Today's entry into the Headline Category.
Winning posthumous acting Oscar not easy
Isn't it obvious? The first thing you have to do to qualify is be dead! Not many actors go to that extreme to win an award.
Then inside the story there was this quote:
"The fact that only one actor has ever won an Oscar from the grave tells us that in general at the Oscars, the feeling is when you're dead, you're dead," Tom O'Neil, a columnist for TheEnvelope.com
Thank you, Captain Obvious! And what does that even mean?!
I think Ledger has a great shot at winning the Supporting Actor Award this year, but I hope it has more to do with his acting ability than with his death.
Just for the record only six people have been nominated for an Acting award after their death. James Dean holds the record with 2 Posthumous Nominations (presumably he only had to die once to achieve this.)
James Dean 1955 East of Eden
James Dean 1956 Giant
Spencer Tracy 1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Peter Finch 1976 Network (Won the Oscar)
Ralph Richardson 1984 Greystoke:Legend Of Tarzan
Massimo Troisi 1995 The Postman
Heath Ledger 2008 The Dark Knight
Also, it's really hard to believe that no woman has literally died for an Oscar Acting Award.
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I think Ledger deserves the honor. He made a performance that cannot be matched. I am just mad that the Dark Knight did not get nominated for more awards (i.e. best director, best picture). Yet some how Benjamin Button walks away with 14.
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