The Academy Awards is celebrating its 94th anniversary March 27, 2022.
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And the Oscars are . . . 93
The Oscars was a 1929 mind drain from MGM’s second “M” — Louis B. Mayer. Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Resort, 250 egos swallowing fish and hen. Douglas Fairbanks made a quickie quiet speech. No media.
L.B. Mayer: “Hold medals, awards on movie egos. Then they’ll kill themselves to supply what you need.” These gold-plated statuettes — even introduced earlier than being given — grabbed one journal paragraph.
Janet Gaynor, 22, received Finest Actress for her function in three movies. Finest Actor, Emil Jannings. In ’39, director Margaret Herrick thought the statuette resembled her uncle Oscar. Supposedly, that’s how the title started.
Time to eat out
Eating places are resurrecting. After hitting the inventory trade opening bell Jesse Jackson hit Midtown’s Bice Cucina. Michael Cohen with the spouse, however with out the ankle bracelet, nodded to onlookers at Fresco. On the Plaza speaking with everybody between martini sips — Martha Stewart. Friday at cigar bar Macanudo, Giuliani and Sharpton.
Oz highway
Apart from Florida’s rotted oranges and potted seniors, Pepe Fanjul gave a fund-raiser at his Palm Seaside farm for Mehmet Oz who’s operating off TV and onto Pennsylvania’s Senate race. One cheapo, considering the donation was $250, RSVP’d sure. Studying it was $250,000, he figured “Shove it” and sprung as an alternative for a burger.
Spiritual pols
Lent encompasses two religious exams: 40 years Israelites wandered; 40 days Jesus fasted. In the present day, monitoring each Repubs and Dems, some vaccinated, others maskless, He would possibly’ve thought-about pols Pharisees and Sadducees.
Televangelist Pat Robertson claims Putin’s goal “is to maneuver in opposition to Israel and, as predicted within the Ebook of Ezekiel,” Ukraine’s a “staging floor” for an eventual Armageddon battle.
Rev. Robert Jeffress, of Dallas’ First Baptist Church: “I don’t care what number of rosary beads Biden rubs. He’s the ungodliest president within the historical past of our nation.”
Ought to Garth celebration on?
Letters “G” and “D” — typically a starting for a curse — match Garth Drabinsky’s initials.
“Tyrannical . . . harmful . . . psychopathic . . . fraudster . . . nasty” are a few of the nicer issues stated about him.
Convict. After producing “Kiss of the Spider Lady” and flunking a manufacturing firm’s arithmetic, he did jail time for fraud and forgery.
There’s even a documentary swimming round: “Present Stopper: The Theatrical Lifetime of Garth Drabinsky.” Think about what he’d get if folks appreciated him.
The factor’s a glance from ex-staffers, gamers like Chita Rivera, Diahann Carroll, Elaine Stritch who known as him “my favourite convicted producer.”
Out after years within the can, this man’s even producing a brand new present. “Paradise Sq.” opens April 3. He intends this as his comeback.
Legislators right this moment need criminals handled properly — so . . . go.
He’s a legacy
James Nederlander, who owned 9 theaters plus the Palace, produced over 100 B’method reveals like “Annie,” “La Cage aux Folles,” “9,” “Candy Charity.” The musical “Lease” which performed the Nederlander was the gas for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick . . . Increase!” My buddy James would have turned 100 Thursday. His son Jimmy’s producing “Mr. Saturday Evening,” which previews two days earlier than on the Nederlander Theatre.
QUESTION: Who has an IQ of 200? Reply: Russia.
Not solely stated in New York, youngsters, not solely stated in New York.
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