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Chad Souder
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From: Waterloo, IA, USA
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posted 03-26-2002 09:44 AM

So I heard on Craig Kilborn last night that Will Smith being gone at the end of the Oscar night had something to do with the bruise on Ethan Hawke's cheek. John howeverthehellyouspellhislastname Leguazamo was saying that the rumor was Smith was talking shit about Denzel and Ethan didn't like it or something. I feel a bit sheepish gossiping like I'm on 'The View' or something, but I think it's amusing at the least, and suitable for yak. These distinguished, refined members of entertainment that have no problem making the rest of us feel insignificant go to the fists when someone runs off at the mouth.

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Dustin Mitchell
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posted 03-26-2002 12:50 PM

Get your facts straight

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 03-26-2002 05:01 PM

CNN's website said Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith left the show early because their 18 month old daughter was suffering from an ear infection and 103 degree temperature. The kid had to go to the hospital.

Perhaps Ethan Hawke got that bruise on his cheekbone from rattling his face in Uma's heaving bosom. Heh heh.

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Chad Souder
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posted 03-27-2002 10:03 AM

Dustin -
I do have my facts straight. My facts included watching Craig Kilborn and hearing what I heard, and that's true, whether or not the rumor is. Besides, this is Hollywood here, don't be so gullible. Don't believe everything you read on a web page (present company excluded of course). If you're up for best actor, don't you think you would send off the wife to take care of the kid while you stuck around? Of course they don't want to tarnish the sanctity of the awards with a fight story. True or not, I'm just saying what I heard.

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Dustin Mitchell
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posted 03-27-2002 11:18 AM

Well if my kid was in the hospital with a fever of 103 I would sure as hell go to see them, no matter what award I was up for.

I apologize (kind of) for being harsh, but we've had problems in the past on this site with people spreading false rumors about companies. Spreading unsubstantiated rumors about people is infinately worse. My source is CNN. Your source is Craig Kilborn. Who should we believe? I know the answer, do you?

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 03-27-2002 04:14 PM

One should try to verify ones information from more than one source first before spreading it around

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 03-27-2002 05:33 PM

One also must put what people like Craig Kilborn say in proper context. He might have been mentioning this fight thing as part of a fiction-based joke --an extrememly common occurence on any late night show. Dennis Miller's comments on all those black and white photos at the end of his show are usually funny, but 100% satirical fiction as well.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 03-27-2002 07:40 PM

One can easily see this story is a fake by spotting one detail: John Leguizamo. He was the one doing the talking, which would mean he would have had to have been at the Oscar ceremony.

I think we can all safely assume that John Leguizamo will NEVER see the inside of the Oscar ceremonies as they are taking place.

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Chad Souder
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posted 04-01-2002 09:41 AM

Ok, apparently I have settled amoung a group of Saints who are without sin, and boy are the stones a flyin'. I forgot in my old age that film-techers never gossip.

Bobby - try actually reading my post before responding to it. I never said Craig said anything in the first place. I said John did.

My whole point was to visit the comedic possibility that the shiny faces of our industry, the actors and actresses which we lift so high on our collective soldiers, may be human afterall and occasionally forego the lawyers if favor of a good ol' boxing match. It's not like anyone's image was being tattered by what was being talked about. How many people actually participate in this site on a regular basis. Couple hundred? I'd be interested to know.

I personally like Will Smith. I have ever since "Parents Just Don't Understand". You guys need to lighten up. Maybe you need to quit watching CNN Dustin, it's making you bitter and gullible. And Joe, if you think John Leguazamo is not a good actor, try checking out "The Freak" or some of his other stage shows. He's quite talented and can perform a variety of characters.

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Dustin Mitchell
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posted 04-02-2002 10:36 PM

Probably in the thousands. I've recieved telephone calls from industry executives-the Vice President of ETS for one-about comments I've made on these forums that were incorrect.

Look, I'm sorry for coming down on you like that. I read your post right after reading about all the garbage that was spewed regarding A Beautiful Mind and how John Nash was supposedly an anti-semite and therefore the movie didn't deserve best picture. After reading about that, your post really pushed my buttons.

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Brad Miller
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posted 04-02-2002 10:54 PM

Actual participation is in the hundreds somewhere, but it's the evil, quiet, lurker types who have something to hide that are the ones totaling thousands and thousands.

Come on guys, we won't bite (much).

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Joe Redifer
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posted 04-03-2002 01:11 AM

I bet we'd have A LOT more people participating if it wasn't for one thing:

Company lawyers who fear that anyone who participates will misrepresent the company, creating actual work for them to do.

C'mon everybody! Look at all the posts by John Pytlak! We've only sued Kodak a dozen times or so! And they've only lost a couple million dollars due to the damaged reputation, not the billions that were projected. We promise that the frivolous lawsuits will be kept to under 10 per year.

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Leo Enticknap
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posted 04-03-2002 03:51 AM

I don't know if the software running the forums supports this and even if it does, it might be that Brad is not too keen on the idea, but here's a suggestion. One way of getting round the lurker issue would be to require a username and password to be entered before viewing posts (i.e. at the 'click here to accept the terms and conditions' page), and not just when you post replies. There could also be a 'click here to see the names of people who have viewed this thread' button in each folder, which would make it impossible for anyone to view posts without the author being able to find out who has read them.

That having been said, it's a good rule of thumb, IMHO, to regard anything you write on a forum, bulletin board, listserve or anything which is cirulated via the Internet (basically, any electronic communication other than a private e-mail sent between two non-workplace addresses) as a public statement which can be read by anyone, including individuals you might be criticising. The legal situation is just too risky to do anything else, especially in a forum situation which crosses international boundaries.

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Brad Miller
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posted 04-03-2002 04:23 AM

Yes it is possible to restrict viewing to registered members only, but the kind of people who refuse to register and participate would be too frightened to use their real names anyway and I would just end up spending all of my time tracking down fakes. It's not worth the hassle.

Having a list of who has read each thread would be an unnecessary strain on the server and the software would have to be severely hacked to support such a feature anyway. Again, it's not worth the hassle.

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John Pytlak
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posted 04-03-2002 07:21 AM

I hope that my participation helps theatres improve presentation quality with "Film Done Right". Any problems or concerns mentioned here are brought to the attention of those in Kodak who can do something to address them. Lots of good things have happened in the last three years. IMHO, participation in user groups like Film-Tech is a "win-win" situation for everyone.

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