Scratch One Oscar Nomination

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Sound mixer Greg Russell, who had 17 Oscar nominations for sound and sound mixing without a win, now has 16. His current nomination, for 13 Hours, was rescinded by the MPAA after he called fellow members of the Acadamy's Sound Branch to campaign for himself. That's a no-no under Academy rules. While the actual winners are voted on by the Academy as a whole, nominees in the various categories are made by members of that particular category. The three other members of the film's sound team will still be eligible for the Oscar since they weren't involved in Russell's campaigning.

If I were a betting man, I'd bet on 13 Hours to win. I don't think they would have risked all this embarrassment for someone who wasn't going to win the Oscar.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movi ... /98417390/

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In an odd bit of irony, Kevin O'Connell and his team won the Oscar in this category for Hacksaw Ridge, which was O'Connell's first win in 21 nominations. He had held the record for most nominations without a win. Ironically, that "honor" now goes to Greg Russell, who has 16 (reduced from yesterday's 17) nominations without a win. BTW, Russell and O'Connell worked together on a number of films and shared several of their earlier nominations (usually with other team members).

[Pastor Fireball]

In an odd bit of irony, Kevin O'Connell and his team won the Oscar in this category for Hacksaw Ridge, which was O'Connell's first win in 21 nominations. He had held the record for most nominations without a win. Ironically, that "honor" now goes to Greg Russell, who has 16 (reduced from yesterday's 17) nominations without a win. BTW, Russell and O'Connell worked together on a number of films and shared several of their earlier nominations (usually with other team members).

As was the case with Randy Newman, O'Connell had multiple nominations in the same year during his career. In 1996, he was nominated for The Rock and Twister--losing on each to The English Patient. Two years later, he was double-nominated for Armageddon and The Mask of Zorro--losing both to Saving Private Ryan.

Also on an interesting note: Before this year, O'Connell had not received an Oscar nomination since 2007. He had received his first 20 nominations over a span of just 24 years, not going more than 3 years between nominations.

[silverscreenselect]

In an odd bit of irony, Kevin O'Connell and his team won the Oscar in this category for Hacksaw Ridge, which was O'Connell's first win in 21 nominations. He had held the record for most nominations without a win. Ironically, that "honor" now goes to Greg Russell, who has 16 (reduced from yesterday's 17) nominations without a win. BTW, Russell and O'Connell worked together on a number of films and shared several of their earlier nominations (usually with other team members).

As was the case with Randy Newman, O'Connell had multiple nominations in the same year during his career. In 1996, he was nominated for The Rock and Twister--losing on each to The English Patient. Two years later, he was double-nominated for Armageddon and The Mask of Zorro--losing both to Saving Private Ryan.

Also on an interesting note: Before this year, O'Connell had not received an Oscar nomination since 2007. He had received his first 20 nominations over a span of just 24 years, not going more than 3 years between nominations.

Oscar rules prohibit actors from getting multiple nominations in the same year in the same category, which explains some of the shifting around they position themselves in to get two nominations in the year. So, Jamie Foxx was nominated for Best Actor in Ray and Best Supporting Actor in Collateral, even though his role in the latter film was probably larger than Tom Cruise's.

That doesn't always work because the Academy is free to ignore an actor or studio's stated wishes and nominate him or her in either category. When Kate Winslet won her Oscar for The Reader, she was pushing for a Best Supporting Actress nomination, with a Best Actress nomination for Revolutionary Road (she actually won both Golden Globes that year). She struck out at the Oscars on Revolutionary Road but still won Best Actress for The Reader.

As the Pastor mentioned, other categories don't have such restrictions, so multiple nominations in a year occur regularly. Steven Soderbergh got two Best Director nominations in the same year, winning for Traffic and also being nominated for Erin Brockovich.