Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#1Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:09pm
Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
You can not only forget about Beyonce Knowles winning an Oscar for best actress this year. (If you haven't heard, a certain ingenue keeps upstaging her throughout "Dreamgirls.") Now it looks like Beyonce won't win as a songwriter either — for "Listen," one of the original new tunes added to the original Broadway score. Officially, she's listed as one of the song's four writers, but the motion-picture academy only permits three names — max — as a credit.
http://goldderby.latimes.com/
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purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:10pm
that is absolutly ridiculous. listen is an amazing song and its writers should be rewarded
Updated On: 1/2/07 at 05:10 PM
colleen_lee
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#2re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:12pmUh, it's not the song that's disqualified it's Beyonce as a song writer that is disqualified.
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Kringas
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#3re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:13pmSomehow she'll get slammed for this, too.
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#4re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:17pmWhy is it her and not one of the other three writers that gets disqualified?
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#5re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:17pmThe words "Booty" and "Jelly" are not in the song, so I doubt she had much input it its creation.
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#6re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:17pmHow is she not getting an oscar nom? Or was that just your opinion?
#7re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:19pmMaybe PATIENCE and LOVE YOU I DO have a chance now.
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BroadwayGirl107
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#9re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:21pm
Some of you need to read before you post; as has already been stated in this thread, the song is not disqualified. She is disqualified as a writer, which, to me, seems ridiculous. If she wrote on it, she wrote on it...you can't take that away from her.
Updated On: 1/2/07 at 05:21 PM
#10re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:21pm
We will see how long this lasts. Mr. and Mrs. Beyonce's Parents will not let this slide. HOw dare they take their daughter's name off the ballot!
I do love "Love You I Do," though.
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Updated On: 1/2/07 at 05:21 PM
Kringas
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#11re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:23pm
The words "Booty" and "Jelly" are not in the song, so I doubt she had much input it its creation.
There we go.
Maybe PATIENCE and LOVE YOU I DO have a chance now.
"Listen" can still be nominated and should be over "Patience" and "Love You I DO," which are both inferior.
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#13re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:47pmGuess what, kids? All three songs can be nominated! I don't know that they will be, but I think its entirely possible at least two will be.
#14re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:50pmPersonally, i thought Patience was a better song than Listen.
#15re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:57pmThis is something I knew a month ago. Why it's only making news now is beyond me.
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#18oscars won't 'listen' — beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:02pmyah, bobbybubby, if i wasn't laughing so hard, i'd give you a piece of my mind too, you hateful hating haterer!
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pray to st. jude
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he was the gimmicky sort
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MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#20re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:06pmI think Love You I Do and Listen are both strong pieces of music. Patience and Perfect World are alright.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
#21re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:08pm
I didn't realize they'd changed the rule to limit the number of songwriters for a submitted song.
It certainly was AFTER "Arthur's Theme" won in 1981, because they had four people accepting an Oscar that year:
Burt Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager
Christopher Cross
Peter Allen
EDIT: Personally, I think it's a shame. If she co-wrote the song with the others, then she co-wrote it and should be acknowledged for doing it.
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Updated On: 1/2/07 at 06:08 PM
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#22re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:12pm
BobbyBubby, that was really funny. 
HDThoreau2
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#23re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:12pmAt least Beyonce showed up for work. She's no LaChanze that's for sure!
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#24re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:15pmSSDSN
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HDThoreau2
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#25re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:32pmWhat?
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
#26re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:34pmI wonder why it was her that was disqualified instead of the other two lyricists. Is the Academy responsible for determining which of the writers qualifies for the award or do the studio and producers decide who should get the recognition?
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HDThoreau2
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#27re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race
Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:35pmGod Bless Jennifer Hudson.
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
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