clerk said on March 20, 2003 07:47:

Best film: The Hours
Best actor: Jack Nicholson
Best actress: Nicole Kidman
Best supporting actor: Christopher Walken
Best supporting actress: Julianne Moore

vivien said on March 20, 2003 09:39:

Best actress:Me :)
(O.K, maybe next time.First I have to play in a film...)

Majdy said on March 20, 2003 15:41:

really? I thought Meryl was nominated for her role in The hours? or maybe I’m wrong... ?

coyboyusa said on March 20, 2003 18:27:

i just really hope eminem doesnt’ win any of the categories it would totally lower the level of credibility of the awards

Majdy said on March 21, 2003 04:27:

you’re right, TwilightGhost. :)

well, here’s what I think will got the oscar

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody
Nicolas Cage
Michael Caine
Daniel Day-Lewis **
Jack Nicholson

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Chris Cooper
Ed Harris
Paul Newman **
John C. Reilly
Christopher Walken

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Salma Hayek
Nicole Kidman
Diane Lane
Julianne Moore**
Renée Zellweger

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kathy Bates
Julianne Moore
Queen Latifah
Meryl Streep **
Catherine Zeta-Jones

DIRECTING
Chicago**
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Pianist
Talk To Her

BEST PICTURE
Chicago**
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

:)

vivien said on March 25, 2003 12:33:

Congratulations to Catherine Zeta-Jones for her Oscar!

Santi said on March 25, 2003 15:21:

And for Michael Moore!!!! Who won the best documentary!

This is what he said:
“I’ve invited my fellow documentary nominees on stage with us here in solidarity with me,” he said, “because we like non-fiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who’s sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it’s the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts. ... We have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. We are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you.”

Twilight-Ghost said on March 26, 2003 16:53:

I read that somewhere too....... that’s why I really know Meryl Streep was only nominated for supporting actress.

Also, if you look at the movie ’The Hours’, I think Streep had more scenes. But I think they gave the best actress nomination for Nicole Kidman because she played ’Virginia Wolf’.

I was just thinking is it possible for one film to have two lead actresses???

Twilight-Ghost said on March 27, 2003 14:54:

I know.....
... but my point is IF Meryl Streep was nominated for ’The Hours’ would she be “best actress” or “best supporting actress” ???

Is it possible to have 2 lead actresses in one movie???

Could it be possible that Meryl could have been nominated for ’The Hours’ but the Academy couldn’t decide whether she’s in the “lead role” or “supporting role”???

Santi said on March 27, 2003 21:39:

Uy... my post got deleted before :s

I asked that if there are oscars for best actor/actress why there are not oscars for best women directing and so on? :O

Twilight-Ghost said on March 28, 2003 10:31:

@Santi:
About your question in directing.

Directing is behind the scenes, like writing or producing. I mean do you think there should be a separate category for female writers and male writers too???

Actors portrays a character. The gender of a character is very important... only a woman could play “Roxie Hart” (from Chicago) and only a man could play “Wladyslaw Szpilman” (from The Pianist).
When you see a piece of film, the gender of the director is not relevant. A man or a woman could direct ’Chicago’, ’The Hours’, ’The Pianist’, etc.

The reason there’s separate category for man and woman in any awards because it is very gender oriented.

For sports example, like tennis. There’s a separate game for women’s tennis and men’s tennis. Maybe because people believe that a man and a woman cannot play against each other because a man would have the advantage in terms of strength, speed and agility.

In music for example, you cannot compare a woman’s voice to a man’s voice, that’s why there’s a separate award for ’best female singer’ and ’best male singer’.

Santi said on March 28, 2003 15:50:

I asked that because I’ve realised I know very few (if any :|) women who direct films. And I think it all has to do with the way business is and how men control it. In 75 Oscars never a woman has won the best director.
Of course you can’t avoid having a woman in the role of a woman as actress, but for the industry that job is secondary, it’s less important. The real creators in commercial cinema are the directors & the producers, the rest of technic team or artistic team is just people who work for them.
And somehow I have this feeling that movies created by women are not supported the same way as the ones made by men.
Because looking further in the archives, you realised the prize for “Documentary Feature” has been many times won by women, at least in the last years. But again... documentaries are not commercial.
Do you think there is this feeling among producers of “women better look good on the screen than commanding” or am I the only one who thinks they do?

StillFar said on March 28, 2003 15:57:

Salma Hayek was producer of ’Frida’, wasn’t she?
And the wife of Tom Hanks was the producer of ’My big fat greek wedding’, or am I wrong?

StillFar said on March 28, 2003 16:18:

Do I say to much if I think that Hollywood is a mafia? I mean, the big movies are controlled by the same people James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Anthony Minghella, Baz Luhrmann,... I think it’s very difficult to break into that circle and I understand that these guys don’t want anyone breaking the circle, cause inside the circle is where the big money is floading.
I remember seeing an interview with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Leonardo Di Caprio. It was funny, looked like a part of the godfather movie and somehow you could feel that the guys (Hanks, Di Caprio) will move into the Hollywood status of the next higher generation - means Hanks will replace Spielberg, Di Caprio to replace Hanks. Guess that’s not really answering your question (sorry), but that’s the way I see Hollywood, which would make it difficult for a female to get her space.

On the other hand, if you watch the female roles over the last few years, you can see a change. The roles become way more interesting and complex. The gap of complexity between male and female roles is getting way smaller, as an effect on that, I believe woman will play a more important role in the movie industry and maybe it encourages some females to really make their path in directing.

Majdy said on March 30, 2003 06:06:

another female director: Penny Marshall.
do u know her? she directed In The League of Their Own (Geena Davis, Madonna) and also Awakenings (Robbert de Niro and Robin Williams)