I think Academy should have honorary Oscar categories for working artists who deserve it for their work in recent years, instead of giving them Oscars eventually for less worthy work just because it’s their time or to fix past mistakes or wait until they turn 80. this way the industry could honor their biggest stars for their contribution and also honor the particular work in all the categories.this should include foreign artists as well. what do you think?

Are there any directors, living or dead, who have made a hit in your book every time? Please keep it limited to those who have done at least five films.

It’s often mentioned that comedic performances aren’t given enough recognition at the oscars, what are some performances in comedies that you would have nominated?

After going through all the Oscar acting nominees ever i made a list of actors that i thought should have won, actual winners are in brackets. Do you agree with any of these?

Lead Actor
George Clooney, The Descendants (Jean Dujardin, The Artist)
Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind (Denzel Washington, Traning Day)
Ed Harris, Pollock (Russell Crowe, Gladiator)
Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters (Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful)
Denzel Washington, Malcolm X (Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman)
Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa (Paul Newman, Color of Money)
Al Pacino, The Godfather Part II (Art Carney, Harry & Tonto)
Peter O’Toole, The Lion in Winter (Cliff Robertson, Charly)
Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou)
Paul Newman, The Hustler (Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg )
James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder (Charlton Heston, Ben Hur)
Kirk Douglas, Lust For Life (Yul Brynner, The King and I)
Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity (William Holden, Starlag 17)
William Holden, Sunset Boulevard (Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac)
Henry Fonda, The Grapes of Wrath (James Stewart, Philadelphia Story)
James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips)

Lead Actress
Judi Dench, Iris (Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball)
Annette Bening, American Beauty (Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry)
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth (Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love)
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys (Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy)
Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple (Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful)
Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were (Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class)
Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter (without tie with Barbra Streisand)
Anne Bancroft, The Graduate (Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner)
Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth (Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker)
Audrey Hepburn, The Nun’s Story (Simone Signoret, Room at the Top)
Rosalind Russell, Mourning Becomes Electra (Loretta Young, The Farmer’s Daughter)
Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story (Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle)
Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas (Luise Rainer, The Good Earth)
May Robson, Lady for a Day (Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory)

Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man (George Clooney, Syriana)
Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan (James Coburn, Affliction)
Edward Norton, Primal Fear (Cuba Gooding, Jerry Maguire)
Ralph Fiennes, Schindler’s List (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive)
Harvey Keitel, Bugsy (Jack Palance, City Slickers)
Klaus Brandauer, Out of Africa (Don Ameche, Cocoon)
Jack Nicholson, Reds (John Gielgud, Arthur)
Alec Guinness, Star Wars (Jason Robards, Julia)
Stanley Holloway, My Fair Lady (Peter Ustinov, Topkapi)
Omar Sharif, Lawrence Of Arabia (Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth)
Montgomery Clift, Judgment at Nuremberg (George Chakiris, West Side Story)
Burl Ives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Burl Ives, The Big Country)
Claude Rains, Casablanca (Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier)

Supporting Actress
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous (Marcia Harden, Pollock)
Lyn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters (Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love)
Gloria Stuart, Titanic (Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential)
Winona Ryder, The Age Of Innocence (Anna Paquin, The Piano)
Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives (Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny)
Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl (Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist)
Maureen Stapleton, Interiors (Maggie Smith, California Suite)
Jane Alexander, All the President’s Men (Beatrice Straight, Network)
Lily Tomlin, Nashville (Lee Grant, Shampoo)
Madeline Kahn, Young Frankenstein (Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express)
Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces (Helen Hayes, Airport)
Judy Garland, Judgment at Nuremberg (Rita Moreno, West Side Story)
Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution (Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara)
Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street (Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity)