Someone winning one of these Oscars should speak out against the NRA.

[hrmjustin]

It would be a great stage to do it from.

[TheBlackAdder]

1. If it's not a live show, they might have cut them off.

[MADem]

2. I hope not.

It's an awards show for entertainers, by entertainers--who are the people who make up "The Academy." It's an "Insider's" award show--we just get to see how they think.

People boo when anyone tries to make it political.

It would set the issue back.

If they want to do it when they make the talk show rounds with their statuette, fine...but not tonight.

[hrmjustin]

3. I see your point.

[MADem]

4. STREISAND! Wow--great job!

This is one of the best OSCAR shows I've ever seen!

Shirley Bassey, beautiful Welsh lass, and Bah-bra! Amazing!

[hrmjustin]

6. It was better than a lot of years.

[pipoman]

5. Why would someone who is a business

want to alienate any portion of their fans to make a ridiculous personal, politically divisive comment that nobody gives a ball of poop about hearing?

[hrmjustin]

7. They might feel passionately about the issue.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. Prior examples of that kind of thing have not gone well

[hrmjustin]

10. Sorry i deleted that first post.

Yes you make a good point. It would take courage but they won't do it.

[pipoman]

11. I suppose if they are big enough

they don't care. It is the ones who are still needing to sell every ticket, DVD or CD to insure against slipping into the dustpan of unemployable washouts in Hollywood..IOW, most of Hollywood/music, who are business challenged and make such statements..

[applegrove]

12. I saw Pierce Morgan interviewing people

on the red carpet. Dustin Hoffman complemented Pierce on his gun control advocacy