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So Much For #RatnerFreeOscars! AMPAS Stands by Producer: ‘It Will Not Happen Again’

Posted on November 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

I’m still waiting for anyone from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to bother replying to my request for comment about yesterday’s Brett Ratner “rehearsing is for fags” imbroglio , but AMPAS president Tom Sherak has officially weighed in on the controversy: “He knew it was wrong and he issued that response as quickly as any human being ever has. The bottom line is, this won’t and can’t happen again. It will not happen again.” So much for the #RatnerFreeOscars ; it was nice to imagine while it lasted.

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How Much Longer Will the Academy Tolerate Brett Ratner? [UPDATED]

Posted on November 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

It’s been a rough week for Brett Ratner, whose big, ostensibly crowd-pleasing ensemble comedy Tower Heist debuted to lukewarm box-office figures and whose promotional endeavors have found him invoking his sexual history and bedroom technique to cringe-inducing effect. Today Ratner apologized for a “joke” he made over the weekend, responding to a viewer during a Tower Heist Q&A that “rehearsal’s for fags.” Wait, what? This is the guy co-producing the forthcoming Academy Awards? [ UPDATE : Now he’s a homophobe and a liar.]

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It’s Official: Eddie Murphy Hosting 2012 Oscars

Posted on September 6, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Well, there you have it: Co-producer Brett Ratner asked, his Tower Heist star Eddie Murphy accepted, and the Academy today gave its official blessing for the comic/actor to host the 84th Academy Awards next February.

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Academy Uneasy Over That ‘Crazy-Ass Wrinkle’ Banksy

Posted on February 9, 2011 by | Leave a comment

“The fun but disquieting scenario is if that film wins and five guys in monkey masks come to the stage all saying, ‘I’m Banksy!’ Who the hell do we give it to? That’s the fun part of this job. There’s always some crazy-ass wrinkle you never thought of before.” And with that, Academy executive director Bruce Davis is plotting a “procedure” by which the elusive graffiti artist can claim his Oscar should Exit Through the Gift Shop win Best Documentary, which of course it should and it will. For starters: He’s discouraged from attending. Ha! The guy tagged the West Bank Barrier . Who can stop him? Anyway, I’m free to collect the award that night if anyone needs me, inquire within. [ The Wrap ]

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