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The Internet's abuzz with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences snub of Farrah Fawcett, who passed away last year. In the Memoriam segment at the 2010 Oscars, Farrah Fawcett, who's film credits span 19 movies, including The Cannonball Run, and Logan's Run, was not included.
According to EOnline, Leslie Unger, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Director of Communications, said this about Oscar's Farrah Fawcett snub:
"I would not say that it was an oversight. No matter how carefully and how conscientiously people address who is included, there are people who just simply can't be."
People who just simply can't be? Those are horrible words to chose to issue. Ms. Unger should issue a quick note of apology - better yet a YouTube video - for that statement.
Consider that Leslie Unger issued a statement about a person who died who said that person "just simply can't be."
And Leslie Unger did not make it any better, as EOnline reports, she said:
"In any given year there will always be some people that other people think should have been included and that there's more justification for one person versus another. It is impossible to include everybody."
This blogger wonders if Unger's in over her head. The word around town in Hollywood and Beverly Hills is that Unger's "difficult" to work with and worse words were issued to this blogger.
The Farrah Fawcett episode does not help for one who's casual style - Unger was sporting a very cool tie-dye t-shirt on Oscar Sunday morning - is endearing to this space. But Unger's got to really sit down, think carefully and intelligently and take a new path before the town unloads on her. What she said and its insensitivity gives fuel to those who make the kinds of claims about Unger that have been issued.
Hopefully for Unger the Oscars Farrah Fawcett snub isn't the straw that broke the camel's back.
Stay tuned.
How could she 'skip' Farrah Fawcett? Saying she was mainly a TV actress? 19 films! An Oscar Nominated role in the Apostle! But they included Michael Jackson!?! The Wiz? Seriously?! Re-think your reasoning!
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