We’re happy to see we made the list. A dubious achievement, but an achievement nonetheless. I think the Academy did the world a great disservice when they went after the Hackademy Awards, though. As a sidenote, it was so fun being the person that the guy has to walk up to and say, “You’ve been served.” There is always that scene in a movie where a character is ambushed thinking someone is delivering flowers, or making a pass, or an old college friend.
#1 takes the cake.
From the Hollywood Reporter:
Here’s an Oscar list you won’t see anywhere else.
- Disney sues the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, alleging that the infamous Rob Lowe-Snow White duet at the 1989 Oscars was unflattering to the beloved character and lacked permission.
- The Academy sues a chocolatier in North Hollywood who made chocolate Oscar figurines of a former Sony Pictures president.
- “Crash” producer Bob Yari sues the Academy after being denied an official producer’s credit on the Oscar ballot, making him ineligible to receive a statue.
- The Academy sues the operator of “Oscarwatch,” alleging that a website that predicts the winners violates its trademark.
- The Academy sues the “Hackademy Awards,” an annual event going on for more than a decade that highlights how tobacco use in movies influences young people. The Academy also sues an Italian TV station trying to broadcast “The Wine Oscars,” “TV Oscars,” “Fashion Oscars” and “Theater ¬†Oscars.”