Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominations: — Page 2

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.

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

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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.