GLOBES DON'T PREDICT OSCARS.Dear L.A. Life: In the story ``Oscar bound: Globe choices set tone for future awards'' (Daily News, Dec. 21), Glenn Whipp states that ``Monday's announcement for the 57th annual Golden Globe Awards more or less ended the Oscar campaigns for several holiday prestige releases,'' and ``if you didn't make the cut here, your Oscar prospects are equivalent to a snowball's chance in Encino in summer.'' Apparently Mr. Whipp has a short-term memory short-term memory n. Abbr. STM The phase of the memory process in which stimuli that have been recognized and registered are stored briefly. . Last March, James Coburn James Harrison Coburn, Jr.[1] (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Coburn was born in Laurel, Nebraska, the son of Mylet S. (née Johnson) and James Harrison Coburn, Sr. (``Affliction'') thanked the academy for his best supporting actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista Oscar. He wasn't even nominated for a Golden Globe. Whipp inaccurately mentions that ``Roberto Benigni ... also preceded (his) Oscar win last year with a Globe.'' Not only did Benigni not win a Golden Globe, he was not even nominated. (Last year's Golden Globe winner for best actor in a musical or comedy was Michael Caine for ``Little Voice.'') Other Oscar nominees last year that were not nominated for Golden Globes were best picture nominees ``The Thin Red Line'' and ``Life Is Beautiful,'' best director nominees Terence Malick and Roberto Benigni (again!), best actor nominee Edward Norton (``American History X'') and best supporting actress supporting actress n → attrice f non protagonista nominee Rachel Griffiths (``Hilary and Jackie''). So to all those 1999 releases not nominated for a Golden Globe this year, don't end those Oscar campaigns yet! Contrary to Mr. Whipp's belief, there is still a chance to thank the academy come March, even if the Globes snubbed you. Just ask Coburn and Benigni. - Rene Solivan Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. WHO ARE THESE TV LAND VOTERS, ANYWAY? Dear L.A. Life: Re: ``Are they nuts? TV Land puts its heads together to come up with 2,000-item list'' by David Kronke (L.A. Life, Dec. 27), I suspect the people at TV Land are just too young. Maybe you also? Where are Milton Berle Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 - March 27, 2002) was an Emmy-winning American comedian who was born Milton Berlinger. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948-1955), he was the first major star of television. , Eddie Cantor, Loretta Young, Arthur Godfrey, Jackie Gleason, Eve Arden, Jimmy Durante, Ed Sullivan, Joan Davis, The Continental, Menasha Skulnik, ``I Remember Mama,'' old movies (some silent), Jack Paar, Sid Caesar, Dick Van Dyke  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. , etc. - Ronald Magid Sylmar ANDY KAUFMAN MAY HAVE ECLIPSED 'MOON' Dear L.A. Life: Regarding ``Man on the Moon,'' it is hard to tell the story or life of someone that is no longer. Was this the story of Andy ANDY Andrew ANDY US Popular Abbreviation for Andrews AFB Kaufman's life? How do we know if this is what he was like? How do we know if the writers wrote what was true? Did they write what they thought the audience would like, or did they do it the way Andy would have done it? If the movie was true to Andy, then it was a shadow of Andy. However, ``Man on the Moon'' was a good film, and it made me laugh. Jim Carrey was Andy Kaufman - he nailed him to the wall. But the question still remains: Did they show Andy as Andy? Or did they show Andy as they wanted to see him, or as they wanted us to see him? We will never know the answers to these questions. - Russell Mayes Northridge LAMENTING THE LATE, GREAT TELEVISION WESTERN Dear L.A. Life: Whatever happened to a good old western on TV? We have an overabundance o·ver·a·bun·dance n. A going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate; an excess: teenagers with an overabundance of energy. of not-so-funny sitcoms and boring game shows. I hope they bring back the western: ``Gunsmoke,'' ``Bonanza'' and ``Dr. Quinn'' were great - I never missed them. I am partial to westerns. - Granada Lietz Mission Hills |
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