[HPFGU-OTChatter] Things I don't like about the media

[Kathryn Wolber]

Lately, I've been really annoyed with how the media
treats actors that aren't ridiculously famous.  Both
of my complaints have to do with Lord of the Rings and
the SAG awards. First of all, during the acceptance
speech for best acting ensemble they let Sean Astin
stand up there and waste time waiting for applause
because he was saying that the actors in the guild
need to work to keep film making in the US...which I
think was a little hypocritical to say while accepting
an award for a film that was made entirely in another
hemisphere. So then once John Rhys Davies (Gimli)had
pushed him away from the mic and talked for a moment,
Andy Serkis tried to talk and they turned on the "shut
up" music. Yes, most of the people in LOTR did
fabulous acting jobs, but not one person on that stage
was a better actor than Andy Serkis and just because
no one has bothered to realize how much work he put
into being Gollum/Smeagol, he gets absolutely no
attention.

Second part of the complaint, on Yahoo pictures, there
are two instances where they have pictures of Billy
Boyd twice, but in one of them he's labeled as Dominic
Monaghan who wasn't actually at the awards. I mean
come on, yes they look similar, but they aren't twins.
And Billy was wearing a kilt! You would think that
would set him apart at least a little bit. And if I'm
not mistaken, during the acceptance speech Bernard
Hill said that Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen and
DOMINIC MONAGHAN couldn't be there tonight.

Does this bother anyone else? or is it just me?

~Katie, who does feel a little better now that she's
vented her frustrations

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