YES, Oscar ratings were up, Kirby but having the slouching, bad postured, future Lindsay Lohan's did NOTHING for the ratings.....from Niki Fink's Hollywood.............. But Tom Sherak should wait to pat himself on the back. The production and direction of last night's Academy Awards were heavily criticized if not downright ridiculed. For instance, the emphasis by executive producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic on packing in young presenters as a ploy to lower the average age of the audience demographics to what advertisers most prize didn't pay off. The 18-34 demo was down 3%, while 34-49 was up 9%. Translation: Taylor Lautner, Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, and Kristen Stewart in don't-blink-or-you-miss-them doses weren't enough. (The Grammys are the exception, but there artists like Beyonce, Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas take the stage and perform.) Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart instead got stuck in an awkward tribute to the horror genre, which Twilight isn't. That wasn't the most serious gaffe. After Lautner mentioned that the last horror film to be recognized by the Oscars was 1973's The Exorcist, the montage that followed featured a memorable shot of Anthony Hopkins in a Hannibal Lecter mask. Because 1991's Silence of the Lambs, of course, won Best Picture. In a message dated 3/10/2010 10:49:13 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ki...@movieart.net writes:
I disagree, Nathalie. They may be "duds" to us older folk, but they definitely are not "duds" to younger folk. And that is just a fact. Kirby On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:30 AM, Steven Yafet wrote: Still reeling from the horror movie homage so charmlessly introduced by those two twilight duds. Obviously more appropriate people were not available ;) If you blinked, you missed the one or two seconds of classic horror. What was this supposed to accomplish? Nathalie On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Doug Taylor <_douglasbtay...@hotmail.com_ (mailto:douglasbtay...@hotmail.com) > wrote: Am I missing something? There seems to have been virtually no MOPO traffic the last few days…not even the normal running dialogue trashing the Oscar presentation. Whatup? DBT _Profile_ (http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: _lists...@listserv.american.edu_ (mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu) In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: _lists...@listserv.american.edu_ (mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu) In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
