[BenLurkin]

[ThomasThomas]

This really would make Hollywood look sleazy. We all know that the Oscar is given solely on merit.

[SoldierMedic]

The suit claims that academy bylaws dating from 1950 and agreements signed by Oscar winners give the academy the first chance to buy Oscars for $10 each if they ever go on the market.

That oscar from 1930 should be fair game for the open market, but if a contact was written in 1950, the other's should be $10 for the academy.

[Smokin' Joe]

Typical Hollywierd. Buying an Oscar (statuette) for half a million dollars makes the award look cheap, so they have the right to purchase it for ten bucks...Ri-ight.

[weegee]

So an Oscar is only worth 10 bucks?

[SunkenCiv]

I hear that the entertainment industry is pro-family, oh, and really hard up financially.

[SunkenCiv]

“Pickford won the Academy Award for best actress in 1930... The suit claims that academy bylaws dating from 1950...”

[Revelation 911]

sorry academy - you gave them as a gift - they are her property and now the property of her estate - get over yourself

[PAR35]

So they think an award given in 1930 is covered by a 1950 bylaw?

[upsdriver]

I haven’t followed the Academy Awards since they refused to give Dawn Wells an Oscar for her portrayal of Mary Ann in Rescue from Gilligan’s Island. Those people have no taste.