Taylor, Toby and Dark Knight save Oscar?
Taylor Swift and Toby Keith to save the day?
That was tossed out in jest -- maybe -- by THR's Steve Zeitchik today in his story about the cellar dweller ratings that the Emmys and Oscars have earned this year.
Why not look to a healthy kudofest, like the Academy of Country Music Awards or the MTV VMAs, for inspiration? Is Rihanna available?
Just a note on all those pop-crossover pseudo-country stars: We're obviously not the right people to ask here, having always been partial to the big-haired first ladies of country music -- Tammy Wynette and Dolly -- and the bedazzled likes of Porter Wagoner and Bakersfield's favorite son, Buck Owens. But the current crop of stars sure do sell a lot of records and, well, they're alive, which makes them infinitely more viable as on-air talent than the latter two guys.
With the Oscars about five months away, and new showrunners on board, we're all wondering what can be done to save the telecast without sullying its core mission of celebrating great (and sometimes obscure) filmmaking.
So far, the most often heard refrain is this one: Nominate "The Dark Knight!" In other words, toss movies that people care about and actually paid to see into the mix.
Speaking of the beloved superhero flick, Warner Bros. is giving the year's top-grosser another leg up by offering Blu-ray screeners to Academy voters. That, plus the planned re-release of the intense drama to theaters in January, could make the Christopher Nolan flick top-of-mind in the midst of balloting. Bif bang pow, indeed.
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