Does anybody really know how an academy award winner is selected? I watched on CNN, an interview with one of the voters. I still don't really know how it's done. For the most part, I don't like award winners, there is exceptions.
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List of black Academy Award winners and nominees
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...winners_and_nominees
- Cheryl Boone Isaacs
- Cheryl Boone Isaacs is an American film marketing executive. She has represented the Public Relations Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, known for its annual Academy Awards, on ...Wikipedia
tdavis, you have now received a worthless and irrelevant answer from Bestworking, who used your question to post something about academy awards and nominations to black actors/actresses. Obviously that is not what you asked for, but Best, who seems to relate so much of what she is concerned about in society to black people, seems to think her non-answer actually addresses your question.
Here is the straight stuff on how the "Oscar" process is carried out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards
https://answers.yahoo.com/ques...0130904204246AAnwwL6
Sorta like I suspected. A movie being good and liked by the public don't count for much. It's gotta be something the elites think we need to like.
tdavis, you have now received a worthless and irrelevant answer from Bestworking, who used your question to post something about academy awards and nominations to black actors/actresses. Obviously that is not what you asked for, but Best, who seems to relate so much of what she is concerned about in society to black people, seems to think her non-answer actually addresses your question.
Here is the straight stuff on how the "Oscar" process is carried out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards
https://answers.yahoo.com/ques...0130904204246AAnwwL6
What business is it of yours how I answer you blowhard? At least I don't make stupid, worthless and irrelevant threads just to run down someone's looks, or multiple threads on the same subject like you do. He can search.
Obviously that is not what you asked for, but Best, who seems to relate so much of what she is concerned about in society to black people,
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Show me where I relate things I'm concerned about to black people. Too, why would the academy awards be a concern of mine? Here, have another helping of crow.
Sorta like I suspected. A movie being good and liked by the public don't count for much. It's gotta be something the elites think we need to like.
The Academy Awards are just that. One has to be a member of the Academy (in show biz) in order to vote. I think Contendah's link probably explained that. The average Joe has the People's Choice Awards. So the bottom line is the viewing public has never once had any input into the "Oscars."
Just like the "Tony" awards. If you don't work on Broadway, you don't get a vote...
They are voted on by members of the Academy so other actors, actresses, directors, etc are voting. This is why they are so prestigious. People who actually work in those jobs are voting for their peers.
Obviously that is not what you asked for, but Best, who seems to relate so much of what she is concerned about in society to black people,
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Show me where I relate things I'm concerned about to black people. [[LOLOL! Anyone who can navigate around this forum with minimal skill can find plenty of history of your relating all kinds of things relative to black people--especially as regards law enforcement.]]Too, why would the academy awards be a concern of mine? [[Yes, why would the Academy be a concern of yours? You tell us, since you were the first responder to the initial post concerning the Academy. You also fund a way to insinuate the topic of black people into your response, with your link to the NAACP Image Awards, which are something separate and distinct from the Academy Awards.]]Here, have another helping of crow. [[Your "crow" is does nothing except to confirm what we all know about you and your disordered notions about race.]]
If the tender one had clicked on the links/articles I posted, he would have seen this. The voters. But nooooooooo, he was too intent on attacking me. Here tender, have a bit more crow!
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Membership to the Academy is select; Oscars nominees and people working in the film industry are invited to apply. They might be accepted in, if they have a significant body of film work, or if they make a big splash, or if they know the right voting members. That includes not just actors, directors and cinematographers, but also writers, editors, grips, makeup artists, even publicists. Membership is for life. Even if they no longer work in the industry, they can still vote for the Oscars every year.
"The Academy obviously has, you know, some of the most distinguished people in motion pictures," Horn says. "But we found somebody who is a nun, a bookstore owner, a retired Peace Corps recruiter; all of them were in the Academy."
The study even unearthed the owner of a cinema distribution company who was in prison in Canada — who's still a voting member.
Sorta like I suspected. A movie being good and liked by the public don't count for much. It's gotta be something the elites think we need to like.
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I'd hardly call them elites. What do you care if the movie won an award or not? Means nothing.
Has any one seen any of the movies that were up for awards? Not a big movie watcher but some looked like they would be good to see. Some movies are just stupid and a waste of time.
If the tender one had clicked on the links/articles I posted, he would have seen this. The voters. But nooooooooo, he was too intent on attacking me. Here tender, have a bit more crow!
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Membership to the Academy is select; Oscars nominees and people working in the film industry are invited to apply. They might be accepted in, if they have a significant body of film work, or if they make a big splash, or if they know the right voting members. That includes not just actors, directors and cinematographers, but also writers, editors, grips, makeup artists, even publicists. Membership is for life. Even if they no longer work in the industry, they can still vote for the Oscars every year.
"The Academy obviously has, you know, some of the most distinguished people in motion pictures," Horn says. "But we found somebody who is a nun, a bookstore owner, a retired Peace Corps recruiter; all of them were in the Academy."
The study even unearthed the owner of a cinema distribution company who was in prison in Canada — who's still a voting member.
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And there are numerous web sites that provide the answer tdavis sought, but YOU were able to find one that had a black emphases. Obsessed with that ethnicity, you ARE!
Has any one seen any of the movies that were up for awards? Not a big movie watcher but some looked like they would be good to see. Some movies are just stupid and a waste of time.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is excellent!
Thanks David, that is one I want to see. A friend saw American Sniper and said it was good but hard to watch. I don't care for that kind of movie.
Has any one seen any of the movies that were up for awards? Not a big movie watcher but some looked like they would be good to see. Some movies are just stupid and a waste of time.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is excellent!
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Amen to that. And it is available on Netflix!