Yet Another Oscar Controversy
From The Hollywood Reporter:
That's more classless than Eddie Murphy leaving after his loss to Alan Arkin. But listen to this, it gets worse. Kris Tapley at In Contention emailed O'Connell's partner, Greg P. Russell for a comment, asking if Minkler was really sincere, and this is what he had to say:
There's absolutely no excuse for saying things like that, especially after winning an Oscar. To diss your fellow nominees? Just dispicable. He'll be lucky if anyone ever hires him again after that ridiculous display of petty ungratefulness.
Could a little rivalry have been revealed in the sound mixing world? Things turned weird when the winners in that category -- Willie Burton, Bob Beemer and Michael Minkler for "Dreamgirls" -- were onstage in the press room. A question was thrown to the trio about what advice they had for Kevin O'Connell, a nominee for "Apocalypto" who now has been nominated 19 times without a win. While Burton and Beemer had conciliatory things to say -- "Hang in there, Kevin, you'll get your chance," Burton said -- Minkler's words were the opposite. "I think Kevin should go away with 19 nominations," he said without cracking a smile. "We work really hard, and if we stumble upon an award, we are so grateful. I have to wonder ... Kevin is an OK mixer, but he should take up another line of work." He exited the stage leaving people wondering whether he was serious.
That's more classless than Eddie Murphy leaving after his loss to Alan Arkin. But listen to this, it gets worse. Kris Tapley at In Contention emailed O'Connell's partner, Greg P. Russell for a comment, asking if Minkler was really sincere, and this is what he had to say:
He was absolutely sincere with that BULLSHIT. That man has lost whatever respect he had from a ton of people. Kevin mind you left the ceremonies right after our award and went to the hospital where his mother passed away in his arms at 11:32 pm. As if Kevin didn't have enough to deal with. He wakes up to this bullshit.
It's been a really weird couple of days. I've been fielding all the calls because Kev has been out. The head of our studio came in to say he blasted Minkler for his assault. I even kicked myself for being congratulatory that night. Minkler said to me when I congratulated him that I was always a classy guy and he appreciated that alot. Integrity is something that means everything to me and this man has absolutely NONE. He stood backstage representing the entire Sound Community in front of the world, only to disgrace us all.
There's absolutely no excuse for saying things like that, especially after winning an Oscar. To diss your fellow nominees? Just dispicable. He'll be lucky if anyone ever hires him again after that ridiculous display of petty ungratefulness.
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