Why the Oscars won't be the same without their ringmaster, Harvey Weinstein

LA Times via MSN ^ | 03/02/2018 | Lorraine Ali

[Kid Shelleen]

Even the customary Oscar gift bags given to top nominees before Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony indicated that this year's celebration would be anything but show business as usual. --snip-- "Harvey" was personally thanked or praised by award winners such as Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Renee Zellweger in at least 34 Oscar speeches from 1993 to 2016, and no last name was required. According to one analysis of nearly 1,400 Oscar speeches, the man behind films such as "Pulp Fiction" and "The King's Speech" was thanked more often than God. He'd sit up front, the camera seemingly always on him, a burly, unshaven king among his beautiful subjects, beaming at his winners, semi-abashedly shrugging off the accolades.

[Kid Shelleen]

Good article with lots of zingers. Maybe Jimmy Kimmel will bring out his kid and start crying. That should win back middle America. /S
(BTW -I read that the Oscar swag bag is worth 100K and the average annual per capita income in Haiti is about $350. )

[KC_Lion]

[goldendelicious]

oy vey I’ve never watched an oscars. Waste my time watching filth give each other awards and attention. It’s just 1950’s vaudeville. Time for it to end.

[Steely Tom]

Whoremaster.

[goldstategop]

So Hollywood congratulated Harvey Weinstein for decades while ignoring his mistreatment of women behind closed doors.

And now they’re gonna lecture us about gun violence tonight? Puhleeaze.

[Liz]

Hollywood always has its fingers on the American pulse.
So to keep current, this year's goodie bags will contain:

pepper spray

brass knuckles

test kits to check for spiked drinks

robot attack dogs

laser lights to deactivate penises

bras fitted with mini steel traps

chastity belts

names of lawyers specializing in sexual harassment

[apocalypto]

Let’s not forget Meryl Streep calling Harvey Weinstein “God.”

[rktman]

😭. Awwwwwww! 🐂💨💩

[Conserv]

What’s the Oscars?

[EagleUSA]

What would the Oscars be without the smell of rotting pork?? Guess we will find out....

[SgtBob]

I believe it’s a breed of fish...

[Terry Mross]

I don’t think Im familiar with one nominee this year.

[OttawaFreeper]

[SkyDancer]

Will they refuse to accept it when handed a golden statue of a male?

[New Perspective]

[DOC44]

He probably has his hand full at the refurbishing home.

[OttawaFreeper]

[Dr. Ursus]

CHINS,up boys!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Were those his partner’s undie’s (er, indie’s) that Harvey is seen stuffing into Ellen’s gaping felt hat?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

What an ass.