THE OSCAR ISSUE / HUFFINGTON / 02.10-17.13
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e
s
quoted
“now to give
you an idea
of how i
personally feel
about cary. i
like to say that
if cary grant
had starred in this particular film
called the kissing bandit, it would’ve
been the biggest hit of all time.”
— FRANK SINATRA, 1970
The Kissing Bandit was a 1948 film starring Frank Sinatra that
became known as one of MGM’s biggest flops.
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“JOHN SINGLETON DIRECTED BOYZ N
THE HOOD: THE DAVID DUKE STORY.”
David Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the
Knights of the KKK. He was a candidate in the
Republican presidential primaries in 1992.
“TONIGHT WE HAD
THE FIRST CARTOON EVER
NOMINATED — NOT
COUNTING DAN QUAYLE.”
Quayle was the Vice President of
the U.S. with George H.W. Bush.
— BILLY CRYSTAL,
1992
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ERIC DRAPER; CHRIS COLE/ALLSPORT/GETTY IMAGES; AP PHOTO/CRAIG FUJKI
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“And who can forget
Jurassic Park,
the story of what
happens when you
build an amusement
park and everything
goes wrong. The
original title was
EuroDisney. And
that’s one real estate
disaster they cannot
blame on Hillary.”
The Whitewater scandal,
which began with
investigations into the real
estate investments of Bill
and Hillary Clinton, was
being examined in 1994.
“The Fugitive,
a thriller about a
person who spent
days and days
running just one
step ahead of the law.
But enough about
Tonya Harding.”
Tonya Harding was an
Olympic figure skater who
became notorious
in 1994 for attacking
fellow figure skater
Nancy Kerrigan.
— WHOOPI
GOLDBERG,
1994