sutomcat
No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
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It's definitely true: http://www.avclub.com/article/john-c-mcginley-on-i42i-oliver-stone-and-missing-t-96763A fellow SU fan told me that John McGinley stayed home from the Oscars in 1987 (to which he was invited as an actor in Platoon, which was nominated for a couple awards) to watch the Final Four.
Not sure if it's true, but I like it.
It's definitely true: http://www.avclub.com/article/john-c-mcginley-on-i42i-oliver-stone-and-missing-t-96763
" Yeah. The Academy Awards used to be on the same night as the NCAA championships, and [that year] Syracuse played Indiana. Since I went to Syracuse, I didn’t go out to the Academy Awards. I chose to stay to home with a bunch of other broke New York actors, because Orion wasn’t willing to pay for our flights. So we stayed at home, and we flicked back and forth between the Syracuse game and Oliver, for the four awards the film would win. So was it validating? Sure. But not enough to want to miss the Syracuse game."
I'm a huge fan of the AV Club, and especially the Random Roles feature...it's worth reading if only for Patton Oswalt's interview when he talks about how insane Wesley Snipes was on the set of Blade: Trinity.That's awesome. Good find.