It’s from the 80s, but Fame was a great show about teens with a diverse cast. It used to stream for free on Hulu. I remember re-watching the first few episodes to decide whether it was age-appropriate for my daughter a couple of years ago, but I’m not seeing it on Netflix or Hulu now. Two seasons do stream from…

That’s what you get for winning. Everything else is a result of that win, not the actual prize and I said so much in the sentence that came next.

It hasn’t seemed like it’s going anywhere because we agree. The only point of disagreement that I can see is that in my initial comment, my “by itself it doesn’t mean a lot” could be read as me saying it has little value. Perhaps it was poorly phrased, but I just meant that other things are also taken into account.…

Again, I’m not getting the argument. There’s no money in the Oscar envelope. If you win or are nominated, the union does not dictate that you must be paid more and you must be given any role you’d like. An actor (or director or cinematographer) can put on their resume that they have won or were nominated for an award,…

I don’t really think we’re disagreeing that much. We’re both saying that someone who has won or has been nominated for an Oscar can usually raise their price because they’d be in greater demand, but there’s no cash in the envelope and they’re not guaranteed someone would meet their ask.

A person can parlay their win into a payout, but it isn’t something they hand you with the award. If say, you win your Oscar and then take the next two years off to sail around the world or if leaving the after-party you drunkenly run over a pedestrian, you probably won’t be offered better roles.

I never said that winning an Oscar has no value. A good agent can usually turn it into money and roles, especially if the person has a body of work. It’s just not a guaranteed payout like a MacArthur or a Nobel.

But, like, why do movie trailers include things like “5-time Academy Award winner Joe Blow” or “Oscar-nominated actor So-and-So”?

Winning would certainly get a person recognition and they may be able to parlay that into something more, but going back to my example of a Gold Award, a lot of young people bust their butts to get things to put on their college apps. I’m sure all are considered and it makes some more competitive in their college…

Winning an Oscar doesn’t get you anything except a trophy, an envelope and a permanent place in the World Almanac. Perhaps one could leverage their winning for more money or another role, but that’s similar to a high school student putting their Gold Award on a college app. It’s something that would be considered, but…

Gawker is no longer a media blog.

Thanks.

I know this isn’t the point of the post, but I haven’t watched a red carpet thing in years. Which is the celebrity in the lead photo? I recognize Ryan Seacrest, but he can go either way and I don’t recognize to whom he’s speaking.

It has to be a conflicting time in north-central West Virginia. A lot of people there are as pro-gun as they come, but it’s also where the federal government does the background checks, so most of those 230 jobs will be going to their community along with all the trickle-down that entails.

Wow! Good find. Judging from the post, it’s probably not be surprising the Usenet user missed the nuance in Leeza’s, “I’m sure that’s not it”.

My guess is that they came to a mutual understanding. Gibbons was probably pissed because Tesh had made her look quite small and I doubt he was going to walk back what he said. I assume that because he was at a pretty good place in his life and reportedly considered television hosting his second job, they all just…

It gave me a lot of respect for John Tesh. I had always thought he was better than adequate on Entertainment Tonight and the concept of his Red Rocks performance was pretty grand —though I’ve never actually watched the thing — but on that day on live television, he drew a line in the sand and there was a bridge he…

Before there was Leeza, she co-hosted a mid-day chat show with John Tesh that was modeled after the Regis & Kathie Lee format. On what was (I’m pretty certain) their final live show with both co-hosts, the guest was supposed to be Ivana Trump, who had been going through her public divorce and was slated to promote her…

I don’t know if it’s still true (and am too lazy to look), but a few years ago when Nathan Fillion won (or placed) in some kind of Twitter popularity contest, I looked through those he followed and the whole cast was there except for Baldwin. By that time I had long been aware of his political leanings because he’d…

Was this the general contractor? If so, the perpetrator should spend a more time watching Little Mosque on the Prairie, then he’d know that Yasir rents the space.