ROTTEN TOMATOES: Scorsese, "Departed" Win Top Oscar Honors; Relive the Telecast Here

Scorsese, "Departed" Win Top Oscar Honors; Relive the Telecast Here

by RT Staff | February 25, 2007

Summary

Live-blogging is de rigeur these days, so your faithful RTers were of course right here discussing all the winners, performances, presenters, and outfits of this year's 79th Annual Academy Awards! Join in the fun and dish on all things Oscar. Back to Article

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Bcmt10 writes:
on Feb 25 2007 08:58 PM

Nice.

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nardoguz writes:
on Feb 25 2007 09:06 PM

[b]poo[/b]
what im saying is that dreamgirls was dumb for putting three of its original songs up for the same award- of course the votes were going to split and neither was going to have a majority. it was a poor decision. - they robbed themselves

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nardoguz writes:
on Feb 25 2007 09:07 PM

[b]poo[/b]
what im saying is that dreamgirls was dumb for putting three of its original songs up for the same award- of course the votes were going to split and neither was going to have a majority. it was a poor decision. - they robbed themselves

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insanemansam5 writes:
on Feb 25 2007 09:09 PM

and the best picture is....I'm guessing the Departed

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Feb 25 2007 09:15 PM

departed best pic. good choice

diane is such a goddess

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wilkiedriver writes:
on Feb 25 2007 09:23 PM

"diane is such a goddess"

Yes she is. "The Departed" winning makes up for Etheridge winning...great writer, but she sounds like a man.

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sir_mcchris_the_pirate writes:
on Feb 25 2007 09:25 PM

congrats to Scorsese, he sooooo deserved it

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stipedisciple writes:
on Feb 25 2007 09:28 PM

In reply to this comment (#856613)
so i guess that makes it three6mafia one; scorsese, one. still seems wrong.
and. oh yes. pan's was robbed.

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insanemansam5 writes:
on Feb 25 2007 10:10 PM

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not really; not all awards are created equal

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jeremyd4 writes:
on Feb 25 2007 10:31 PM

[b]...jerry seinfeld[/b]
yes he is way funnier than ellen, and why has there been no news on RT about the teaser trailers for his new movie "Bee Movie"?? some real funny stuff there, and I think it qualifies as significant news.

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Feb 25 2007 11:01 PM

is the departed the first remake to win best pic?

I remember something about goodbye mr chips, but I'm not sure

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evsmither23 writes:
on Feb 25 2007 11:02 PM

Pan was robbed??? Children of Men was robbed. COM clearly should of won best cinematography!

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selke99 writes:
on Feb 25 2007 11:06 PM

Hey, Cars was robbed! Happy Feet was stupid propaganda that kids could care less about! Those #@%$$ penguins can thank Al Gore for their Oscar!

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aknddon3 writes:
on Feb 25 2007 11:29 PM

The Prestige was robbed, that should of been up for more nominations but it got screwed over.

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SIRxxxTMG writes:
on Feb 25 2007 11:34 PM

Pan's Labyrinth, robbed to Lives of Others. What is this world coming to?

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ksduded writes:
on Feb 26 2007 12:03 AM

Children of men should have won cinematography

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shamrock1014 writes:
on Feb 26 2007 12:08 AM

Agree with you all about Pan's loss. How can it win best cinematography, achievement in makeup, and art direction then lose best Foreign Film to 'Lives of Others'? Was 'Lives of Others' even nominated for any other award?

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bmg615 writes:
on Feb 26 2007 12:21 AM

Dreamgirls' mistake was in not picking just one of their three nominated songs and launching a huge campaign behind it.

Two other movies have had three Best Song nominations -- Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King -- and each of them managed to NOT split the vote and walk away with the prize. They each won for their "signature" ballad -- "Beauty and the Beast" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

"Listen" is the best-known song of the three, but they really needed to get it out much more than they did to make people know that this was THE song to vote for.

Oh well. Beyonce doesn't care either way. She was robbed of her share in the nomination so she's probably happy they got gypped.

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renny2077 writes:
on Feb 26 2007 12:43 AM

It wasn't a really exciting Oscars this year. Happy that Scorsese finally won. COM should have got something. Pan was definitely robbed. Really glad Happy Feet beat Cars.

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southfrisco writes:
on Feb 26 2007 03:54 AM

[b]OSCARS meh, who cares[/b]
Those shadow dancers, what the hell was that? This ceremony hasn't got a clue and has gotten progressively worse each year. Ellen had her moments as MC but I felt just like I do with her TV show....which is "I wouldn't mind changing the channel to see what else is on."

Anyone want to bet Jennifer Hudson will have a dead acting career within a year or so?

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