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Sigourney Weaver attacks Oscar voters (Avatar didn't win Oscar because "Jim didn't have breasts")
New York Post | April 13, 2010 | N.Y. Post

Posted on 04/13/2010 3:27:22 AM PDT by SmokingJoe

Sigourney Weaver has launched a blistering attack on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, saying James Cameron didn't win the Oscar for Best Director because he "didn't have breasts."

Outspoken "Avatar" star Weaver said she believed Cameron -- who lost out to his ex-wife, "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow -- didn't win because the academy wanted to make history by naming its first ever female Best Director.

"Jim didn't have breasts, and I think that was the reason," Weaver told Brazilian news site Folha Online over the weekend. "He should have taken home that Oscar

In a stunning rebuke hinting at frustration in the "Avatar" camp -- who applauded gracefully when "The Hurt Locker" also took the Best Picture Oscar -- Weaver added, "In the past, 'Avatar' would have won because they [Oscar voters] loved to hand out awards to big productions, like 'Ben-Hur.' Today it's fashionable to give the Oscar to a small movie that nobody saw."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: avatar; boobs; jamescameron; missinglink; oscars; sigourneyweaver; thehurtlocker
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To: Wolfie
Speaking of Oscar winners, I watched “Marty” the other night on AMC. A movie that would no doubt never get made these days. CGI and 3-D does not equal good film-making.

Saw that one too this past weekend on TCM. Good character driven storyline, enjoyed it very much. You are right, no movies like that now...which is why I watch the old movies more than anything else.
41 posted on 04/13/2010 4:21:51 AM PDT by D1X1E (Trust but verify... especially if you got your information from the government.)
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To: agere_contra

We’d better be careful, she might pull the self destruct switch and we’ll all be screwed.


42 posted on 04/13/2010 4:22:07 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: D1X1E

Could have knocked me over with a feather when Frank Sutton showed up. Then it hit me, he and Borgnine went on to star in two of the biggest “miltiary comedies” of the 60’s (”McHale’s Navy” and “Gomer Pyle”).


43 posted on 04/13/2010 4:27:14 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: xp38
Sigourney is also somewhat lacking when it comes to breasts.

Say what?

44 posted on 04/13/2010 4:33:32 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: corkoman

Yep, look like small c cups to me.....


45 posted on 04/13/2010 4:38:56 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: corkoman

they appear to have faded away....

46 posted on 04/13/2010 4:39:52 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: JoeProBono

Isn’t that Hugh Hefner on the right?


47 posted on 04/13/2010 4:41:41 AM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: corkoman

No butt though.


48 posted on 04/13/2010 4:46:24 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: JohnnyP

James Cameron


49 posted on 04/13/2010 4:46:46 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: xsmommy

Bookmark. Cuz I wanna see some more pics of her breasts!


50 posted on 04/13/2010 4:47:13 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: SmokingJoe

It didn’t win because IT SUCKED!


51 posted on 04/13/2010 4:49:18 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Wolfie
CGI and 3-D does not equal good film-making.

You said it, brother!

52 posted on 04/13/2010 4:50:28 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: JoeProBono

forgot the /s

Those are pics of Sigourney in a wonder bra. Doesn’t count.


53 posted on 04/13/2010 4:51:10 AM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: SmokingJoe

Sounds like someone wants to be (ex-)wife number nine!


54 posted on 04/13/2010 4:55:04 AM PDT by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: Rummyfan
God forbid some Brazilians get electricity.

Given the corruption and incompetence of the Brazilian government, they probably won't.

55 posted on 04/13/2010 4:55:31 AM PDT by Tax-chick (There's a perfectly good island somewhere.)
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To: Doogle
"Alien VXII?"

I believe you have a typo.

56 posted on 04/13/2010 5:04:32 AM PDT by chopperman
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To: chopperman

yeah I do


57 posted on 04/13/2010 5:11:07 AM PDT by Doogle (IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: SmokingJoe

Yo! Sigourney!

“Star Wars” [subsequently retitled Chapter Four: A New Hope”] didn’t win Best Picture in 1977, and Lucas didn’t win as best director. Compared to that movie, “Avatar” was junk. And, in it’s way, a derivative of “Return of the Jedi”, with the Smurfs standing in for the Teddy Bears.


58 posted on 04/13/2010 5:12:07 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: SmokingJoe

Well Ms. Weaver, Jim’s are bigger than yours in any case.


59 posted on 04/13/2010 5:14:40 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: SmokingJoe

Avatar didn’t win because it was a mediocre story surrounded by incredible special effects. I enjoyed it enough because of the 3D wizardry but it was far from the best movie. Personally I thought District 9 blew it out of the water as a film.


60 posted on 04/13/2010 5:21:20 AM PDT by DemonDeac
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