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 ====== When Oscar Gets It Wrong ======
 Though //[[oncinema|On Cinema]]// often praises [[oscars|Oscar]] for its wisdom in distributing Academy Awards, there are occasions in which a host or a guest may disagree with a decision Oscar has made.
+===== List of times Oscar got it wrong =====
   * [[gregg]] stated that the Academy made the wrong decision to not award //Ghostbusters// any Academy Awards.[(cite:pod1>[[pod1]])]
   * Gregg mentions that Dan Aykroyd's nomination for a Golden Globe for //Driving Miss Daisy// was "well-deserved" in response to [[tim]] mentioning the film's Oscar wins, suggesting he felt that Aykroyd should have also been acknowledged by Oscar for his performance.[(cite:pod16>[[pod16]])]
+  * Tim and Gregg suggest that the Academy has a bias against action movies, spy movies, or movies about the Cold War.[(cite:pod34>[[pod34]])]
+  * Gregg said that //All That Jazz// should've won an Academy Award, but didn't.[(cite:pod38>[[pod38]])]
+  * The omission of John Goodman and Sir Ian McKellen from the 2012 Best Supporting Actor ballot was called out by Gregg during the //[[oscar1]]//.
+  * Also during the //[[oscar1]]//, Gregg stated that John Travolta should have won at least three or four Oscars by 2013 but had won zero, and that Kirk Douglass also deserved an Oscar.
+  * Gregg felt that Oscar "jumped the shark" in 2013 by failing to award //The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey// with Best Picture.[(cite:oscar1>[[oscar1]])]
 ===== References =====
 ~~REFNOTES cite~~
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