Noah
12-12-2005, 07:17 PM
<img src="http://www.fanbolt.com/blog/Dec2005/chrisr.jpg" width="85" height="85" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="left" border="0" alt="Chris Rock">Academy representatives stated that they would be finding a replacement for Chris Rock who hosted the 2005 Academy Awards. He drew younger viewers, but his barbs skewering stars like Jude Law, Tobey Maguire and others alienated some members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In one bit, Rock suggested filmmakers should wait for better talent instead of rushing bad movies into theaters. "You want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law. Wait," Rock joked. "You want Russell Crowe and all you can get is Colin Farrell? Wait. `Alexander' is not `Gladiator.'" You want Denzel (Washington) and all you can get is me? Wait," he joked.
I guess he rubbed those academy people the wrong way. Maybe they shouldn't take themselves so seriously because, let's face it, for the most part everyone knows who will win what- there's no surprise there, and even before the films are released, it seems they've already picked their winners.
I don't know what they expected to get by asking Chris Rock to host in the first place. "Hey, let's get that crazy, skinny, loud black guy! I hear the kids LOVE him!" Then they get Chris Rock and God forbid he mock or poke a little fun at the actors and big-whigs of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
[source (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-academy-awards-rock,0,3311782.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines)]
In one bit, Rock suggested filmmakers should wait for better talent instead of rushing bad movies into theaters. "You want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law. Wait," Rock joked. "You want Russell Crowe and all you can get is Colin Farrell? Wait. `Alexander' is not `Gladiator.'" You want Denzel (Washington) and all you can get is me? Wait," he joked.
I guess he rubbed those academy people the wrong way. Maybe they shouldn't take themselves so seriously because, let's face it, for the most part everyone knows who will win what- there's no surprise there, and even before the films are released, it seems they've already picked their winners.
I don't know what they expected to get by asking Chris Rock to host in the first place. "Hey, let's get that crazy, skinny, loud black guy! I hear the kids LOVE him!" Then they get Chris Rock and God forbid he mock or poke a little fun at the actors and big-whigs of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
[source (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-academy-awards-rock,0,3311782.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines)]