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Oscars 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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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

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:12pm

Uh, it's not the song that's disqualified it's Beyonce as a song writer that is disqualified.

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:13pm

Somehow she'll get slammed for this, too.

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re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race

Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:17pm

Why is it her and not one of the other three writers that gets disqualified?

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:17pm

The words "Booty" and "Jelly" are not in the song, so I doubt she had much input it its creation.

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:17pm

How is she not getting an oscar nom? Or was that just your opinion?

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:19pm

Maybe PATIENCE and LOVE YOU I DO have a chance now.

re: Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race

Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:20pm

shucks....

#10

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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

#11

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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

#12

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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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#13

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:46pm

I AGREE

#14

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:47pm

Guess 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.

#15

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:50pm

Personally, i thought Patience was a better song than Listen.

#16

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 5:57pm

This is something I knew a month ago. Why it's only making news now is beyond me.

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#17

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:02pm

yah, 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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#18

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:06pm

I think Love You I Do and Listen are both strong pieces of music. Patience and Perfect World are alright.

#19

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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

#20

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:12pm

BobbyBubby, that was really funny.

#21

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:12pm

At least Beyonce showed up for work. She's no LaChanze that's for sure!

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#22

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:15pm

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#23

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:32pm

What?

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#24

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:34pm

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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#25

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Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:35pm

God Bless Jennifer Hudson.

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