THIS WILL BE MY AIN TRUE POST ABOUT IT: Oscar co-producers Adam Shankman and (I forget who the other guy is; Shankman's the one who's beloved here) have announced that finally, we'll have an Academy Awards ceremony without yawn-inducing performances of Best Song nominees that no one cares about.
For 1984 the nominees were "Against All Odds," "Footloose," "Let's Hear It for the Boy," "Ghostbusters" and the winner, "I Just Called To Say I Love You" (which, of course, is sentimental tacky crap, and if you want that you should go to the mall).** It's safe to say -- with apologies to Markéta and Glenn, A.R. and the Three 6 Mafia -- that movie songs just aren't as culturally important as they used to be, and this is a fantastic move to cede more time during the Awards to the films being honored.
** Yes, that's right -- the Academy did not believe any songs from Purple Rain were worthy of individual recognition, though its music as a whole won for Best Original Song Score (over The Muppets Take Manhattan and Songwriter), the final year in which the category existed.
