'm sure that if she "petitioned" (a little paperwork and two sponsors), she would have gotten in right away. It's a strange system, though. And sometimes there seems like there's no rhyme or reason to it. If Marty Ingalls is in, and Hillary Swank hasn't been asked (even after her first win), that's a little off. I'm sure Marty petitioned, but they accepted him.

On the other hand, I can see why they think it's better to have members who wanted to be there over members who are "drafted" in, simply because they've been nominated. Some nominees don't have any interest in it. I wouldn't want them as voting members if they didn't care to be involved.

I'm also sure some people think it's beneath them to petition. They'll only join if they're invited ... particularly if they've already won the award. It's an ego thing. Hell, the whole Academy is an ego thing.

Updated On: 1/16/12 at 07:42 AM