A Bit More On The Oscars

One thing I didn't note yesterday. Woody Allen gets yet another nomination--Best Screenplay. This is his 21st nomination: 14 for writing, six for directing and one for acting. (Note there are twice as many nominations available for writing as directing.) If he does anything the Academy considers halfway acceptable, they nominate him out of reflex.

In fact, Woody famously snubs the Academy, preferring to stay home and play his clarinet. It's almost as if this makes the Academy only respect him more. He must be a real artist if awards mean nothing.

Another automatic nomination is John Williams, who, once again, is competing against himself in the Best Score category, for both Munich and Memoirs Of A Geisha. But it's hard to complain with a first class talent who usually delivers.