academy awards

Nominations in the Documentary department: Documentary Feature "No End in Sight" "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" "Sicko" "Taxi to the Dark Side" "War/Dance" Documentary (short subject) "Freeheld" "La Corona (The Crown)" "Salim Baba" "Sari's Mother" No Final Cut? Man...

Well tonight is the BIG night! Actors, directors, producers and the meat of Hollywood is gathering for their masturbatory congratulations for the lackluster crap they've subjected us to for the past year. To tell you the truth, I can't understand how they'll be able to vote in good conscience...

Full piece: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-09-06

(I know this might be better off in the History, Literature, and the Arts forum, but here goes...) Something I've been pondering... When the Academy Awards comes 'round again, The Passion is going to be up for a few, I think. Most likely including the Holy Trinity of the awards: Best Actor...

The US is running around trying to convince Arab leaders that we are even handed. This might be easier if we actually were not completely and unrelentingly pro-Israel. The Academy of Motion Pictures bans a Palestinian documentary film because its Palestinian. So let's see, the Palestinians...