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posted 02-28-2011 03:27 PM

Corey Haim not part of Oscar ‘In Memoriam’ Tribute: Odd after SAG Awards

Source: examiner.com

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Corey Haim could have been accidently left out of the ‘In Memoriam’ segment of the Sunday’s Oscars, but so far nobody is saying. The actor who was in ‘The Lost Boys,’ ‘Lucas,’ and ‘License To Drive’ died March 2010 and was expected to be in the segment.

If this is sounding a bit like déjà vu, you are right. The same issue was brought to the attention of the SAG Awards were the actor was also skipped in the same type of segment. His friend, Corey Feldman talked to the media about the lack of inclusion with the SAG awards and made assumptions the Oscars would be different.

However, as everyone saw on Sunday night, Cory Haim’s image and name wasn’t part of the presentation. Those that were included were big names like Leslie Nielsen, Tony Curtis and Dennis Hopper. While everyone who works in the industry contributes to the field, sometimes the timeframe of a tribute is tight making it impossible to include everyone.

Sadly, Corey Haim didn’t make the cut for the presentation, but his friends haven’t let the memory fad away. Corey Feldman and others keep reminding the fans of the contributions Corey made by pointing out where Corey wasn’t seen during the award shows.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 02-28-2011 07:35 PM

I find it interesting that they make time to list those who died that nobody on the planet has ever heard of, but skip over people that people might actually know about and claim that there simply wasn't enough time. Sure.

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Martin McCaffery
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posted 03-01-2011 09:11 AM

I'm sure Celine could have oversouled a few more syllables to give them time for Corey.

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 03-01-2011 03:14 PM

He's getting way more attention NOT being included than he ever would have if he WAS included.

His name has now been in the press thousands of times in the past two days. If he was in the dead-people rundown, that number would have been near zero.

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Joseph L. Kleiman
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posted 03-03-2011 10:32 PM

Robert Kerr passed away last year as well. Probably could have gotten on the list if he had been a writer or an agent rather than one of the founders of IMAX and its first CEO. (For the record, both IMAX's current CEO and Chairman are Academy members. The recognition could have and should have been done.)

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Manny Knowles
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posted 03-04-2011 09:08 AM

No offense intended to Mr. Kerr but the graveyard reel is a "highlight" reel and IMAX ranks pretty low, in my opinion -- especially considering that it only recently sold out to Hollywood.

Haim was an established Hollywood insider long before IMAX became a real player -- and he was far more popular than quite a few of the people who WERE included. He was accidentally (?) forgotten in the death reel of a prior ceremony and this was Hollywood's best chance to correct that. It appears that they CHOSE not to.

That's pretty f*cked up and, yet, par for the course. Hollywood isn't known as a moral institution. It's best-known for being about fakery.

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