4 random things that happened on this day, March 30th, in showbiz history
1946 The 3rd annual Golden Globes were held on this day honoring The Lost Weekend, 75 years ago. It was AFTER the Oscars. How bizarre right? But the Globes were more like the NBR at the start announcing winners (no nominees) in advance of a banquet.
1955 The 27th Academy Awards are held honoring the best of 1954 On the Waterfront leads the nominations and wins an incredible 8 Oscars. Though the Academy nominates all the wrong movies as its competition so it had an easy time of it. The Best Picture lineup went like so...
- Caine Mutiny (zzz)
- Country Girl (zzz)
- On the Waterfront (of course)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (fun/problematic)
- Three Coins in the Fountain (pleasant)
But think what could have been since A Star is Born, Sabrina, Executive Suite, Gates of Hell, White Christmas, The Earrings of Madame de..., and Rear Window were all right there in 1954 and Oscar voters totally watched them since they received nods in other categories! Oscar could have had multiple masterpieces in their Best Picture lineup.
1987 The 59th Academy Awards are held honoring the Best of 1986. It's Platoon vs Hannah and Her Sisters vs A Room with a View with Platoon winning four Oscars and both of its main competitors winning three. The James Ivory masterpiece had to settle for Art Direction, Costume Design, and Adapted Screenplay. The Oscars just never did do right by the incredible filmography of Merchant & Ivory. Oscar has been kinder to Woody Allen over the years of course but only three for Hannah, one of his very best?
1992 The 64th Academy Awards are held honoring the Best of 1991. Bugsy led the nominations but horror classic Silence of the Lambs was the big winner with five prizes. Trivia note 1: Silence is the only horror film to ever win Best Picture; Trivia note 2: Bugsy's fate was a habitual thing. It was almost always this way with Warren Beatty films: Bonnie & Clyde (1967), Heaven Can Wait (1978) and Reds (1981) also led the nominations (or tied for the lead) in their years and all of them lost Best Picture.
Today's Birthday Suit
Happy 84th birthday to one of the great movie stars Warren Beatty.
This is about as naked as Warren ever got for cameras. Funny considering his offscreen reputation.
What a filmography! He was perpetually choosey and unprolific even from the start but what there is is (mostly) stellar: Splendor in the Grass, Bonnie & Clyde, McCabe & Mrs Miller, The Parallax View, Shampoo, Reds, Dick Tracy, Bugsy, and Bulworth among the highlights.
Other showbiz birthdays today: Juliet Landau (Buffy, Ed Wood), Oscar nominee John Astin (The Addams Family, The Frighteners), Gideon Adlon (Blockers, The Mustang), Paul Reiser (Mad About You), Lillo Brancato (A Bronx Tale, The Faction of a Hitman), Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills 90210, Swamp Thing), Director Michael Lehman (Heathers, 40 Days and 40 Nights), Donna D'Errico (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 9-1-1), Joseph Calli (Saturday Night Fever, Suicide Kings), South Korea's Ji Soo (Seoul Mates, Sassy Go Go), musicians Eric Clapton, Céline Dion and Norah Jones, and Mr Kelly Ripa Mark Consuelos.