Sergio's Up for an Oscar!
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I was just thinking coming in to a gig they'll no doubt have Sergio & Co. on the Oscars, and it would be cool if they used a little archival footage of Bob Hope introducing Brasil '66 in 1968 as the lead-in. "Here's a band that's been so busy they haven't had time to update their name. . ." 
Catching up on old VARIETYs this morning, and there's a really interesting article about the outrage in the Music Branch about only two noms. They changed the rule a few years ago and nominating members have to score songs, and only those with an average of 8.25 or above are eligible. If only one reaches that level, then one other nomination for the next highest score is included. So either one of these got an 8.25 and the other was stuck in by default, or these were the only two that achieved that score.
While I hope Sergio wins, I have to say I can see it go either way... If the voters were feeling musically nostalgic they'd vote for Sergio, but if feeling nostaligic toward media of thier youth they'd go with the Muppets. But if they keep wityh the trend of the last decade or so and lean toward noms of other cultures, Sergio's got it in the bag. Add Hollywood's penchant for disdain of "family" entertainment they may snub muppets for that reason alone (though the newest Muppet movie did venture into social/cultural realms they never had previously).
Paula
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While "Real in Rio" will never place in the top 50 of my favorite Sérgio songs, it is leagues better than its sole competition.
Flashback to 1968. The Oscar telecast was delayed (I can't recall whether it was for days or weeks) due to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 electrified the audience with their performance of "The Look of Love." Also nominated were "The Bare Necessities" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Ignored by the Oscars: "Mrs. Robinson" and "To Sir With Love." So what won? "Talk to the Animals."
Flashback to 1968. The Oscar telecast was delayed (I can't recall whether it was for days or weeks) due to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 electrified the audience with their performance of "The Look of Love." Also nominated were "The Bare Necessities" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Ignored by the Oscars: "Mrs. Robinson" and "To Sir With Love." So what won? "Talk to the Animals."
"Talk to the Animals" was a "consolation Oscar" to 20th Century Fox for the financial debacle that was "Doctor Dolittle" (the studio was nearly ruined by the flop). Zanuck and company had gone overboard pushing the film for the Oscars that year in order to help generate box office, resulting in several probably undeserved noms (including Best Picture, believe it or not). It didn't help. 
Re: "Thoroughly Modern Millie." This is a bone of contention with classic film score lovers, but Elmer Bernstein won the Best Original Score Oscar that year for "TMM." The only problem: he wrote nary a note of "original score," instead he adapted themes (including the Cahn-Van Heusen theme song) and really should have been lumped in with fellow nominee Andre Previn, who got an "Adapted Score" nom for "TMM". It was obviously a "career" Oscar for Bernstein, who had lost previously for such iconic scores as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Hawaii."
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