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shareI passed Shirley McClaine in the lobby of a big talent agency once. She refused to be seated, and was standing with her hand on her hip, looking crabby. I guess I don't blame her. Meanwhile, I snuck in ahead of her, furtively.
shareThe salesman won for foreign film. OMG this speech.
TELL IT
There was another Iranian director who got denied entry (I think in the short film category.)
Can you imagine winning an Oscar and not being able to accept it.
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shareI thought he said he didn't show as a protest of denial as policy, not that he was denied directly.
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shareExactly ! He had the freedom of choice to be there but instead chose to jump on a convenient bandwagon and used his celebrity to make a political statement; but then, weren't we expecting this tonight ?
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