Comments on: The Governors Awards: On the scene at Oscar’s special honors

By: jordan

jordan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:26:42 +0000

I agree, tomf. This is what happens when producers try to cater to a mainstream audience. The less current segments get cut, leaving the fans who are truly dedicated disappointed.

By: Winona

Winona — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:02:23 +0000

Geez… I’d forgotten these wouldn’t be A. televised or B. as a part of the Oscar ceremony until now. Thanks for reopening and pouring salt in the wound, EW. Sigh.

By: tomf

tomf — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:05:17 +0000

What a complete gyp for Ms. Bacall. As an Oscar fan who’ve sat through numerous honorary speeches – we would’ve liked to have seen her on TV! We movielovers now don’t even have a clue what she said in her thank you. i would’ve also enjoy that film montage. Great new idea, you nitwits.

By: orlando

orlando — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:58:19 +0000

I wish this was a televised special- or at least bits and pieces of it were. I would really like to see the montages and speeches mentioned in this article. I hope there is are at least a couple minutes dedicated to this in March.

By: multipurpose

multipurpose — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:17:56 +0000

This sounded like a wonderful occasion.Lauren Bacall has never won an Oscar before now??well,that’s not on.Wonderful to know that she has now achieved this.Everything comes to those who wait.

By: eileenperling@gmail.com

eileenperling@gmail.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:02:56 +0000

thought you would like to see this read what tom hanks said

By: Michael Kohlenberger

Michael Kohlenberger — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:39 +0000

Watched the Lauren Bacall speech. Classy and heartfelt. Why the heck is that woman not acting? You mean to tell me there isn’t a single director in that room that could use a woman like her in their film?

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:26:52 +0000

Yeah, I’d rather see this than the actual ceremony, the honorary oscars were always the classiest part of the show anyway.

By: Jules

Jules — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:48:38 +0000

Are they thinking of broadcasting this annual event? It seems like something a huge movie fan would enjoy, but maybe not the public as a whole. Could be a nice addition to a cable channel like TNT or AMC.

By: Andy Bluebear

Andy Bluebear — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:03:33 +0000

“Leading man icon Kirk Douglas won his own standing ovation when he stepped to the dais to honor Bacall, his one-time fellow student at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. (Douglas told a sweet story about Bacall talking her uncle into giving his overcoat to the young and penniless Douglas, and then quipped that he repaid her kindness by “trying to seduce her.”)”

Would much rather we saw this than the lame musical numbers.