Posted on 01/24/2017 5:10:21 PM PST by a fool in paradise
ABC Digital has issued an apology for mistakenly listing Amy Adams, Annette Bening and Tom Hanks briefly on the Oscar.com site as Oscar nominees following Tuesday morning’s Academy Awards announcement.
“This morning, in an attempt to release breaking news as announced, ABC Digital briefly posted inaccurate nomination information on the Oscar.com website,” ABC said in a statement. “The nominees announced by the Academy on Twitter were accurate. ABC quickly identified and corrected the errors. We apologize to the Academy, press, and fans for any confusion.”
Adams was inadvertently named one of the nominees for best actress for her work as linguist Louise Banks in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film “Arrival.” It would have been her sixth Oscar nomination.
Adams was thought to be a shoo-in, but may have seen her support eroded by also being in contention for “Nocturnal Animals.” The actual nominees were Isabelle Huppert for “Elle,” Ruth Negga for “Loving,” Natalie Portman for “Jackie,” Emma Stone for “La La Land,” and Meryl Streep for “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Bening was incorrectly listed in the same category for the comedy-drama “20th Century Women.” It would have been her fifth nomination.
Hanks was listed incorrectly as one of the nominees for best actor for his role as Capt. Chesley Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood’s biographic action-drama “Sully,” about how Sullenberger successfully landing a disabled jet airplane on the Hudson River in 2009. It would have been Hanks’ sixth nomination in the category, which he won for “Forrest Gump” and “Philadelphia.”
Hanks was viewed as something of a longshot for a nomination for “Sully,” which was a box office success. Nominations went to Casey Affleck for “Manchester by the Sea,” Andrew Garfield for “Hacksaw Ridge,” Ryan Gosling for “La La Land,” Viggo Mortensen for “Captain Fantastic,” and Denzel Washington for “Fences.”
#FakeNews
I thought I was a nominee. Why won’t they report that.
ABC stands for the “All Bull Crap” network, but in this case, it should have been “Always Be Careful”,”Always Be Correct”.
PS: I love Amy Adams. Criminally beautiful in “American Hustle”.
Who remembers a time when entertainment news was worth caring about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Y5bFpnL-w
Nick, your name it too long. Shorten it to Nick Carraway. Makes it easier to read and ignore since you are a conservative.
Jill Stein should demand a recount!
Jealousy.....just plain jealousy.
"There's great like-minded people out there who are Americans first and Republicans or Democrats second"
"I hope the president-elect does such a great job that I vote for his re-election in 4 years."-Tom Hanks 11/15/2016
Too good!
lol The same guy who said aliens would come here along with dinosaurs or whatever before Donald Trump would be president?
My wife and I, for whatever frivolous reason, engaged in the conversation of who our celebrity crush was. Amy Adams was my pick for woman still breathing. You sir, have excellent taste.
P.S. Rita Hayworth for the top spot all-around winner (even though she was dumb enough to wed a muzzie.) ;)
Who cares ABC. Award shows suck and are about as exciting as navel-gazing.
The winner is-Jack Daniel’s!
It’s not about the awards, it’s about sloppy journalism.
These are the people having a slap fight with Trump’s staff over “crowd” size and an MLK bust.
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