Why Brad Renfro Was Cut From Oscar Tribute Montage

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Brad Renfro Missing In Academy Awards Tribute
Published 2/25/2008 by Snarky at poponthepop.com
I didn’t really watch much of the Oscars last night but I did catch the video tribute for everyone in the industry who had passed away in the past year. I never saw Brad Renfro come up which I thought was pretty odd since he passed away a week before Heath Ledger. A rep for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says they couldn’t “fit everyone in”. “It was really an editing decision because we can’t fit everyone in,” a rep for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tells Usmagazine.com. “There was no specific reason.” The montage featured footage of late actors, including Heath Ledger, who passed away a week after Renfro. What a bunch of ...

Such A Lame Excuse
Published 2/25/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
... A spokesperson for the Academy Awards is speaking out about why Brad Renfro was omitted from the Oscar's "In Memoriam" tribute. ...

Could These In Memoriam Tributes Get Any More Awkward? Answer: Probably.
Published 2/25/2008 by Dan Hopper at Best Week Ever
In some stuffy, smoke-filled boardroom just one floor beneath the twelve industrialists who secretly run the country, nine faceless Hollywood entities are having this last-minute Oscars conversation: "Heath Ledger has to go last in the 'In Memoriam' tribute ...

The Usual Suspects
Published 2/25/2008 by TRENT at Pink Is The New Blog
So the big news o' the day has to be about the 80th Annual Academy Awards that went down here at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA last night ... but before we get to all of that, let's get our daily dose of Britney Spears out of the way first ... not that there is a lot to talk about (thank the Gods) but with all the positive progress that our dear Britney has been making this past few weeks, I think it's worth nothing all of the good stuff now that there's "good stuff" to be had. After spending part of her weekend with her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James , Brit Brit went out on the town Saturday night with her father and conservator ...

We were so preoccupied looking for Charles ... [Brad Renfro]
Published 2/25/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... a rep offered, "It was really an editing decision because we can't fit everyone in. There was no specific reason." Ignoring for a moment the fact that they really blew it on this one, this statement suddenly had us wondering what the whole whittling process entails. Is it just a morbid casting session, where they get a stack of headshots and go through them by committee? ("Sure, Roscoe Lee Browne has the look, but his last project bombed! OK, fine, we'll put him in the Maybe pile.") [Usmagazine.com] ...

Why was Brad snubbed last night?
Published 2/25/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... in the annual "In Memoriam" montage. "Roy Scheider was past the cut-off date, so we'll see him next year, but Brad (died) the week before Heath (Ledger)," writes Pop reader Andrew M. "He should have been up there." Today the Academy released a statement about the missing person. "It was really an editing decision because we can’t fit everyone in,” a rep told Us ...

Ulrich Muhe was overlooked
Published 2/25/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Ulrich Muhe was overlooked Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 25, 2008 at 03:27 PM I got upset about Roy Scheider being ignored in the Oscar telecast's death montage, and Us magazine has gotten riled about Brad Renfro being left out as well. But what about poor ...

WHY NO BRAD RENFRO ON THE OSCAR TRIBUTE?
Published 2/26/2008 by Scott Macaulay at Filmmaker Magazine
Us Magazine has a piece on their website about why Brad Renfro didn't appear in the Oscar tribute last night to those who passed away in the preceding year. For the record, an Academy spokesperson chalks it up to "an editing decision." There's an active comment section following the article and most are outraged that the talented actor, who died of a heroin overdose on January 16 and who spent half his life working in the movies, wasn't included. ...