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...Every show, award or list will have its doubters. The Oscars have made many goofs, but often, subsequent adulation vindicates such overlooked nominees. After receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award, Charlie Chaplin got one of the longest standing ovations in Oscar history. I don't think he would have exchanged that for a competitive Oscar he missed out on during his career. Anurag Chatrath, Edinburgh...
Every show, award or list will have its doubters. The Oscars have made many goofs, but often, subsequent adulation vindicates such overlooked nominees. After receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award, Charlie Chaplin got one of the longest standing ovations in Oscar history. I don't think he would have exchanged that for a competitive Oscar he missed out on during his career. Anurag Chatrath, EDINBURGH...
...Academy has made many goofs, but often subsequent adulation compensates for its oversights. After receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award, Charlie Chaplin got one of the longest standing ovations in Oscar history. I don't think he would have exchanged that experience for a competitive Oscar he missed out on during his career. Anurag Chatrath, Edinburgh...
...sorry again. None of those films won the top Oscar, and half weren't even nominated for Best Picture. But what about the acting categories? Surely Hollywood has recognized its most potent performers. Not always. If this year's nominated actors want to join the exalted ranks of Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Cary Grant, Peter O'Toole and Barbara Stanwyck, they'd better hope they lose, since none of these luminaries received a competitive Oscar...
...agree with Picasso's quote: "Good artists copy; great artists steal"? -Debbie Johnson, Rochester, Mich.Oh, I've stolen from the best. I've stolen from Bergman. I've stolen from Groucho, from Chaplin, from Keaton, from Martha Graham, from Fellini. I mean I'm a shameless thief...