Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race — Page 2

I 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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The three credited songwriters are Henry Krieger, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler. There's no way there were going to leave Krieger out, and Preven and Cutler are a songwriting team. So I guess Knowles was the odd one out. The whole thing still feels a bit odd, though.

It was four Namo. I posted it already. DAMN IT. And they all won that night... and you just try pulling Oscar out of any of their hands (even the dead ones) and see how far you get.


My guess is that's when they revised their rules about how many songwriters it takes to screw in a light bulb.

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I'm pretty sure there are "body count" limits in the other categories as well, such as Producer (for sure, because I've read the very strict guidelines about exactly whose job can qualify officially for recognition), Editor, Visual FX, Sound, Sound FX Editing, etc.

They usually march a big team up to the podium if they win, but they only get 2 or 3 statues and "official winners" among them. All the names have to be submitted and approved in advance just to qualify as a potential nominee.

I'm sure if "Listen" wins, Beyonce will be up there with them at the podium... but she won't be grabbin' any gold.

If I were her, I wouldn't go up there. Let everybody watching wonder and ask why she isn't there getting the award.

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I think it's pretty stupid and unfair to deny someone recognition who is co-credited with doing the work.

But if you think this sucks (as I do), you should check out the idiotic Academy rules for Foreign Language film submissions and the Documentary and Short awards. They make no sense, and do more to limit and block potentially worthy material than to honor it.

There are all kinds of little "crazy" Oscar rules that most people don't know about.

It's more than just a "political" game... you have to jump some strange hurdles to qualify for nomination.

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This year, they are actually trying to make sure people WATCHED the movies they are voting for!

Ha ha!!! Next thing, they'll be making the Tony voters see all the nominated shows!!! LOL!!!

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The lousy part is that in the Short Subject categories, you CAN'T vote unless you sign an affidavit confirming you have seen ALL the nominees. They usually have a special screening at the Academy where they hand out the ballots for those specific categories, and only after watching ALL of them can you turn in your ballot.

But that's only for the short subject awards (animated, live, and documentary).

They can't and won't police the voting members to make sure they have seen all the "best supporting actor" (etc) nominees before voting.

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Updated On: 1/2/07 at 07:51 PM

Ridiculous! I don't have to see ANY of the films to know which one I want to vote for!

Voters still go to screenings?

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Hmm...

Maybe THAT's when they changed the rule? Maybe it should have just said, "If your first name is Beyonce and your last name is Knowles, you can't ever be nominated, EVER."

That's probably the rule now.

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Maybe it should have just said, "If your first name is Beyonce and your last name is Knowles, you can't ever be nominated, EVER."

That made me laugh out loud, best12bars.
It does seem a bit fishy that this rule seems to come out of nowhere but that it is Beyonce the lyricist that was left out (Krieger was the only one set since he composed the music, I believe the rest are only credited as lyricists). Perhaps Beyonce did not really have much input on the song or perhaps the Academy is not eager to recognize her. Either way, it just sounds a bit absurd that they limit the number of people who can be recognized. I wonder if there'll be some controversy with Beyonce performing the song on the telecast even when she was disqualified to get nominated for co-writing it. *Sigh* Gotta love Oscar drama.

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Mr. Knowles probably made sure his daughter got a songwriting credit on the album to increase her take of the royalties. The same like Madonna gets when she adds half a lyric to a song composed entirely by her "collaborators." After all, Beyonce's daddy IS listed as an executive producer on the Dreamgirls album.

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