Posted on 01/25/2018 2:14:20 PM PST by EdnaMode
EXCLUSIVE: Casey Affleck has withdrawn from presenting the Best Actress Award at the upcoming Oscars, Deadline hears. He has notified the Academy he will not be attending the event, sources said. I’ve heard that Affleck did not want to become a distraction from the focus that should be on the performances of the actresses in the category and that is why he made the proactive move. He was in a no-win situation, with all the attention surrounding the #MeToo movement. The specter of Affleck presenting would have created controversy.
Affleck won the Best Actor Oscar last year for his performance in Manchester By the Sea. Long considered an underrated actor with strong performances in everything from Gone Baby Gone to Out of the Furnace and Good Will Hunting, Affleck turned in a career performance in the Kenneth Lonergan-directed film as the shell of a man haunted by past family trauma. But attention right now isn’t on that accomplishment as much as the outcry over a settlement and non-disclosure agreements that followed allegations of inappropriate behavior toward two women who worked on I’m Still Here, the film Affleck directed that starred Joaquin Phoenix.
It has been a tradition at Oscars that the Best Actor winner presents the Best Actress trophy while the Best Actress winner presents Best Actor. Affleck’s decision alleviates a potential sore point for the Academy, and also eliminates an awkward situation for the five nominated lead actresses. Affleck’s hope is to put the focus back on their performances.
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Ben?
I know he’s a leftist turd, but he killed it both in Manchester by the Sea and The Assassination of Jesse James.
Compelling to watch.
I tried to watch that tremendously hyped movie, but could only last about twenty or twenty-five minutes. That was about the most boring, slow developing snooze fest I've tried to watch in many years.
Wonder when Hollyweird is gonna run out of actors who haven’t been accused of something?
Me, too. It was awful.
Ben’s had sexual abuse claims made against him too. I think he apologized for them as well. Maybe they can get Chelsea Manning to do it. But then, he’s got his own history of assaulting a female superior in the Army.
Woody Allen
Dustin Hoffman
Kevin Spacy
Louis C.K.
Geottrey Rush
Richard Dreyfuss
Oliver Stone
Sylvester Stallone
John Travolta
Tom Sizemore
Charlie Sheen
George Takei
Steven Segall
Jeremy Piven
LOL
One of the best underrated westerns of all time. It’s an absolutely beautiful film
Bill Clinton.
As of the wearing black attire at gatherings lately gave me the idea that attendees to state of the union who are at odds with Trump should at least wear black socks in tribute to the 1919 Black Sox when the fix was in on the World Series.
LOL. I did try and limit the list to actual actors. But then Bill probably is one of the best actors around, he just never appeared in a movie.
That’s an interesting idea.
Yea, the Ron Brown Funeral scene was a masterpiece.
Maybe they can get the AFLAC duck to give the award!
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