Academy Awards

EDITORIAL – Should 51st State feel insulted at being ignored in speech?

March 5, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ADRIAN BRODY’s speech at the Oscars couldn’t match Donald Trump’s annual address to Congress last night (Tuesday, March 4, 2025) for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Thankfully, pomposity and politics were almost gone from Oscars

March 11, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE that Sunday night’s Academy Awards were finished on time, were devoid of endless rambling acceptance speeches and [Continue]

KNOX – Host the Oscars? No way, I don’t want to be mobbed on social media

February 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE ACADEMY AWARDS are on tonight, and I am afraid. Afraid that in the absence of all other alternatives, I will be grabbed off the street and press-ganged into hosting the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Oscars have become more a rally for causes than an awards show

March 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DID YOU WATCH the 90th annual Academy Awards on TV last night? Millions of others did. Trophies were given out between [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Life these days seems a lot like opening the wrong envelope

February 27, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOME WEEKENDS are more interesting than others; this one finished up with quite the grand finale. The Academy Awards mess [Continue]

Jack Knox settles in for Oscars fashion frenzy

March 2, 2014 // 3 Comments

SLIGHTLY SKEWED (COLUMN) — The Armchair Mayor News is pleased to welcome homegrown columnist Jack Knox to our pages. Jack, who was born in Kamloops and worked for several [Continue]