It's the Oscar moment that
everyone is talking about ... not the fact that "The Hurt Locker" won best picture ... but the one part of the show (one of the boring parts ... that quickly got interesting) when a winner for best documentary short was basically pushed off stage by (what appeared to be) an over
zealous woman (co-producer/co-winner of the documentary).
The whole incident is being compared to the Kayne West/Taylor Swift debacle at the MTV Video Music Awards. Roger Ross Williams was about 10 seconds into his acceptance speech when Elinor Burkett edged him from the microphone.
(Burkett: "Just like a man, never lets a woman talk ... Isn't that just the classic thing?")
Burkett claims Williams raced to the stage and edged her out of the way. New Oscar rules tried to keep only one person from speaking (despite multiple winner for categories) and limited the speeches to 45 seconds. Burkett says she just wanted to make sure she got her two-cents in.
While Burkett was sharing her story with Joy, Williams swung by "Larry King Live" to talk about the incident. He called it "shocking." Larry King (being the kind and generous soul he is) gave Williams 80 seconds to complete his acceptance speech.
Newsflash: Williams and Burkett are no longer friends.
Every now and again you'll come across a story that just grabs your attention. It usually happens to me every time I watch "60 Minutes." They just know how to tell stories in a compelling way. But this week a story aired that didn't need storytelling. The story alone was amazing.
