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Hollywood hedged, Conan obeyed in advance, and Sinners got snubbed where it mattered most. But iPINIONS marvels at this bitter twist: the night’s closest thing to a Michael Moore moment came not from an A-lister, but from the documentary winner for Mr. Nobody Against Putin. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/and-the-oscar-goes-to-sinners-snubbed Read more.
In this year’s Oscars preview, iPINIONS does more than pick winners. I also call out the political vanity, institutional cowardice, and tedious self-congratulation that now define awards season. From Conan O’Brien’s craven decision to avoid Trump jokes to the Academy’s chance to reward Sinners, Ryan Coogler, and Michael B. Jordan, this post argues that Oscar… Read more.
The Late Shift is a dramatization of the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to Jay Leno instead David Letterman taking over The Tonight Show in 1992; notwithstanding that Johnny Carson clearly wanted Letterman to succeed him. After watching this movie in 1996, I became convinced that far too much of Leno’s public persona as “America’s male sweetheart” is as phony… Read more.
