Let the joyous news at last be spread the wicked old wi popular achievement Oscar is dead!
As if the first full four-movie day of TIFF wasn't enjoyable enough (more on those films soon), after the screenings I finally heard the excessively wonderful news that you have surely already been celebrating at home all day: the Academy will not be proceeding with that "popular achievement Oscar" plan this year. This is not to say that the idea is totally dead... we know the board of governors liked it enough to announce it in the first place so it's probably lingering there like a malignant tumor BUT they're not proceeding this year. Perhaps they'll have more time to talk themselves out of it, now? If you missed our three discussions about all the things that were gross and problematic and delusional you can always click back to read and hear them.
For now let's breath a huge sigh of relief, and pray that there's an even bigger miracle and they quit with that stupid plan to shove the craft categories into commercial breaks.
WHAT OTHER GOOD NEWS HAVE YOU HEARD RECENTLY? LET'S LIFT EACH OTHER UP!