Joan Rivers snubbed by Oscars In Memoriam tribute

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/23/joan-rivers-snubbed-by-oscars-in-memoriam-tribute

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The comedian Joan Rivers, whose cutting remarks about the fashion fails of Oscar nominees were a staple of red-carpet coverage, was unexpectedly absent from the 2015 ceremony’s commemoration of notable deaths.

Though the academy found room to mention the likes of Gabriel Marcia Márquez and Maya Angelou, alongside more expected industry figures such as Mickey Rooney, Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, Rivers – who died on 4 September last year, was left out.

Although her best known work was for TV – notably the Fashion Police TV series for E! – Rivers appeared in a number of films including John Waters’ Serial Mom, the Burt Lancaster film The Swimmer, and The Muppets Take Manhattan.

However, the academy did acknowledge the British actor Bob Hoskins, star of The Long Good Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, who had been overlooked by the Bafta film awards in the UK.

The academy marked Rivers’ death in the full list of 129 carried on its website.

No Joan Rivers. #Oscars #EpicFail

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