Did you notice last night during the Academy Awards‘ ‘In Memory of’ segment that Brad Renfro was completely left out?
I did, and a lot of you probably did too. TMZ also took notice and decided to contact the Academy to call them on it. And what did the Academy have to say in it’s defense? Well, it’s pretty disgusting really.
“It is simply not possible to include everyone in that segment.”
Are they serious? There were nearly 100 (98 to be exact) people in the business who had died in the past year who were mentioned. Everything from actors to makeup artists. And if you aren’t in the industry, there were many people that you had never even heard of who were remembered in the video.
A friend of the Renfro family called it “unbelievable and disgusting.”
I have to agree. I can’t help but think it was his cause of death (drug overdose) that led the Academy to completely ignore him.
Hollywood, screw you. When you all show up to the awards in your couture gowns with handbags and noses full of blow..
It just goes to show you how phony Hollywood is. When Brad was winning awards and was named as one of People’s Top 30 under 30 everyone loved him. But die of a heroin overdose and it’s like nobody knew him.
February 25th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
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February 25th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Spicy, with you dude — this is disgusting. And I hate watching the award shows because you know as soon as you see them all arrive or do their speeches they are half in the bag or under the influence of something. It makes me sick. He was a talented young man who like his attorney said — “we all failed him” and something went terribly wrong. Poor kid, deserved to be in that segment.
February 25th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Amen. I made it a point to stop watching that bullshit a couple of years ago for similar, far less disgusting reasons.
Its a total sham.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Oddly the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences hates junkies. Bigots.
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February 26th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Thank you for this wonderful post! Brad was and will be one of my favorite actors and I am offended that they couldn’t respect his body of work, (dozens of films over 14 years), and they disrespected everyone watching the show by not mentioning him.
I totally think his drug overdose was a factor, and it shouldn’t have been. Heath died of a drug overdose, too, just prescription meds.
I’m horribly disgusted by this. Brad, rest in peace. Your wonderful work has and will continue to be appreciated by many.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:27 am
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