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#1631 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to be on American Idol next week » 888 weeks ago
I'm saying that MOST Oscar winners, are flashes in the pan. Think about it.
Every year there's the Oscars right? How many repeat winners are there? How many of them go on to long term success?
I think multiple nominations over the span of a career, versus one win, is far more of an accomplishment. Winning ONE Oscar means you were popular in ONE film, at ONE time, in ONE year.
I was in total agreement with this point until I actually went to the oscars site and looked up the past winners. Not all of them have been failures with their post oscar projects. I think the bar is different if they won for an art film than a mainstream film though. You really cant expect an actor who does primarily character work to suddenly start acting in mainstream films now can you?
Okay here's a list of winners for both men and women's best supporting actor from 1994-2007 (2008 excluded for obvious reasons)
Best Supporting Actress
1994--Dianne Wiest--Bullets over Broadway
1995--Mira Sorvino--Might Afrodite (two straight years for Woody Allen films)
1996--Juliet Binoche--The English Patient
1997--Kim Bassinger--LA Confidential
1998-Judi Dench--Shakespeare in Love
1999-Angelina Jolie--Girl Interrupted
2000-Marcia Gay Harden--Pollack
2001--Jennifer Connelly--A Beautiful Mind
2002-Catherine Zeta Jones--Chicago
2003-Renee Zellweger-Cold Mountain
2004-Cate Blanchette-The Aviator
2005-Rachel Weisz--The Constant Gardner
2006Jennifer Hudson--Dreamgirls
2007 Tilda Swinton--Michael Clayton
I'm gonna save the male supporting actor winners for another post since this one is getting long. Here are the clearly successful post oscar win actresses: Judi Dench (Bond films, and another 4 nominations since her win), Angelina Jolie (no explanation needed), Cate Blanchette, Tilda Swinton (impressive post oscar resume--Narnia film, Burn After Reading, BB).
Here are the actress's whose careers have kinda nosedived after the win:Kim Bassinger, Mira Sorvino, Rachel Weisz (suprisingly, her post oscar resume hasn't been good), Renee Zelliweger, and Jennifer Hudson.
The rest are arguable on whether or not they failed after their oscar win. Does anyone expect Juliette Binoche, a French actress, to star in a lot of mainstream US flicks? Or Marcia Gay Harden and Dianne Wiest? Some of this stuff is skewed because they won for "art" films and I don't really expect these women to start suddenly acting in mainstream films.
I think the main point is that a majority of these actresses enjoy long term success although your interpretation of the word may change your perspective.
#1632 Re: The Garden » KFC gambling on chicken that is grilled, not fried » 889 weeks ago
I just tried the grilled chicken. For me it was just okay. It is really soft and moist, but it wasn't seasoned well. I thought it was a bit bland. The left the thigh on the grill too long because the top was hard and unedible. I'm a small person with a small appetite, but I thought the chicken seemed kind of small.
I don't think I'll be going back to KFC in the future. It's alright if you want a quick meal, but I prefer to grill up my own chicken.
This is pretty much my reaction as well. The chicken was nice and juicy but it was BLAND with zero flavor. The sample I tried was kind of small too. I give them some props for trying to infuse their menu with a new product, but it just doesn't work for me. However, if I had to pick between this or McDonalds I'd choose this one.
#1633 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 3, Battle 1 » 889 weeks ago
Estranged
#1634 Re: The Garden » WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Raise Pandemic Alert Level » 889 weeks ago
I'm somewhat of a germophobe and obviously have an interest in this topic. I don't think the government has done a good job of telling the nation about swine flu. Is it safe to eat pork? Serious question. I think I heard somewhere if you cook it thoroughly, it should be safe to eat. What makes swine flu different from the regular flu virus? I hate whenever there's a potential pandemic outbreak and when the symptoms are listed they mirror the normal flu symptoms; so you really can't tell whether or not you have it. Unfortunately, I have some of the symptoms and I think it was because of a sinus infection (I get a bunch of those--deviated septums SUCK).
Raising the threat level doesn't really do anything to educate people. I equate it to that stupid color coded system used by Homeland security. They'd raise the thing and tell people to be vigilant--whatever that meant. To a minimum they should be giving out more details just to soothe the fears who think they have swine flu.
#1635 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Possibility of a Guns N' Roses '09 Summer tour » 889 weeks ago
Maui is only five hours from LA so it's not like he's going cross country to vacation. With this band, you know there is going to be a lot of downtime so why not take advantage of it. Until they announce something, everyone's free to do whatever they want.
#1636 Re: The Garden » Fantasy Wrestling II » 889 weeks ago
Roster question for Atari Legend:
What if one of my wrestlers leaves/get fired then do I get to pick another one from the pool of available guys from said brand? Is the process similiar to what happened when JBL retired? I'm only asking because there are rumors that Jeff Hardy might depart and I want to be prepared in case that happens.
#1637 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 2, Battle 12 » 889 weeks ago
Highway to Hell.
#1638 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 2, Battle 11 » 889 weeks ago
Home sweet home is a good song, unfortunately its going to get crushed. Estranged vote for me.
#1639 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 2, Battle 5 » 889 weeks ago
Walk. This one is close and will come down to the wire. So everyone vote!
#1640 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 2, Battle 6 » 889 weeks ago
Queen
