Kim Novak will probably never again attend the Academy Awards, and in a
way, isn’t that what Hollywood does to its older female leads? As fun of
an image that the Oscars tried to veil itself in last night, it’s clear
that the film world is still an exhausting place for women, who are
called onto the stage just to be booed.
Maitri Mehta, "Critics of Kim Novak's Oscar Appearance Expose How Women Are Truly Viewed In Hollywood" (Bustle).
It's a strong quote with a lot of truth in it.
That said, these offensive Tweets?
They weren't coming from those of us sitting in the audience.
I saw people doing selfies -- which I thought was beyond stupid -- but the glee and venom aimed at Kim Novak, a very private and nice person, didn't come from the film industry. Donald Trump is not of the film industry nor are the others quoted in Mehta's article. (Rose McGowan did defend Kim and did so in a series of Tweets, not just the one quoted in the Bustle article.)
The criticism wasn't coming from a set, from behind the camera, from a studio's board room. The slams came from those who stare at the screen.
I believe Mehta's correct but I believe that quote applies not just to the film industry but to so many who see themselves as movie fans -- a point Mehta misses.
And that point's not minor. It will determine how women are discussed for roles -- with studio execs and agents referencing the reaction to Kim Novak.
And it won't just be used as a reference to, for example, five-years-younger Jane Fonda. It'll be used for Lindsay Lohan, for Natalie Portman, for Jennifer Lopez, for Jennifer Lawrence, for Thandie Newton, for Anne Hathaway, for Maggie Q -- it never stays with someone who is 81 (or whatever age). That's why so many of us were amused when Paramount Vice President Dawn Steel, during the casting Footloose, repeatedly insisted this or that man wasn't f**kable and rejected him for the role. It was interesting to see, just once, a studio judge lead actors by the same standard actresses going for any role -- big or small -- have been judged forever and a day.
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Sunday, March 02, 2014
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As we noted yesterday, "Nouri's cease-fire (just another lie)." Even the pretense of a cease-fire has now vanished despite the claims Thursday that one was being extended for a week. NINA notes Nouri's military shelled Falluja Sunday evening leaving eight civilians injured, and security forces announce they killed 10 suspects in Falluja today.
Nouri al-Maliki's assault on Anbar, which began at the end of December, was supposedly going to end violence. Of course, that was never going to happen. All he did was an attack an oppressed people who had been demonstrating for over a year. If he wanted peace, he would have listened to their demands. He chose not to.
Yesterday Nickolay Mladenov, the Special Representative in Iraq for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, declared, "Only by working together can Iraqis address the causes of violence and build a democratic society in which rule of law is observed and human rights are protected." NINA adds that MP Wesal Saleem is calling for "the Ministry of Justice to expedite the release of the detainees who were released by the Iraqi judiciary and are still in jails." This has been one of the demands of the protesters.
Nouri's ignored it.
And instead decided the 'answer' was assaulting Anbar.
Didn't work.
As we noted at Third this morning, "Iraq Body Count sees 930 violent deaths for February, UNAMI counts 703, Margaret Griffis and Antiwar.com count 1,705."
And still the violence continues.
National Iraqi News Agency reports 1 attorney, Marwan Abdel Moneim, was shot dead in Arkebah Village, Karabilah bombing left 2 Iraqi soldiers dead and two more injured, an Askari bombing left three people injured, 1 man was shot dead in northern Baghdad (Meshahda area), 1 person was shot dead in souther Baghdad (Diyala Bridge area), a Qayyarah bombing left three people injured, the bombing of a Hammam al-Alil police member's home left two people injured, a Khawaled Village bombing left three Iraqi soldiers injured, a landmine explosion in al-Salman killed 1 woman who was herding sheep, police captain Hisham Awad was shot dead near Aswad Village, the bombing of Younis Hamid Suleiman al-Obeidi's Kirkuk home left his son injured, a Dabaghiah Village roadside bombing left three people injured, a southern Baghdad sticky bombing (Rashid area) left 1 person dead and two more injured, a Lezaka Village bombing left 1 Sahwa dead, a Karabilah bombing left 3 Iraqi soldiers dead and two more injured, security forces announced they killed 5 suspects in Ramadi, police say they killed 4 suspects "south of Mosul," Nouri's federal police say they killed 74 suspects "south of Mosul," 1 police member was shot dead outside his Al-Hasawiya Village home, a Falluja bombing left 1 person dead and three more injured, 2 corpses were discovered ("riddled with bullet holes in the head") near Makarem Village, 1 corpse was discovered in southwest Baghdad (Saidiya area) a day after he was kidnapped, 1 corpse (military uniform, handcuffed, gunshots to the head) was discovered in Yousfiayh, and 2 corpses were discovered in Baghdad.
By the way, praise for Anadolu Agency which actually reports in their "Iraqi army says it killed 10 militants in Falluja" -- see, that's how it's done. You don't 'report' "10 militants killed in Falluja" -- as though you were present when you're just repeating a government claim. Good for Anadolu Agency.
In other news, the Kurdish Globe reports on the continued tensions between Baghdad and Erbil:
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's dispute with Iraq's Kurds over its independent oil exports has escalated with the central government blocking Kurdistan's share of the state budget and banning two airlines from operating between Europe and Kurdistan.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's dispute with Iraq's Kurds over its independent oil exports has escalated with the central government blocking Kurdistan's share of the state budget and banning two airlines from operating between Europe and Kurdistan.
Kurdistan's president, Massoud Barzani, warned Maliki that his actions are "a declaration of war against the people of Kurdistan."
But, of course, Nouri doesn't see it that way. Rudaw notes:
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a television interview that a budget and oil dispute with the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the north has been “exaggerated,” and that the central government felt a sense of responsibility toward the Kurds.
“I don’t know why the problems have been so exaggerated,” Maliki said in an interview with the semi-official Al-Iraqiya TV. “We feel responsible for Kurdistan and its people, even if the Kurdish government doesn’t feel that way,” he added.
Thousands of government workers in the KRG have been without payment because Nouri's blocked the KRG from receiving their part of the national budget.
I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
That shell shock love away
-- "Hejira," written by Joni Mitchell, first appears on her album of the same name
The number of US service members the Dept of Defense states died in the Iraq War is [PDF format warning] 4489.
On this week's Law and Disorder Radio, an hour long program that airs Monday mornings at 9:00 a.m. EST on WBAI and around the country throughout the week, hosted by attorneys Heidi Boghosian, Michael S. Smith and Michael Ratner (Center for Constitutional Rights) topics addressed include consumer privacy rights, attorney Bret Grote provides a report on Russell "Maroon" Shoatz who has been released from solitary confinement and attorney Pam Spees discusses priests abuse of children.
New content at Third:
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Nouri al-Maliki's assault on Anbar, which began at the end of December, was supposedly going to end violence. Of course, that was never going to happen. All he did was an attack an oppressed people who had been demonstrating for over a year. If he wanted peace, he would have listened to their demands. He chose not to.
Yesterday Nickolay Mladenov, the Special Representative in Iraq for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, declared, "Only by working together can Iraqis address the causes of violence and build a democratic society in which rule of law is observed and human rights are protected." NINA adds that MP Wesal Saleem is calling for "the Ministry of Justice to expedite the release of the detainees who were released by the Iraqi judiciary and are still in jails." This has been one of the demands of the protesters.
Nouri's ignored it.
And instead decided the 'answer' was assaulting Anbar.
Didn't work.
As we noted at Third this morning, "Iraq Body Count sees 930 violent deaths for February, UNAMI counts 703, Margaret Griffis and Antiwar.com count 1,705."
And still the violence continues.
National Iraqi News Agency reports 1 attorney, Marwan Abdel Moneim, was shot dead in Arkebah Village, Karabilah bombing left 2 Iraqi soldiers dead and two more injured, an Askari bombing left three people injured, 1 man was shot dead in northern Baghdad (Meshahda area), 1 person was shot dead in souther Baghdad (Diyala Bridge area), a Qayyarah bombing left three people injured, the bombing of a Hammam al-Alil police member's home left two people injured, a Khawaled Village bombing left three Iraqi soldiers injured, a landmine explosion in al-Salman killed 1 woman who was herding sheep, police captain Hisham Awad was shot dead near Aswad Village, the bombing of Younis Hamid Suleiman al-Obeidi's Kirkuk home left his son injured, a Dabaghiah Village roadside bombing left three people injured, a southern Baghdad sticky bombing (Rashid area) left 1 person dead and two more injured, a Lezaka Village bombing left 1 Sahwa dead, a Karabilah bombing left 3 Iraqi soldiers dead and two more injured, security forces announced they killed 5 suspects in Ramadi, police say they killed 4 suspects "south of Mosul," Nouri's federal police say they killed 74 suspects "south of Mosul," 1 police member was shot dead outside his Al-Hasawiya Village home, a Falluja bombing left 1 person dead and three more injured, 2 corpses were discovered ("riddled with bullet holes in the head") near Makarem Village, 1 corpse was discovered in southwest Baghdad (Saidiya area) a day after he was kidnapped, 1 corpse (military uniform, handcuffed, gunshots to the head) was discovered in Yousfiayh, and 2 corpses were discovered in Baghdad.
By the way, praise for Anadolu Agency which actually reports in their "Iraqi army says it killed 10 militants in Falluja" -- see, that's how it's done. You don't 'report' "10 militants killed in Falluja" -- as though you were present when you're just repeating a government claim. Good for Anadolu Agency.
In other news, the Kurdish Globe reports on the continued tensions between Baghdad and Erbil:
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's dispute with Iraq's Kurds over its independent oil exports has escalated with the central government blocking Kurdistan's share of the state budget and banning two airlines from operating between Europe and Kurdistan.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's dispute with Iraq's Kurds over its independent oil exports has escalated with the central government blocking Kurdistan's share of the state budget and banning two airlines from operating between Europe and Kurdistan.
Kurdistan's president, Massoud Barzani, warned Maliki that his actions are "a declaration of war against the people of Kurdistan."
But, of course, Nouri doesn't see it that way. Rudaw notes:
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a television interview that a budget and oil dispute with the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the north has been “exaggerated,” and that the central government felt a sense of responsibility toward the Kurds.
“I don’t know why the problems have been so exaggerated,” Maliki said in an interview with the semi-official Al-Iraqiya TV. “We feel responsible for Kurdistan and its people, even if the Kurdish government doesn’t feel that way,” he added.
Thousands of government workers in the KRG have been without payment because Nouri's blocked the KRG from receiving their part of the national budget.
I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
That shell shock love away
-- "Hejira," written by Joni Mitchell, first appears on her album of the same name
The number of US service members the Dept of Defense states died in the Iraq War is [PDF format warning] 4489.
On this week's Law and Disorder Radio, an hour long program that airs Monday mornings at 9:00 a.m. EST on WBAI and around the country throughout the week, hosted by attorneys Heidi Boghosian, Michael S. Smith and Michael Ratner (Center for Constitutional Rights) topics addressed include consumer privacy rights, attorney Bret Grote provides a report on Russell "Maroon" Shoatz who has been released from solitary confinement and attorney Pam Spees discusses priests abuse of children.
New content at Third:
- Truest statement of the week
- Truest statement of the week II
- A note to our readers
- Editorial: And the award for ugliest despot on the...
- TV: Another idiot for the idiot box
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- The Oscars
- This edition's playlist
- Best Actress
- Best Original Song
- Best Original Screenplay
- Community picks for tonight's awards
- A Stiff and Iffy Start for Seth (Ava and C.I.)
- "War time changes a family, it shouldn't take away...
- Stop the bombing of Fallujah (John Catalinotto)
- Old rulers in Venezuela see a chance for revenge
- Highlights
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And the winners were
Let's note some of the winners that the community was rooting for.
Best Picture:
12 Years A Slave
8 readers of Third had picked that as their choice
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Trina had picked Blanchett in her "Oscar food in the Kitchen" post
Best Actor:
Matthew. McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Kat's choice was "Matthew McConaughey"
Best Director:
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Stan selected "Alfonso Cuaron for Best Director"
Best Supporting Actress:
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
4 readers of Third picked Nyong'o as did Rebecca in "'i'm rooting for julia roberts ..."
Best Animated Feature:
Frozen
The choice of Mike and Elaine's daughter, "Best Documentary"
Best Costume Design:
Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby
Ruth's pick, "I hope Catherine Martin wins Sunday night"
Best Original Song:
"Let It Go" (Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen)
Third's pick, "Best Original Song"
Other winners included Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) for Best Supporting Actor, Spike Jonze (Her) for Best Original Screenplay, John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) for Best Adapted Screenplay. and The Great Beauty for Best Foreign Feature. For a complete list of winners, click here.
To be clear, I didn't pick anyone at Third or here. I'm noting this due to the awards themselves. Especially after weeks of no programming on television with the exception of Fox while the other two networks looked like cheap ass Hampton Inn and Days Inn engaging in price fixing on room rates as they refused to counter-program for the month of February.
And for those wondering about our Academy Award theme at Third:
or why I'm noting this here?
The Winter Olympics was slammed down Americans throats and that's why the following posts went up last week:
"Bruce Dern is my pick," "Alfonso Cuaron for Best Director," "I hope Catherine Martin wins Sunday night," "Best Documentary," "i'm rooting for julia roberts ...," "Best Actress: Judi Dench," "The Missing Picture," "Bradley Cooper," "Oscar food in the Kitchen," "Leonardo" and "Matthew McConaughey"
If they're going to force feed the country the Olympics, the feeling was that, in this community, we'd build up the Academy Awards because the arts matter.
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